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Hialmar (The Wild Duck - Henrik Ibsen)
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 61

Hiat, Mr (18th Century British Handcuff Manufacturer)
Hiatt Handcuffs: The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 24; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 171

Hichens, Robert (Helmsman of the Titanic, 1882-1940)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle" (Len Deighton)

Hickey, Michael J. (American Hotelier, 1853-1910)
"The Lost Democratic Majority" (Dr H.A.E. Watson) 306

Hicklin, Benjamin (19th Century British Magistrate)
"The Aristotelian" (Steve Poling) 54

Hickman, Gail Morgan (American Writer, 1952- )
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cci; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 17

Hickock, Wild Bill (American Frontier Scout, 1837-1876)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 9, 44, 253, 307
Flashman and the Tiger (George MacDonald Fraser) 306; "The Haunted Manor" (Howard Hopkins) 111-112; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 150; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 28; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 130-131; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 152; "A Volume in Vermilion" (Kim Newman) 83; "The Flowers of Utah" (Robert Pohle) 90; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 88; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 129; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 104

Hicks, Mr (The Dorrington Deed-Box - Arthur Morrison)
"MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 141

Hicks, Seymour (British Actor, 1871-1949)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 173

Hicks, Colonel William (British Soldier, 1830-1883)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 16
Hicks Expedition: Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 387

Hiedler, Johann

Hielscher, Martin (German Author, 1957- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 28

Hierocles (Greek Author of Philogelos)
"A Study in Ha Ha" (Colin Mochrie) 9

Hieronymo (The Spanish Tragedy - Thomas Kyd)
"Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 280

Higgins, Henry (Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Somerset Hunt (Rosemary Michaud) 90; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 13; "The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 19; The Case of the Limehouse Laundry (Anthony Read) 41
Higgens: "The Adventure of the Night Hunter" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 111

Higgins, Mrs (Doctor Who Short Trips: Not In My Back Yard - Eddie Robson)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 16-17, 36, 73, 77, 120-121, 125-126, 129, 166, 175, 200, 213

Higgins, Thomas (Australian Waterman)
"The Mysterious Drowning at St Kilda" (Steve Cameron) 202, 207

High Lama (Lost Horizon - James Hilton)
"A Christmas Episode" (Charles Fisher) 64

High Overlord (Killraven Comics)
"Only the Computer Shows Me Any Respect!" (Don McGregor & Craig Russell) 18

Highsmith, Patricia (American Author, 1921-1995)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 34

Hilarion, St. (Palestinian Monk, 290-371)
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 273

Hilbert, David (German Mathematician, 1862-1943)
"Moriarty and the Two-Body Problem" (Alison Joseph) 3

Hilda (Spellman), Aunt (Sabrina The Teenage Witch - TV Series)
Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 1, 21-23, 25-27, 32, 34-42, 45, 47-48, 59-60, 62-64, 71, 73-75, 88, 90, 96-99, 117, 121, 123-126

Hilda, St. (English Abbess, 614-680)
The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 26-27, 127
Abbey of St Hilda: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 278
Order of St Hilda: The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 432
St Hilda's College: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 318-319

Hildegarde of Bingen (German Abbess, 1098-1179)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 141

Hill, Adolphus Michael (English Ironmonger)
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 203

Hill, Ambrose Powell (American Confederate General, 1825-1865)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 166; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 156-157

Hill, Sir Austin Bradford (English Epidemiologist, 1897-1991)
"The Case of the Missing Data" (James Le Fanu) 1491

Hill, Barney & Betty (American Alien Abductee Claimants)
The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 30

Hill, Clem (Australian Cricketer, 1877-1945)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 304

Hill, Edward H. (British Hotelier, c.1836-1901)
The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 7, 45-48, 57, 92, 192, 195, 208, 210-213, 217-218, 222-224, 228, 276

Hill, Fanny (Fanny Hill - John Cleland)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 47; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 386

Hill, Fanny (Wife of Edward H. Hill, c.1839-?)
The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 190, 208-209

Hill, George M. (American Publisher)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 181

Hill, Gertrude (Daughter of James J. Hill, 1883-1961)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 20-21

Hill, Graham (British Racing Driver, 1929-1975)
all those murderous hills...Senlac, Bunker, Majuba, Graham...: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 123

Hill, James J. (American Railway Magnate, 1838-1916)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 103-105, 134, 231-232, 239, 249, 275-276, 311
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 5-6, 10-14, 17, 32, 46, 49, 55, 59-60, 64-65, 67, 72-74, 77, 80-81, 85, 97, 108-117, 126, 130, 138, 140, 143, 145, 154, 162, 165-170, 172, 187, 198, 213-214, 225, 242-243, 245-246, 248-249, 252, 254-256, 258, 274-277, 279-281, 284, 286-290, 296-300, 302-303
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) ix-xv, 6-13, 15-35, 40, 42, 44, 48, 51-52, 61-62, 64, 66-68, 77, 81-83, 86, 93, 108, 111-112, 116-117, 124, 126, 132, 139, 148-150, 159-162, 165, 167, 171, 190, 196, 198, 200-202, 206, 232, 234-235, 237, 246-248, 274, 277-289, 291-292, 296, 300
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 17-25, 47, 67, 115, 117, 126, 148, 161, 226
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 28-214
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 14; The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 6-7, 57-59, 62, 139

Hill, James Norman (Son of James J. Hill, 1870-1932)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 114-115

Hill, James J.'s Children
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 21
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 11

Hill, Jimmy (British Soccer Player & TV Personality, 1928- )
all those murderous hills...Senlac, Bunker, Majuba, Graham, Jimmy : Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 123

Hill, Louis (Son of James J. Hill, 1872-1948)
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 6, 10, 28, 53, 57-61, 69-70, 121, 126, 180-181, 200, 224, 259, 263-264, 274, 290, 339
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 114-115

Hill, Mary Mehegan (Wife of James J. Hill, 1846-1921)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 21
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 11; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 21, 32

Hill, Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor (Wife of Louis Hill, 1870-1961)
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 57

Hill, Sir Rowland (English Schoolmaster, Originator of British Penny Post, 1795-1879)
The Three Hats (Frank Thomas) 22; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 58

Hill, Sam (American Businessman, 1857-1931)
What in the Sam Hill is that?: On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 147

