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Eade, Joel (Resident of Saxmundham, ?-1720)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 170

Eager, Edward (American Writer, 1911-1964)
"The Last of Sheila-Locke Holmes" (Laura Lippman) 224

Eagle, Morris (Ripper Case Witness in Stride Murder)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 84
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 269

Eagles, Jeanne (American Actress, 1894(?)-1929)
Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 79

Eakins, Thomas (American Artist, 1844-1916)
"The Adventure of the Barnegat Burglaries" (H.W. Starr & Orville Horwitz) 117

Eames, Emma (American Soprano, 1865-1952)
"Recalled To Life" (Paula Cohen) 203

Earhart, Amelia (American Aviator, 1897-1937)
"Death in the Christmas Hour" (James Powell) 323, 326, 333-335
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 11-12; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 37

Earle, Ralph, II (American Lawyer, Ambassador & Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 105, 216

Early, Biddy (Irish Wise Woman, 1778-1873)
"The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 171-172, 176, 178-181, 183, 186-187

Earp, Morgan (Brother of Wyatt Earp, 1851-1882)
"The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 109, 112

Earp, Virgil (Brother of Wyatt Earp, 1843-1905)
"The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 109, 112

Earp, Wyatt (American Lawman, 1848-1929)
"The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 108-126
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 154-155, 157, 182, 343; "The Haunted Manor" (Howard Hopkins) 118; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 150; My Hero (Tom Holt) 288-289; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 53; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 123; "The Case of the Rival Queens" (Carolyn Wheat) 275
The Wyatt Earp (gun): W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 87

Easter Bunny, The (Symbol of Easter)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 224; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 467; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 32

Eastman, George (American Photographic Pioneer, 1854-1932)
Eastman Kodak: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 217

Eastman, Max Forrester (American Writer, 1883-1969)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 88

Eastman, Monk (America Gangster, aka Joseph Morris, William or Edward Delaney, c.1873-1920)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 8

Eastwood, Clint (American Actor, 1930- )
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 166; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 89; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 52; My Hero (Tom Holt) 5, 53; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 119
Clinton: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 145

'Eat Me' Cake (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
"Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (Lawrence Schimel) 210-212

Eaton, W.G. (British Popular Music Composer)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 256

Eblis (Evil Spirit in Persian Mythology)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 144
Halls of Eblis: The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 264; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 133

Eccelin de Romano: see Ezzelino III da Romano

Eckermann, Johann (German Writer, 1792-1854)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 121

Eco, Umberto (Italian Philosopher & Author, 1932- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 39, 44, 57, 212

Eckhardt, Heinrich von (German Diplomat)
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 312, 314, 317, 320

Edalji, George (British Alleged Criminal, Defended by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1868(?)-1953)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 215-216; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 213-215, 217, 224; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 183-186
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 84; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 22; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 118; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 16

Eddings, David (American Author, 1931- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 21-22

Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley (British Mathematician & Physicist, 1882-1944)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 30

Eddowes, Catherine (Ripper Victim, ?-1888)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 71, 73, 77-78, 86, 92, 94
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 96-98, 107-111, 122, 125
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 44-46, 49-53, 55-57, 69, 71, 73, 79-80, 87-88, 101-102, 127-128, 164, 180
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 215-216
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 73-76, 84
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 97, 100-103, 115-119, 121-122, 126, 142, 145, 152, 158-159, 166, 171, 175-177, 179, 195, 207-208, 210, 215, 257, 259, 272-273, 278-280, 290
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 50-62
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 102, 138, 140-147, 150-151, 153, 155, 158, 161, 178-179, 189-192, 218-219, 224, 230, 317, 347
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 466-467
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 152, 190, 201, 207
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 210-211, 213-215
"The Singular Habits of Wasps" (Geoffrey A. Landis) 231
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 23-25, 32
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 39-41, 76-78, 81, 110, 156-158, 196-197, 200-201, 208, 210, 214, 219, 221, 225, 261, 325, 329, 333, 359, 416, 438
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 101, 103
Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 35, 47-48
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 88, 90-91, 119, 161, 164, 183, 195, 222, 261, 270
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 19-20, 29-32
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 25-26, 29, 31, 47-48, 51, 70, 72-73, 101, 110, 129, 139, 145, 147-148, 150, 170-171, 176
The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 54, 137; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 11, 146; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 287-288, 290; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 151, 153, 169-170, 222-223, 256, 258, 264, 270, 378, 407, 409; "The Finishing Stroke" (M.J. Elliott) 100; "The Adventure of the Pearly Gates" (Mike Resnick) 371-372; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 7

