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Emanuel (London Jeweller)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 185

Emerson, Ralph Waldo (American Writer, 1803-1882)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 221-222; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 52; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 163; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 86, 259

Emery, Edward (Actor, 1861-1938)
"Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 191

Emilia (Emilia di Liverpool - Donizetti)
"A Shambles in Belgravia" (Kim Newman) 188

Emilia (Othello - William Shakespeare)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 36-37

Émilion (8th Century French Monk)
St Emilion (wine): "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 115

Emma Wilhelmine Therese (Queen of the Netherlands, 1858-1934)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 60, 64-65, 68-78, 87, 89
"A Matter of Royal Honour" (David L. Hammer) 78

Emmy Von N., Frau (Studies on Hysteria - Sigmund Freud)
The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 68

Emsworth, Lord (Blandings series - P.G. Wodehouse)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 89

Enchanter, The (Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 25

Endfield, Cy (American Film Director, 1914-1995)
Captain Endfield: The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 83-85, 88, 95

Endor, Witch of (Bible - Samuel)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 129; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 176; The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 23; "The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes" (O. Henry) 250; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 395

Endymion (Shepherd in Greek Mythology)
The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 162

Enemy Ace (Comic Book Character)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127

Enfield, Richard (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 33, 35-36, 41, 95-96
"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Holmes" (Steven Philip Jones & Seppo Makinen) 2-3

Engels, Friedrich (German Socialist Theorist, 1820-1895)
"Ten Lords A-Leaping" (Jake Arnott) 315-327
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 9-10, 15-26, 41, 43, 46-48, 62, 64-66, 68, 78, 84, 88, 94-95, 101, 106, 111-112, 115-117, 129, 139-140, 150-152, 154
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 337; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 94; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 124; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 95; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 135, 137; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 151

Engels, Mary: see Burns, Mary

Enlil (Sumerian God)
Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 118

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

Enoch (Bible - Genesis)
"The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" (William Patrick Maynard) 112; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 24, 114, 116-117, 125, 137, 139, 267
Enochian: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 24, 119-120, 203
Lost Tribe of Enoch: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 187, 266-267, 298

Enoch, St (Mother of Kentigern)
St Enoch Station: "The Highland Intrigue" (Steve Leadley) 121

Ensor, James (Belgian Artist, 1860-1949)
"The Adventure of the Suffering Ruler" (H.R.F.Keating) 331; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 127

Enterprise, The U.S.S. (Star Trek - TV series)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 14-18
"A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 5-6, 9-11
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 1-19, 21-24, 27-28, 30-58, 62-66, 68-212
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 69; "The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 56; My Hero (Tom Holt) 246; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 200

Enver Pasha (Turkish Nationalist Leader, 1881-1922)
The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 191

Envy (One of the Seven Deadly Sins)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 41, 150

Epicurus (Greek Philosopher, 341-270BC)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 293; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 150

Epiphanius, St. (Palestinian Prelate, 315-403)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 3

Epona (Celtic Horse Goddess)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 9, 16, 120, 144, 153, 182, 208, 233

Epstein, Edward Jay (American Author, 1935- )
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 31, 102

Epstein, Sir Jacob (British Sculptor, 1880-1959)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 242; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 124, 157, 313
Epstock: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 78

Epstein, Margaret (Dunlop) (Wife of Jacob Epstein, ?-1947)
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 157, 313

Epstein, Peggy Jean (Daughter of Jacob Epstein, 1918-?)
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 157, 313

Er (Bible - Genesis)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 217

Erasmus, Desiderius (Dutch Writer,1466-1536)
"The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 256; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 296

Erato (Muse of Love Poetry)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 240

Eric the Red (Viking, Discovered Greenland)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 142

Ericson, Leif (Icelandic Explorer, 975-1020)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 125

Erik: see The Phantom of the Opera

Erik, Prince (Hungarian Nobleman supposedly killed in a duel by Houdini's father, Part of the Houdini Myth)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 97, 117, 130-131, 137
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 321
Baron Rietzhoff: The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 192-193