Hill Family, The (Welsh industrialists)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 102

Hillhouse, Abraham (High Sheriff of Bristol (1817))
The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 281

Hilliard, Nicholas (British Artist, 1547-1619)
Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara (Ian Charnock) 188; "The Adventure of the Smiling Face" (Denis O. Smith) 147; The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman (June Thomson) 157

Hilliard, Rufus B. (American Law Officer)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 13; II: 10, 12

Hillman, William (British Engineer, 1847-1921)
Hillman Cars: The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 39; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 126

Hilton, Conrad (American Hotelier, 1887-1979)
Hilton Garden Inn: The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) xi

Hilton, Harold (British Golfer, 1869-1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 67, 96

Hilton, James (British Novelist, 1900-1954)
"A Christmas Episode" (Charles Fisher) 64

Hilton, Ordway (American Document Analyst, 1913-1998)
A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 89

Himmler, Heinrich (Nazi SS Commander, 1900-1945)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 64; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 145, 149, 156, 164-165, 247, 250-251; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 46; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 55

Hind, C. (Charles) Lewis (British Editor, 1862-1927)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 10

Hindbad (The Arabian Nights)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 42

Hindenburg, Paul Von (German General & Politician, 1847-1934)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 61, 71-72, 75-76
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 106-109, 163, 194, 196-198, 202, 269
 "A Game at Chess" (E.A.G.) 187; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 19, 39, 83, 99, 111, 202, 276, 280, 306, 350; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 160
Hindenburg Line: The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 419

Hindenburg, The (German Airship)
Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 116, 156; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 104; The Tulpa (J.N. Williamson) 84

Hindley, Myra (English Murderess, 1942-2002)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 96, 230, 490

Hinton, Charles Howard (British Mathematician, 1853-1907)
Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 43-47, 50, 52

Hippocrates (Greek Physician, 460-377BC)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 6; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 200; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 73; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 196; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 82; Snake Bite (Andrew Lane) 85; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxc; The Bab Deception (Bill Paxton) 151; "The Copenhagen Compound" (Thomas S. Roche) 418; W.G.Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 183; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 266
Facies Hippocratica: Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 121
Hippocrates Smile: "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 227
Hippocratic: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 274; "Two Plus Two" (Phil Growick) 98; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 172
Hippocratic Club: The Case of the Notorious Canary Trainer (Henry Slesar) 45, 49-50, 53-54
Hippocratic Oath: Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 88; Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 12; "The Case of the Wrong-Wise Boots" (Simon Clark) 123; The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 134; "The Adventure of the Haunted Bagpipes" (Carla Coupe) 192; The Ripper Legacy (David Stuart Davies) 211; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 152; "A Study in Brimstone" (G.S. Denning) 117; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 338; "The Strange Case of Ludwig the Unspeakable" (Esther M. Friesner) 99; "The Adventure of the Impossible Murders" (Jayantika Ganguly) 130; "The Adventure of the Reluctant Spirit" (Paul D. Gilbert) 207; The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (Leonard Goldberg) 261; "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 40; "The Death of Moriarty" (Peter Guttridge) 576; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 38; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 157, 250; Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 179, 184; The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 244; "Pure Swank" (James Lovegrove) 57; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 421; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 250; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 104, 277; The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 360; "The Adventure of the Ghastly Revenant" (Jonathan Maberry) 44; "The Adventure of the Orcival Rain" (Nigel Malcolm) 165; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 95, 142; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 116; "The Flowers of Utah" (Robert Pohle) 95; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 253; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 293; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 146; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 48; Season of Madness (Aaron Smith) 91; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 168; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 174; The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 255
Hippocratic Smile: Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 33

Hippolyta (Amazon Queen in Greek Mythology)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 457; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 278
Belt of Hippolyta: The Strange Affair At Glastonbury (Eddie Maguire) 29

Hippolytus (Phèdre - Jean Racine)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 182

Hires, Charles Elmer (American Pharmacist, 1851-1937)
Hires Root Beer: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 100-101

Hirohito (Emperor of Japan (1926-89), 1901-1989)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 52, 143-155, 158, 165-173, 187, 196-198, 204-205, 207-208, 210-219, 227-232, 260, 265, 290, 297, 305, 307, 317, 323, 326
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 76

Hiroshige (Japanese Artist, 1797-1858)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 217

Hiron, Edith (British Governess)
"The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 137, 144

Hirsch, Maurice de (German-Jewish Businessman, 1831-1896)
The Hirsches: Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 83

Hirst, George (British Cricketer, 1871-1954)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 30, 34-35, 41, 87, 91, 94, 96-106, 119, 123, 137, 141-143

Hispaniola, The (Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 97; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 50

Hitch, Frederick (British Soldier (at Rorke's Drift) and Taxi Driver, 1856-1913)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 110-114, 123-124, 232

Hitchinson, Robert (The Flower Beneath the Foot - Roald Firbank)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 90

Hitchcock, Alfred (British Film Director, 1899-1980)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7, 34, 50-51, 92, 162; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 126
Hitchcockian: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 35

Hitchcock, Raymond (American Theatrical Producer, 1865-1929)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 47

Hither People, The (Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 7, 16-21

