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M (James Bond series - Ian Fleming)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 89, 97-98; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 221, 224
K: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 27, 62-68, 70, 72, 86-87, 105, 109, 116-118, 124-125, 133, 142-145, 150
Sir Mandeville Messervy: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 46-48, 165, 265-266, 435
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 20-21, 23, 39, 41-51, 55, 59, 62-63, 85, 97, 102, 110-111, 137, 152, 176, 182, 185; 189-193, 195-196, 206-209, 211, 214-215, 218-219, 223-227, 232-234, 237, 239, 241-247, 249, 252-253, 256, 258-260, 262, 267, 269-272, 282, 284-286; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 39; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 61; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 14, 199; "Be Seeing You!" (Xavier Mauméjean) 123-124; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 4, 32-33, 46, 49, 94, 96, 143; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 25, 66, 69-70, 81, 87

Mabille, Victor (French Dancing Teacher)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 137

Mabuse, Dr. (Dr. Mabuse - Movie series)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 79, 81-82, 86-88, 98, 221, 227, 245, 263, 265, 277, 341

Macadam, John Loudon (Scottish Engineer, 1756-1836)
macadam (road surface): An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 67, 327

Macalister, Mary (The Two Footmen - Michael Gilbert)
"The Two Footmen" (Michael Gilbert) 190-191, 193, 197-199, 205-206
"The Adventure of the Extraordinary Lodger" (M.J. Elliott) 22

McAllister, Ward (American Lawyer & Society Leader, 1827-1895)
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 26

MacAlpin, Kenneth (KIng of Scotland)
"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 287

McArdle, Mr. (Professor Challenger series - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Footprints on the Ceiling" (Jules Castier) 246; Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 147-149, 160-162, 185, 196-198, 204; Wolfman of Dartmoor (Kel Richards) 252, 255-258, 279-280, 282-285, 300-301

MacArthur, Douglas (American Military Leader, 1880-1964)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 208

Macaulay, Thomas B. (Lord) (British Historian, 1800-1859)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 80, 85; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 125, 127; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 15; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 58-59; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 111; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 578

Macavity (Old possum's Book of Practical Cats - T.S.Eliot)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 102

Macbeth (King of Scotland (1040-1057), ?-1057)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 60; Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 115; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 118; "The Adventure of the Talking Ghost" (Philip J. Carraher) 196; Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 265; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 268, 411; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 180, 248; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 201; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 244; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 62; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 12-346; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 90; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 262, 411; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 6; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 79; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 39; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 129; "The Adventure of the Silver Buckle" (Denis O. Smith) 130; "The Flat-Top Desk" (Alan Stockwell) 30; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 366, 370; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 121; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 101, 166; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 165; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 135

Macbeth, Lady (Macbeth - William Shakespeare)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 29
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell)265; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 98, 332; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 112, 244; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 297; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 257; "The Adventure of the Black Baronet" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 122; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 12, 158, 261-262, 333, 335; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 262, 411; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 6; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 79; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 18; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 54; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 159, 182-183; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 203; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 24; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 96; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 77; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 81; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 6; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 369; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 78

Macbeth's Witches (Macbeth - William Shakespeare)
Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 140; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 90; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 160; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 268, 270, 518; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 248; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 334; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 90; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 261; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 63; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 269; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 20; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 143; Hound and the Witching Affair (Brenda Sivers) 42; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 367, 369, 374

McCarthy, Charlie (Ventriloquist's Dummy operated by Edgar Bergen)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 182-187
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 188

MacCarthy, Cormack (15th Century Lord of Muskerry, Builder of Blarney Castle)
"The Adventure of the Blarney Stone" (H. Paul Jeffers) 73

McCarthy, John (Ripper Case, Mary Kelly's Landlord)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 66; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 301, 303
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 101; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 262

McCartney, Paul (British Singer & Composer, 1942- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 243; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 111-113, 220, 236; "Moriarty by Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 297

McClellan, General George B. (American Military Leader, 1826-1885)
The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 97

McClelland, Dr. Robert (JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 158

McClintock, Captain Leopold (British Sailor, Searched for Lord Franklin)
"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 289

McCloud (McCloud TV series)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 101-102

McClure, Samuel (American Publisher, 1857-1949)
"The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Kathleen Brady) 93-94

McClusky, George "Chesty" (American Police Officer)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 49

MacCool, Finn (Legendary Irish Hero)
"Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 162, 172

McCormick, Cyrus Hall (American Inventor & Manufacturer, 1809-1884)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 33

