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D-, Minister (The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allan Poe)
Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 336; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 295; "Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) III: 13

Da Gama, Vasco (Portuguese Explorer, 1460-1524)
The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 206; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 94; Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 13; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 517

da Pisa, Rustichello (Italian Writer, 13th Century)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 10

Da Ponte, Lorenzo (Italian Librettist, 1749-1838)
"The Well-Educated Young Man" (William P. Coleman) 87

Da Rimini, Francesca (13th Century Italian Noblewoman in Dante's Inferno)
Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 296

Da Vinci, Leonardo (Italian Painter & Scientist, 1452-1519)
 "Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 186, 188-189
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 264, 267-268, 288
The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 50-52, 75, 141, 154, 157-159, 267, 324-325
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 130, 133, 138, 140-141, 147, 171-172
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 109-110, 119, 137-138, 141; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 24, 35, 43, 153; The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 299; "A Family Resemblance" (Simon Bucher-Jones) 306; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 75; "The Adventure of the Snitch In Time" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 67; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 287; "The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 57; "The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin" (M.J. Elliott) 110; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 11-12; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 183; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 110; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 74, 152, 163, 166-169, 178-179, 193, 197; The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 312; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 18, 22, 25, 35-36, 38, 40-43, 46, 62, 135. 137-139, 144; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 27, 105, 174; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 185; Sherlock and the Disappearing Diamond Mystery (Sam Hearn) 54; "The Last Visitor" (Stephen Henry) 17; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 164-165; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 216, 231; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 314; My Hero (Tom Holt) 34, 199; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 91; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 145, 325, 344; "The Walk-In" (Harley Jane Kozak) 47; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 190; "The Disembodied Assassin" (Andrew Lane) 198; Stone Cold (Andrew Lane) 45; "A Matter Without Gravity" (Alain le Bussy) 130; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 237; Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 14; "The Disappearance of Lord Lexingham" (Vernon Mealor) 154; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 11; Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 247; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 20; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 32; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 538-539; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 208; "Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 166; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 24, 38-39, 41, 44; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 143, 191; "How the Professor Taught a Lesson to the Gnoles" (Josh Reynolds) 105; Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Nine (Barrie Roberts) 118, 122; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 169; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 294; "The Adventure of the Smiling Face" (Denis O. Smith) 145; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 177; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 112; The Jewelled Peacock of Persia (Jake & Luke Thoene) 103; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 89; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 25-28, 65, 71 {De Virgilio}; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 170; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 209, 212, 222; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 190-191; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 220; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 179; "The Adventure of the Mona Lisa" (Carolyn Wells) 24-26; The Island of Mad Scientists (Howard Whitehouse) 21
DaVinci Cats: "Watson Comes Through" (Dana Martin Batory) 116

Daaé, Christine (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
"Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 12-13, 18-24, 27-28, 35, 42-51, 53, 55
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 43, 53, 58, 69-74, 77, 79, 82, 85-91, 93, 97-112, 117, 124, 128-129, 135-136, 139-140, 154, 159-164, 166, 169-175, 178-179, 181-185, 190, 192-195, 197-199, 201-205, 207, 209, 211-217, 220
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 151-160, 162-166, 169-181
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 4, 23-25, 27, 30-32, 35-47, 50-51, 67, 69, 71-78, 82-85, 88, 90, 92, 94-95, 99-100, 104, 107, 110-120, 122-126, 131, 135-137, 144-145, 148, 151-173, 176, 178, 180, 182-185, 190-195, 197-207, 209-212, 220-240, 242, 244-246
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 73; "MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 138; "The Purloined Face" (Stephen Volk) 232

Daaé, Daddy (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
"Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 22-24; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 69, 87, 101-102; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 36-37, 41-42, 69, 72, 74-75, 125, 162

Daak, Abslom (Doctor Who Magazine)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 240

Dab-Dab (Doctor Dolittle series - Hugh Lofting)
Gub-Gub’s Book (Hugh Lofting) 782, 784, 787-790, 793, 796, 798, 803-804, 815-816, 842-843, 861

D'Abbetot, Robert (11th Century Norman Landholder)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 170

Dacier, Bon-Joseph (French Philologist, 1742-1833)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 117

D'Acques, Melissa (Drachenfels - Jack Yeovil)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 51, 209

Dadant, Charles (French-American Beekeeper, 1817-1902)
Dadant Design: "A Country Death" (Simon Kurt Unsworth) 130

Dadd, Richard (British Artist, 1819-1886)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 47; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 71; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 273; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 67; "The Five Symbols" (Simon Kurt Unsworth) 309-310, 315

Dadd, Robert (British Chemist, Father of Richard Dadd, ?-1843)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 71; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 273; "The Five Symbols" (Simon Kurt Unsworth) 309

Daedalus (Greek Mythology)
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 161-162, 170-173, 178, 247-248, 268; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 45; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 148-149, 151; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 211; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 265
Daedalean: The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 269

Daft Jamie: see James Wilson

Dafydd ap Gwilym (Welsh Poet, 1320-1380)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 221-222, 243

