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Hoover, Herbert (American President (1929-33), 1874-1964)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 71-72, 144-146, 199, 202; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 104; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 81; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 50
Hoover Collar: "Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 11

Hoover, J. Edgar (Head of FBI, 1895-1972)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 122-123, 126, 166; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 184-186
"The Sinister Cheesecake" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 447; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 41; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 61

Hop Frog (Hop Frog - Edgar Allan Poe)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 284

Hop Frog's King (Hop Frog - Edgar Allan Poe)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 284

Hop Frog's Ministers (Hop Frog - Edgar Allan Poe)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 284

Hope, Anthony (British Author, 1863-1933)
 Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 150; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 76-77, 82; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 127

Hope, Bob (American Comedian, 1903-2003)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 93; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 7

Hope, Henry Philip (English Banker, 1774-1839)
Hope Diamond: "The Madness of Colonel Warburton" (Carole Buggé) 261; "The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson" (Gary Lovisi); Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 208

Hope, William (British Spirit Photographer, 1863-1933)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 79

Hopkins, Anthony (British Actor, 1937- )
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 266

Hopkins, Gerard Manley (British Poet, 1844-1889)
"Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 258; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 51

Hopkins, Mark (American Railway Baron, 1813-1878)
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 347; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 75

Hopkins, Matthew (British "Witchfinder General")
"The Case of Vamberry, The Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 59

Hopkins Family
 Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 24

Hopkirk, Peter (Travel Writer)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 2

Hopper, Thomas (British Architect, 1776-1856)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 41

Hoppers (The Patchwork Girl of Oz - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 437

Horace (Roman Poet, 65-8BC)
"Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 23; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 62; "The Adventure of the Illustrious Impostor" (Anthony Boucher) 85; "The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 171; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 4; "The Matter of the Furnival Curse" (David L. Hammer) 89; "A Trifling Affair" (H.R.F.Keating) 206; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 313-314; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 271; Sherlock Holmes and the Somerset Hunt (Rosemary Michaud) 97; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 5; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 87, 116; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 57; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 35; "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 86; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 107; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 52; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 5; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 30

Horatio (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
 A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 109; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 38, 170; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 241; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 65-66, 70, 113, 212, 235; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 84; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 62; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 209; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 79; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 77
"Alas, poor Yorick, I knew Him, Horatio": The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 70; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 99; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 71
"O I die, Horatio": The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 43
"There are more things in Heaven & Earth, Horatio...": The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 53, 137, 256; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 304; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 241; "The Adventure of the Ukrainian Foundling Orphans" (Robert L. Fish) 238; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 173; "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" (Richard A. Lupoff) 359; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 115; "The Haunted House" (Alan Stockwell) 210; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 138; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 199; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 154

Horatius (Legendary Roman Hero)
Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 191; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 336; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 578; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 209; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 96

Horda (Dr. Who: The Face of Evil - TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 139

Horemheb (Egyptian General & Pharoah (1319-1307BC))
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 7-11, 185, 225-226

Horla, The (The Horla - Guy de Maupassant)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 40; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 158; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 38-39

Horler, Sydney (English Writer, 1888-1954)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 53

Horn, Joseph (American Automat Founder)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 205

Hornblower, Horatio (Hornblower series - C.S.Forester)
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 87, 91; "Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 28-29; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 130; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 52; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 163
H.M.S. Hornblower: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 109, 112, 133-135, 137, 170, 176-177, 179

Hornby, Frank (British Inventor & Toy Manufacturer)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 137-138, 141-144, 165, 210, 221
Hornbyised: Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 162

Hornby, Dr James (Headmaster of Eton, 1826-1909)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 25, 31

Hornby, 'Monkey' (Cricketer)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 13

Horner, Jack: see Little Jack Horner

Horner, John (Steward to the Abbot of Glastonbury)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 75

Horners (The Patchwork Girl of Oz - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 437

Hornig, Richard (German Equerry to Ludwig II)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 134-142, 144-154, 156, 215