Erl King, The (The Erl King - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 146

Erne, Elizabeth 'Bess' (Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey)
"The Flowers of Utah" (Robert Pohle) 100

Erne, Lord (Irish Nobleman)
"The Kidnapping of Mycroft Holmes" (Peter Tremayne) 219; "The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 70

Ernst, Bernard (Houdini's Attorney)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 76-77
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 55, 58-59, 122, 173, 178
Kirchner: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 35, 128

Ernst, Max (German Artist, 1891-1976)
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 53

Ernst, Mrs. (Wife of Bernard Ernst)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 55, 58-59

Eros (Greek God of Love)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 78; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 117; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 171; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 45; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 117; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 90; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 171

Erté (Russian-French Theatrical Designer, 1892-1990)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 30-31

Esau (Bible - Genesis)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 175; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 127; "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 287

Escamillo (Carmen - Bizet)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 112-114

Eschenbach, Wolfram von (German Poet, 1170-1220)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 155

Escher, M.C. (Dutch Artist, 1898-1972)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 23, 34, 104

Escoffier, Auguste (French Chef, 1846-1935)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 11; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 142; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 121; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 99

Esenin, Sergei: see Yesenin, Sergei

Esher, William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount (British Judiciary, 1817-1899)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 44, 46
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 176

Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount (British Scholar & Royal Equerry, 1852-1930)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 50, 77-78, 80, 92, 119, 125-126, 129, 170, 175-183, 188-189, 191, 195, 201-203, 217, 222, 227-228, 240, 243-245, 248, 257-258, 260, 277
"The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 102-111, 116, 121
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 608-612, 616-617

Esmeralda (Notre Dame De Paris - Victor Hugo)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 219; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 38; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 109

Essex, John P. (American Journalist)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 60-74, 76, 83, 112-116, 121, 123-124, 148-149, 151, 153-156, 158, 160-161, 163

Essex, Robert Devereaux, Second Earl of (British Nobleman, Favourite of Elizabeth I, 1566-1601)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 40; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 102-103; "The Grey Nun Legacy" (P. Smith) 3

Essex, Thomas Cromwell, First Earl of (British Politician, 1485-1540)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 125

Esterhazy, Anne de Nettancourt (Wife of Charles-Marie Esterhazy)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 317, 391

Esterhazy, Christian (Cousin of Marie-Charles Esterhazy)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 414

Esterhazy, General Ferdinand Walsin (Father of Marie-Charles Esterhazy)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 317

Esterhazy, Major Marie-Charles Walsin (French Army Officer, Dreyfus Affair, 1847-1923)
"Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 225, 229-233, 235-238, 240-241, 243, 245-246
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 254-255, 275-277, 279-282, 284, 290, 295-298, 301-303, 307, 309-311, 315, 317-322, 324-328, 333, 335-338, 391-396, 398-399, 406, 409-415
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 112, 158

Esterhazy, Nikolaus (Hungarian Prince, 1714-1790)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 322

Esterhazy, ? (Mother of Marie-Charles Esterhazy)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 317

Estleman, Loren D. (American Author, 1952- )
Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 11-19
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 11-17

Esus (Celtic Agricultural Deity)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 149

ET (ET - Movie)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 198

Ethardo, Signor (Italian Gymnast)
Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 202

Ethelreda, St (Queen of Northumbria, 630?-679)
St Ethelreda's Church: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 263-264

Euclid (Greek Mathematician, c.300BC)
"The Footprints on the Ceiling" (Jules Castier) 251; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 101; "The Christmas Client" (Edward D.Hoch) 259-260; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 11; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 310; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 14; "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 74; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 327; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 46; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 7, 17; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 38; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 59, 115
Euclidean: The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 105; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 6
Euclid-like: The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 311
Non-Euclidean: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 87

Eucrasia (Le Mal Nécessaire - André Couvreur)
"Death Did Not Become Him" (David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber) 409

Eugene, Prince (German General, 1663-1736)
Café Prinz Eugene: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 63
Prinz Eugen Strasse: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 219, 244
Prince Eugene Platz: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 269