Daggett, Elizabeth: see Gillette, Elizabeth

Dagon (Philistine Fertility God)
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 152, 154, 160, 162, 206-207, 209, 211, 214, 218-221, 225, 227, 236, 239, 243, 265-266, 268-272, 293-296, 299, 315, 338, 340-341, 343-346, 349-350, 358, 361-363, 368-369, 371, 373, 375-377, 380, 388, 397, 407-410, 414-416, 419, 421-422, 424, 426, 428-429, 432-434
The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (Lois H. Gresh) 10-11, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 41, 48, 56-57, 60, 67, 73, 91, 105, 107-108, 110-111, 113-114, 117, 124, 132-135, 150-153, 172-175, 179-181, 185, 187, 189, 199, 202, 223, 225, 230, 232, 234-237, 239-240, 242-243, 251-252, 259, 262, 266, 268, 272-275, 278, 280, 285-288, 292, 294, 297, 300-301, 305, 307-309, 313-318, 321
"You Miss, You Die" (Len Bailey) 117; "Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 425; The Adventure of the Neural Psychoses (Lois H. Gresh) 164-166, 168, 171, 231; 243, 246, 249, 292, 379, 389, 395, 397; "The Drowned Geologist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 306; "The Adventure of the Innsmouth Whaler" (Christian Klaver) 19, 28-31, 33, 35-36; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 170, 186-187, 189, 195, 201, 422; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 321; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 230; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 14
Armies of Dagon: "The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 28
Dagon Club: Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 82-83, 85-86, 88-89, 105, 163, 232, 239, 468, 476; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 78-85, 406, 408, 442; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 56, 58, 67, 82, 111, 117, 132, 136, 230
Dagonite: The Adventure of the Neural Psychoses (Lois H. Gresh) 152, 160, 162, 164, 167, 188, 193, 222, 229, 235, 243, 248, 271, 277, 294, 376, 378-379, 386, 390, 396; The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (Lois H. Gresh) 15-16, 19, 25-26, 39, 41, 45-46, 94, 97, 150, 168, 179-181, 189, 210, 216, 223, 238, 254, 269, 278, 287
Temple of Dagon: "The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 27

Dagon, Order of (The Big Fish - Kim Newman)
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 152, 154, 160, 162, 206-207, 209, 211, 214, 218-221, 225, 227, 236, 239, 243, 265-266, 268-272, 293-296, 299, 315, 338, 340-341, 343-346, 349-350, 358, 361-363, 368-369, 371, 373, 375-377, 380, 388, 397, 407-410, 414-416, 419, 421-422, 424, 426, 428-429, 432-434
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 27;
The Adventure of the Neural Psychoses (Lois H. Gresh) 9, 19, 22, 31, 50, 117, 155, 158-159, 162, 164, 172-175, 187, 189-191, 208, 213, 219, 229, 231, 234, 238-240, 246, 284, 390; The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (Lois H. Gresh) 16, 18, 23, 53-54, 75, 96, 107, 173-174, 187, 196, 231, 243, 245, 253, 257, 259, 270, 272, 286, 315; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 171, 194, 198; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 168, 179-180, 190, 192-194; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 176

Dagon, Silver Eye of (Conan Comics)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 26-29, 32-36, 38-41

d'Agoult, Marie (French Author, 1805-1876)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 153

Daguerre, Louis (French Painter & Photographer, 1789-1851)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 302; "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 163
Daguerre Looms: Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 425; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 876
Daguerrotype: Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 168, 230; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 55, 82, 243; "The Last Encore of Quentin Carol" (S.F. Bennett) 281; The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 181; "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 11; "Jacques the Giant Slayer" (Vanessa de Sade) 182, 187; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 246; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 95; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 65; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 121; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 21; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 65, 67; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 189; Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 143; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 265; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 211; "The Cuckoo’s Hour" (Mark A. Latham) 25; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 183; "The Adventure of the Deadly Séance" (James Lovegrove) 132; The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 132; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 293; The Three Locks (Bonnie MacBird) 319, 373; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 313, 445; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 92; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 119; "The Boy and the Book" (Daniel Nathan) 76; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 130; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 54; "The Return of the Sussex Vampire" (Christopher Sequeira) 209; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 555; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 87, 92; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 87; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 221, 228; "The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 33; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 61-62, 65-66, 69, 72-73, 77, 80, 82-83, 87; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 413; "Dead Man's Manuscript" (I.A. Watson) 136, 169; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 103

Dahl, Arlene (Norwegian-American Actress, 1925-)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 80

Dahl, Roald (English Author, 1916-1990)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 113

Dahlinger, Susan (American Sherlockian)
Dr Dahlinger: "The Old Senator" (Steve Hockensmith) 64

Dahmer, Jeffrey (American Serial Killer, 1960-1994)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 16

Dailygraph Reporter, The (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 119-120, 122, 127
Thomas C. Parker: Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 28-39, 41-42, 45-48, 50-53, 55-59

Daimler, Gottlieb (German Engineer & Inventor, 1834-1900)
Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 67; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 166; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 107
Daimler-Benz: "Sherlock Holmes and the Highcliffe Invitation" (Eddie Maguire) 155
Daimler Cars: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 100; Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 28, 68; "The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle" (August Derleth) 64; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 328-330; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 190-191, 267; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 166, 179; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 6; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 175, 195, 209-210, 218, 220; "The Case of the Scientific Recluse" (Ned Hubbell) 52; "The Incriminating Glove" (Ned Hubbell) 166; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 115, 133; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 191; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 193; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 490, 500; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 147, 149-150, 202, 209, 236; The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 19, 47, 67, 98; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 195; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 68, 70-71; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 48; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 118, 120; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 121, 129, 147, 151, 178, 202; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 322, 324
Daimler Company: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 26
Daimler Engine: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 21, 199, 206, 318-319, 328, 341, 387, 431, 441

Dairywoman, The (The Turn of the Screw - Henry James)
"The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 145

