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Diaghilev, Sergei (Russian Ballet Impresario, 1872-1929)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 57; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 43

Diamond, Jack "Legs" (New York Gangster, ?-1931)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 184, 188

Diana (Roman Goddess of Hunting)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 100; "The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 6; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 177; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 29; "The Plate Mystery" (Gene Fowler) 124; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 84-85; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 1; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 162; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 190; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 305; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 56; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 14; The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 18
Dianic: "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 153

Diana (Spencer) (Princess of Wales, 1961-1997)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 213; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 168

Diarist, The (The Horla - Guy de Maupassant)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 38-39

DÌaz, Porfirio (Mexican President (1877-80 & 1884-1911), 1830-1915)
"The Case of the Remarkable Worm" (June Thomson), 84

Dick, Mr. (David Copperfield - Charles Dickens)
"The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 428; "The Enchanted Garden" (H.F.Heard) 124

Dickens, Catherine (Wife of Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 30, 32, 120

Dickens, Charles (British Author, 1812-1870)
 The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 9, 11, 21, 23-27, 30-33, 35, 41-42, 54-55, 57, 59, 72, 74, 77, 79-81, 90, 92, 98-102, 106, 112-115, 117-118, 120-121, 123-124, 130, 144, 147-148, 156-158, 163, 176, 179-180, 184-185, 190-195; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 6-422; "The Adventure of the Laughing Jarvey" (Stephen Fry) 223-235; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 21, 189; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 215-225
Charolis Dickens: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 170-171
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 58; Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 109; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 105; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 123; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 74; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 23, 170; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 122; "The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 123; "The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 167; "The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost" (Jon L. Breen) 26, 28; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 71; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 40, 42; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 69; The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 24, 27; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 46, 141; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 144; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 30, 34, 38; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 95-97; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 231; "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 18; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 128; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 115, 254; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 32, 209, 250, 273, 425; "The Sunleys of Canterbury" (Miles Elward) 42; "The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 109-110; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 354; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 45; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 13, 168; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 7; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 97; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 178, 185; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 57; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 80; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 19; "The Matter of the Royal Varietal" (David L. Hammer) 39; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 34; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 13; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 77, 255; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 25, 226; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 16; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 3, 9; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 133; "The Enchanted Garden" (H.F.Heard) 123-124; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 54; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 96; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 23, 28; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 113; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 41; "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 151, 154; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 91, 124, 129, 135, 154-155, 159, 179; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 10, 151; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 19; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 125; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 60-61, 69; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 58-59, 108, 299; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 16; "The Adventure of the Damsel In Grey" (Michael Mallory) 55; "The Adventure of the Glass House" (Michael Mallory) 68; "The Adventure of the Illustrious Patient" (Michael Mallory) 76; "The Adventure of the Nefarious Nephew" (Michael Mallory) 133; "The Adventure of the Other Woman" (Michael Mallory) 18; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 24, 55, 86, 94; "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 296; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 83; The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 180, 182; "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 122; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 145; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 72; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 7, 24, 95, 188; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 98, 166; "Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher" (Arthur Porges) 96; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 22; "Holmes Receives A Visitor" (R.C.R.-G.) 112; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 32, 175; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 45, 47-48, 53, 64, 197-198; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 32; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 167; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 343; "The Case of the Sporting Squire" (Guy N. Smith) 155; "The Haunted House" (Alan Stockwell) 212; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 16; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 62; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 269; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 444; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 145; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 11; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 86; The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 72; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 297; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) xiv, 37, 146; "The Mystery of Headless Valley" (Ronald C. Weyman) 39; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 174; "The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 142; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 295; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 22, 99; A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 200
Boz: "The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 428; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 124
Sergeant Charlie Dickens: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 145, 179-181
Dickensian: Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 98, 170; "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 211; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 11, 92-93, 104, 114, 116, 139, 146, 156-158, 162-163, 173; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 27; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 128; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 4; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 243; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 99; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 64, 155
Dickensiana: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 179
Dickens-like: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 158

Dickens, Francis J. (Canadian Mountie, Son of Charles Dickens, 1844-1886)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 44-58, 64, 68, 71, 75-77, 102, 109, 115, 125-126, 140-141, 175, 197-200, 259, 262-263, 268, 273, 281-285

