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Lobachevsky, Nikolay Ivanovich (Russian Mathematician, 1793-1856)
"The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 385, 390
Lobachevskian: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 129

Lobb, John (English Bootmaker)
Lobb Shoes: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 38

Lobengula (King of the Ndebele, 1833-1894)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 13

Lobley (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 136, 138-139

Locatelli (Composer)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 274

Loch Ness Monster (Scottish Mythical Beast)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 16-20, 25-29, 145
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 78-79, 83-85, 89, 92-93
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 63-64, 117, 123-125, 133-135, 138-140, 147, 154
The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 11-13, 16, 22-23, 32-34, 37-39, 41-45, 48-50, 72-73, 78-80, 85, 99, 102-105
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 131-132
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 27; Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 186; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 41, 44, 51; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 96

Locke, Ferrers (Ferrers Locke series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 85

Locke, Dr. Herbert H. (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 9-107
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 6

Locke, John (British Philosopher, 1632-1704)
"The Adventure of the Mendicant's Face" (M.J. Elliott) 25; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 201; The Case of the Missing Marquess (Nancy Springer) 46

Lockhart, Robert Bruce (British Diplomat, 1887-1970)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 202, 218-219

Lockwood, Belva (American Lawyer, 1830-1917)
Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 20

Lockwood, Cary (The Last Flight - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 261, 269, 292, 348

Lockwood, Frank, Q.C. (British Attorney, Defended Charlie Peace)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 93

Lockwood, W.H. (British Cricketer)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 85-89, 106

Lockyer, Sir Norman (British Astronomer, 1836-1920)
"The Mystery of the Addleton Curse" (Barrie Roberts) 227; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 159, 164

Loder-Symonds, Lily (Friend of Jean Leckie)
"Illusions" (Janni Lee Simner) 363-364, 366

Lodge, Henry Cabot (American Politician, 1850-1924)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 111-112, 115-118
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 84, 86

Lodge, Sir Oliver (British Physicist & Writer, 1851-1940)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 177-187
The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 20; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 266, 278; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 149; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 85; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 180; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 22

Lodge, Raymond (Son of Sir Oliver Lodge)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 182, 184, 186

Lodge, Thomas (British Poet, 1558-1625)
Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 16

Lody, Karl (German Spy, ?-1914)
Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 34, 39; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 219

Loeffler, Friedrich (German Scientist, 1852-1915)
Klebs-Loeffler Bacillus: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 244

Loew, Marcus (American Theatrical Producer, 1870-1927)
The Loew Circuit: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 39
Loew's Theatre: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 87

Loew ben Bazel, Rabbi Jehuda / Lowi Bezalel (Created the Golem)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 96, 166, 216-218, 277, 309-312, 316, 326, 329-333, 340, 342, 383, 385, 387, 393, 434
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 248, 309, 338, 390; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 468; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 245-246; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 89-91; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 113, 203, 206

Loew, Rabbi's daughter
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 96, 218

Lofoten Island Fisherman (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 31

Logan, Edward Lawrence (American Statesman & General, 1875-1929)
Logan Airport: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 33, 35, 94

Lohengrin (Hero of Arthurian Legend & Wagnerian Opera)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 137
Swanship Lohengrin: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 228, 248, 256, 258

Lohman, Charles (Wife of Madame Restell)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 373-374, 379-381, 383

Lohmann, G.A. (English Cricketer, 1865-1901)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 304

Loholt (Son of King Arthur)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 116

Loki (Norse Trickster God)
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 108; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 142; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 77

Lola-Lola (The Blue Angel - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 102, 104, 106

Lolita (Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov)
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 202

Lomas, Stanley (Reggie Fortune series - H.C.Bailey)
"Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 172

Lomasney, Mackay (American Fenian, Attempted to blow up London Bridge)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 35

Lomb, Henry (German Optician, 1828-1908)
Bausch & Lomb

Lombard, Carole (American Actress)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 81