Daisy, Princess of Pless (Mary Teresa Cornwallis-West) (Wife of Prince Henry of Pless, 1873-1943)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203, 218, 227
"The Adventure of the Millford Silkworms" (Lavie Tidhar) 12, 14, 17

Dakin, Henry D. (English Chemist, 1880-1952)
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 53
Dakin's Hypochlorite: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 451

Dakin, D. Martin (British Sherlockian)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 53

Dalai Lama (Tibetan Spiritual Leader)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 8; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 188; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 29

Dalai Lama, 1st, Gedun Drub (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1391-1474)
"The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 324, 326; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu)176-177, 184, 205, 207, 220

Dalai Lama, 5th, Lozang Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1617-1682)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 147

Dalai Lama, 9th, Lungtok Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1806-1815)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 234; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 151, 159; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 160

Dalai Lama, 10th, Tsultrim Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1816-1837)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 156, 178, 210; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 159; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 160

Dalai Lama, 11th, Khendrup Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1838-1856)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 156, 178, 210; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 159; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 160

Dalai Lama, 12th, Trinley Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1856-1875)
"The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 326; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 29; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 156, 178, 180, 182, 210, 236; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 159; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 160

Dalai Lama, 13th, Thupten Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1876-1933)
Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 230, 233-234, 252, 256
The Game (Laurie R. King) 26, 28, 88
"The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 318-319, 323-329, 332-333
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 27, 30, 32-42, 45, 52-56, 65, 67-68, 73
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 92, 104, 125-128, 131-132, 137, 140, 150-159, 166-168, 173-175, 177-178, 182-186, 190-191, 205, 207-209, 211-212, 214, 216, 219, 222, 224-226, 228, 234-236, 240, 242, 244-247, 249-250, 253-254, 256-259, 261
Sherlock Holmes’s Tibetan Adventure (John F. Rice) 20-21, 40, 46, 58, 73, 85-86, 92, 99, 103-104, 111-117, 120, 123-134, 136-137, 139-141, 143-145, 154, 157-158, 160-162, 164-169, 171, 178, 181-182, 185, 187-194, 196, 204-215, 217, 221-222
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 76, 88, 146, 152, 156-157, 162, 166, 170
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 159-160, 171, 605
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 223-225, 228
"The Shadow of the Wolf" (Ron Weighell) 36-38, 42
"The Prideaux Manuscript" (Cara Black) 277; The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 7; The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 91, 95, 98, 101; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 141; Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 16; "The Deadly Sin of Sherlock Holmes" (Tom English) 73; "The Adventure of the Reluctant Spirit" (Paul D. Gilbert) 165; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul D. Gilbert) 16-17, 148; The Travels of Sherlock Holmes (John Hall) 100-101, 137, 141-142, 145-147, 149-150, 160, 179; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 43, 74; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 253; "Mycroft's Great Game" (Gary Lovisi) 119; "The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 86; Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 2; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 147, 157, 159

Dalai Lama, 14th, Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1935- )
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 34, 37, 40, 137-138, 149-150, 164, 171, 177

Dalby, James (British Medicinal Manufacturer)
Dalby's Carminative: The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 50, 219

Dale, David (Father-in-law of Robert Owen)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 112

Dale, Jimmy (Jimmy Dale, The Grey Seal series - Frank L. Packard)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Dale, Ronald (British Bank Clerk)
"The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 129

Daleks, The (Dr Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 37, 83, 168, 228, 240, 266; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 89; My Hero (Tom Holt) 299; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 155; Evolution (John Peel) 144

Daley, Thomas (British Murderer, c.1858-1898)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 9, 168-169, 177

Dalgliesh, Adam (Dalgliesh series - P.D. James)
Sergeant Dalgliesh: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 523, 539, 578-579

Dalhousie, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of (Scottish Statesman, 1812-1860)
"The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 13; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 151-152

Dali, Salvador (Spanish Artist, 1904-1989)
"The Adventure of the Disappearance of Whistler's Mother" (Robert L. Fish) 142; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 15; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 4; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 92; My Hero (Tom Holt) 196
The Salvador Deli: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 31

Dalio, Marcel (French Actor, 1900-1983)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 33

Dallas, Hilda (British Suffragist Artist, 1878-1958)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 164

d'Allesandrio, Mutio (Chess Player)
Muzio Gambit: Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 78

Dallmeyer, John Henry (Anglo-German Optician, 1830-1883)
Dallmeyer Lens: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 208

Dalrymple, Flower (Followed - L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace)
"The Adventure of the Slaughter Stone" (Rafe McGregor) 190-206
Baskerville (John O’Connell) 79-80

Dalrymple, Flower's Family (Followed - L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace)
"The Adventure of the Slaughter Stone" (Rafe McGregor) 191

Dalser, Ida (Wife of Benito Mussolini, 1880-1937)
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 185-188, 203, 220, 247, 269, 282

Dalton, John (British Chemist, 1766-1844)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 103; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 238 ; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 150

Dalton, Canon John Neale (The Duke of Clarence's Tutor, 1839-1931)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 31
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 277-279; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 277-278; "The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal Rajan) 74

Dalton Gang, The (American Outlaws, 1890-1892)
Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 124

D'Alvadorez, Dona Lucia (Charley's Aunt - Brandon Thomas)
Love Is the Winner (Janet Templeton) 122

Daly, Augustin (American Theatrical Producer, 1838-1899)
Daly's Theatre: "The Book of Tobit" (Carla Coupe) 113; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 221; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 37; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 269

Daly, Dr. (The Sorceror - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 86