McCoy, Dr. Leonard 'Bones' (Star Trek - TV series)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 14-15; "A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 10-12; "Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 36-39; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 1-11, 20-21, 116-118, 128, 151-158, 160-163, 165, 170-174, 178, 182-183, 186-204, 207-209, 211
"The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 92

McCoy, Colonel Tim (American Actor, 1891-1978)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 188

McCoy Family: see Hatfields & McCoys

MacDonald, Flora (Scottish Heroine, 1722-1790)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 48; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 144

MacDonald, Jeanette (American Actor, 1903-1965)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 90, 188

McDonald, Maurice & Richard (American Restaurateurs)
McDonalds: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 163; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 179

MacDonald, Ramsay (British Prime Minister, 1866-1937)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 155
The Game (Laurie R. King) 88, 149, 176; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 56; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 187, 201; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 158; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 200

MacDonald, Dr. Roderick (Ripper Case, Coroner at Kelly Inquest)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 326; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 230

MacDonalds, The (Scottish Clan, Glencoe Massacre)
"The Case of the Highland Hoax" (Anne Perry & Malachi Saxon) 132; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 78, 83

Macdonnell, Dr. John (Irish Surgeon, 1796-1892)
"The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 72

McDuck, Scrooge (Walt Disney Cartoon Character)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 6

Macduff (Macbeth - William Shakespeare)
The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 336; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 367
"Lay on, Macduff": The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 105
"Lead on, Macduff": Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 132; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 94; My Hero (Tom Holt) 127; Evolution (John Peel) 229; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 265; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 150; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 80

Mace, Arthur Cruttenden (British Egyptologist & Author, 1874-1928)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 73, 76, 96, 109, 163, 235

Mace, Jem (British Boxer, ?-1910)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 111; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 45-46

McElroy, Herbert Walter (Purser Aboard the Titanic)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 86

McGahan, Januarius Aloysius (American Journalist, 1844-1878)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 7-15, 299-302

McGargle, Eustace (W.C. Fields Character)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 175

McGarrit, Steve (Hawaii Five-O TV series)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 91-92

McGill, James (Scottish-Canadian Businessman, 1744-1813)
McGill University: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 66, 112; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 3, 18

McGonagall, William (Scottish Poet, 1825-1902)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 51-52

McGoohan, Patrick (American Actor, 1928- )
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 102

McGraw, Bob (American Baseball Player)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 230

McGraw, Jay (Jay McGraw series - Tim Champlin)
Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 7-247

MacGregor, Mr. (The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 53

Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria (Brazilian Author, 1839-1908)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 54, 206

MacHeath (The Threepenny Opera - Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 89

Machen, Arthur (Welsh Author, 1863-1947)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 39-53, 64, 68, 148, 154; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 115-124, 127, 131, 133-143
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 23; "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" (Richard A. Lupoff) 359-360

Machiavelli, Niccolo (Italian Political Theorist 1469-1527)
 The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 62; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 27; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 59; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 50; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 128; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 95; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 136; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 83; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 150; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 191; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 279; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 17, 171; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 158; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 100
A Machiavelli: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 220
Machiavelli of Crime: Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 77
Machiavellian: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 130; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 239; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 84; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 137; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 239; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 87; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 13; "The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson" (Gary Lovisi) 24; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 370; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 114; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 68, 124; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 151; "The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June Thomson) 219; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 32; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 52; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 114
Modern Machiavelli: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 135

Macintosh, Charles (Scottish Inventor, 1766-1843)
Mackintosh cape: "The Adventure of the Abbas Ruby" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 169
Mackintosh coat: The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 132; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 131; "The Adventure of the Red Widow" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 264; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 126, 130, 163, 210, 212-214, 256-257

Mack, Cornelius "Connie" (American Baseball Player, 1862-1956)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 148

McKane, Kathleen (British Tennis Player)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 188

Mackay Clan
 Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 20

McKee, Wilbur K. (American Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 65

McKenna, Elise (Somewhere In Time - Movie)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 219

McKenna, Reginald (British Home Secretary, 1863-1943)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 79, 82; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 9, 174-178
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 196; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 265
The Home Secretary: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 225; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 157; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 86; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 289

McKenzie, Alice (Possible Ripper Victim)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 104; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 149-152, 155
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 103, 107

MacKenzie, Inspector (Raffles series - E.W.Hornung)
"The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 42, 45, 50, 54-55, 57; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 127-130, 134, 273, 275-276, 292-297, 308, 331, 351-356, 374-378, 389-390, 397, 404, 434
"The Adventure of the Honourable Cracksman" (M J Elliott) 25; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 94