Dickens, Kate (Daughter of Charles Dickens, 1839-1929)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 106, 391, 417
Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 10; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223, 225

Dickens, Mary "Mamie" (Daughter of Charles Dickens, 1838-1896)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 391, 417, 419

Dickens, John (Father of Charles Dickens)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 226

Dickens, Elizabeth (Mother of Charles Dickens, 1789-1863)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 226

Dickenson, Hannah (Accused Col. Valentine Baker of rape)
"The Matter of the Cashiered Colonel" (David Hammer) 26-29 {Miss Robinson}; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 43-47; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 90-96, 98-100, 102-103, 105, 107, 216-217, 222-223

Dickenson, Rosanna (Witness in the Peasenhall Murder Case)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 203, 205, 207

Dickey, James (American Author, 1923-1997)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65

Dickinson, Captain Almeron (American Soldier at The Alamo, 1800-1836)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 4

Dickinson, Angelina (Daughter of Almeron Dickinson, 1834-1869)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 4

Dickinson, Emily (American Poet, 1830-1886)
"The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 143, 172; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 178

Dickinson, Susanna (Wife of Almeron Dickinson, 1814-1883)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 4

Dickson, Carter (Pseudonym of John Dickson Carr)
Dickson, the Carter: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 74, 78

Dickson, Harry (Harry Dickson series - Jean Ray)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 14; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 60

Diderot, Denis (French Philosopher, 1713-1784)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 51; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 28

Didier, Auguste (Auguste Didier series - Amy Myers)
"The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 369, 372, 376

Dido (Queen of Carthage)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 192
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 104

Dido & Aeneas (Roman Mythology)
"Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer" (Darrell Schweitzer) 119

Diebold, Charles (German-American Safe Manufacturer, 1838-1863)
Diebold Firm: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 124

Diego de Leon, Conde de Belascoain (Spanish Politician, 1807-1841)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 161

Diem, Ngo Dinh (President of South Vietnam (1955-63), 1901-1963)
Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 77

Diemschutz, Louis (Ripper Case, the Carter who found Stride's body)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 94-95, 105; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 50-52, 57, 81, 164; "The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 70-72; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 88, 97-98; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 137-138; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 194, 219; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 100-101
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 245; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 119; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 88-89, 192; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 35

Diemschutz, Mrs. (Wife of Louis Diemschutz)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 88

Diesel, Rudolph (German Engineer, 1858-1913)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 28; "A Slaying In Suburbia" (G. Kelly) 45, 47; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 12

Dietrich, Marlene (German-American Actress, 1901-1992)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 113, 194

Dietz, Robert Edwin (American Lantern Manufacturer, 1818-1897)
Dietz Company: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 193

Dieudonné, GeneviËve (Drachenfels - Jack Yeovil)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 11-22, 35-41, 49-58, 75-84, 105-110, 117, 138, 155-159, 180-181, 185-194, 199-217, 220-221, 223-254, 265-266, 283-289, 299-304, 319, 329, 331-337, 343-350, 357-371, 381-385, 393-395, 407-408, 413-452, 454-461
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 13-14, 47, 53-54, 57, 77, 118-119, 201, 248-250, 257, 295, 315, 345, 350

Diffring, Anton (German Actor, 1918-1989)
 The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 36, 97

Digby, Sir Everard (Gunpowder Plot Conspirator, 1576/1578-1606)
Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 133, 219

Digby, Lady Mary (Mulsho) (Wife of Sir Everard Digby, c.1581-?)
Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 133

Digges, Reverend J.G. (Irish Beekeeper, 1858-1933)
The Final Solution (Michael Chabon) 73

Diggs, Oscar Zoroaster: see Oz, Wizard of

Dilke, Sir Charles (British Radical Politician, 1843-1911)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 76, 164; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 208

Dillard, R.H.W. (American Author & Professor of English)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65

Dillinger, John (American Criminal, 1902-1934)
Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 43

Dillingham, Charles (American Theatrical Producer)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 26

Dillon, Una (British Bookseller)
Dillons: My Hero (Tom Holt) 42

DiMaggio, Joe (American Baseball Player, 1914-1999)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 221

Dimitrios, Mask of (The Mask of Dimitrios - Eric Ambler)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 213, 226

Dimmock, Emily (aka Phyllis Shaw, Victim of the Camden Town Murder, 1884-1907)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 211-212; "The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 219-223, 226, 237, 239-240, 242-244