Dalziel, Supt. Andrew: see Dalziel & Pascoe

Dalziel & Pascoe (Dalziel & Pascoe series - Reginald Hill)
Mrs. Dalziel & Constable Pascoe: Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 112-113, 119

Dam, H.J.W. (British Journalist)
The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 73

Damajanti, Nala (Exotic Dancer)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 314

Damakort (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Legacy - Gary Russell)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 251-253

Damballah Ouedo (Voodoo God)
"The Mystery of the Thames Afire" (Anonymous) 32; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 142-143, 151

Damien, Father (Joseph de Veuster, Belgian Missionary, 1840-1889)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 22, 24-29, 31, 34, 84

Damocles (Greek Courtier)
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 213; The Bartered Brides (Mercedes Lackey) 253
Coffin of Damocles: "The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 60
Damacles [sic] Sword: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 98
Sword of Damocles: "The Man Who "Bested" Sherlock Holmes" (Joseph Baron) 3; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 145; "The Adventure of the Two Women" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 190; "The Man on Westminster Bridge" (Dick Gillman) 397; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 164; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 40; The Bartered Brides (Mercedes Lackey) 253; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 250
Truncheon of Damocles: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 178

Damon & Phintias / Pythias (4th Century Sicilian Philosophers)
"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Holmes" (Steven Philip Jones & Seppo Makinen) 19; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 125

Damrong Rajanubhab (Siamese Prince, 1862-1943)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 252, 257, 339-340, 383, 602

Dan (Bible - Genesis)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 177

Dana, Charles (American Newspaperman, 1819-1897)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 116; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 100; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 177

Danae (Mother of Perseus in Greek Mythology)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 90

Danaides (Greek Mythology)
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 167-170

Danaus (Mythical King of Libya)
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 167

Danbury (Mark Twain's Cat)
"The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 311

Dance, Charles (British Actor, 1946- )
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 109

Dancer (Santa's Reindeer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 160

Dancing Men of Providence, The (Sherlockian Society)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 63

Dandelos, Nick: see Nick the Greek

Dandin, George (George Dandin - Moliere)
"Prolegomena to Dr Watson's Ninth Marriage" (Jacques Barzun) 49

d'Andresy, Henriette (The Queen's Necklace - Maurice Leblanc)
The Dark Lady (Irene Adler) 225; The Soprano’s Last Song (Irene Adler) 85

Dandridge (Fright Night - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 286-287, 290, 292

Daneri, Carlos Argentino (The Aleph - Jorge Luis Borges)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 90

Daniel (Bible - Daniel)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 93; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 131; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 68; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 122; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 343; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 141; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208; Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 148; Reply Paid (H.F. Heard) 120; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 250; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 231; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 63; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 222; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 196

Daniel, Jack (American Distiller, c.1849-1911)
Jack Daniel's: "Tough Guy Ballet" (Duane Swierczynski) 222

Danielsson, Bengt (Swedish Anthropologist, 1921-1997)
Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 39-44, 53, 86, 132

Danilo, Prince (The Merry Widow - Franz Lehár)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 141

Danilova, Alexandra (Russian Ballet Dancer, 1903-1997)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 150

Dannay, Frederic (American Author (Ellery Queen), 1905-1982)
"The Boy and the Book" (Daniel Nathan) 69-80
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 66

Dannemann, Gerhard (German Cigar Manufacturer)
Dannemann Cigarillo: Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 85

D'Annunzio, Gabriele (Italian Author, 1863-1938)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 54

Danny (Night Must Fall - Emlyn Williams)
The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 97

Dantalion, Doc (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Original Sin - Andy Lane)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 268

Dante Alighieri (Italian Poet, 1265-1321)
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 272, 336; "Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring)"The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 284; "Prolegomena to Dr Watson's Ninth Marriage" (Jacques Barzun) 43; "The Adventure of the Heroic Tobacconist" (Derrick Belanger) 178; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 46-47, 248, 328; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 26; "The Executioner" (Lawrence C. Connolly) 113; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 122; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 60; The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 143; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 177; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 111, 167; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 236; "Death of a Mudlark" (Stuart Douglas) 21; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 83; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 145; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 58; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 302; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 56; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 134; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 12; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 81; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 30-31; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 170;"The Shadows on the Lawn" (Barry Jones) 142; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 213; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 348; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 355; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 244; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 259; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 223; "The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 256; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 11; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 140; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 351; "The Weeping Masks" (James Lowder) 99; "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" (Richard A. Lupoff) 369; "The Adventure of the Ghastly Revenant" (Jonathan Maberry) 38; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 136; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 47, 290; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 153; Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 213; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 94; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 36; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 67; Evolution (John Peel) 55; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 295; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 134, 252; "Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World" (Martin Powell) 142; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 93; "The Case of the Two Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 182; "The Case of the Vermilion Face" (Ted Riccardi) 210; "A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 157; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 306; The Baker Street Letters (Michael Robertson) 166; "Curtain Call" (J. Scherpenhuizen) 286; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 20, 62, 149; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 254-255; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 177; "The Adventure of the Purple Hand" (D.O.Smith) 214; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 16; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 129; "A Most Diabolical Plot" (Tim Symonds) 302; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 13; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 17; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 366, 375; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 103-104; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 106
Dantean: Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 408; "Fleurs du Mal" (Brian Stableford) 155
Dantesque: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 119
Operation Dante: Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 14-15, 28-29, 31, 66, 83

Dantes, Edmund, The Count of Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, Père)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 174
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 35, 41, 147, 156-158; Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 201; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 84; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 121; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 149-150, 153; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 154; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 81; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 219; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 75