Eddy, Mary (Sister of William & Horatio Eddy)
Ghosts and the Machine (Lloyd Rose) 32, 36-39, 44

Eddy, Horatio (American Spiritual Medium)
Ghosts and the Machine (Lloyd Rose) 32-40, 44

Eddy, Mary Baker (Founder of the Christian Scientists, 1821-1910)
"The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm" (Stuart Palmer) 113

Eddy, Nelson (American Actor, 1901-1967)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 90, 188

Eddy, William (American Spiritual Medium)
Ghosts and the Machine (Lloyd Rose) 32-45

Eddy, Zephaniah (Father of William & Horatio Eddy)
Ghosts and the Machine (Lloyd Rose) 32

Ederle, Gertrude (American Swimmer, 1906-2003)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 6, 310

Edgar, William (British Haberdasher, 1791-1899)
Swan & Edgar: Moriarty (John Gardner) 249; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 191

Edge, Selwyn (English Racing Driver)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 182, 185

Edis, Colonel Sir Robert William (British Architect, 1839-1927)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 217

Edison, Thomas Alva (American Inventor, 1847-1931)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 192-201, 216-217, 223, 269-270, 280, 364, 395, 406; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 152-153; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 30-31, 38; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 62, 125, 130-131, 136-144, 157, 181; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 280-281
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 8; "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 10; "The Death Lantern" (Lawrence C. Connolly) 62; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 24, 294; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 98, 106, 245; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 84; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 234; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 17; No Place Like Holmes (Jason Lethcoe) 145; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 465, 467, 473; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 166; Evolution (John Peel) 136-137, 139; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 37; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 33, 141; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 343; "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 33; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 61; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 36; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 7, 12, 34
Con Edison: The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 42
Edison & Swan Lamps: "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 11, 22
Edison-Bell: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 414
Edison Bulbs: "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 178
Edison Company: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 30
Edison Electric Lighting: "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 218-219
Edison Film Company: "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 466-467, 474
Edison Gold-Moulded Record: "The Adventure of the Greatest Gift" (Loren D. Estleman) 88
Edison Lamps: "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 167
Edison Lights: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 84
Edison Phonograph: No Place Like Holmes (Jason Lethcoe) 24
Edison Teslaton: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 24
Edisonia Amusement Hall: "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 465-470
Swan & Edison: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 50; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 97, 162; "The Holmes Team Advantage" (Gary Alan Ruse) 197

Editor, The (The Time Machine - H.G. Wells)
Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 4

Edmund (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
"The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 184

Edmund, St (10th Century East Anglian King)
Bury St Edmunds: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 36
Church of St Edmund the King: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 297

Edna, St
St. Edna's Academy: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 183

Edward (British Prince, Son of Elizabeth II, 1964- )
"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 144

Edward (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman): see The Inky Boys

Edward I (King of England (1272-1307), 1239-1307)
"Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 188-190; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 175; "The Holy Rood" (Alan Stockwell) 122; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 113; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 326; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 49; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 516; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 287

Edward II (King of England (1307-27), 1284-1327)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 8; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 326

Edward III (King of England (1327-77), 1312-1377)
"The Adventure of the Red Widow" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 255; "The Matter of the Dangerously Generous Benefactor" (David L. Hammer) 14; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 80; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 126, 133

Edward IV (King of England (1461-1483), 1442-1483)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 160; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 168; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 183; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 2

Edward V (The Little Princes in the Tower, King of England (1483), 1470-1483)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 155-160, 167, 229
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner)171; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 58-59; In Search of Watson (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 89; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 27; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 28; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 25

Edward VI (King of England (1547-53), 1537-1553)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 150-151; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 90; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 14; "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 290-291

Edward VII (King of Great Britain (1901-10), 1841-1910)

Edward VIII (Formerly Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor, 1894-1972)
"The Adventure of the Illustrious Patient" (Michael Mallory) 79, 84; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 276; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 171, 229; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 293, 425-426
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) xiii; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 26, 59-60; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 149; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 151; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 231; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 128; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 48, 116; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 272

Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (Son of George III, Father of Queen Victoria, 1767-1820)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 112

