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Le Bon, Gustave (French Sociologist)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 82

Le Breton, William Corbet (Father of Lillie Langtry)
Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 61; "Sherlock Holmes and 'The Woman' (Michael Harrison) 112

Le Carré, John (British Author, 1931- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 200

Le Corbusier (Swiss-French Architect)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 14

Le Fanu, Sheridan (Irish Author, 1814-1873)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 256; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 98; "The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 387; "The Sunleys of Canterbury" (Miles Elward) 27; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 21, 33, 90; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 65; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 135

Le Maire, Jakob (Dutch Explorer)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 53

Le Neve, Ethel (Crippen's Lover & Accomplice)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 219-221; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 3-8; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 9-10, 42-43, 73-75, 80-81, 86-88, 116
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 249

Le Petomaine (Joseph Pujol) (French Entertainer, 1857-1945)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 219-221, 243, 245
 M. Le Petomaine's Academy for Young Ladies: Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 210; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 103; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 160; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 26, 30, 34, 233; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 110

Le Pileur, A. (French Physiologist)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 52

Le Prince, Louis (French Cinema Pioneer, 1842-1890)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 129-130, 242
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 465-466

Le Queux, William (Britsh Writer & Journalist, 1864-1927)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 173-176
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 7; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 16; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 233; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 4, 17

Le Roy, Mary Ann "Talma" (American Magician, 1868-1944)
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 36

Le Roy, Servais (American Magician, 1865-1953)
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 36, 108
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 80

Le Sage, Alain Rene (French Novelist, 1668-1747)
The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 97

Leach, Sir Edward Pemberton (British Military Commander)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 13

Leadbeater, Reverend C.W.
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 104-107, 134-136

Leakey, Louis (British Paleoanthropologist, 1903-1972)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 17;
Leakey family: The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 16

Leal, Mercedes (Mother of Jô Soares)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 56-59

Lear, Edward (British Humourist, 1812-1888)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 83; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 121; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 34

Lear, King (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
 My Hero (Tom Holt) 59
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 12, 32, 36, 184; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 64; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 64, 97-98; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 280; Moriarty (John Gardner) 106; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 53; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 120; "The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 133; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 61; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 48; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 14; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 288; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 90
See also: King Lear (play)

Lear's Fool (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 36

Learned Judge, The (Trial By Jury - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 24-25

Leary, Timothy (American Psychologist, 1920-1996)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 152

Leather, Ella Mary (British Folklorist)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 97, 222-223, 269, 324, 331, 333, 472, 498

Leather Apron (Ripper suspect): see Pizer, John

Leavitt, R.K. (American Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60

Lebedoueff (Russian Chief of Police, Challenged Houdini)
Lebedin: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 8-10, 13-16, 314

Lebel, Colonel Nicholas (French Soldier)
Lebel Rifle: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 89; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 134

Lebrun, Robert (The Awakening - Kate Chopin)
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 366

Leckie, Jean (Second Wife of Arthur Conan Doyle)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 8, 10-13, 18, 23, 30, 35-41, 47-57, 143, 145-146, 149, 152, 154-155; "The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 42-46, 48-50, 52; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 17-21, 23, 46-48, 55, 57-58, 61, 71-72, 75, 82, 84, 95, 98-99, 101, 106, 120, 127-132, 138, 144, 147-148, 154-155, 170, 176, 197, 200-201, 214, 220, 222, 229, 231, 239, 273, 291, 294; The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 204, 210; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 50, 52, 57, 60-61, 67; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 16-18, 52, 95, 99, 124, 137, 146, 227, 261; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 75-78, 80-88, 90-96, 98-99; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 7, 9-10, 13-14, 31-32, 49, 52, 72, 90, 211, 248
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 86; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 107-108, 260; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 121

Leckie, Malcolm (Brother of Jean Leckie)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 17; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 75, 81, 84; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 10

Leclanché, Georges (French Physicist)
Leclanché Battery: "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 7, 11, 21; "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 73
Leclanché Cell: "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 13; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 88; "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 69