Hitler, Adolf (Austrian-German Dictator, 1889-1945)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 108-109, 200, 212-216, 219-220, 244-245, 261, 266-268, 294-298, 303-306, 310, 317-318, 323
"The Protégé" (Kate Ellis) 203-217
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 400-401
The Singular Affair of Mr. Phillip Phot (The Greek Interpreters of East Lansing) 80-84
"Hell Is for Heroes" (Bob Haney, Ric Estrada & Dick Giordano) 17-19, 33
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 45-48, 52
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 113, 140, 154
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 131
The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 108, 168, 189
The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective (Ralph Vaughan) 38, 45-47
The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 40, 142, 146, 167, 169, 174, 176, 184-186, 232, 240
Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
Corporal Schickelgruber: Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 143-144
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 50; Time Patrol (Poul Anderson) 18-19; "The Twelve Mile Mystery" (Anonymous) 27; The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice (Dr. Hill Barton) 283; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 54, 60, 157, 192, 245; "The Riddle of the Rideau Rifles" (Peter Calamai) 182; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 101; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 11-12, 14-15, 17-21, 23-26, 37, 40-41, 59, 63, 74-75, 85, 89, 105, 113-114, 128, 139-140, 146, 154, 156-157, 159, 161, 164-165, 167, 175, 186, 189-190, 192, 196-197, 199, 204, 251, 256-257, 263-264, 272, 277, 292, 304; "The Case of the Secret Assassin" (David Stuart Davies) 302; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 20; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 150, 154, 213, 228; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 21; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 168, 171; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 21, 23, 47, 61, 66, 81, 164, 173-174, 206, 249; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 3, 81, 140, 165, 176, 252; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 16; My Hero (Tom Holt) 296; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 88, 120, 150; The Adventure of the Queen Bee (Frederic Arnold Kummer) 144, 163; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 85; "Red Sunset" (Bob Madison) 253, 265, 269; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 9; Codeine (7 Per Cent) (Christopher Morley) 425; Sherlock’s Logic (William Neblett) 53; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 171, 181, 187, 235, 329-330, 337; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 540; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 119; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 188; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 320; Murder at the Murray Hill (Edgar W. Smith) 70; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 88, 92; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 120-121, 125; A Study in Sussex (Leah A. Zeldes) 188
A Hitler: "Baz" (Julian Rathbone) 20
Heil Hitler!: Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 86
Hitler Complex: The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 77
Hitler Moustache: The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 64
Hitlerian: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 171
Hitlers: The Lion of Draksville (Julian Rathbone) 162
Little Hitler: The Lion of Draksville (Julian Rathbone) 159
Reltih!: Xenolith (Dana Martin Batory) 46, 49

Hitler, Alois, Sr (Father of Adolf Hitler, 1837-1903)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 400-401
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 306; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 120

Hitler, Alois, Jr (Brother of Adolf Hitler, 1882-1956)
"The Protégé" (Kate Ellis) 205, 208, 210-211, 213, 216-217

Hitler, Bridget Dowling (Wife of Alois Hitler, Jr, 1891-1969)
"The Protégé" (Kate Ellis) 205, 208, 210-211, 213, 216-217

Hitler (Hiedler), Johann ((Step-)GrandfatherAdolf Hitler, 1792-?)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 306

Hitler, Klara (Mother of Adolf Hitler, 1860-1907)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 400-401
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 48; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 120

Hitler, Maria Anna Shiklgruber (Grandmother of Adolf Hitler, 1793-1847)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 306, 318

Hitler, William (Son of Alois Hitler, Jr, 1911-1987)
"The Protégé" (Kate Ellis) 205, 210-211

Hjelmman, J.V. (Finnish Physician)
"Bibliographic Bones" (Frank Place) 48-49

Hladik, Jaromir (The Secret Miracle - Jorge Luis Borges)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 91

Ho Ju-chang (Chinese Naval Commander)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 122

Ho Ling (The Song of Ho Ling - Thomas Burke)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 57-59, 61-62, 76

Hoare, "Mad Mike" (Thomas Michael) (Irish Mercenary Leader, 1920- )
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 78

Hoare, Dr Reginald (British Physician)
"Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi) 333-337

Hoare, Sir Richard (British Banker, 1648-1718)
Hoare & Co.: Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 259, 332; Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 309; "The North Walk Mystery" (Denis O. Smith) 284
Hoare's: "The Lady on the Bridge" (Mike Hogan) 357

Hoare, Sir Samuel (British Diplomat, 1880-1959)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 84

Hobbes, Thomas (British Philosopher, 1588-1679)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 72; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 100; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 24; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 111; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 678
Hobbesian: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 11

Hobbes, Veronica (Newbury & Hobbes series - George Mann)
"The Case of the Night Crawler" (George Mann) 144-155, 157, 159-164, 173-174
The Spirit Box (George Mann) 67, 71, 112

Hobbit (The Hobbit - J.R.R.Tolkien)
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 32; Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 138; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 79; My Hero (Tom Holt) 244; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 34

Hobbs, Alfred Charles (American Locksmith, 1812-1891)
"The Lowther Park Mystery" (Lindsay Faye) 141

Hobbs, Carleton (British Actor, 1898-1978)
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 31

Hobbs, Jack (British Cricketer, 1882-1963)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 187

Hobbs, James (British Retailer, 1848-1908)
Arding & Hobbs

Hobson, Valerie (British Actress, 1917-1998)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 283

Hocking, Silas (English Author, 1850-1935)
The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 1-3

Hockney, David (British Artist, 1937- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 26; "Baz" (Julian Rathbone) 28
Constable Hockney - Police Artist: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 135, 203

Hodder, Matthew (British Publisher)
Hodder & Stoughton: The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 83; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 103

Hoddy, Mr (American Barman mentioned in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Siverado Squatters)
"The Stagecoach Detective" (Linda Robertson) 306, 309

Hodges, Private James (British Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 205, 300-303, 305, 308-309, 311, 317, 324, 329, 347, 361, 377, 402

Hodgson, Brian Houghton (English Diplomat & Orientalist, 1800-1894)
The Case of Hodgson's Ghost (Ted Riccardi) 41-42, 50, 54, 63, 67-73, 77, 82, 84-90
A Full Account of Ricoletti of the Club Foot & His Abominable Wife (Ian Charnock) 165; The Case of the French Savant (Ted Riccardi) 94; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Ted Riccardi) 201

Hodgson, William Hope (English Author, 1877-1918)
Hodgkins: The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 180-185
Mr Hodgekiss: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 38-41, 313
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 9

Hodgson's Friend (William Hope Hodgson's Assistant in Houdini Challenge)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 38-41

Hodson, Henrietta: see Henrietta Labouchere

Hodson, Kate (British Actress)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 342

Hoffmann, E.T.A. (German Writer & Composer, 1776-1822)
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 368-370, 377, 439-440, 547-551
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 113; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 39

Hoffman, Heinrich (German Physician & Poet, 1809-1894)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 84, 86, 98

Hoffmann, Professor (A.J. Lewis, British Magician, 1839-1919)
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 15, 19, 30; Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 23; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 70, 127, 150; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 286

Hoffmann, Richard Horace (American Sherlockian, 1887-1967)
Murder at the Murray Hill (Edgar W. Smith) 63

Hofmannsthal, Hugo Von (Austrian Poet & Playwright, 1874-1929)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 153-157