Dimsdale, Sir Joseph (Lord Mayor of London (1901-02))
"The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 309, 312, 314, 419-320, 322

Dinah (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
"Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (Lawrence Schimel) 210-211

Dinah's Kittens (Alice Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll)
"The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 114

Diocletian (Roman Emperor (284-305), 245-313)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 85

Diogenes the Cynic (Greek Philosopher ?-320BC)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 138; "Shady Sinners of the Styx"(Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 7-8
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 31; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 47, 80, 105, 118; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 304; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 28; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 91; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 458, 460

Dionysus (Greek God of Wine & Vegetation)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 60; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 54

Diotima (Hyperion - Friedrich Hölderlin)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 79

Dirac, Paul (British Physicist, 1902-1984)
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 17

Disciples, The (Followers of Jesus in The New Testament)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 66; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 473, 482; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 138; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 216-217; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 22; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 219

Disease (Punch & Judy Show Character)
The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 66, 70, 95

Dish and the Spoon, The (Nursery Rhyme Characters)
The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 68; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 219

Disney, Walt (American Film-maker, 1901-1966)
 The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 12; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 370; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 176
Disney: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127
Disney-esque: The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 300; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 76
Disneyland: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 114; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 26
Walt Disney World: Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 133

Disraeli, Benjamin (Lord Beaconsfield, British Prime Minister (1868, 1874-80), 1804-1881)
 The Adventure of the Three Dragons (Luke Steven Fullenkamp) vii, 44-45, 48-54, 141, 156, 189-191; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 91, 101, 109, 163, 183, 185-187, 191-195, 197, 199-200, 202-203, 213-224, 231, 245, 247, 251, 254, 256-260, 264, 280; "Barrett Holmes and the Red-Headed Mystery" (Paul Minett & Brian Leveson) 44; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 37-40, 50, 74, 79, 91, 114; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 5-235
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 12; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 89; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 71; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 104; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 354-355; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 18, 25, 32, 41, 45, 78-79; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 70; "Jack The Ripper" (Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie) 67; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 32, 140; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 88; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 99; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 30; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 34; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 49; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 104; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 39; "The Case of the Ancient British Barrow" (Terry McGarry) 113; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 26; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 59; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 22; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67, 109; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 74; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 7, 23, 28, 139; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 163; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 111, 157, 167; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 28, 39, 126, 218; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 221-222; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 24; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 108, 125, 221; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 236, 269; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 15, 120, 207; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 38; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 110; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 21; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 70, 84; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 113-114, 248; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 74; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 103; "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 204; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 177
The Prime Minister: "The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 33

Dix, Dorothea (American Social Reformer, 1802-1887)
"The Case of the Notorious Practitioner" (Jane Rubino) 83

Dixie, Henry (American Actor)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 185

Dixon, P.C. George (The Blue Lamp - Ted Willis, & Dixon of Dock Green TV series)
The Case of the Blackmail Boys (Terrance Dicks) 13; The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 103; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 21
Sergeant George Dixon: The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 10-11, 164, 181-182; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 213-405; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 112-113; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 62, 83, 89-90, 105, 107-108, 115, 151, 202, 210; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 14-144; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 415; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 219-220; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 186-187, 230; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 178-180, 184
NOTE: M.J. Trow's Dixon is clearly based on "Dixon of Dock Green", using many of his catchphrases, but operating too early to actually be George Dixon. In Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) he says to a passing constable, "I thought you were in the dock, Green" (p.113).

Dixon, Thomas (American Author, 1864-1946)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 58

Dobson, Zuleika (Zuleika Dobson - Max Beerbohm)
"Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 137

Doctor (who attended the girl knocked down by Hyde) (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 36

Doctor, The First (Dr Who -TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 1-2, 128, 302-304

Doctor, The Second (Dr Who - TV series)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 94

Doctor, The Third (Dr Who -TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 97, 102, 129

Doctor, The Fourth (Dr Who -TV series)
The Talons of Weng Chiang (Terrance Dicks); Evolution (John Peel) 16-23, 28-33, 38-40, 43-55, 57-59, 70-73, 77-84, 87-93, 97-99, 104-108, 111, 114-120, 123-135, 137, 144-164, 174-189, 196, 198-202, 209, 224-229, 231-241, 243, 246-248, 251-259
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 3