Edward the Black Prince (English Soldier, 1330-1376)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 108; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 326; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 123; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 436, 605; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 27-28
Black Prince Road: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 13

Edward The Confessor (King of England (1042-1066), 1002(?)-1066)
"The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 108, 125, 133; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 151; "The Adventure of the Rara Avis" (Carolyn Wheat) 80
Chair of St Edward: "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 287

Edwardes, George (British Theatrical Producer, 1855-1915)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 314; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 74, 118-119, 121; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 101, 279; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 88; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 174

Edwards, Buster (British Criminal, Great Train Robbery)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 19, 25-26

Edwin (King of Northumbria (616-633), c.585-633)
"The Adventure of Maltree Abbey" (H. Paul Jeffers) 230

Eeyore (Winnie The Pooh series - A.A.Milne)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 169, 186
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 98

Ehrlich, Paul (German Bacteriologist, 1854-1915)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 33

Eiffel, Gustave (French Engineer, Eiffel Tower Designer, 1832-1923)
Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 51-64; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 62, 143, 157, 254, 256, 262
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 254-255; Arthur v. The Rest (Alan Coren) 19; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 137, 284, 382; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 342; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 95; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 38; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 109; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 26; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 122, 132; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 33
La Tour Eiffel: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 82
Eiffel Tower: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 89; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 254; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 63; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 29, 169; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 80; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 34, 42, 45, 89, 217, 282, 308, 493; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 100, 136-141, 143, 150, 190, 196, 200, 215, 227, 249, 257, 275, 282, 284-285, 352, 354-355, 357, 359, 371, 375, 382, 388, 395, 413-418, 420-421, 424, 426-429, 453; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 343; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 114; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 216; "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 76; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 353-354; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 216; The Spy Who Fell Off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 86; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 131; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 121, 161-164; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 106, 109-114; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 26, 28; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 143, 234, 239-241, 251, 254-263; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 170; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 133; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 78

Eight Immortals, The (Chinese Deities)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 243

Einstein, Albert (German-American Physicist, 1879-1955)
"The Dynamics of An Asteroid" (Robert Bloch) 489, 492
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 136
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 134, 221
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 36-37, 47, 50, 52, 58, 66-76, 111-117, 124, 149, 154-155, 196-197, 202, 223, 279-280
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 4-5, 9-10, 16-17, 21-22
"The Case of the Ruby Ring" (Judie Angell) 103;"The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 348-350; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 29-30; The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 236; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 19, 170; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 222, 229; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 73, 98; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 18, 40; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 62; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 15, 18, 75; My Hero (Tom Holt) 238; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 118; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 130; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 175; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 161; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 538-539; "Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher" (Arthur Porges) 96; A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 79; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 20; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 207-208; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 36, 52, 54, 123, 126; The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 34; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 98; Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 122; "The Case of the Missing Marbles" (John Whitman) 9; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 70
By Einstein!: "The Return" (H. Beam Piper & John J. McGuire) 109

Einstein, Eduard (Son of Albert Einstein, 1910-1965)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 67-68

Einstein, Elsa Löwenthal (Second Wife of Albert Einstein,, 1876-1936)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 68

Einstein, Hans Albert (Son of Albert Einstein, 1904-1973)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 67-68

Einstein-Maric, Mileva (Wife of Albert Einstein, 1875-1948)
Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 208; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 67-68

Einthoven, Willem (Dutch Physician, 1860-1927)
"The Wandering Corpse" (John Taylor) 2, 7

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (US President (1953-61), 1890-1969)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 83; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 101; "The Adventure of the F.W.L." (Christopher Morley) 420; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 84; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 49
Eisenhower Era: The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 64

Eisenstein, Gabriel Von (Die Fledermaus - Johann Strauss)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 167

Eisenstein, Rosalinde Von (Die Fledermaus - Johann Strauss)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 167

Eisenstein, Sergei (Russian Director, 1898-1948)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 199; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 14

Eissler, Fanny (Austrian Ballerina)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 139

El Cid (Spanish Warrior, 1040-1099)
"Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 189; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 130

El Greco, Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Greek-Spanish Artist, 1541-1614)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 177; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 99; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 38

Elaine, the Lily Maid of Astolat (Arthurian Romance)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 21; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 183; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 53

Elam, Jack (American Actor, 1916-2003)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 62-64, 66

El-Burak (Mohammed's Horse)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 234, 333

Elcock, Howard (British Illustrator)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 141