Danton, Georges Jacques (French Revolutionary, 1759-1794)
"The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 30; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 190
Rue Danton: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 96

Danvers, Mrs (Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier)
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 13

Daoloth (The Render of Veils - Ramsey Campbell)
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 425

Daphnis & Chlöe (Greek Mythology)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 53

Dapple (Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 16

Darby, Abraham (British Ironmaster, 1678-1717)
"The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 204
Darbies: "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 204
Derbies: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 16, 133

Darby, Kim (American Actress, 1947- )
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 13

Darby and Joan (The Joys of Love Never Forgot - Henry Woodfall)
"The Matter of the Royal Varietal" (David L. Hammer) 42; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 121

Darch, Car (Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy)
"The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 149

Darcy, Athena (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 65

Darcy, Fitzwilliam (Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 73-74, 79, 82-83
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 60-61, 63, 72, 75-76, 84, 95, 101-108, 114, 130, 180-183, 186, 188, 208, 220-222, 230-231, 234, 259-260, 271-274, 340, 344, 376-380, 382, 394, 405, 409, 413-414, 418, 439
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 15-16; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 54, 62-63, 121, 124, 149; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 1
Mrs Darcy Bennett: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 62

Darcy, Fitzwilliam Bennet (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 27, 63-65, 124, 200

Darcy, Sir Gawain (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 27, 64, 124, 200

Darcy, Georgiana (Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 151

Darcy, Thomas (Husband of Lady Howard, c.1586-?)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 35, 72, 296

d'Arcy, Ursula (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 13; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 64, 118

Dare, Virginia (First English Child Born in the Americas, 1587-?)
Virginia Dare (Ship): "The Adventure of the Wooden Box" (Leslie S. Klinger) 309, 311

Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6, 79

Darius (King of Persia (521-485BC))
 "Righteous Blood Is Red" (Len Bailey) 60; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 144; The Game (Laurie R. King) 46, 115; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 140; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 48, 50, 52-53, 56

Dark Lady, The (Subject/Addressee of certain of Shakespeare's Sonnets)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 36, 65-67, 97; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 20, 178; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 16; Sherlock Holmes and the Lady in Black (June Thomson) 105

Dark Lord (The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Mystery Surrounding Watson’s Lost Dispatch Box (Gary Lovisi) 66

Darkbloom, Vivian (Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov)
Judgment of Tears (Kim Newman) 18

Darkey (Followed - L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace)
Blackie: "The Adventure of the Slaughter Stone" (Rafe McGregor) 194, 197-199, 201-203

Darling, Candy (American Actress, 1944-1974)
"Half There / All There" (Glen Mehn) 237

Darling, Charles John, 1st Baron (British Judge, 1849-1936)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 133, 135-137, 140, 160, 180, 220
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 139

Darling, George (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
"MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 140-141
"The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 15, 17

Darling, Joe (Australian Cricketer, 1870-1946)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 304

Darling, John (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
"MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 140-141
"The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 15-18, 21-22, 35, 37

Darling, Mary (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
"MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 140-141
Meg Darling: "The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 15-18, 21

Darling, Michael (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
"The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 15-18, 21-22, 37
Peter Darling: "MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 140-141

Darling, Wendy (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
"MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 140-141
"The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 15-18, 21-22, 37
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 21-22, 201, 203
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 7, 172; "The Adventure of the Talking Board" (John Grant) 99

Darling Family, The (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 77

Darnell, Lord (Matty Groves - Folk Song)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 415

Darnley, Lord Henry Stuart (Husband of Mary Queen of Scots, 1545-1567)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 36-37, 39-41, 50, 122, 195-196
Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 1, 194

Darracq, Alexander (French Car Designer, 1855-?)
Darracq Car: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 59, 74, 94

Darras, General Paul (French Military Officer, the Dreyfus Affair)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 63

Darrell, Peter (Bulldog Drummond series - Sapper)
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 65

Darrow, Clarence (American Lawyer, 1857-1938)
"The Ghost of the Lake" (Jamie Freveletti) 217-218; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 196; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 311; "An I for an I" (Rajnar Vajra) 55, 58

Dart, Raymond (Australian Palaeoanthropologist, 1893-1988)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 16

D'Artagnan (The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318-319
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 77-79
"Kid Eternity: Great Heroes of Fiction" (Joe Millard) 42
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 332-334, 343, 363, 369, 381-388, 390, 394-396, 471-474, 478, 482
"The Queen of Air & Darkness" (Poul Anderson) 50; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 86; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 346; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 44; "The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 34; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 277; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 2; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 305-306; "The Adventure of the Glass House" (Michael Mallory) 62-64; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 202
A D'Artagnan: "The Adventure of the Jersey Girl" (Bill Peschel) 366
D'Artagnan-like: Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 68
A Veritable D'Artagnan: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 123
See also: The Three Musketeers

Darth Vader (Star Wars series - movies)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 78