Doctor, The Sixth (Dr Who -TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 222

Doctor, The Seventh (Dr Who -TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 9-288; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 1-4, 25-26, 29-30, 38-53, 59-69, 83, 86, 88, 96-97, 102, 117-124, 126, 128-131, 133, 138-150, 154-166, 170-171, 176, 187, 189-191, 193-194, 196, 198-199, 208-224, 233-236, 249-253, 255-257, 259-260, 262-266, 268-295, 297-304

Doctor Doom (Fantastic Four Comics)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 113

Dodd, Dr William (British Clergyman & Forger, 1729-1777)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 44

Dodds, Baby (American Jazz Drummer, 1898-1959)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 242-245

Dodds, Johnny (American Jazz Clarinetist, 1892-1940)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 242-245

Dodge, John (1864-1920) & Horace (1868-1920) (American Car Designers)
Dodge Charger: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 205
Dodge Sedan: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 178, 181
Dodge Truck: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 179

Dodgson, Reverend Charles (Father of Lewis Carroll, 1800-1868)
"Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 79

Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge: see Carroll, Lewis

Dodgson, Frances Lutwidge (Mother of Lewis Carroll, 1804-1851)
"Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 79

Dodson & Fogg (Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 133

Doebler, Ludwig (Austrian Magician, 1801-1864)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 197

Dog, The (The House that Jack Built - Nursery Rhyme)
"The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 280, 296, 298

Dogberry, Constable (Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 65, 98; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 60-61
Dogberrys: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 109

Dogen (Japanese Buddhist Monk, 1200-1253)
Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 28, 95

Doherty, Lieutenant Edward P. (American Army Officer, Led the Capture of John Wilkes Booth, ?-1897)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 169-171, 173, 295-296

Dollfuss, Engelbert (Austrian Chancellor (1932-34), 1892-1934)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 104

Dolgorouky, Prince Serge Alexandrovich (Aide-de-Camp to Nicholas II, 1883-?)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 32

Dolingen, Countess (Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 23; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67

Dolittle, Dr. (Dr Dolittle series - Hugh Lofting)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 65, 98, 101

Dolly Sisters, The (American Vaudeville Artistes, Rosika Deutsch (1892-1920) & Jansci Deutsch (1892-1941))
Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 122

Domhain, Daoine (Daoine Domhain - Peter Tremayne)
 "The Drowned Geologist" (CaitlÌn R. Kiernan) 306

Dominic, St. (Spanish Theologian, c.1170-1221)
Dominican: Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 17; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 143; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 223; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 137

Don (Charles Dickens' Dog)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 417-418

Don Alhambra (The Gondoliers - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 63

Don Corleone (The Godfather - Mario Puzo)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 161

Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni - Mozart)
"Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 27; "The Missing Don Giovanni" (Paul D. Gilbert) 82-83, 89, 92; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 334; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 7

Don José (Carmen - Bizet)
"The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor" (Carole Buggé) 337, 347-348; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 62-63, 112-113, 126

Don Juan (Legendary Spanish Hero)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 47; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 120; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 167; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 28; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 229; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 241
A Don Juan: Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 492
Don Juan Triumphant

Don Quixote: see Quixote, Don

Donaldson, Stephen (American Author, 1947- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 38

Donatello (Italian Sculptor, c1386-1466)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 136

Donelly, Ned (British Boxer)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 53

Dong With The Luminous Nose, The (The Dong With The Luminous Nose - Edward Lear)
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 85

Donizetti, Domenico (Italian Composer, 1797-1848)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 65; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 11

Donlevy, Brian (American Actor, 1901-1972)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 37, 108, 117, 119-124

Donne, John (British Poet, 1572-1631)
"The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 35; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 62; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 196, Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 108; "The Case of the Borderland Dandelions" (Howard Engel) 42; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 196; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 175-176

Donnelly, Ignatius (American Politician, 1831-1901)
"The Case of the Baconian Cipher" (Ken Greenwald) 119

Donnelly, Mary (Nursemaid to Robert & Eva Hamilton's Baby)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 173-174, 256-258, 268

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

Donner Party, The (American Migrants Driven to Cannibalism (1847))
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 131

Donovan, Dick (Dick Donovan series - Dick Donovan)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 33, 44-45, 143
"The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 190