Elder, Alexander (Scottish Publisher)
Smith & Elder: The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 51

Elder Gods, The (Cthulhu Mythos Stories - H.P. Lovecraft et al)
"The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 386, 391; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 273; The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective (Ralph E. Vaughan) 31-32, 48-49; "The Adventure of the Laughing Moonbeast" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 57, 59-61

Eleanor of Castile (British Queen, Spanish Wife of Edward I, 1244-1290)
"Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 188-190; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 175
Queen Eleanor's Cross: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 276

Eleazar (The Book of Zohar)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 51

Eleazar (La Juive - Jacques Halevy)
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 151

Electra (Daughter of Agamemnon in Greek Mythology)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 31

Elen, Gus (British Entertainer, 1863-1940)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 187, 192

Eleonora of Aragon: see Leonora of Naples

Elephant Man, The: see Merrick, John

Elephant's Child, The (Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling)
"The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 126

Elgar, Edward (British Composer, 1857-1934)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 63-64; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 85; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 183

Elgin, Lord, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of (British Diplomat, 1766-1841)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 131
The Elgin Marbles: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 35; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 44; "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 117; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 131; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 209; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 22
The Elgin Rooms: "The Adventure of the Rara Avis" (Carolyn Wheat) 68

Elian, St. (6th Century Breton (?) Missionary)
Asylum of St. Elian: "Death Did Not Become Him" (David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber) 398-399, 408, 410, 416

Elias, Ney (British Colonial Administrator & Explorer)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 75

Eliass, Gederts: see Piatkow, Peter

Elibank, Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Master of (British Politician, Liberal Chief Whip, 1870-1920)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 49

Elijah (Biblical Prophet - Kings)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 121; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 151; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 156; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 234; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 130; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 132; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 116

Eliot, Charlotte Stearns (Mother of T.S.Eliot, 1843-1929)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 101-103

Eliot, George (British Author, 1819-1880)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 322, 325; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 32, 45, 69, 79; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 95; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 77; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 146, 180; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 20; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 26; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 44

Eliot, Henry Ware (Father of T.S.Eliot, 1843-1919)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 103

Eliot, T.S. (American-British Poet, 1888-1965)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 101-103
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 38; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 106; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 155; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 120, 272

Eliot, William Greenleaf (Grandfather of T.S.Eliot, 1811-1887)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 103

Elisabeth of Wittelsbach (Austrian Empress, 1837-1898)
"The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 50

Elisha (Biblical Prophet - Kings)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 121; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 132

Eliza (Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 124

Elizabeth I (Queen of England (1558-1603), 1533-1603)
 "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 2, 53, 58-61, 64, 67-69, 72, 89-92, 94, 99-102, 141, 143, 146-147, 150-154, 156, 160, 162-163, 169-170, 190-191, 193, 196-199, 202; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 22-23, 103, 265;
 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 21; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 40; Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 49, 83; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 196; The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 125, 145; "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 81 {Li Zbet}; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 71, 176; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 52; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 33-34, 38, 67, 94; "The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 52-53; "The Clam of Catastrophe" (Arthur Byron Cover) 171; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 150, 284; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 12, 101; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 300, 405; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 127, 177; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 87; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 125; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 124; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 170; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 274; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 1, 15, 18, 29-30, 98-100, 102, 132, 135, 151-152; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 4; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 215; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 53, 89; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 167; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 18, 245; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 100; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 175; "The Adventure of the Global Traveler" (Anne Lear) 68; "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 290; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 15; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 34; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 15; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 168; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 144; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 262; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 2; "The Adventure of the Eminent Collector" (Tony Reynolds) 124; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 34; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 44; "The Grey Nun Legacy" (P. Smith) 3; The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 21; "Sherlock Holmes and the Other Eye" (Richard Dean Starr & E.R, Bower) 182; "The Rambling Detective" (Alan Stockwell) 176; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 184; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 86; "The Case of the Paradol Chamber" (June Thomson) 21, 35; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 192; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 43; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 60; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 175; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 16, 220; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 211; Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 133; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 7, 14-15; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 119
Elizabethan: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 22; Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 46; "The Case of the Disappearing Despatch Case" (Brian Ball) 87; The 100-Year-Old Secret (Tracy Barrett) 72; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 32; Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw (Basil Copper) 63, 72; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 150; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 71; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 408; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 109; "The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 12; Absolute Discretion (Grant Eustace) 77; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 53, 64, 75, 115; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 22, 39, 93, 118, 178, 297; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 33; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 87; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 147, 225; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 53; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B. Greenwood) 13, 17, 35, 40, 42, 46-48, 56, 68, 70-72, 77, 102-103, 126-128, 149-150, 171-172, 174; My Hero (Tom Holt) 294; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 146; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 22, 284; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 4; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 18, 42, 98, 106, 227, 244; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 5, 116; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 91; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 155; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 108; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 147; "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 181; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 3; "The Adventure of the Eminent Collector" (Tony Reynolds) 124, 126, 131, 133, 140; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 77; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 66; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 171; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 30; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 48; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 268; "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 81; "The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 12; "The Rambling Detective" (Alan Stockwell) 176, 183; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 88; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 145; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 306; "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 4; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 178; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 107, 215; "The Case of the Arnsworth Affair" (June Thomson) 130; "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 164; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 264; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 288; A Spot of Detection" (Jacqueline Winspear) 360, 374, 378
Elizabeth's Walk: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 170
Mock-Elizabethan: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 590
Pseudo-Elizabethan: Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 145
Queen Elizabeth College: "The Yuletide Affair" (John Stoessel) 172
Queen Elizabeth Street: The Night Calls (David Pirie) 262