MacKenzie, James Hewat (British Psychic Researcher, 1869-1929)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 52

McKern, Leo (British Actor)
McKern of the Bailey: Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 44

Mackeson, Henry (English Brewer)
A Mackeson: My Hero (Tom Holt) 3

McKinley, William (American President (1897-1901), 1843-1901)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 9-300
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 1; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 59; "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 17; Moriarty (John Gardner) 232; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 40; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 95; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 26; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 147; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 123; "Our American Cousins" (Roberta Rogow) 391; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 110

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie (Scottish Architect & Designer 1868-1928)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 152, 158

Macklin, Charles (Irish Actor & Playwright, 1697-1797)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 71

Maclagan, William Dalrymple (Archbishop of York (1891-1909))
"Our American Cousins" (Roberta Rogow) 392

McLaglen, Victor (British Actor, 1883-1959)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 177

Maclaine, Lieutenant Hector (British Soldier killed at Maiwand, ?-1880)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 6-9, 11-14, 52, 74-77, 79, 175, 213, 269, 296, 299-302, 317, 321, 343
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 226

MacLaine, Shirley (American Actress, 1934- )
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 201

MacLane, Barton (American Actor)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 82, 90, 97, 99, 114-118, 156, 172-177, 180-181

Maclaren, A.C. (British Cricketer)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 89, 109-111, 117, 119, 123, 134, 143

Maclean, Donald (British Spy)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 72; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 78

MacLean, John (Scottish Political Leader, 1879-1923)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 68-70

Maclellan, George (American Military Commander)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 33, 71, 121

MacLeod, Colonel James (Scottish-Canadian Lawman, 1836-1894)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 49

Macleod, Mary (17th Century Scottish Bard)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 75

McLuhan, Marshall (Canadian Communications Theorist, 1911-1980)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 17; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 106

MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice, Comte de (French Soldier & Statesman, 1808-1893)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 116

Macmillan, Frederick (British Publisher)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 139-143, 145, 150
Macmillan's publishers: Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 139, 144, 146, 152

Macmillan, Maurice Harold (British Prime Minister (1957-63), 1894-1986)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 142
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 313

MacMurray, Fred (American Actor)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 68

Macnaghton, Lady (Wife of Sir Melville McNaghton)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 100, 105, 107-108, 180

Macnaghton, Sir Melville (Scotland Yard Superintendant)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 114, 200; "The Adventure of the Disappearing Coach" (Michael Mallory) 124-125; "The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 30-32, 39, 43-44; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 109; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 7-11, 13, 27, 29-31, 33, 42-43, 61-63, 65, 74, 76, 79, 86, 96-101, 103-105, 107-109, 111-112, 114, 122-125, 135, 138-139, 151-152, 161-163, 168-169, 174-180, 184-186, 188-200; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 246, 286-287
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 29; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 315; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 213-216, 226, 264, 292; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 22, 84; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 71; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 161; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 486, 509; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 19
The Macnaghton Rules: The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 81

McNamara, Mrs (Francis J. Tumblety's New York Landlady)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 124

McParlan, James (American Pinkerton Agent)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 26-301 {James McParland}
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 22-23; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 95, 128

McPherson, Aimee Semple (American Evangelist)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 218; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 30; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 217

MacReady, John A. (American Aviator, 1887-1979)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 52; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 187

Macready, Sir Nevil (Scotland Yard Commissioner (1918-20))
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 72-74, 89, 100, 159, 223-224

McVicker, James (Scottish-American Comedian & Theatre Manager, Father-in-law of Edwin Booth, 1822-1896)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 26, 45, 50-51, 56, 76-78, 210

McVicker, Mary: see Mary Booth

McVicker, Mary G. Myers (Wife of James McVicker)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 45, 50-51, 56, 76-78, 210

McWilliam, James (Ripper Case, Police Inspector, Head of the City Detective Department)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 118
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 148, 191

Macy, R.H. (American Retailer)
Macy's: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 281, 340, 464; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 59, 101; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 88, 269; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 8

Mad Hatter, The (Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 146-149; "Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (Lawrence Schimel) 209-211
Chronicles of the Lost Years (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 153; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 84, 89, 114; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 82;"The Christmas Client" (Edward D.Hoch) 262-265; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 122-123; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 168; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 138
A Mad Hatter: Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 237

Mad Hatter's Hat, The (Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
"Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (Lawrence Schimel) 208-210

Mad Margaret (Ruddigore - Gilbert & Sullivan)
"The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 454-460 {as Margaret Abernetty}