Hogarth, William (British Artist, 1697-1764)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 148; Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 199; "The Finishing Stroke" (M.J. Elliott) 116; Moriarty (John Gardner) 171; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 31; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 246; "Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 263; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 13; The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 87; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 45; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 90, 95, 97; "The Adventure of the Eminent Collector" (Tony Reynolds) 134; "Fool’s Gold" (Martin Rosenstock) 127; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 26; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 210; "Rosenlaui" (Conrad Williams) 198

Hogbin, Alfred (English Undertaker)
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 208-209, 214, 217-218

Hogg, Amy (British Music Teacher, Wife of Arthur Machen)
The Black Heaven (Ron Weighell) 117-118

Hogg, James (Scottish Poet, 1770-1835)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 28

Hogg, Phoebe (British Murder Victim (of Mary Pearcey), 1858(?)-1890)
The Women of Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 62; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 109

Hogg, Phoebe (British Murder Victim (of Mary Pearcey), 1888-1890)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 109

Hogg, Sir Stuart Saunders (Municipal Commissioner of Calcutta, 1833-1921)
Sir Stuart Hogg Market: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 13

Hogg, Thomas Jefferson (British Barrister, 1792-1862)
"The Adventure of the Purple Poet" (Nicholas Utechin) 345, 348

Hoggan, Frances Elizabeth Morgan (British Doctor, 1843-1927)
Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 44

Hohenzollerns, The (German Royal Family)
 "Intercepted Communications" (John Kendrick Bangs) 132, 135; "A Function of Probability" (Mike Chinn) 452, 456; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 24, 151; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 216; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 215; The Shadow of Evil (Tim Pigott-Smith) 104, 211; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 86, 116; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 68
Order of Hohenzollern: The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 90

Hohmann, Walter (German Engineer,1880-1945)
Hohmann A Orbit: "The Martian Crown Jewels" (Poul Anderson) 3

Hokusai, Katsushika (Japanese Artist, 1760-1849)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 110, 155-156, 230, 235, 238, 240, 247, 257, 260, 290, 297, 317, 320
"The Zen Garden Murder" (Andrew Lane) 240; Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 267

Holbein, Hans (Either of Two German Artists)
"The Finishing Stroke" (M.J. Elliott) 115; "The Doll Who Talked to the Dead" (Nev Fountain) 118; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 64; TheWoman (Aline Myette-Volsky) 182; Evolution (John Peel) 51; The Case of the Addleton Tragedy (June Thomson) 108

Holden, Dr (American Physician)
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 632

Holden, Gloria (British Actress, 1908-1991)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 105

Holder, Nancy (American Author, 1953- )
"The Adventure of My Ignoble Ancestress" (Nancy Holder) 225-240
"The Adventure of the Madman" (Nancy Holder) 82

Holes, Picklock (The Adventures of Picklock Holes - Cunnin Toil)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 238

Holinshed, Raphael (British Chronicler, ?-1580)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 144-145, 151; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 143; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 62, 219-220, 223, 226

Holker, Sir John (British Attorney General, 1828-1882)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 16

Holland, Annie (British Cinema Pioneer)
Mrs. Holland's Palace of Light: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 143

Holland, Camille Cecile (British Murder Victim, 1843-1899)
The Case of the Naked Bicyclists (Donald Thomas) 103-104, 106, 108-109, 112-114, 116-120, 123, 125-128, 131-132

Holland, Casper (The Battersea Worm - John Taylor)
The Adventure of the Patient Adversary (George Kaplan) 24

Holland, Cyril: see Cyril Wilde

Holland, Edmund George (Nephew of Camille Holland)
"The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 108, 114, 117, 131

Holland, Ellen / Emily (Ripper Case Witness, Friend of Polly Nichols)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 88
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 99
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 168; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 104, 182; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 46

Holland, Ernest L. (Nephew of Camille Holland)
"The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 108

Holland, Harris (British Gunsmith, 1806-1896)
Holland & Holland Double-barrel rifle: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 115, 151
Holland & Holland Hunting Rifle: The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 212, 220, 227, 230, 237
Holland & Holland Shotgun: The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 159

Holland, Henry (British Gunsmith, Nephew of Harris Holland)
Holland & Holland Double-barrel rifle: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 115, 151
Holland & Holland Fowling Piece: "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 269
Holland & Holland Hunting Rifle: The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 212, 220, 227, 230, 237
Holland & Holland Shotgun: The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 159

Holland, Henry (Jack the Ripper Case Witness)
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 58

Holland, James (Ripper Case, Police Constable Called to Eddowes Murder)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 144
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 152; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 197

Holland, John Phillip (American Submarine Inventor)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 226; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 251
Holland Submersible: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 9; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 408-409, 411

Holland, S.M. (Witness to the JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 83-84

Holland, Violet Craigie (Wife of Vyvyan Holland, 1881-1918)
"The Prideaux Manuscript" (Cara Black) 274, 284, 286, 288, 290

Holland, Vyvyan: see Vyvyan Wilde

Hollander, Bernard (Austrian Psychiatrist, 1864-1934)
The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 138

Hollerith, Herman (American Inventor, 1860-1929)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Analytical Engine" (Bruno B. Wolff, Jr) 156, 158

Holliday, Doc (American Gunfighter & Gambler, 1852-1887)
"The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 111-113, 115-117, 119-125
"The Forlorn Death of Sally at the Crossroads" (Dennis O’Neil) 35-49
My Hero (Tom Holt) 288; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 82

Holliday, Widow (Mark Twain's Model for Widow Douglas)
"My Silk Umbrella" (Darryl Brock) 47

Hollingshead, John (British Theatrical Impresario & Writer, 1827-1904)
Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 62; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 144, 151

Hollingshed, Richard, Jr. (American Inventor of Drive-In Movies, 1900-1975)
The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 574, 577

Hollingsworth, Howard E. (British Retailer)
Bourne & Hollingsworth

Holly, Buddy (American Singer, 1938-1959)
A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 99, 264; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 181; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 188

Holly, Horace (She - H. Rider Haggard)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 571, 590, 600-601, 603, 611, 635, 644, 647, 653, 660, 668-669, 682, 684-686
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 20, 159-160, 166, 171, 173-178
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 5-11, 13-38, 42-45, 47-56, 65-73
"Me, or The Strange Episode of the Reincarnated Greek" (E.V. Knox) 207, 211
She Stooped to Holly: The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 129