Elizabeth I (Queen of Bohemia, 1292-1330)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 605

Elizabeth II (Queen of Great Britain (1952- ), 1926- )
"Danny Jones and the Great Detective" (Anonymous) 58; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 98; The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 70; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 98; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 253, 308-310; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 147; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 40, 111
The Crown: The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 85, 130
Crown Property: The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 78, 90
Her Majesty's Forces: A Father's Tale (Sterling E. Lanier) 120
Her Majesty's Government: And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 15
Her Majesty's Stationery: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 130
In the Name of the Queen: The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 51
The Queen: The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 426

Elizabeth of Austria (Empress of Prussia, Wife of Franz Josef, 1837-1898)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 95; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 206, The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 280; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 185; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 82

Elizabeth of Bohemia (Daughter of James VI of Scotland, 1596-1662)
Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 142

Elizabeth Fyodorovna, Grand Duchess (Sister of Alexandra Fyodorovna, 1864-1918)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 10-12

Elizabeth Petrovna (Russian Empress (1741-62), 1709-1762)
Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 262

Ellenborough, Edward Law, Lord (British Politician, 1790-1871)
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 42

Ellington, Duke (American Jazz Musician, 1899-1974)
The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 34; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 231

Ellis, Havelock (British Psychologist, 1859-1939)
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 10; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 203-205, 207-208, 213
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 153; "The Well-Educated Young Man" (William P. Coleman) 92, 110; Moriarty (John Gardner) 201; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 210

Ellis, John (British Hangman, 1874-1932)
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 188, 222; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 8-10, 89, 190

Ellis, Samuel (American Merchant)
Ellis Island: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 83; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 194; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 301-302; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 40

Ellroy, James (American Author, 1948- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 38

Elmo, St. (Mediterranean Saint)
Fort St. Elmo: "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 226
St. Elmo's College: "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 186
St. Elmo's Fire: Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 27; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 157; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 148; The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 163; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 427; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 95

Elmore, Belle: see Crippen, Cora

Eloi, The (The Time Machine - H.G.Wells)
"The Richmond Enigma" (John DeChancie) 172, 175
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 65; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 67; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 5-6, 51, 53, 58, 63-64, 66-67, 81, 83-84, 97

Elphinstone, Major General William (British Military Leader, 1782- 1842)
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 33-35; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 232

Elsa (Lioness in Born Free - Joy Adamson)
The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 575

Elsa (Lohengrin - Richard Wagner)
The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 121

Elsmere, Robert (Robert Elsmere - Mrs. Humphry)
"The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 16

Eltdown Shard, The (The Challenge from Beyond - H.P. Lovecraft)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 171, 276, 308

Eltham, Greba (The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 277

Eltham, Rev. J.D. (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 250, 277

Eltham's Servants (The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 277

Elton, Ben (British Comedian, 1959- )
Constable Elton: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 207-208

Elvey, Maurice (British Film Director, 1887-1967)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 245-246

Elwood, Arthur (Actor)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 344-345

Ely, Jane Loftus, Marchioness of (Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 97

Elzevir, Louis (Dutch Printer, 1540(?)-1617)
"The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 79