Hornung, Constance (Sister of Arthur Conan Doyle, Wife of E.W.Hornung)
"The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 45-46, 48; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 8, 84, 214

Hornung, E.W. (British Author, 1866-1921)
"The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 44-46, 48
"And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 353; "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 36; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 59
 "The Ruby of Khitmandu" (Hugh Kingsmill) - Written partially in the style of Hornung

Horowitz, Harry: see Gyp the Blood

Horsa: see Hengist & Horsa

Horstead, Mr. (British Medium)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton)

Horstmann, Theodore (Nero Wolfe series - Rex Stout)
The Other Fat Man's Servant: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 13-14

Horta, The (Star Trek - TV series "Devil in the Dark" episode)
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 78

Horthy de Nagybanya, Miklos (Hungarian Admiral, 1868-1957)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 91-94

Horton, Edward Everett (Actor)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 153

Horus (Egyptian God)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 138; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 76; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 21; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) x, 86, 89, 216; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 8, 11, 63, 71, 113, 229-230, 235; "The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 63, 70, 74; "The Adventure of the Rara Avis" (Carolyn Wheat) 68

Horwood, Brigadier-General Sir William (Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1920-28))
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 12

Hotspur: see Percy, Harry

Houbigant (Perfumier)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 37

Houblon, Sir John (Governor of the Bank of England)
"All That Glitters" (Bill Paxton) 8

Houdin, Jean Eugene Robert (French Magician, 1805-1871)
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 90; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 157; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 190; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 326-327; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 45

Houdini, Bess (Wife of Harry Houdini, 1875-1943)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 8, 11, 15, 43, 48, 56, 62, 64-73, 76-83, 87-99, 101-105, 108-109, 112-116, 120, 129, 131-133, 138-139, 143, 145-147, 150-160; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 29; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 2, 6, 35-36, 46-48, 55-56, 73-76, 79, 81-82, 84, 99, 103-105, 111, 122, 127-129, 131-132, 134, 141, 143, 162-163, 176, 180, 188, 193, 199, 203-204, 216, 225-227, 260-261, 269, 276, 293-294; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 16-20, 23-28, 47, 50, 88-95, 99, 178-179, 188, 191, 230, 233, 239-240, 250-251, 253-254, 262, 270-271, 277, 281, 283, 285-286; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 5, 8-14, 19-22, 24-28, 30-41, 93; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 11-13, 15, 29, 37-44, 50-52, 56-58, 81-82, 104-106, 111, 191, 194, 199, 201-203; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 66-69, 97, 150, 181, 192, 195, 199, 223-224, 244-247, 254-257, 264-265, 277-279, 281-282, 287, 290-292, 300-302, 306-309, 315
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 235; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 6, 8, 14, 62-64, 72, 96, 107, 121, 139, 178-179, 183, 271-275, 353

Houdini, Harry (American Magician, 1874-1926)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 6-24, 29, 35-43, 47-52, 54-59, 62, 64-83, 87-99, 101-105, 108-109, 112-116, 120, 122-124, 127-139, 145-146, 150-160; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 24-71; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 187; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 1-7, 22-23, 32-37, 46-61, 71-76, 79-82, 84-85, 91, 99-105, 109-116, 121-143, 153-158, 160, 162-168, 173-182, 188-190, 192-199, 202-208, 210-212, 214-217, 225-227, 237-288, 293-297, 299, 301; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 7, 10-13, 16-29, 31-41, 43-59, 61-67, 69-70, 88-95, 97-99, 101-129, 131, 133-135, 139, 147-150, 153-155, 158, 162, 165-207, 210-223, 225-231, 239-240, 244, 248-254, 270-271, 273-278, 281, 283-286; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 5-19, 24-35, 39-44, 46, 55-58, 61-80, 83-84, 89, 95-101, 103-110, 113, 116, 119-121, 125, 128-134, 136, 139-166, 173-176, 178-183, 185, 187, 191, 197, 199-201, 203-207, 210-212, 218, 220-224, 227, 241, 246-247, 251-260, 264-266, 269-276, 282, 292, 294-300, 306-309, 319-332, 336, 338-353; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 3-42, 56, 58, 61-63, 65-74, 88-95, 98; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 12-13, 15, 17, 19-35, 37-62, 66, 73, 76, 79-86, 91, 95-97, 99-113, 115-116, 119, 122, 127-129, 132, 136-182, 184, 186-188, 191-203; "The Vanishing Nobleman" (Alan Stockwell) 166; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 66-73, 84, 91, 95-98, 101-102, 104-110, 112-121, 123, 141-142, 145-158, 170-173, 177-182, 184-186, 188-189, 192-195, 198-200, 205-213, 216-218, 221-226, 234, 243-245, 252, 254-257, 277, 284-286, 289, 291-292, 294-296, 299, 301-302, 304-306, 309-315, 318, 321-323, 325
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 63; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 190, 235; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 30, 48, 157; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 60; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 53; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 158; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 214; "The Book of Tobit" (H. Paul Jeffers) 92; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 233; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 118; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 6; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 39-40, 66-68; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 196; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 223; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 91; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 29; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 113