Darwin, Charles (British Naturalist, 1809-1882)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 185-199
Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 57, 60-61, 71-72, 74-76
Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 57-58, 61-62, 65-78, 101, 133-134, 140, 151-161, 163-164
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 203; Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 18, 72; "Ten Lords A-Leaping" (Jake Arnott) 318; Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 78; "The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor" (Stephen Baxter) 274; "Colonel Warburton’s Madness" (Rolfe Boswell) 96; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 45; "The Caribbean Treaty Affair" (Jill Braden) 394; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 47; "The Case of the Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 126; "Three Cases of Unfair Preferment" (Colin Bruce) 145; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 46, 113, 118; A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 33; "A Full Account of Ricoletti of the Club Foot & His Abominable Wife" (Ian Charnock) 149, 153, 162;"Matilda Briggs and the Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Ian Charnock) 218; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 203; "Sherlock Holmes and the Diving Bell" (Simon Clark) 165; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 4; The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 189; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 124; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 149; "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 151; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 168; "Our Common Correspondent" (Lyndsay Faye) 479; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 15, 21-22, 31, 33, 40-41, 48, 52-53, 64, 70, 80, 96, 101-102, 105, 117, 141, 144; Arrowood (Mick Finlay) 29, 81, 273, 320; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 194; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 48; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 188, 194, 451, 539; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 86, 88-89, 92, 176, 208, 213; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 211; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 80; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 18; "Fade to Black" (Michael Gregorio) 506; The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 195; "The Spy's Retirement" (John Courtenay Grimwood) 269; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 33; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 156; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi)13; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 184, 257; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 58; My Hero (Tom Holt) 104; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 152; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 46, 123-124; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 153; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 60; "The Case of the Cannibal Club" (Carole Johnstone) 224-225, 255; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 228; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 318; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 139; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 102; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 138; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 207; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 201; Black Ice (Andrew Lane) 22; "The Curious Case of the Compromised Card-Index" (Andrew Lane) 46; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 76; "A Father's Tale" (Sterling E. Lanier) 142; Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 167-168; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 153; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 272; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 359; "Inga Sigerson Weds" (Richard A. Lupoff) 8; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 61, 124; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 192; What Child Is This? (Bonnie MacBird) 38, 215; "The Adventure of the Lunatics’s Ball" (Adam Beau McFarlane) 133; "Obsession" (Russel D. McLean) 153; "The Strange Affair At Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 4; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 119; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 21, 41-42, 73, 93, 119, 141, 144, 160, 174, 239; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 120-121, 232; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 59-60, 67-68, 119, 198, 201; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 225, 312; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 274, 290; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 144; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 28, 74-75, 310; "The Spy and the Towers" (Nick Oldham) 327-328; "The Adventure of the Marked Man" (Stuart Palmer) 98; Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 107; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 76-77; Evolution (John Peel) 211; The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 297; "Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World" (Martin Powell) 146; "The Adventure of the Professor’s Bequest" (Philip Purser-Hallard) 32; The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 66, 174, 238; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 7, 20, 145; "And Such Small Deer" (Chris Roberson) 67; "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow) 159; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 186; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 192, 194-197, 271-272, 279; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 165; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 204; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 85; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 24; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 183; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 134-135, 175; The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 79; The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (Nancy Springer) 78; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 87, 111; The Case of the Missing Marquess (Nancy Springer) 19; The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Nancy Springer) 85; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 104, 120-121, 172, 177; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 12, 14; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 11; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 152; "The Case of the Sumatran Rat" (June Thomson) 178-179; "The Adventure of the Millford Silkworms" (Lavie Tidhar) 13-14, 29; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 147; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 687, 790, 813, 946; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 56; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 218; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 219; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 105, 110, 313-314; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 51-52; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 18; "The First Footers" (Stephen Volk) 199; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 24; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 47; "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 124; "The Rubber Bend" (Gene Wolfe) 128; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 322
Dr S.S. Beagle: The Detective of London (Robert & Bruce Kraus)
Darwinian: "The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (John L. Breen) 192; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 100; "The Puzzling Adventure of the Misunderstood Monkey Business" (Maxwell Bukofzer) 71; "Our Common Correspondent" (Lyndsay Faye) 475; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 35, 40; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 47; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 65; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 74, 162; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 271; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 63, 70; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 51; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 482; The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 83; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 69; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 51; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 19; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 172
Darwinism: Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 18, 173; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 161, 182, 185; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 299
Darwinist: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 40, 130; A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 200; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 280
Darwinist League: The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 43-44, 133-134, 141, 159-160, 164, 196, 267
Social Darwinism: "Buy a Bullet" (Gregg Hurwitz) 169; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 103; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 192-194; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 245; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 87; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 37
NOTE: Mr Darwin in "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow)(157, 159-161, 163, 166-167) is one of Darwin's sons, but which is not specified.

Darwin, Emma (Wife of Charles Darwin, 1808-1886)
Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 61, 74-77
Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 67-68, 70, 73, 77-78, 153, 163
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (John L. Breen) 186, 189-190, 193; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 192

Darwin, Erasmus (British Scientist & Poet, 1731-1802)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 195, 197; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 5; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 7; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 80

Darwin, Erasmus (Brother of Charles Darwin, 1804-1881)
Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 163

Darwin, Sir Francis (Son of Charles Darwin, 1848-1925)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 190-198, 215, 263, 271-272, 282, 293

Darwin, Robert (Father of Charles Darwin, 1766-1848)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 134

Das, Sarat Chandra (Indian Scholar & Spy, 1849-1917)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 146-147, 149-150, 155
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 43, 87-88, 94-97, 99-101, 106, 132, 146-148, 157, 191
"Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 154

D'Ascenzo, Nicola (Italian Artist, 1871-1954)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 205

Dasent, Bury I. (American Journalist)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 273-274, 328-329, 337

Dashwood, Sir Francis (English Founder of the Hellfire Club, 1708-1781)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 4; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 300; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 423
The Dashwood Club: "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 300