Lombardo, Guy (Canadian Bandleader, 1902-1977)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 119

Lombardo, Pietro (Italian Sculptor & Architect, 1435-1515)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 124

Lombroso, Cesare (Italian Criminologist, 1835-1909)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 158; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 70; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 264-266; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 64-65; "Murder in the Thieves' Bazaar" (Ted Riccardi) 249; "Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles" (Barbara Roden) 255-256, 260-261; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 152; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 245; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 174; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 187

London, Jack (American Author, 1876-1916)
"Five Rings In Reno" (R.L.Stevens) 95, 99, 101-105, 109
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 223; Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 215

London, Julie (American Singer)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 149-150

London, Charmian Kittredge (Wife of Jack London, 1871-1955)
"Five Rings In Reno" (R.L.Stevens) 103

London, Jack's Child (Died Aged Three Days, 1910)
"Five Rings In Reno" (R.L.Stevens) 103

London Monster (18th Century Attacker of Women)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 152-153, 160

Lone Ranger, The (Lone Ranger series)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 112; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 260; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 48; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 140; "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 207; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 65

Long, Alfred (Ripper Case, Constable, Found the Writing in Goulston Street)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 96, 99
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 146-147; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 91, 93-94

Long, Elizabeth (Ripper Case, Saw Chapman with a Man)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 66
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 64

Long, Frank Belknap
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 17-87
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 28

Long, Mary Elitch (American Businesswoman, 1856-1936)
Elitch's Gardens: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 213

Long John Silver (Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 6-7; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 98; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 421; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 97; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 19, 226; Moriarty (John Gardner) 207; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 67, 200

Long, Red Legged, Scissor Man, The (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 126, 135, 150, 153, 155, 157, 183, 199

Long-Eared Hearer, The (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 438

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (American Writer, 1807-1882)
"The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 268; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 200; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 251; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 265; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 26; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 290; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 55; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 50-51; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 259

Longferry, Lord (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 22, 25

Longon, Marius "The Gypsy" (French Thief)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 154

Longstocking, Pippi (Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren)
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder) 454

Longuet, Charles (French Journalist, Husband of Jenny Marx, 1839-1903)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 104

Longworth, Nicholas (American Politician, 1869-1931)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 45

Lonsdale, Commandant Rupert (Military Leader at Rorke's Drift)
Lonsdale's Horse: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 124

Looking Glass, The (Alice Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 27; "Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (Lawrence Schimel) 209

Lopes, Mr. Justice (Lord Ludlow, British Judge who passed the death sentence on Charlie Peace)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 93

Lopez, Francisco Solano (Dictator, President of Paraguay (1862-70), 1826-1870)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 17

Lopez, Mary Ann (American Witness in Carrie Brown Murder Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 37

Lopez, Vincent (American Bandleader, 1895-1975)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 119

Lord, Samuel (American Retailer)
Taylor & Lord: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 327

Lord of Misrule, The
"The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 215, 227; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 101

Lord Rockingham's XI (British Pop Group)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 146

Lorelei (Die Lorelei - Heinrich Heine)
"The Case of the Lost Worlds" (Colin Bruce) 242; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 223; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 112; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 166

Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon (Dutch Physicist, 1853-1928)
The Lorentz Contraction: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 29

Lorillard, Pierre, IV (American Tobacco Manufacturer, 1833-1901)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 330
The Lorillards: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 334

Loring, Sir Nigel (The White Company etc. - Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 260; "Illusions" (Janni Lee Simner) 364

Lorrain, Claude (Italian Artist, c.1600-1682)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 104, 131

Lorrain, Jean (French Author, 1855-1906)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 3-11, 20, 22-23, 136

Lorre, Peter (Hungarian Actor, 1904-1964)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 156, 161-163, 167, 169, 172
The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 5

Lost Boys, The (Peter Pan - J.M.Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 7-8, 21, 23, 25, 63-64, 134-135, 141, 164, 209, 229, 247
"The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 20-21, 26, 38; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 77