Houdon, Jean Antoine (French Sculptor, 1741-1828)
"Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late" (Maurice Leblanc) 22

Houghton, Lt. G.P. (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 211

House, Frederick (American Lawyer, Carrie Brown Murder Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 39

Housman, A.E. (British Poet, 1859-1936)
"The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 171; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 168; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 14

Houston, Sam (American Soldier & Statesman, 1793-1863)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 2-3, 5, 13-14, 16-17

Howard, Catherine (Wife of Henry VIII, c.1520-1542)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 410

Howard, Sir Charles (Husband of Lady Howard, c.1590-1626)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 35, 72, 296

Howard, Sir Ebenezer (British Town Planner)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 48-51
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 14

Howard, Lady Mary (English Noblewoman, Said to Haunt Dartmoor, c.1596-1671)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 28, 35-37, 40-42, 52, 63, 69-70, 72, 79, 90, 120, 123, 145-146, 154, 170, 184, 218, 242, 268, 278, 292, 296

Howard, Leslie (British Actor, 1893-1943)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 81; "The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 263; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 12

Howard, Ronald (British Actor)
"The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 263

Howard, Trevor (British Actor, 1916-1988)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 283

Howe, Julia Ward (American Poet, 1819-1910)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 115

Howe, William, 5th Viscount (British Military Commander, 1729-1814)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 50

Howell, Charles Augustus (British Blackmailer)
 Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 118-119; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 170-174, 176-177, 179-200, 208-210, 212-214
"A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 13

Howlett, Reverend
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 132

Hoyle, Edmond (British Writer on Games, 1672-1769)
According To Hoyle: "A La Sherlock Holmes" (Charles Loomis) 55

Hoyle, Sir Fred (British Astrophysicist & Author 1915-2001)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65

Huan Tsung Chao (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 27

Hubbard, Elbert (American Writer, 1856-1915)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 29

Hubbard, L. Ron (American Author, 1911-1986)
The Hermit: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 260, 279

Hubbard, Old Mother: see Old Mother Hubbard

Hubert, St. (Bishop of Maastricht, c.656-727)
St. Hubert's Hound: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 87

Huc, Évariste Régis (Le Père) (French Missionary & Explorer, 1813-1860)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 151; "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 129, 155

Hucks, Bentfield C. (British Aviator, First to Loop the Loop, 1884-1918)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 87

Hudson, Reverend Charles (British Mountaineer, 1828-1865)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 167

Hudson, Ernie (American Actor, 1945- )
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 24

Hudson, George (British Railway Magnate)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 158, 167, 201, 225, 233; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 135

Hudson, Henry (British Navigator, ?-1611)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 167; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 128
Hudson Bay: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 229
Hudson Highlands: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 296
Hudson River: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 20; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 79, 133; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 316, 340; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 123-124; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 52, 56, 130, 265, 268; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 99, 190, 215, 217, 378; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 118, 261; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 109, 152-153; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 83; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 29, 39, 144; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 123, 217; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 40, 133, 150; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 46, 65, 286, 291, 296; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 35, 159, 200
Hudson Valley: The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 123; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 289