Eugene III (Pope (1145-53), ?-1153)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 217

Eugénie (Empress of France (1853-71), 1826-1920)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 79; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 69-70, 195, 311, 319; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 19; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 79; "Introduction" (Larry Townsend) 21; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 87; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 7, 12, 26,30, 58, 92, 168-169, 221

Eulenberg-Hertefeld, Count Philipp (German Advisor to Wilhelm II, 1847-1921)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 129

Euler, Leonhard (Swiss Mathematician, 1707-1783)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 67

Eumenides, The (Three Gorgon-like Goddesses of Fertility & Justice in Greek Mythology)
"The Case of the Manor House Mystery" (June Thomson) 80

Euphorion (Faust - Goethe)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 286

Euripides (Greek Playwright, 480-406BC)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 88, 210, 322; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 50; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 262

Europa (Greek Mythology: Zeus came to her in the form of a bull)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 320

Eurus (Greek God of the East Wind)
"The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 16

Eurycles (Greek Ventriloquist)
"The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 125

Eurystheus (King of Mycenae in Greek Mythology)
"The Strange Affair At Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 21

Eustace, Frank J., Jr. (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 11, 214

Euston, Earl of (English Nobleman involved in Cleveland Street Scandal)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 108; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 115-116

Euterpe (Muse of Lyric Poetry)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 240; "The Case of the Parson's Parrot" (S.M.Ghatak) 23

Eutropius (Roman Historian)
In Search of Watson (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 41

Eva (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Richard Wagner)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 281

Eva C. (French Medium, Marthe Beraud)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 78

Evangeline (Evangeline - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
"The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 267-268, 300

Evans, Sir Arthur (British Archaeologist, 1851-1941)
"The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 134-138, 141, 143-144

Evans, Christopher (American Outlaw, 1847-1917)
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 348

Evans, Dame Edith (British Actress, 1888-1976)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 190

Evans, Edgar (Welsh Member of Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1876-1912)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 359

Evans, Henry (American Insurance Executive)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 462-465

Evans, Hiram W. (American Dentist & Ku Klux Klan Leader, 1881-1996)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 109-110

Evans, James (Witness in the Green Bicycle Case)
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 247, 252

Eve (Bible - Genesis)
"Jack El Destripador" (Anonymous) 194; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 101; "Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 198; Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 223; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 437, 474; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 325; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 143; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 247; "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 15; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 381; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 123; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 163; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 38; "The Doctor's Case" (Stephen King) 316; "The Pilfered Paintings" (Frank Thomas) 130; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 380; "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 295; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 23, 150
Daughters of Eve: Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 18-19, 42
Doesn't know us from Eve: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 224
see also: Adam & Eve

Evelyn, John (English Writer, 1620-1706)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 54; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 214; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 80

Everdene, Bathsheba (Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy)
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 224

Everleigh, Ada (1876-1960) & Minna (1878-1948)(American Brothel Keepers)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 164, 226, 232, 285

Everyman (Everyman - Medieval Morality Play)
Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 143; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 12

Evil, Doctor (Austin Powers movies)
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 166

Ewers, Hanns Heinz (German Author, 1871-1943)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 38-40, 79-88, 129-136, 176-179, 181, 227-228, 241, 245, 256, 263-267, 278, 341-342

Excalibur (King Arthur's Sword)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 182; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 225; "The Mystery of Avalon" (Paul D. Gilbert) 41; My Hero (Tom Holt) 268; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 153, 452; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman)159;"Raffles on the Trail of the Hound" (Barry Perowne) 105; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 136; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 126; W.G. Grace's Last Case(William Rushton) 10; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 38; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 4; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 131; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 107

Exendine, Albert (American Football Coach, 1884-1973)
"The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarters" (Jon L. Breen) 317-318

Eyre, Jane (Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 242; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 74; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 5, 76; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 48

Ezekiel (Bible - Ezekiel)
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 55
Ezekialian: Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 58

Ezzelino III da Romano (Italian Feudal Lord, 1194-1259)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 224