Lost Patrol, The (The Lost Patrol - Movie)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 159

Lost Tribes of Israel, The (Jewish Tribes Exiled by Sargon II)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 105-106; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 211; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 16; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 69; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 68

Lothario (The Fair Penitent - Nicholas Rowe)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 90; The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 152; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 400; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 81; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 165; "The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 99
A Lothario: Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 184; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 119; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 110; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 74; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 65
That Lothario: "The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 36; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 142
You old lothario: Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 57

Loti, Pierre (French Writer, 1850-1923)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 196; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 17

Lot's Wife (Bible - Genesis)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 93, 99, 101, 195
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 74; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 441; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208; Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 98; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 146; "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 59

Lotto, Lorenzo (Italian Artist, c.1480-1556)
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 93

Loubet, Emile (President of France (1899-1906), 1838-1929)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 144

Louie: see Huey, Dewey & Louie

Louis (Unspecified French King)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 57

Louis I (King of Bavaria) see: Ludwig I

Louis IX, (St Louis) (King of France (1226-70), 1214-1270)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 120-121, 125, 127, 208-209, 211, 213
Ile Saint-Louis: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 35
St Louis (city): The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 198; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 171; "The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 106, 113; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 1, 59, 138, 309, 372; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 244; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 51-52; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 27; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 418; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 36, 153; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 223
St Louis Cathedral: "The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 256
St Luis Obispo: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 241

Louis XI, "The Spider" (King of France (1461-83), 1423-1483)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 11; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 113

Louis XII (King of France (1498-1515), 1462-1515)
Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 17

Louis XIII, "Louis the Just" (King of France (1610-43), 1601-1643)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 111; "The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 384; "The Adventure of the Glass House" (Michael Mallory) 62-63
Louis XIII Heel: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 163

Louis XIV, "The Sun King" (King of France (1643-1715), 1638-1715)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 150; "Watson, Once Epaminondas, Joins Deteckative Gubb" (Ellis Parker Butler) 119; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 74; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 80-81, 84-86, 94-95, 177; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 57; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 75; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 308; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 100; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 175; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 164; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 56; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 241; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 321; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 111; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 36, 57; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 113; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 144, 168; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 138, 145-146, 170, 179-181, 183-184, 186, 211; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 76; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 10, 16; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 122; "The Adventure of the Second Violet" (Daniel Stashower) 209; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 333; "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 4; "The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 18, 30; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 184; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 13
Louis XIV Furniture: Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 59; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 48; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 246; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 192, 230; Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 90-91; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 12; "Baron Maupertuis" (Paul D. Gilbert) 28; The Game (Laurie R. King) 244; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 47; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 24, 131; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 216; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 92; "The American Ambassador" (David Scott) 5
Louis XIV Pose: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 217
Louis XIV Scrollwork: Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 37
Louis XIV Style: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 53; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 127
Louis Quatorze Suite: Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 146
A Sun King: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 149-151

Louis XV (King of France (1715-74), 1710-1774)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 81; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 164; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 120 ; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 287; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 209
Louis XV Furniture: Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 188; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 397; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 36; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 47; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 22; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 96
Louis XV Mouldings: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 200

Louis XVI (King of France (1774-92), 1754-1793)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 81; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 37; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 21; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 111; "The Sainte-Geneviève Caper" (Alain le Bussy) 128; "Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late" (Maurice Leblanc) 19-20, 34; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 6; The Curse of the Pharoahs (Kel Richards) 110; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 190
Louis XVI Chair: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 318
Louis XVI Secretaire: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 230
Louis XVI Sofa: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 10

Louis XVIII (King of France (1814-24), 1755-1824)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 13; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 190; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 19

Louis of Baden: see Ludwig of Baden

Louis, St: see King Louis IX

Louis of Battenberg, Prince (Father of Lord Mountbatten of Burma)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 113