Data, Mr (Star Trek: The Next Generation - TV series)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 5-28, 35-37, 40-47, 49-57, 65-79, 82-83, 90-97, 105, 107-117, 124-139, 145-151, 154, 162-176, 178, 190-202, 207, 210-218, 220-221, 223-225, 227-232, 237-246, 250-252, 257-286, 288, 290-310, 312-370
"The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 131

Datchery, Dick (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 233, 323, 387, 391, 395-397, 401, 407, 412
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 474, 476-479
"Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 159, 161-162
The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 24-25, 47-48, 81-82, 87-88, 117-119, 133-135, 138-139, 161, 166, 175
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 215-225
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 11, 58-59, 81, 121-124, 193

Dauber, Samuel (American Bookseller)
Dauber & Pine: Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 50

d'Aubray, Marie Madeleine (French Serial Killer, 1630-1676)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 113

Daubrun, Marie (French Actress, c.1828-1901)
"Fleurs du Mal" (Brian Stableford) 127

Daudet, Alphonse (French Novelist, 1840-1897)
"Sherlock Holmes" (An Idle Quill) 107

Daumier, Honoré (French Artist, 1808-1879)
The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 140

Dauntless, Richard (Ruddigore - Gilbert & Sullivan)
Richard Abernetty: "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 455-457, 459

Davenport, A,H. (American Furniture Manufacturer)
Davenport Sofa: The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 52, 159; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 24, 127, 143

Davenport, Captain (Commissioner of the First Davenport Desk)
Davenport Desk: Moriarty (John Gardner) 17

Davenport, Basil (American Editor & Sherlockian, 1905-1966)
"The Baker Street Irregulars Murder Case" (Henry T. Parry) 77
"Davenport, Basil": Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 48

Davenport, Ira (American Spirit Medium, 1839-1911)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 49, 51

Davenport Brothers: William (1841-1877) & Ira (1839-1911) (American Spirit Mediums)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 36, 51, 157, 189; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 138; Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 93; The Dragon Turn (Shane Peacock) 148; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 176; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 93; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 186; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 260

Daventry, Mrs. (Mr. & Mrs. Daventry - Oscar Wilde)
"Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 223, 227

David (Disciple of Sr Romedius)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 116

David (King of Judah & Israel (100-961BC), ?-961BC)
"The Hanging Man" (Len Bailey) 2-9, 11-16, 18-20
"You Miss, You Die" (Len Bailey) 116-119, 123-130, 132-135
"Run for Your Life" (Len Bailey) 196; "Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 160, 168-170, 174-175; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 70, 170; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 195; Moriarty (John Gardner) 267, 277; Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 111; The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (Leonard Goldberg) 127; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 60; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 278; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 77; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 224; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 234; "The Allegro Mystery" (Luke Benjamen Kuhns) 164; No Place Like Holmes (Jason Lethcoe) 154-155; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 306; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 124; The Execution of Newcome Bowles (Allan D. Mickle) 30; "A Discreet Investigation" (Rohase Piercy) 37-38; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 146; "The Adventure of the Eminent Collector" (Tony Reynolds) 132; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 66; "The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 57; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 23, 134; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 142-143; "Jerusalem Keep" (Mark Valentine & John Howard) 362; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 115; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 151-152
City of David: A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 15
Davidic: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 43
"Once In Royal David's City": "The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 39, 42; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 25
Star of David: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 91; "The Shadow Not Cast" (Lionel Chetwynd) 250; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 42, 50; The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (Leonard Goldberg) 126-127; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 173; "The Adventure of the Ocean Queen" (Michael Mallory) 32, 36; "Ebonstone" (James A. Moore) 239; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 329; "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 78; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 109; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 56, 58
Star of King David: Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 66
Street of David: Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 52
see also: David & Goliath

David & Goliath (Bible - Samuel)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 114; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 154-155; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 46; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 34; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 210; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 125; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 304; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 84; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 46; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 90; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 204
see also: David; Goliath

David, Jacques-Louis (French Painter, 1748-1825)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 108; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 64; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 148; "The Sainte-Geneviève Caper" (Alain le Bussy) 131; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 144; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 134

David, St (6th Century Bishop & Confessor)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 80
Davy's Day: "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 312
St David's Church: The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 86, 108, 116
St David's Day: "The Missing Leek" (Casey) 243
St David's, Pembrokeshire: "The Case of the Viceroy's Assistant" (Ted Riccardi) 23-24
St David's Station: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 21

David-Néel, Alexandra (French Explorer, 1868-1969)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 178, 199; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 222-223

Davidson, Constable (Australian Police Officer)
"The Mysterious Drowning at St Kilda" (Steve Cameron) 195-196

Davidson, Garrie (American Theater Hand)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 213-215, 217

Davidson, Randall Thomas (Archbishop of Canterbury (1903-28), 1848-1930)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 156
The Archbishop of Canterbury: The Game (Laurie R. King) 214; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 6; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 120

Davies (Husband of Mary Kelly): see Davis

Davies (The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine Childers)
"Libretto by Esau" (Norman Hinton) 493

Davies, Captain John (The Island of Dr Moreau - H.G. Wells)
Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 132; "The Adventure of A Rat" (Adrian Middleton) 186

Davies, Emily (British Feminist and Educator, 1830-1921)
Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 81

Davies, John (Welsh Robber, ?-1821)
Robert Newton: The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 77

Davies, Louise M. (American Philanthropist, 1900-1998)
Davies Symphony Hall: Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 159

Davies, Moll (English Theatre Dancer, Mistress of Charles II)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 64

Davies, Sergeant Robert (British Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 378-379

Davies, Thomas (Introduced Johnson to Boswell)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 1; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison)

Davis (First Husband of Mary Kelly)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 170