Lecoq (Lecoq Series - Emile Gaboriau)
 "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 216; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 21, 23-25, 37, 46, 123-124, 130, 136-137; "The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 59-61; "The Adventure of the Mona Lisa" (Carolyn Wells) 22, 24-25; "Sure Way To Catch Every Criminal. Ha! Ha!" (Carolyn Wells) 106-107
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 145; "The Last of Mr. Sherlock Holmes" (August W. Derleth) 4; "The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 397; Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 50, 83; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 150

Lecouvreur, Adrienne (French Actor, 1692-1730)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 49-50

Lecter, Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter series - Thomas Harris)
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 266; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 185-192
 NOTE: The chapter in A Samba for Sherlock in which Holmes confronts Dr. Aderbal Câmara at the Dom Pedro II Asylum is a parody of Silence of the Lambs.

Led Zeppelin (British Rock Group)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 104

Leda and the Swan (Greek Mythology)
"The Hungarian Diamond" (R.C.Lehmann) 150

Lee, Ann (British Mystic, Founder of the Shakers, 1736-1784)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 290

Lee, Christopher (British Actor, 1922- )
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 110

Lee, Gypsy Rose (American Striptease Artiste, 1914-1970)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 192; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 93

Lee, James Paris (Scottish Gunsmith, 1831-1904)
Lee-Enfield: "The Adventure of the Mocking Huntsman" (M.J. Elliott) 25; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 5, 114; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 123, 130; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 129; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 81; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 114; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 295
Lee-Metford Rifle: Moriarty (John Gardner) 30
Martini-Lee Rifle: "Tiger! Tiger!" (Elizabeth Bear) 29

Lee, John "Babbacombe" (English Murderer, "The Man They Could Not Hang", 1864-1941(?))
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 319

Lee, Nelson (Nelson Lee series - Maxwell Scott)
"The Strange Case of the Three Revolvers" (Anthony Grey) 66-67
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 10

Lee, Peggy (American Singer, 1920-2002)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 28

Lee, Robert E. (American Confederate General, 1807-1870)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 115; Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 230; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 153; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 2; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 85, 121; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 168, 229-231; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 220; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 59; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 38
The Robert E. Lee (spaceship): "The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 124-126, 128

Lee, Stan (American Editor & Writer, 1922- )
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 118

Lees, Grace (Wife of Robert Lees)
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 61-66, 73-76, 78-80, 103
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 249

Lees, Robert (Psychic Involved In Ripper Case)
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 25; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 247-252, 282; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 53-54, 56-66, 70-71, 73-80, 102-103, 105, 116, 139, 151
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 100; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 108, 332; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 139; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 178

Leeson (British Police Sergeant, Wounded at the Sidney Street Siege)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 130, 202

LeFevre, George L. (American Physician, 1865-1944)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 114-115

Lefroy, Percy: see Percy Lefroy Mapleton

Lefty Louie (American Hoodlum, aka Louie Rosenberg)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 66

Legion (Biblical Demons)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 2; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 156; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 109

Lehmann, Lilli (German Soprano, 1848-1929)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 34

Lehmann, Lotte (German-American Soprano, 1888-1976)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 34

Lehmann, R.C. "Cunnin Toil" (British Humourist)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 238

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (German Philosopher, 1646-1716)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 14, 40; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 40; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 56; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 76

Leicester, Robert Dudley, First Earl of (British Politician, Favourite of Elizabeth I, 1532-1588)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 150-151, 178, 284-285, 290; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 102

Leigh, Lord (British Landowner)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 89, 94-96

Leigh, Vivien (British Actress, 1913-1967)
 The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 76; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140

Leighton, Arthur (English Solicitor)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 188, 198

Leighton, Sir Frederick (British Artist, 1830-1896)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 75; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 69-70

Leinster, Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald, Duke of (Irish Peer, 1791-1874)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 29

Leipoldt, Johannes (German Religious Scholar, 1880-1965)
"The Case of the Two Coptic Patriarchs" (John A. Wilson) 77

Leiter, Levi (American Wholesaler)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 33

Leland, Jedediah (Citizen Kane - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 55