Hudson, Mr. (Upstairs Downstairs - TV series)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 9

Hudson, Robert Spear (British Businessman, 1812-1884)
Hudson Soap: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 105

Hudson Dusters, The (New York Gang)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 184
The Houston Dusters: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 149, 152, 162-172, 177-178

Huey, Dewey & Louie (Walt Disney Cartoon Characters)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 115

Huge Hunter, The (The Huge Hunter - Edward S. Ellis)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 143

Huggins, Miller (American Baseball Player, 1879-1929)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 148

Hugh of Grenoble, St.
Order of St Hugh of Grenoble: Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (John Hall) 67

Hugh of Vermandois (Crusader)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 145

Hughes, Howard (American Multimillionaire, 1905-1976)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 147; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 9; "Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 243

Hughes, John (American Colonel, Aided John Wilkes Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 164

Hugo, Victor (French Author, 1802-1885)
 From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 79; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 218; "The Adventure of the Red Widow" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 251-252; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 224; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 179, 195; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 182; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 145; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 199; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 38, 145; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 82; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 106, 109, 121, 133, 144, 241; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 230; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 37

Huitzilopochtli (Aztec Sun God)
 "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 59-60, 68, 84

Hulk, The (The Incredible Hulk - Marvel Comics Character)
An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 295

Hull, Patrick (Third Husband of Lola Montez, 1821-1858)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165-166, 196, 231-232, 235, 238, 397

Humann, Admiral (French Naval Commander)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 372, 340, 349, 372

Humbert I: see Umberto I

Humboldt, Alexander, Freiherr von (German Explorer & Naturalist, 1769-1859)
Humboldt Desert: Young Sherlock: The Adventure at Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 133
Humboldt River: Young Sherlock: The Adventure at Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 133

Hume, David (Scottish Historian & Philosopher, 1711-1776)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 66; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 177; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 206; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 40

Humes, Commander (JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 156-157, 160, 162

Humperdinck, Engelbert (German Composer 1854-1921)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 260; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 59

Humphrey of Gloucester, Duke (English Nobleman, 1391-1447)
Duke Humphrey's Library: Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 18

Humphreys, Charles O. (Oscar Wilde's solicitor)
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 12, 14
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 54-57

Humpty Dumpty (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)
 The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33, 46; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 24, 86, 88-89, 91, 94, 96, 115, 173-174; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 93; They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 110; Nevermore(William Hjortsberg) 232; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 2; My Hero (Tom Holt) 127; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 64

Hundig (Die Walkure - Wagner)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 138, 151, 153, 156, 177-178

Huneefa (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 15

Hung Hsiu-Ch'üan (Chinese Leader of the Taiping Rebellion, 1814-1864)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 255
The Hung Society: Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 244

Hungry Tiger, The (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 438

Hunt, Reverend Joseph (Rector of Eyam, ?-1709)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 125

Hunt, Leigh (British Writer, 1784-1859)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 346

Hunt, Richard Morris (American Architect, 1827-1895)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 412, 415-416, 419, 422; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 27

Hunt, Theodore (American Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60

Hunt, William Leonard "The Great Farini" (Canadian Performer, 1838-1929)
Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 23, 201

Hunter (Callan - TV series)
"Be Seeing You!" (Xavier Mauméjean) 123; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 221

Hunter, John (British Chemist)
"The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 51

Hunter, Mrs. Leo (The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 239

Hunter, Sir William Wilson (British Scholar & Biographer, 1840-1900)
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 86

Huntington, Collis Potter (American Railway Baron, 1821-1900)
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 347; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 75

Huntley, Chet (American Broadcaster)
The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 15

Huntley, G.P. (Irish Actor, 1868-1927)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 15

Hunyadi, Janos (Hungarian General & Nationalist Leader, 1387-1456)
The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 182; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 8
Hunjadi Janos: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 210