Davis, Alfred (English Watch Retailer)
Wilsdorf & Davis: Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 50

Davis, Andrew Jackson (American Spiritual Healer, 1826-1910)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 14, 207

Davis, Bette (American Actress, 1908-1989)
Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 4; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 21

Davis, Dwight F. (American Tennis Player, 1879-1945)
Davis Cup: Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 55

Davis, Elmer (American Journalist & Sherlockian, 1890-1948)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 20
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60, 67
 "The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 146; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 23; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 3-5

Davis, George R. (American Politician, 1840-1899)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 589, 591-592, 600

Davis, Dr Henry (English Doctor, c.1818-1891)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 7-8, 19-20, 27-28, 98

Davis, Henry Gassaway (American Senator, 1823-1916)
"The Adventure of the Diamond Dog Collar" (Bert Leston Taylor) 288

Davis, Jefferson (US Confederate President (1861-65), 1808-1889)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 114, 120, 122; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 28, 78, 260; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 62, 231; Call the Turn (Zeke Masters) 41; The Noble Criminal (Albert Holland Rhodes) 23; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 91, 114-115

Davis, John (Ripper Case, Carman who Found Chapman's Body)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 91
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 48, 52-53
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 58
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 68
 Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 146; "The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 63; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 169

Davis, Noah K. (American Professor of Moral Philosophy & Religion)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 53

Davis, Phil (British Actor, 1953- )
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 32

Davis, Richard Harding (American Writer, 1864-1916)
"Over The Plum Pudding" (John Kendrick Bangs) 210; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 74-75, 156, 215

Davis, Superintendent Robert (British Police Officer)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 9, 75

Davis, Theodore M. (American Lawyer & Egyptologist, 1837-1915)
The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 31, 76, 78, 83

Davison, Charles (Father of Emily Wilding Davison)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 68, 97, 137, 188

Davison, Emily Wilding (British Suffragist - Threw herself in front of king's horse at the Derby, 1872-1913)
"The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost" (Jon L. Breen) 35
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 50, 57, 61-64, 66, 68-70, 73-75, 78, 95-98, 137, 149-150, 168-169, 187-188
The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 246, 249; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 97
NOTE: There is a suffragist character named Emily Davison in Graham Moore's The Holmes Affair . As she is murdered at home in her own flat it is unlikely that she is the historical Emily Davison.

Davitt, Michael (Irish Republican, 1846-1906)
"The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 329

Davy, Sir Humphrey (British Chemist, 1778-1829)
"A Case of Mis-identity" (Colin Dexter) 121; "The Adventure of the Admiral" (David James) 62, 91; Evolution (John Peel) 139;"The Wandering Corpse" (John Taylor) 10
Davie Lamp: East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 71
Davy Lamp: "The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 109

Davy, Peter (Widdecombe Fair - Song)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 169

Davy, Tess (Augustus Maltravers series - Robert Richardson)
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 38, 51, 145, 147-150, 152, 154-157, 161, 163-167, 172-182, 187-192

Dawkins, Sir William Boyd (British Archaeologist, 1837-1929)
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 60-62, 65-68, 75-76

Dawn Patrol, The (The Dawn Patrol - Movie)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 111

Dawson, Charles (English Solicitor, Discoverer of the Piltdown Man, ?-1916)
Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) x, 10, 13, 16-19, 25, 29, 64, 76-79, 81-82, 86, 95, 98, 107-108, 112, 133, 150, 176
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 10, 17, 20-21, 25-27, 29-30, 34-38, 40-49, 51-52, 57-85, 92-94, 98-99, 118-122, 138-171, 173-188, 191, 193-207, 211-216, 221-223, 234-235, 238-242, 244, 246, 250, 253-256, 259, 262, 265-284
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 137-139, 141, 144-145

Dawson, Charles (American Hotel Clerk)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 199-200, 232-233

Dawson, Emily (First English Woman Magistrate)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 73

Dawson, George M. (Canadian Surveyor & Scientist, 1849-1901)
"The Riddle of the Rideau Rifles" (Peter Calamai) 186

Dawson, Thomas, Baron Dartrey and Viscount Cremorne (British Nobleman, 1725-1813)
The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 69

Dax, Colonel (Paths of Glory - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 333

Day, Alfred (English Railway Signalman, Witness to the Grantham Rail Disaster)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 20, 34, 42, 57

Day, Alice Hooker (Wife of John C. Day, 1847-1928)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 232-233, 236, 240, 247

Day, Cecil B. (American Hotelier, 1934-1978)
Days Inn: A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 221, 272

Day, Charles (English Barber, 1783-1836)
Day & Martin's Polish: Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 65

Day, Doris (American Actress, 1922-2019)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 218; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 71; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 432

Day, Harry (Houdini's UK Manager)
Harry Dayton: The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 27-28, 34, 106, 115-116, 171, 178, 180, 187-188, 192, 202-203, 226, 231

Day, John C. (American Lawyer, 1835-1899)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 232-233, 236, 240, 247

Daybreak Boys, The (New York Gang)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 184

Daystrom, Dr. Richard (Star Trek - TV series "The Ultimate Computer" episode)
"The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 94
Daystrom Institute: The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 17, 45, 47, 89, 94, 106, 125-129, 144-151, 170-175, 193, 224-225, 230, 243, 298-300, 315

Dayton, George Draper (American Retailer, 1857-1938)
Dayton's Department Store: Strongwood (Larry Millett) 92-93, 101-104, 151

Dazhbog (Slavic Sun God)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 145