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Marvel, Captain: see Captain Marvel

Marvel, Thomas (The Invisible Man - H.G. Wells)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 6, 52

Marvell, Andrew (British Poet, 1621-1678)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 238; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 211; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 340-341

Marvelman (Marvelman comics - Mick Anglo)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 103

Marvin, Lee (American Actor, 1924-1987)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 62-64, 66, 76, 82

Marwood, William (British Hangman, 1820-1883)
"The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 61

Marx, Arthur (Son of Groucho Marx)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 21, 171, 219

Marx, Chico (Leonard) (American Comedian, 1891-1961)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 65, 92, 112, 160, 171, 230, 235

Marx, Eleanor (German-British Writer, Daughter of Karl Marx, 1855-1898)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 19-30, 33-36, 41-48, 52, 58-68, 73-80, 82, 85-92, 97, 102-108, 110-113, 115, 117-129, 140-141, 143, 145-159
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 16

Marx, Groucho (Julius) (American Comedian, 1895-1977)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 1-18, 20-44, 47-59, 62-82, 84-85, 91-94, 100-103, 107-124, 127-133, 136, 146-149, 157-182, 185-201, 204-205, 209-210, 212-214, 216, 218-255, 260
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 45; The Case of the Blackmail Boys (Terrance Dicks) 19; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 113

Marx, Gummo (Milton) (American Comedian)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 171

Marx, Harpo (Arthur) (American Comedian, 1893-1964)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 65, 92, 123, 160, 171, 201

Marx, Heinrich (Father of Karl Marx)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 92

Marx, Jenny (German-British Journalist, Daughter of Karl Marx, 1844-1883)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 19-20, 28, 104, 111

Marx, Jenny Von Westphalen (Wife of Karl Marx, 1814-1881)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 17, 21-23, 29-30, 46, 63-66, 85, 88-89, 92, 97, 102, 104, 107-108, 112, 119, 122-123, 152-153, 157

Marx, Karl (German Philosopher & Revolutionary, 1818-1883)
"Ten Lords A-Leaping" (Jake Arnott) 315-327; "Three Cases of Good Intentions" (Colin Bruce) 272-273; "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 89-94, 96-98, 106-107, 109, 111; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 9-12, 17-33, 36, 38, 41-44, 46, 48-49, 52, 57-60, 62-69, 83, 85-86, 88-97, 99-108, 110-123, 126-127, 137, 139-141, 145-147, 151-154, 156-159; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 15, 124; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 150
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 108-113, 119, 136; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 73, 76; "Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 337; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 48; "The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 48; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 94; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 244, 249; The Game (Laurie R. King) 35; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 35; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 152; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 248; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 116; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 95; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 135, 248, 250, 267; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 279; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 74, 77, 151; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 166; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 88; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 41, 54, 78, 185, 211; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 17; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 152, 222; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 102; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 9, 171
Marxism: Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 109, 115; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 12; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 54; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 44, The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 166
Marxist: Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 69, 110-111; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 78; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 42-44, 52, 58, 83, 86, 99, 134; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 17; The Game (Laurie R. King) 37, 69; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 115-116, 138, 148; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 92; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 83; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 132

Marx, Laura (Daughter of Karl Marx, 1845-1911)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 19-20, 28, 104, 111

Marx, Miriam (Daughter of Groucho Marx)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 21, 43, 171, 219

Marx, Ruth: see Ruth Johnson

Marx, Zeppo (Herbert) (American Comedian, 1901-1979)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 6, 65, 111-113, 159-160, 171, 230, 253; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 96

Marx Brothers, The (American Comedy Act)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 5, 20, 67, 71, 111, 236; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 105
See also: Chico Marx; Groucho Marx; Harpo Marx; Zeppo Marx

Mary (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 89, 94, 108, 112-113

Mary I (Queen of England (1553-58), 1516-1558)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 90; "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 290-291; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 120; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 16

Mary, Queen (Formerly Princess May of Teck, Wife of George V, 1867-1953)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 171; Moriarty (John Gardner) 305; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 49, 262, 273; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 161-162, 164, 166, 214; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 105-108; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 322, 324; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 87-89, 91, 178
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 61; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 64; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 85; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 307; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 52, 66, 71, 74, 135; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 228; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 92
Queen Mary's Volunteer Reserve: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 180
The Queen's Bays: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 70

Mary Celeste, The
 "The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 8-13, 17-19, 21-25; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 91-107, 112, 115-116, 119, 127, 129, 137, 153; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 37
 "The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 30; "The Adventure of the Bogle-Wolf" (Anthony Boucher) 430; "The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 29; "The Case of the Disloyal Servant" (Colin Bruce) 172, 174; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 118; Absolute Discretion (Grant Eustace) 36; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 114; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 17; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 81; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 15; "The Adventure of the Richmond Horror" (Denis O. Smith) 6; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 4; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 71

Mary Celeste, Crew of the
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 10-13, 18-19, 22-23, 25