Louis Napoleon; See Napoleon III

Louis Napoleon, Prince (Prince Imperial of France, 1856-1879)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 123

Louis Philippe (King of France (1830-48), 1773-1850)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 55, 69, 104; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 305
Louis Philippe Furniture: "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas)

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen of Prussia (1797-1810), 1776-1810)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 238

Louise Victoria Alexandra, Princess (Daughter of Edward VII, 1867-1931)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203, 209

Louise Caroline Alberta, Princess (Duchess of Argyll, Daughter of Queen Victoria)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 58-75, 165-201
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 70; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 74

Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord (Scottish Clan Chief & Jacobite)
"Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 255

Love-in-Idleness (A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 296-297

Lovecraft, H.P. (American Author, 1890-1937)
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 17-87
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 25-26, 28-34
The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 14-22, 27, 33-34
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 24, 39, 45, 47-49, 51, 58, 60-64, 71-73, 76-77, 84, 91, 94, 97-98, 100, 102-110, 112-124, 129, 138-140, 142, 156, 165-166, 170-173, 176-177, 179-182, 184-192, 195, 200-210, 214-215, 218-220, 227-233, 236-238, 240-242, 246, 248-253, 257-263, 275-276, 278, 289-290, 296, 300-301, 305, 307-318, 322-325
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 17-18, 20
"The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) (Written as if by Lovecraft)

Lovecraft, Sarah Susan (Phillips) (Mother of H.P. Lovecraft)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 103, 108

Lovecraft, Winfield Scott (Father of H.P. Lovecraft)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 103

Loveday, Betty May (Wife of Raoul Loveday)
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 152-153, 217-219, 311

Loveday, Raoul (Follower of Aleister Crowley)
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 153, 218-219, 311

Lovelace , Ada Augusta Byron, Countess of (British Mathematician, 1815-1852)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 14, 19-20, 24, 30, 80-82, 86-87, 89-92, 104-105, 219-230, 245-251, 257-259, 262-265, 269-271, 281-283, 285
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner)139-142, 144-164, 168, 181-183, 186, 196, 198, 200, 217-220, 222, 225-229, 232-234, 237-238, 241, 247-251, 254-255, 257-263, 265-267, 273, 279
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 214

Lovelace, William King, Earl of (Husband of Ada Augusta, Lady Lovelace, 1805-1893)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 198, 217-218

Loveless, Dr Arliss (Wild Wild West - TV series)
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 271-276

Lovell (The Mistletoe Bough - Folk Song)
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 218, 225-228

Lovett (Horse Thief): see Fontaine

Lovett, Mrs. (Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street's Accomplice)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 134

Low, Flaxman (Flaxman Low series - E. & H. Heron)
"The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" (Barbara Roden)62-63, 66-77, 79-80, 83-88, 90-95

Low, Juliette Gordon (American Girl Scouts Founder, 1860-1927)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 66

Lowe, Edmund (American Actor, 1890-1971)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 66, 157

Lowe, Harold Godfrey (Fifth Officer aboard the Titanic, 1882-1944)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 242-243

Lowe, Sir Hudson (British Military Commander, 1769-1844)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 136

Lowell, Amy (American Poet, 1874-1925)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 29

Lowell, James Russell (American Poet, 1819-1891)
"The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 172

Lowndes, Marie Belloc (British Author, 1868-1947)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 18

Loy, Myrna (American Actress, 1905-1993)
The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 112

Lubitsch, Ernst (German Actor & Director, 1892-1947)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19

Lucas, Alfred (British Egyptologist, 1867-1945)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 74, 76, 78-80, 90, 97-100, 102, 105-108, 133

Lucas, E.V. (British Writer, 1868-1938)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 58

Lucas, Édouard (French Mathematician, 1842-1891)
Lucasian: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 174; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 276

Lucas, Sergeant (Maigret series - Georges Simenon)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 37

Lucas, William (Sheltered John Wilkes Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 165