Mad Max (Mad Max movies)
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 173

Madden, Owen "Owney the Killer" (New York Gang Leader)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 184

Madison, James (American President (1809 -17), 1751-1836)
Madison Avenue: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 133
Madison Hotel: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 170
Madison Square: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 158; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 294; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 56; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 39
Madison Square Garden: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 100; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 39

Madjid (Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870))
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 122

Madoc ap Llewellyn (Legendary Welsh Prince, Sailed to America)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 87

Madonna (American Rock Singer, 1958- )
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 224; The Case of the Alien Abductions (Sue Mongredien) 102-103

Madonna & Child
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 36; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 101; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 319, 471; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 26; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 144; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 222; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 114; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 148; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 106, 122; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 179
A madonna: A Study in Terror (Ellery Queen) 118
Madonna lilies: Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 25
see also: Mary, The Virgin; Jesus Christ

Maelzel, Mr. (Exhibited Automatic Chess Playing Machine)
"The Adventure of the Metal Murderer" (Fred Saberhagen) 255

Maelzel's Chess-Player (Chess-playing Automaton)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 4

Maenads, The (Female Devotees of Bacchus in Ancient Greece)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 69, 203

Maeterlinck, Maurice (Belgian Author, 1862-1949)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) xv
Maeterlinckist: A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 35

Mafia, The (Sicilian Secret Society)
"The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 268-269, 277, 282, 297; "The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 98; "The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 419; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 102; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 162; "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 180; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 25, 29

Magellan, Ferdinand (Portuguese Navigator, 1480-1521)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 31; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 178, 183; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 35
Strait of Magellan: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 121

Maggie (Bringing Up Father - George McManus)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 63

Magi, The (Bible - New Testament)
"The Darlington Substitution Scandal" (David Stuart Davies) 82, 91-92; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 218, 331; "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 215; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 65; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 3; "The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 35, 43-44, 53; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 70-71, 175; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 59; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 51; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 203

Maginot, André (French Minister of Defence, 1877-1932)
Maginot Line: My Hero (Tom Holt) 200

Magna Mater (Mythic Deity)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 56

Magnum, Thomas (Magnum P.I. - TV series)
Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 18

Magnus the Martyr, St (Earl of Orkney, 1075-1115)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 56

Magonigle, J. Henry (Edwin Booth's Business Manager, 1830(?)-1919)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 119

Magoo, Mr. (Cartoon Character)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 311

Magritte, Rene (Belgian Artist, 1898-1967)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 196

Magwitch (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 146; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 136

Mahakala (Wrathful Manifestation of Avalokiteshvara in Buddhist Theology)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 76

Mahan, Alfred (American Naval officer, 1840-1914)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 18

Mahbub Ali (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 43, 157-158

Mahdi, The, Mohammed Ahmed Ibn Seyyid Abdullah (Sudanese Leader)
The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (Jake & Luke Thoene) 48-50, 93, 130
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 114; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 164; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 55-56; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 63; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 148, 186; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 167-168, 170-171; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 78; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 16-17, 35, 105, 144; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 130; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 51, 118; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 7
Mahdist: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 165, 168-170

Mahler, Gustav (Austrian Composer 1860-1911)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 216

Mahmut II (Sultan of Turkey (1808-39), 1785-1839)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 131

Mahomet (Prophet): see Mohammed

Mahoney, Peirce Gun (Cork Herald, Nephew of Sir Arthur Vicars)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 55-57, 63, 69, 76, 104

Maid Marian (Robin Hood Legend)
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 43

Maid Servant who saw Hyde murder Lanyon (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 104

Maiden All Forlorn (The House that Jack Built - Nursery Rhyme)
"The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 279, 291, 298

Maigret, Inspector Jules (Maigret series - Georges Simenon)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 62-63, 66, 70-72; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 11-412; "The Case of the Two-Faced Transom" (Douglas Moreton) 90, 93, 96
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 1; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 46
May Gray: "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 208

Mailer, Norman (American Writer, 1923- )
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 33

Maimonides (Jewish Philosopher, 1135-1204)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 76; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 102, 108, 113, 201-202

Mainwaring, Captain (Dad's Army TV Series)
Captain George Mainwaring: "Mentioned in Dispatches" (Douglas Moreton) 135
Captain Guy Mainwaring: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 44-48, 142-154, 156, 162, 231

Maitreya (The Future Buddha in Buddhist Scripture)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 55

Major, John (British Prime Minister (1990-97), 1943- )
Major John: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 65-184
"Mister Major..ze grey": Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 74