Hollyer, Cameron (Sherlockian)
Inspector Hollyer: Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 5-8, 10, 12-13

Holman Hunt, William (British Artist, 1827-1910)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 82; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 146; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 288; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 267; "Curtain Call" (J. Scherpenhuizen) 275; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 223; "It's Clever, But Is It Art?" (M.J.Trow) 118

Holmes, Burton (American Filmmaker, 1870-1958)
"Are You There?" (Neal R. O’Hara) 22

Holmes, Charles (American Banker)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 8, II: 10-12, III: 11-15

Holmes, Fanny (Wife of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, 1840-1929)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 273

Holmes, Henry H. (American Serial Killer, 1861-1896)
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 627-629, 631-635
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 213-214; "The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 176-178; "The Ghost of the Lake" (Jamie Freveletti) 214; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 11; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 5; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 820

Holmes, John (American Pornographic Film Actor, 1944-1988)
"Honey: Stalking Jack the Ripper" (Kelly Garrett & Tom Garst) 110

Holmes, Luna (Allan Quatermain series - H. Rider Haggard)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 63, 80

Holmes, Marianna (Wife of Charles Holmes)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 8, II: 11-12, III: 11-14

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (American Jurist, 1841-1935)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 39-40, 272-277, 297, 448
"The Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 255; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 11

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. (American Writer, 1809-1894)
The Adventure of the Odd Lotteries (Robert L. Fish) 185-186; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 115; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 252; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 22; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 37-38; Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 144; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 36; "Flight to Legend" (William F. Nolan) 64; Sherlock Holmes’s Tibetan Adventure (John F. Rice) 7; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 272

Holmes, Sir Richard (British Museum Director)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 57-59, 61-80, 83-85, 87-90, 92, 97, 102-105, 115, 117-118, 120-121, 140-144, 147, 150, 153, 155-156, 161, 165-166, 171-173, 175, 178, 180-183, 186-187, 194, 205-209
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxxxix

Holmes, Robert (Irish Barrister)
The Affray at the Kildare Street Club (Peter Tremayne) 29; The Kidnapping of Mycroft Holmes (Peter Tremayne) 212

Holmes, Sir Robert (British Naval Commander, c.1622-1692)
"The Adventure of the Purloined Bunyip" (Philip Cornell) 303

Holmes, Rupert (American Singer-Songwriter, 1947- )
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 11

Holmes, Theophilus T. (American Soldier, 1804-1880)
A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 36

Holmwood, Arthur (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 20, 86-89, 91-93, 95, 98, 100-101, 103, 105, 119-120, 132, 201, 205
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 43-45, 53, 85, 92-93, 101, 113-114
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 52, 547-549, 551-552, 554-557, 559
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 87-90, 99-102, 104-105, 107, 109-110, 116-117, 141, 151, 217, 221-223, 228, 260, 333, 337
Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 76-77, 79-81, 84, 89, 91, 100-101, 126, 129, 167-168, 173-174, 178-179, 190, 199-201, 203-208, 211, 215-216, 222, 224, 226, 229, 234-235, 238, 243, 249, 253, 259-260, 264, 274, 288-290, 299, 301-302, 306-314, 319-321, 324-325, 327, 330, 333-334, 337
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 10, 14, 27, 37-42, 45-53, 59-60, 67-70, 75-79, 82, 88, 91, 95-98, 133-134, 136-141, 145, 158, 163, 165-168, 186, 209-210, 213-220, 222, 224, 226-227, 243, 249-250, 256, 276, 289-292
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 6, 24-33, 59-67, 95-100, 102-103, 112-118, 122-125, 140, 143-148, 161-167, 213-215, 253, 273-281, 305-307, 310-311, 313-317, 319, 322, 334-335, 347, 364-365, 369, 373-379, 389-392, 397-406, 410, 417-419, 426, 428, 433-434, 436-439, 443-444, 448-449
The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 120, 124, 189-192, 232, 243, 246
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 91, 120-129, 167-169, 172-182, 185, 189-191, 194-198, 203, 206-208
Season of Madness (Aaron Smith) 7, 108
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 187, 195
Sandor Reviczky: Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania (Gerry O'Hara) 92-93, 111-112, 115-118, 122, 124-127, 129, 137, 153-164, 171, 173-179, 181, 185, 187-189, 193, 196-197, 203-207, 210-211, 215-217, 219, 221, 226-227, 229, 236-237, 239
The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 163; "The Adventure of the Madman" (Nancy Holder) 71; "The Adventure of the Solitary Grave" (Christian Klaver) 16; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 33, 40, 125-127; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 121; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 16; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 995

Holnstein Graf Von (Conspirator Against Ludwig II)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 152-153, 156, 160-161, 167, 170, 174

Holofernes (Bible - Judith)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 128; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 294-295, 333

Holst, Gustav (British Composer, 1874-1934)
"The Adventure of the Lost World" (Dominic Green) 303, 306, 310

Holt, Eric (British Murderer)
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 250

Holt, Sir Francis (A Knight Among Ladies - J.E. Buckrose)
"Drama in the Library!" (The Onlooker) 5

Holt, Joseph (American Judge, 1807-1894)
"Solved by Sherlock Holmes" (Anonymous) 20

Holwell, John Zephaniah (British Surgeon, Survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta, 1711-1798)
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 176

Holy Ghost / Spirit, The (Incarnation of God)
 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 52; "Dead Man Walking" (Len Bailey) 146; "The Devil’s Enterprise" (Len Bailey) 70; The Women of Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 52; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 301; The Albino’s Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 140; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 155; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 228; Moriarty (John Gardner) 266; Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 139; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 607; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 266; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 43, 48; "The Walk-In" (Harley Jane Kozak) 41; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 16; The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 45; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxx, cxxviii; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 192; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 66; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 34, 37-39, 43; Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 46; Sherlock’s Logic (William Neblett) 31, 34; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 90; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 251; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 38, 183, 202, 272, 377, 452; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 100; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 220; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 58; "The Adventure of the Long-Lost Enemy" (Marcia Wilson) 144; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 273
the holy ghost (nickname): Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 65-66, 69, 71
Spiritus Sancti: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 219; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 152