Hurd, Douglas (British Politician, 1930- )
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 142

Hus, Jan (Czech Religious Reformer, 1372-1415)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 32

Huskisson, William (First man killed by a train)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 57-58

Hussein ibn Ali (Arabian Political & Religious Leader, Sherif of Mecca, King of the Hejaz, ?-1925)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 31; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 125

Husserl, Edmund (German Philosopher, 1859-1938)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 204

Huston, John (American Director & Actor, 1906-1987)
"Holmes Ex Machina" (Susan Casper) 238

Huston, Walter (American Actor, 1884-1950)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 10

Hutcheson, Elias P. (The Squaw - Bram Stoker)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 182

Hutchinson, George (Ripper Case, Saw Mary Kelly & a Man Entering Miller's Court)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 112-114; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 307-310; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 227-229, 238
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 119

Huxley, Aldous (British Author, 1894-1963)
 Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 77, 113; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 90

Huxley, Thomas Henry (British Biologist, 1825-1895)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 57-60, 62-63, 66-68, 73, 79, 83, 86-89, 97-98, 100-101, 107-109, 115, 117-120, 140, 144, 161-162, 166, 170-171, 176, 178, 180, 186, 194-196, 198, 204-206, 212, 215-217
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 189-190; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 11; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 21-22, 32, 40, 52-53, 82, 101, 105; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 53; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 175; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 73, 144; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 191, 225; Evolution (John Peel) 205; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 166; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 22; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 218; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 14

Huygens, Christiaan (Dutch Astronomer, Mathematician & Physicist, 1629-1695)
Huygens's Principle: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 121

Huysmans, Joris Karl (French Writer, 1848-1907)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 57

Hyatt, John Wesley (American Inventor of Celluloid, 1837-1920)
Young Sherlock: The Adventure At Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 23

Hyde, Edward (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 85, 89-99, 112, 128-130, 132, 146, 155-156, 191, 194-196, 200-204, 206, 225, 229-230, 235-240, 243-244, 248-250, 259-262, 264-265, 270-272, 275-277, 279-281; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 18, 35-37, 40-43, 45, 48, 50-66, 68-69, 71-72, 77-87, 89-90, 92-99, 104-116, 122, 128-131, 133, 135, 140, 144, 146-155, 160-163, 167-169, 178-179, 195-205, 208, 211, 218-220, 224-229, 234-243, 246-247; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 56-58; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 18, 22-31, 45, 82-84, 88-93, 128, 131-135, 139, 141; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 34-38, 41-45, 49, 51-55, 57-60, 66-70, 78-79, 83, 87-89, 93, 95, 97-99, 106-111, 116-119, 121, 131-142, 145; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 25-27, 116, 121-122, 124-125, 147, 151-152, 165, 174-175, 183, 185-187, 189-196, 203-204, 248, 260
 "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 214-216; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 82, 89; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 41; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 132; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 40; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 33; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 7; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 35; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 55, 436
see also: Dr. Henry Jekyll; Jekyll & Hyde

Hyde's Landlady (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 50-53, 55-56, 59, 62, 68-69, 71

Hyde, Edward, Lord Cornbury (British Colonial Governor of New York, 1661-1753)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 152

Hydra, The (Monster in Greek Mythology)
The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 214; "The Adventure of the Captive Forger" (Philip J. Carraher) 134; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 75; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 307; The Final Solution (Walter J. Harmidarow) 76; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 123; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 110; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 12; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 168
Hydra-like: "The Adventure of the Captive Forger" (Philip J. Carraher) 134

Hylan, John F. "Red Mike" (Mayor of New York City (1918-25), 1868-1936)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 11, 217; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 153

Hyman, Jake (Early Partner of Harry Houdini)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 59

Hyndman, Henry Mayers (British Socialist Leader, 1842-1921)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 92-94
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 46, 115, 152; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman)16; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 54; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 152-153

Hyperion (Titan in Greek Mythology)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 57

Hypnos (Greco-Roman God of Sleep)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 71