Lemercier-Picard (The Dreyfus Affair)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 112, 144

Lemon, Mark (Editor of Punch)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 32

Lemon Drop Kid, The (The Lemon Drop Kid - Damon Runyon)
"The Sinister Cheesecake" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 444

Lemora (Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 102-104

Lenchen: see Demuth, Helene

L'Enfant, Pierre (French Architect, 1754-1825)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 288; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 109

Lenglen, Suzanne (French Tennis Player, 1899-1938)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 188

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich (Russian Revolutionary Leader, 1870-1924)
 Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 25, 29, 48-49, 57, 69, 100, 104-115, 119-120, 124, 136-137; "Three Cases of Good Intentions" (Colin Bruce) 272-273; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 159; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 54, 76, 115, 167, 169-173, 179, 187, 196-198, 217, 247, 249, 259; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 75, 86, 89, 125, 140, 176-177; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 84-91, 94-97, 102, 104-110, 117-120, 127, 136, 146, 148, 169, 214, 220, 222, 261, 263-267, 269, 281, 283-284
The Game (Laurie R. King) 37-38, 86, 88, 149, 259, 265, 330; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 132; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15, 98; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 179, 205; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 65; Lestrade and theDevil's Own (M J Trow) 166; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 87, 89; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 54, 200, 219
Leningrad: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 13; "The Modern Radio Sleuth" (Jay Coote) 80, 82; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 168
Leninist: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 115
Ninel!: "Xenolith" (Dana Martin Batory) 46, 49

Lenin, Mrs.: see Nadezhada Krupskaya

Lennon, John (British Singer & Composer, 1940-1980)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 288; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 112, 220; "Moriarty By Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 297; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 129

Leno, Dan (British Entertainer)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 72, 74-75; "The Case of the Incumbent Invalid" (Claire Griffen) 61, 65
 The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 137; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 95; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 26; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 170; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 14; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 108; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 66

Lenore (The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 34; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 174

Lenox, Robert (American Farmer)
Lenox Hill: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 191

Leo (The MGM Lion)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 110, 129

Leo X, Giovanni de Medici (Pope (1513-21), 1475-1521)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 131-132, 156, 160-161

Leo XIII (Pope (1878-1903), 1810-1903)
"The Matter of the Vatican Cameos" (David L. Hammer) 20; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 11-17, 21, 27, 86, 93, 125-126, 258, 260, 299; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 193-194; "The Case of the Cardinal's Corpse" (June Thomson) 93, 96; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 129-131, 140, 149, 162; "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 252-253, 255, 258, 272
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 29; "The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 102; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 354; "The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 75-76, 79-81; "The Matter of the Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (David L. Hammer) 52; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 39; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 36; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 48, 58, 97-98; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 60; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 210
Bootmakers for the Pope: The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 7; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 9
Papal Blessing: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 223
Papal Connections: "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 255
Papal Dispensation: Moriarty (John Gardner) 223
The Pope: "The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 255; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 147, 386, 397; "Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 23; "The Adventure of the Deptford Horror" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 229-230; The Missing Cleric" (Miles Elward) 3; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 20; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 51; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 107

Leochares (Greek Sculptor, 4th century BC)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 229

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero (Italian Composer 1858-1919)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 62

Leonowens, Anna (British Governess, Wife of King Mongkut, 1834-1914)
"Water from the Moon" (Carolyn Wheat) 42

Leonowens, Louis (Son of Anna Leonowens)
"Water from the Moon" (Carolyn Wheat) 37-38, 40-56

Leopold, Prince, Duke of Albany (4th Son of Queen Victoria, 1853-1884)
"Death in the Christmas Hour" (James Powell) 326;"Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 93

Leopold II (King of Belgium (1865-1909), 1835-1909)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 130, 132-133, 138, 140, 142, 144-145, 149, 159
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 289; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 24; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 33; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 55
Leopoldville: "Darkest Gold" (L.B.Greenwood) 182-183, 188

Leopold, Nathan (1904-1971) & Loeb, Richard (1905-1936) (American Murderers)
 A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 151-152, 154-155; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 269