Holy Grail, The (Legendary Chalice)
The Firland Saga (Norman S. Power) 25, 90, 119, 122-123
The Black Heaven (Ron Weighell) 142-143
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 121, 140-141, 145-147, 149, 155, 172, 189, 193, 200, 206, 208, 216
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 98; "The Tale of the First Adventure" (Derrick Belanger) 28; The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 146; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 134; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 2; "A Study in Brimstone" (G.S. Denning) 50; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 340; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 68; "The Abernetty Mystery" (Paul D. Gilbert) 90; "The Thinking Machine" (Denise Hamilton) 181; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 37; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 508; My Hero (Tom Holt) 229; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 215; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 27; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 78; The Murder of Mary Russell (Laurie R. King) 294; "The Adventure of the Purloined Paget" (Phillip Margolin & Jerry Margolin) 70; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 101; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 225; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 235; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 170; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 181; The Macabre Affair (Bill Paxton) 46; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 147; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 96; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 208; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 12; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 135; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 134; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 54; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 30; "The Embers of Truth" (Adrian Wright) 74
His holy grail: The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 96, 128
The holy grail of...: Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 245; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 15

Holy Maid of Kent: see Elizabeth Barton

Holzer, Hans (American Writer on the Occult, 1920-2009)
The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 45

Homann, Johann Baptista (German Geographer, 1664-1724)
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 387

Home, Daniel Dunglas (British Spirit Medium, 1833-1886)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 208-209; The Very First Affair (Johan Heliot) 259, 273; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 49, 51; Ghosts and the Machine (Lloyd Rose) 33; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 131; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 155; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 152; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 216

Home, Robert (British Artist, 1752-1834)
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 175

Homer (Greek Epic Poet)
Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 170, 233; And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 94; Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 36; "Ideal Interviews: Sherlock Holmes" (Anyhow) 97; "A Family Resemblance" (Simon Bucher-Jones) 292; The Adventure of the Gold Hunter (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 39; "Dr Watson and Mr Holmes, or The Worm That Turned" (J.W. Courtney) 254; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 162; Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 44; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 230-231; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 115; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 85, 118;A Case for the Admiralty (Edmund Hastie) 68; The Three-faced Villain (Edmund Hastie) 81; Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 109; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 197, 257; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 380; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 103; "The Adventure of the Black Key" (Naching T. Kassa) 225; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 161; Gub-Gub’s Book (Hugh Lofting) 814; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 95-96, 226; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 136, 153; The Execution of Newcome Bowles (Allan D. Mickle) 56; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxc; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 231; "Sherlock Holmes and the Gorgon’s Head" (Margaret Paulus) 19; The Bab Deception (Bill Paxton) 152; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 121; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 120; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 415; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 207; Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer (Darrell Schweitzer) 127; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 25; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 234; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 84; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 69; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 311; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 286, 355-356
Homeric: A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 504; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 250; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 86; "Sherlock Holmes at Gleneagles" (A.B. Urquhart) 16;Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) x; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 167

Homer, Winslow (American Artist, 1836-1910)
The Adventure of the Captive Forger (Philip J. Carraher) 129, 139

Homfray Family, The (Welsh Industrialists)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 102

Honda, Sachiro (Japanese Industrialist, 1906-1992)
Honda Cars: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 206
Honda Civic: “He Who Grew Up Reading Sherlock Holmes” (Harlan Ellison) 220; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 489

Honeythunder, Mr. (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 99-100, 113-114, 116, 147-148
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 105-106, 261, 322
The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 95-96, 113

Honeywell, Waldron (The Master Mind - Dashiell Hammett)
Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 336

Hong Xiuquan (Chinese Rebellion Leader, 1814-1864)
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 140

Honoré, St (French Bishop, ?-600)
Saint Honoré Cake: Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 117, 119, 121
St Honoré Trifle: Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 106

Honorius, Flavius (Roman Emperor)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 379

Hood, Raymond (American Architect, 1881-1934)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 98

Hood, Robin: see Robin Hood

Hood, Thomas (British Poet & Humorist, 1799-1845)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 131, 133; The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 249; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 76

Hood, Tom (British Editor, 1835-1874)
The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478-479

Hood, USS (Star Trek - TV series)
"Attuclac" (David Gomm) 2

Hooja, the Sly One (at the Earth's Core - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
God of the Naked Unicorn (Richard Lupoff) 307

Hook, Captain (Peter Pan - J.M.Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 8, 29, 31-38, 40-41, 44, 47, 64, 83, 135
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33; "By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 206; Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 171; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 104; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 200, 251

Hooke, Robert (English Scientist, 1635-1703)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 8; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 74

Hooker, Isabella Beecher (American Sufragist, 1822-1907)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 223, 232

Hooker, Joseph (Union General - US Civil War, 1814-1879)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 235; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 93

Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (British Botanist, 1817-1911)
"The Adventure of the Amazonian Explorer" (Tony Reynolds)
The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin (Jon L. Breen) 195-197; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 9; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 41; The Case of Hodgson's Ghost (Ted Riccardi) 83; An Envoy to Lhasa (Ted Riccardi) 129

Hooligan / Hoolihan, Patrick (Irish Criminal)
The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 247-249, 272, 286, 380, 417
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 128-134, 293, 302, 305, 307, 315, 322

Hooper, Edward (Brother of Clover Adams, 1839-1901)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 27-30, 32, 131, 165-167, 175, 238-239, 246, 334-336, 339, 344, 384, 456-457, 550, 606-609, 611

Hooper, Ellen Sturgis (Sister of Clover Adams, 1838-1901)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 271, 386-387, 466

Hooper, Mr (Sesame Street - TV series)
A Bird’s Best Friend (Tish Sommers) 20

Hooper, Robert William (Father of Clover Adams, 1810-1885)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 28, 31, 131, 176, 271, 333, 335, 386, 388, 458

Hoothi (Dr: Who: Love & War - Paul Cornell)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 155

Hooton, Earnest (American Physical Anthropologist, 1887-1954)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 158

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; "Master Sleuth Unmasked at Last!" (S.J. Perelman) 136; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 81; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 50
Hoover Collar: "Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 11
Hooverville: "A Scandal in Hobohemia" (Jamie Wyman) 21

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 Case of the November Sun-Tan" (Alastair Cooke) 180; "The Sinister Cheesecake" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 447; "The Sherlock Holmes Theory" (Jack Kofoed) 45; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 41; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 163; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 61