Luccheni, Luigi (Assassinated Kaiserin Elizabeth of Austria)
"The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 49-50
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 185

Lucia (The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 51

Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti)
"A Shambles in Belgravia" (Kim Newman) 188

Lucia (The Thieving Magpie - Rossini)
Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 46

Lucianus (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 423

Lucifer (Fallen Angel)

Lucina (Roman Matron, St. Paul was interred in her Tomb)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 322

Luckner, Count Fritz Von (German Naval Commander, 1881-1966)
"The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 161

Lucrece (The Rape of Lucrece - William Shakespeare)
No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 8

Lucretius (Roman Poet, 99-55BC)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 191, 193-194; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 176; "The Adventure of the Late Orang Outang" (Gillian Linscott) 37; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 150

Lucullus, Lucius Licinius (Roman General 110-57BC)
"The Mystery of Pinkham's Diamond Stud" (John Kendrick Bangs) 47
Lucullan: "The Two Footmen" (Michael Gilbert) 203; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 180; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 32; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 155

Lucy, St. (Sicilian Martyr, 283?-304)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 113
Santa Luzia: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 71

Lucy R, Miss (Studies on Hysteria - Sigmund Freud & Josef Breuer)
The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 48-49, 149-150

Lud (Legendary King of the Britons)
Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 4

Ludendorff, General Erich Von (German War Strategist, 1865-1937)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 28, 114, 194-197, 202, 221, 226, 243
"The Case of the Last Battle" (L.B.Greenwood) 485; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 87-88, 120; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 19, 39, 83, 276, 280

Ludlam, Mother (English Sorceress)
Lazy as Ludlam's Dog: "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 157

Ludlow, Lord: see Lopes, Mr. Justice

Ludwig (Prince of Baden, 1865-1888)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 130

Ludwig I (King of Bavaria (1825-48), 1786-1868)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 108, 131, 135-136, 138-139, 165, 175, 187, 192, 196, 199, 219, 237-238, 243, 312, 322-325, 328, 333, 389-390, 296, 398, 432-433
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 62

Ludwig II, King (King of Bavaria (1864-86), 1845-1886)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 1-3, 17-18, 20-31, 36, 38, 41-42, 51-58, 246, 256
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 9, 35, 129, 133, 135-143, 145-156, 158-163, 165-177, 179-189, 191-201, 203-209
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 31, 79, 88, 133; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 55; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 175, 192, 199, 229, 312, 324-326, 328, 389-390; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 146-147, 149, 169-170, 182, 184, 199, 213, 220-221, 224; "The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness" (Lyndsay Faye) 5; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 122; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 26
King & Country: Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 214
His Majesty's Armed Forces: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 19

Lug / Lugh (Celtic Sun God)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friedman) 168; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 108

Lugosi, Bela (Hungarian-American Actor, 1884-1956)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 331, 341
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 131; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 82, 123; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 95

Luini, Bernardino (Italian Artist, c.1480-1532)
The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 164

Luitpold, Prince (Bavarian Prince Regent, Uncle of Ludwig II, 1821-1912)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 2; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 324-326, 328, 389, 392; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 139-140, 160, 165, 175, 192

Lukas, Paul (Hungarian Actor, 1895-1971)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 96

Luke, Keye (Chinese-American Actor, 1904-1991)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 51

Luke, St. (Gospel Writer)
"The Adventure of the Command Performance" (J.W. Sovine) 24, 26-27
The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 69; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 28, 65, 220; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 147; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 280
Parish of St. Luke's: "The Case of the Highland Hoax" (Anne Perry & Malachi Saxon) 116-117
St. Luke's Hospital: The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 147; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 150; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 156, 232; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 70; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 183
St. Luke's Little Summer: "The Adventure of the Suspect Servant" (Barbara Roden) 99; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 37
St Luke's Road: Moriarty (John Gardner) 128, 276

Lumière, Auguste & Louis (French Cinematographic Pioneers)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 105; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 129; "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 71, 73