Donworth, Ellen "Nellie" (Murdered by Neill Cream, ?-1890)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 225-231, 242-251, 253-255, 258, 260, 263, 265, 293, 301, 323

Dooley, Mr. (Mr. Dooley series - F.P.Dunne)
"Sherlock Holmes" (F.P.Dunne) 23-29
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 210

Doolittle, Eliza (Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 14, 30; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 109

Doom, Dr. (Marvel Comic Books Character)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 40

Dopey (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Movie)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 15

Doppler, Christian Johann (Austrian Physicist, 1803-1853)
Dopplerscope: "The Martian Crown Jewels" (Poul Anderson) 1

Dora (Fragment of an Analysis of a Case History - Sigmund Freud)
The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 128, 395-396

Doran, Detective (American Police Officer, Carrie Brown Murder Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 28

Doré, Gustave (French Artist, 1832-1883)
"And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 354; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 6; "The Shadows on the Lawn" (Barry Jones) 142; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 107; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 295

Dorgan, Thomas Aloysius "Tad" (American Sports Writer & Cartoonist, 1877-1929)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 65-66

Dorjieff (Russian Monk active in Tibet, 1854-1938)
"An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 125, 129-131, 139-142, 145-146, 150, 153-156, 164-168
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 76, 152, 160, 162, 164, 170, 177

Dormer, Pat (Member of the Molly Maguires)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 235

Dormouse (Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 147-148
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 90-91; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 15; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 53

Dorothy (Wizard of Oz): see Gale, Dorothy

Dorrit, Amy: see Little Dorrit

Dorrit, William (Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens)
"The Adventure of the Glass House" (Michael Mallory) 68

Dors, Diana (British Actress, 1931-1984)
"The Adventure of the Lost Prince" (Robert L. Fish) 73

Dosso Dossi (Italian Painter, 1479-1542)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 64

Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Russian Writer, 1821-1881)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 34; "The Case of the Incumbent Invalid" (Claire Griffen) 46; My Hero (Tom Holt) 28; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 97, 122; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 63; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 483; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 139

Dottie Dimple (Dottie Dimple series - Sophie May)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 158

Doubleday, Frank (American Publisher, 1862-1934)
Doubleday's: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 148

Dougal (The Magic Roundabout - TV series)
"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 152

Dougal, Samuel Herbert (British Murderer, 1846-1903)
"The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 94-95, 97-112, 116, 119-120, 122, 124-129, 132

Dougherty, Jack Edwin (Witness to JFK Assassination, 1924- )
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 74

Douglas (Henry IV, Part I - Shakespeare)
"The Adventure of the Second Swag" (Luke Sharp) 240

Douglas, Lord Alfred, "Bosie" (Son of Marquess of Queensberry, Oscar Wilde's Lover, 1870-1945)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) xiii, 13, 20, 25, 69-74, 128, 150, 158, 160-161, 163, 165, 170; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 60-62, 162; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 186-187; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 39, 42-43; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 53, 57; "The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 119; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 126, 194-195; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 174, 215-216; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 165-167
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 42; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 315; "The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger" (Michael Moorcock) 220; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 27; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 13, 137, 143, 193; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 11; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 234, 240; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 176

Douglas, Francis Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig (Son of Marquess of Queensberry, 1867-1894)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 137

Douglas, Col. John (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 205-351

Douglas, Kirk (American Actor 1916- )
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 81; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 95

Douglas, Willie (Helped Mary Queen of Scots Escape Loch Leven)
Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 2

Douglass, Frederick (American Abolitionist, 1818-1895)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 133-134

Dovzhenko, Alexander (Russian Film Director, 1894-1956)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 87-89, 125, 134, 148, 151, 175-178

Dowding, Sir Hugh (Scottish Air Marshal, 1882-1970)
"The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 116

Dowland, John (British Composer, 1562-1626)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 247; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 264

Dowler, Mr. (The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 106

Dowling, Bartholomew (Irish Poet, 1823-1863)
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 76

Down, John Langdon (British Physician, 1828-1896)
Down's Syndrome: Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 6

Downie (Legendary Scottish University Porter)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 8

Downs, T. Nelson (American Magician, 1867-1938)
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 150

Dowson, Ernest (British Poet, 1867-1900)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 195, 210