Hop Frog (Hop Frog - Edgar Allan Poe)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 284; "The Adventure of the Second William Wilson" (Daniel D. Victor) 74

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, Adrian (Father-in-Law of the Duke of Newcastle)
The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 150

Hope, Anthony (British Author, 1863-1933)
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 207
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 150; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 19, 21, 23, 31; 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)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 215; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 93; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 7
Bob Dope: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 93

Hope, Lord Francis (English Nobleman, 1866-1941)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Other Eye" (Richard Dean Starr & E.R, Bower) 189

Hope, Harry (The Iceman Cometh - Eugene O'Neill)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 167-169, 171, 178

Hope, Private Henry (British Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 205, 208, 317, 344-348, 351, 353, 358, 361, 379-380

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 Other Eye" (Richard Dean Starr & E.R, Bower) 188-189; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 208

Hope, Jeff (Sherlock: A Study in Pink - TV)
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 32-33

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) 186; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 51

Hopkins, Johns (American Philanthropist, 1795-1873)
Johns Hopkins University: "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" (Nathan M. Adams) 104; "Sherlock Holmes Outwitted: The Adventure of the 'Hot Feet'" (Armistead M. Dobie) 335; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 120, 139, 144; "Sheerluck Holmes Deduces!" (J. Raymond Elderdice) 120; "The Adventure of the Poison Tea Epidemic" (Carl L. Heifetz) 359

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)
Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 44; "Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 23; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 62; "Prolegomena to Dr Watson's Ninth Marriage" (Jacques Barzun) 50; "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; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 70; "The Matter of the Furnival Curse" (David L. Hammer) 89; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 50; "A Trifling Affair" (H.R.F. Keating) 206; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 313; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 271; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 166; Sherlock Holmes and the Somerset Hunt (Rosemary Michaud) 97; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 5; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 87, 116; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 54; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 57; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 415; 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 Case of the Hammersmith Wonder†(June Thomson) 46; 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)
 Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 104; "The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 172, 174, 196, 201; 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; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 33, 36-43, 45-57, 62-64; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 62; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 209; A Scandal in Battersea (Mercedes Lackey) 190; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 124; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 98, 173; "Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 244-245; "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" (Barbara Roden) 67-68; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 110, 223; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 304; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 79; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 287; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 276-277; 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 Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 145; "The Adventure of the Lightless Maiden" (Lindsay Faye) 260; "The Adventure of the Ukrainian Foundling Orphans" (Robert L. Fish) 238; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 193; 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 Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 267; Baskerville (John O’Connell) 86; "The Adventure of the Medium" (Tony Reynolds) 84; "The Adventure of the Lost Specialist" (Christopher Sequeira) 285; "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)
"Sherlock Holmes: Discovering the Border Burghs and, by Deduction, the Brig Bazaar" (Anonymous) 253-254; Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 191; "The Case of Missing Case" (Alan Gordon) 52; 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

Horch, August (German Engineer, 1868-1951)
Horch Lorry: A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 57-58, 60, 74, 76, 340, 343, 382

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

Hordle John (The White Company - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"How Sir Arthur Passed into the World He Created" (Dean Collins) 189

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; "The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 34; 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

Horlick, Harry (Russian-American Bandleader, 1896-1970)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 119

Horlick, James (1844-1921) & William (1846-1936) (British Inventors of Horlicks)
Horlicks: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 161; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 55

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, A.N. 'Monkey' (British Cricketer, 1847-1925)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 13; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 170-171, 174

Horne, Kenneth (British Comedian, 1907-1969)
"A Study in Scarborough" (Guy Adams) 142

Horner, Charles (English Jeweller, 1837-1896)
The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 19, 31, 83, 100, 104

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

Horney, Karen (German Psychoanalyst, 1885-1952)
"The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman" (Jeffrey Deaver) 80

Hornig, Richard (German Equerry to Ludwig II, 1843-1911)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 134-142, 144-154, 156, 215

Horniman, Frederick John (English Tea Trader, 1835-1906)
Horniman Museum: "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 273; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 167, 236, 239

Horniman, Benjamin G. (British Newspaper Editor, 1873-1948)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 217-226, 244

Hornung, Constance (Sister of Arthur Conan Doyle, Wife of E.W.Hornung, 1868-1924)
"The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 45-46, 48
The Night Calls (David Pirie) 8, 84, 214
The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 22
Lady Constance Hornung: "A Game of Illusion" (Jeremy Branton Holstein) 382-383, 386-404

Hornung, E.W. (British Author, 1866-1921)
"The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 44-46, 48
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 202, 205
Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 102; "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 Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 100; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 22; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 75, 158
 "The Ruby of Khitmandu" (Hugh Kingsmill) - Written partially in the style of Hornung
Lord Ernest Hornung: "A Game of Illusion" (Jeremy Branton Holstein) 382-397, 400-403

Horowitz, Anthony (British Writer, 1955- )
Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 77

Horowitz, Harry: see Gyp the Blood

Horowitz, Vladimir (Russian-American Pianist, 1903-1989)
"Dr Blackadder’s Clients" (Arthur Porges) 59-60

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 (American Actor, 1886-1970)
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; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 105; The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 82; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 76; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 21; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 95, 100-102, 106, 116, 164, 169, 210, 254, 261-262, 292; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 66; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 54, 80; 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
Eye of Horus: The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 81; The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye (Nancy Springer) 93
Ra-Hoor-Khuit: The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 128

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

Hose, Henry Fieldwick (British Educationalist)
The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 41, 55, 131, 165

Hosea (Bible - Hosea)
"Dignified Harlots" (Len Bailey) 40, 42; "Righteous Blood Is Red" (Len Bailey) 56

Hotchkiss, Benjamin B. (American Ordnance Engineer, 1826-1885)
Hotchkiss Machine Gun: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 204; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 585, 594, 627

Hotspur: see Percy, Harry

Houbigant, Jean-François (French Perfumier, 1752-1807)
Houbigant Perfume: "The Brown Recluse" (Davis Grubb) 89; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 65; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 37
Houbigant's Soap: Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 145

Houblon, Sir John (Governor of the Bank of England, 1632-1712)
"All That Glitters" (Bill Paxton) 8