Lumière, Professor (Garth comic strip - Steve Dowling)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 98, 100, 102

Lumley, Benjamin (American Impresario, 1811-1875)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 161

Lumley, Sir James Rutherford (Adjutant General of India to whom Lola Montez was possibly betrothed, 1773-1846)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 109, 159-160, 215

Lumsden, Dugald MacTavish (Scottish Military Leader)
Lumsden's Horse: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 585, 628

Lunn, Sally (French Pastrycook)
A Sally Lunn: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 202
Sally Lunn Tearooms: Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 183-184

Lupin, Arsène (Arsene Lupin series - Maurice Leblanc)
Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 9-17, 19-20, 100, 121-122, 124, 128, 139-150, 152-155, 158, 160-162, 164, 166-167, 169, 172
"The Sainte-Geneviève Caper" (Alain le Bussy) 129-131
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 3-7, 10-19, 21-41, 49, 52-54, 66-67, 69, 71-73, 75-92, 94, 97-98, 100-108, 110-114, 117-118, 120-140, 142-150, 152, 154-203, 206-209, 211-213, 218-222, 226, 233, 235-243, 246, 248-249, 251-262, 264-270, 274, 276-282
"Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late" (Maurice Leblanc)
"Be Seeing You!" (Xavier Mauméjean) 125
"The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 58, 60-61
"The Adventure of the Mona Lisa" (Carolyn Wells) 22-23, 25
"Sure Way To Catch Every Criminal. Ha! Ha!" (Carolyn Wells) 106-108
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 27-28, 32-35, 37-40; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 60; "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 35; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 70; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 18
NOTE: Arséne Pupin in "The Four Detectives" (Frank Thomas) (138, 141, 145-148, 155-164, 166) & Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) (129) appears to be derived, in part, from Lupin

Lupino, Ida (American Actress)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 68

Lurgan (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 89-90, 102, 113-115, 121, 198
The Game (Laurie R. King) 43, 141, 169

Lusitania (Cunard Liner)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 31, 34-36, 39-50, 52, 63, 103, 147, 152, 158, 163-164, 222, 311-312, 340-341, 343-346
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 58-61, 131, 141, 231-232, 235, 240
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 216
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 420; The Curse Of The Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 40; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 14, 22, 26, 50, 87, 97, 111, 203, 226, 236; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 21; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 24; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 305; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 130

Lusk, George (Ripper Case, Headed Vigilante Committee)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 97-98, 110-111
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 87
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 55-59, 70, 116, 123, 130, 160, 183-185, 193-196, 262, 266, 273, 279, 282, 315
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 29-30, 212-213
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 230
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 25, 29
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 325-326
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 101-102
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 77-78, 85-88, 161-164, 172, 183, 231, 234, 262-263, 272
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 77; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 7; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 19-20, 29

Lust (One of the Seven Deadly Sins)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 40, 94, 101, 105

Luther, Lex (Superman series)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 284; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 40

Luther, Martin (German Religious Reformer 1483-1546)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 170; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 49; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 48; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 220; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 483
Lutheran: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 236; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 31; The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 27, 83; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 22

Lutyens, Sir Edwin (British Architect 1869-1944)
"It's Clever, But Is It Art?" (M.J.Trow) 114, 116-117, 121-122
Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw (Basil Copper) 94; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 241; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 147, 152, 156; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 157

Lvov, Prince Georgy Yevgenyovich (Russian Statesman, 1861-1925)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 264, 272-273

Lyell, Sir Charles (British Geologist 1797-1875)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 195-197; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 70; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 149

Lynch, William (American Planter & Justice of the Peace, 1724-1820)
"Victor Lynch the Forger" (Terry McGarry) 33

Lyndal, Percy (British Actor, Watson in Gillette's Sherlock Holmes)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 241-243, 256-259
"The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 93-112

Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 457

Lyttelton Brothers, The (Cricketers)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 13