Leopoldina (Brazilian Princess, Daughter of Pedro II)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 201

Leotard, Jules (French Acrobat)
The Adventure of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Edward D. Hoch) 71, 74; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 95; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 202

Leppek, Christopher (American Journalist)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 4-9

Lepsius, Karl Richard (German Egyptologist, 1810-1884)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 144, 172; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 183

Lermolieff, Ivan: see Giovanni Morelli

Lermontov, Mikhail (Russian Poet, 1814-1841)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 137

Leroux, Gaston (French Author, 1868-1927)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 45, 47-49, 51, 53-55, 60-62, 75-76, 79-80, 94, 103, 115, 124-125, 127-128, 141, 168, 176-180, 182-183, 210-211
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 101

Lescroart, John T. (American Author)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 11; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 9-19

L'Espenaye, Camille (Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 17-18

L'Espenaye, Madame (Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 17-18

Lessing (War of the Worlds - H.G.Wells)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 207

Lestat de Lioncourt (Vampire Lestat series - Anne Rice)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 269-270, 272, 274

Lethbridge-Stewart, Brigadier (Dr. Who TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 72-283
Evolution (John Peel) 209-210, 256
Commander Ralph Lethbridge-Stewart: The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 5, 13-14, 17-23, 38, 65-66, 76-77, 89, 91-92

Lettow-Vorbeck, General Paul Von (German Military Leader, 1870-1964)
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 58; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 118

Leucippus of Miletus (Greek Philosopher, 450-370BC)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 46

Leutze, Emmanuel (German Artist, 1816-1868)
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 175

Levassor, Emile (French Car Designer, 1844?-1897)
Panhard-Levassor: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 182

Levavasseur, Antoinette (Daughter of French Engine Designer Léon Levavasseur)
Antoinette Engine: Lestrade and the Devilâƒôs Own (M.J. Trow) 89

Lévi, Eliphas (French Occultist, 1810-1875)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 201

Levi, Joseph (British Anarchist, Member of Piatkow's Gang)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 21-22; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 56, 132

Levi, Sir Samuel (The Suicide Club - Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 136

Lévi, Sylvain (French Orientalist, 1863-1935)
"The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 101-118

Leviathan (Bible - Psalms)
The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 159, 183; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 161; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 190; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28-29; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 155; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 142
A leviathan: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 7, 104; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 90; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 136; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 53; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 294; The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 62; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 98; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 269
Leviathans: Murder, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 82; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 229

Levine, Wesley (Criminal)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 109

Levite's Concubine (Bible - Judges)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 295

Levy, Amy (British Writer, 1861-1889)
 The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 74-82, 87, 143

Levy, Joseph Hyam (Ripper Case Witness)
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 25-26, 47-48

Lewes, George Henry (British Critic, Philosopher & Scientist 1817-1878)
"The Matter of the Furnival Curse" (David L. Hammer) 89-90

Lewis, A.J.: see Hoffmann, Professor

Lewis, Arthur H. (American Author & Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 11

Lewis, C.S. (British Writer, 1898-1963)
The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 22-24; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 39

Lewis, Sir George (British Lawyer, ?-1911)
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 12-14, 19
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 117, 125; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 238-240, 247

Lewis, Colonel I.N. (American Soldier)
Lewis Gun: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 8

Lewis, Matthew Gregory (British Author, 1775-1818)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146

Lewis, Meriwether (American Explorer)
Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 41

Lewis, Mrs. (C.S.Lewis's Mother)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 39

Lewis, Sarah (Ripper Witness, Neighbour of Mary Kelly who heard cries of 'Murder')
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 102
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 106, 171; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 82

Lewis, Sinclair (American Author, 1885-1951)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 117
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 180; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 143, 146; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 120

Lewis, Wyndham (British Painter, Novelist & Critic, 1882-1957)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15

Ley, Willy (German Rocket Scientist, 1906-1969)
"The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial (Mack Reynolds) 165-166

Leybourne, George (British Songwriter, 1842-1884)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 19, 41, 49, 54-56, 58-59, 64-65; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 150-154, 162, 218