Houdin: see Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin

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
"The Doll Who Talked to the Dead" (Nev Fountain) 132-133, 149
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 35-39, 41, 77-82, 84-85, 88-90, 104-108, 115-117, 119, 129-131, 175-177, 179-181, 183-184, 187, 189-190, 193-196, 198-199, 201-203, 205-206, 210-211, 213-214, 217-220
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
Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v1: 23; v2: 2-3, 26-27
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 5, 8-14, 19-22, 24-28, 30-41, 93, 100, 103-106, 109-113, 115-116, 133-135, 137, 143, 146-151, 157, 162-163, 166-174, 176-178, 180-181, 183, 185, 189-191, 193-194, 197-203, 215-219, 227-232, 234, 237-242, 247-252, 260-265, 267-273, 275-277, 279-280, 285-288, 291, 297-298, 300, 303, 305, 308-309, 313, 316-320
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 Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 222-229, 232, 234, 236-239, 241-242, 248-249
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; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 24; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 247; 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, 26-35, 50, 57-58, 71
"The Adventure of the Magician’s Meetings" (Larry Engle & Kevin VanHook) 207, 209-215, 217-221
"The Doll Who Talked to the Dead" (Nev Fountain) 117, 121-128, 130, 132-136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 147, 149-150
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 187
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 34-42, 44, 49, 60-65, 69-72, 75-94, 100-109, 112-123, 126, 129-131, 142, 152, 158, 160-161, 163-164, 168, 175-199, 201-207, 210-220
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 Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 215, 242, 247-248
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 18-24, 218, 267-268
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 140-141
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
Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v1: 14-18, 23-25; 2: 1-3, 18-27; v3: 1, 7-8, 13-17, 23; v4: 3, 29; v5: 1-16, 28
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, 100-117, 127-147, 149-150, 156-157, 163-174, 176-186, 189-207, 210-212, 215-257, 260-265, 267-277, 279-309, 311-319
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 Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 222-249
"The Vanishing Nobleman" (Alan Stockwell) 166
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 651-652
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 813-827, 829-838, 863-886, 969-988, 1018
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
Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 54; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 135; 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; Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy (Owen Haskell) 16-17; 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; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 71; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 6; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 35-36; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 39-40, 66-68; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 62, 67; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 109; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 161; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 196; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 223; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 413; "Sherlock Holmes and the Four Kings of Sweden" (Steven Savile) 274; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 131, 133; 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
Houdini-like: "The Adventure of the Talking Board" (John Grant) 108; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 122

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

Houghton, Arthur Boyd (British Artist, 1836-1875)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 88

Houghton, Lieutenant George Powell (Soldier at Balaclava, 1834-1854)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 211

Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron (British Poet, 1809-1885)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 479; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 286

Hounslow, Sarah (Woman Buried in Oxford, ?-1835)
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 139

House, Edward M. (American Politician, 1858-1938)
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 290

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

House, Gregory (House - TV Series)
Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 142

Housemaid, The (The Turn of the Screw - Henry James)
"The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 145, 153, 158, 164

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; "The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness" (Lyndsay Faye) 8-9
"What the Sam Houston is going on?": Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 152

Howard, Catherine (Wife of Henry VIII, c.1520-1542)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 410; The Bartered Brides (Mercedes Lackey) 211; A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 130, 161

Howard, Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham (Lady-in-Waiting to Elizabeth I, c.1524-1603)
"The Angel of Truth" (I.A. Watson) 142, 152

Howard, Charles, 1st Earl of Nottingham (English Admiral, 1536-1624)
The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 6

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

Howard, Sir Ebenezer (British Town Planner, 1850-1928)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 48-51
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 14

Howard, Hester (Mother of Robert E. Howard)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) xli

Howard, Dr Isaac (Father of Robert E. Howard)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) xli-xlii, liv

Howard, John (British Prison Reformer, 1726-1790)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 223

Howard, Leslie (British Actor, 1893-1943)
A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 174; 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, 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, Oliver Otis (American Army Officer, 1830-1909)
"The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 66

Howard, Robert E. (American Author, 1906-1936)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxviii, xli-xlix, liv
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 13; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 238

Howard, Ronald (British Actor, 1918-1996)
"The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 263

Howard, Tom (American Attorney, 1917-1965)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 198

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

Howard the Duck (Howard the Duck - Marvel Comics)
“The Maltese Cockroach” (Bill Mantlo, Gene Colan & Dave Simons) 5-29
"Howie’s Minute Adventure" (Steve Skeates, Pat Broderick & Armando Gil) 37-39

Howe, Julia Ward (American Poet, 1819-1910)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 115; "Inga Sigerson Weds" (Richard A. Lupoff) 29; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 276-277

Howe, Dr Samuel Gridley (American Physician, 1801-1876)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 276

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

Howell, Alfred William (Father of Charles Augustus Howell)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 142

Howell, Charles Augustus (British Art Dealer & Blackmailer, 1840-1890)
 Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 118-119
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 170-190, 192-197, 199-200, 208-210, 212-214
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 139-149, 153-156, 159-161, 167-169, 172, 174-175, 182-188
The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 158; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 13

Howells, William Dean (American Writer, 1837-1920)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 56-57, 112-113, 215-228, 231, 233-236, 238, 240-242, 245-259, 355
"Sherlock Holmes Baffled" (J.C. Ochiltree) 10; "The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 322

Howes, Seth Benedict (American Circus Proprietor, 1815-1901)
Howes & Cushing: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 68-69, 136, 174-176

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

Howlin' Wolf (American Blues Singer, 1910-1976)
"The Ghost of the Lake" (Jamie Freveletti) 213

Hoxton Creeper, The (The Pearl of Death - 1944 Movie)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 228, 232-233, 238, 243, 263-267, 270-271, 273-276
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 389, 391-392, 394, 396, 402, 407-408, 423, 427, 433, 445, 460-461

Hoy, Claire (Canadian Newspaper Columnist, 1940- )
"The Adventures of Henry P. Gomez Jr: The Case of the Erotic Exposures" (Anonymous) 6

Hoyle, Edmond (British Writer on Games, 1672-1769)
According To Hoyle: The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 18; "A La Sherlock Holmes" (Charles Loomis) 55; "Herlock Sholmes Lends Santa a Hand" (R. Bruce Warden) 14

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

Hsan the Greater (Cthulhu stories - H.P. Lovecraft)
"Confidence Game" (Jim Harmon) 131, 143