Mary Magdalene (Bible - New Testament)
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 17-176
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208, 247, 287; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 90; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 3, 69; The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 68; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 12; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 63; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 25
Magdalen Asylum: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 170, 180, 243, 390
Magdalen College: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 92; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 88; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 53; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 202; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 191, 194
Magdalen Home For Unfortunate Women: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 214
Magdalen Refuge: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 179
A Magdalene: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 24; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 115, 159; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 32-33
Magdalen Society: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 170, 338
Magdalens: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 319
St. Mary Magdalene Priory: "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 77, 80
St. Mary's Workhouse: Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 13

Mary of Agreda, Sister
"Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 48

Mary of Guise (Mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1515-1560)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 34

Mary, Queen of Scots (Scottish Queen (1542-67), 1542-1587)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 19, 25, 33-42, 49-50, 76, 80, 94-95, 101, 118-120, 122, 146, 178, 183, 185, 188-191, 195, 210, 218, 224, 230, 233, 240; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 1-2, 194, 197
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 87; "The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 15; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 175; "The MaryQueen of Scots Jewel" (William O. Fuller) 280; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 53, 89; "A Shambles in Belgravia" (Kim Newman) 188; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 262; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 145; "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 158; "TheCase of the Maplestead Magpie" (June Thomson) 86; "The Case of the Paradol Chamber" (June Thomson) 21, 35; Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 133
Consommé Mary Stuart: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 52

Mary, The Virgin (Bible, Mother of Jesus)
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 219; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 51-54, 124, 135, 138, 166, 168, 171-173, 175-178, 180, 182, 187-198, 200-204, 206-208, 212-213
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 91; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 26-27; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 36; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 189; Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 182; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 104; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 218-219, 277; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 260-261, 409; "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 12-13, 24; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 380; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165, 206; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 154, 157, 187; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 219; The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 121; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 113, 210; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 124; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 12; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 183; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 216, 226; Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 216; "The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 37-38, 41-43; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 238; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 57, 62, 66; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 50; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 126; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 90, 174; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 41; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 231; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 135; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 92; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 101; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 13-15, 116; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 113, 122; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 100; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 169; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 12; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 194, 206; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 76-77
Bloody Mary!: The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 123
Bonne Sainte Vierge!: "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 164
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore: "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 196
Church of St Mary the Virgin: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 22; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 92, 94
Hail Mary: The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 281; "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 17, 29
Holy Mother: The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 50
Holy Mother of God: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 56, 205, 247
Holy Virgin of Kazan: Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 289
Hospital of St Joseph & Ste Marie: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 24, 40, 132
Jesus, Mary & Joe-seppie!: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 84
Jesus, Mary & Joseph!: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 208; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 15, 285
Lady Chapel: Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 39, 75, 202, 213-214
'Madonna!': From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 41, 93, 174, 231;"The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 76, 80
A/The Madonna: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 206; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 269, 323; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 138; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright)210; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 124, 170
Mary & Joseph!: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 144
(St.) Marylebone: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 113; "The Adventure of the St Marylebone Ghoul" (Bill Crider) 147-151, 155, 157, 160, 162; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 62-63, 107, 139; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 62, 134; "The Adventure of the Abbas Ruby" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 175, 183; Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 150-151; "The Old Grey Horse" (Paul D. Gilbert) 129; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 113, 115; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 201; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 34, 37, 55; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 153; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 6, 44, 136-139; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 178; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 24, 46; "Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 90, 92; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 181; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 10, 88; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 297; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 112, 114; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 52; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 10, 73; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 128; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 3, 45, 79, 183, 205; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 1, 6, 8-9, 12, 14, 32-33, 46, 67, 85, 106, 120, 122-123, 132, 140, 142, 144, 175, 194, 198, 202, 211-212, 261
'Mother of God!': Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 210; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 21; "The Adventure of the Bramley Court Devil" (Michael Mallory) 97; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 201; "The Second Treaty" (Daniel Stashower) 338, 340; The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 130; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 231
Notre Dame: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 47
Notre Dame Cathedral: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 150; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 187, 189-191, 196, 199, 205, 207, 214, 224-225, 255, 257, 260-262, 292, 295-296, 354-355, 357, 359, 398, 417, 469; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 20-21, 34; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 25-26, 48, 50, 106, 114, 121, 264, 304; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 246, 280, 294, 363; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 223, 441; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 202; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 38; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 93-94; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 154; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 32; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 120-122, 127, 133, 144, 185; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 36; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 192, 209; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 8
Oh, Blessed Virgin: A Double-Barrelled Detective Story (Mark Twain) 86
Our Lady; "The Italian Sherlock Holmes" (Reginald Hill) 239
Parish of St Mary's: Moriarty (John Gardner) 85
Porca Madonna: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 1, 39
Quai Sainte Marie: "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 49
St Mary-le-Bow: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 205
St Mary of Bethlehem (Bedlam): An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 55
St Mary Street: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 199
St Mary Undercroft: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 74
St Mary's (Island): The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 94
St Mary's Church: "The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 414; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 48, 54; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Sabina Hall (L.B. Greenwood) 96, 100; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 119-120; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 396, 399; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 158; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 293; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 191; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 485
St Mary's Hospital: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 262; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 42; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 16; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 109; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 149, 188
St Mary's Knot: Moriarty (John Gardner) 172
St Mary's Marshes: "The Christmas Conspiracy" (Edward D. Hoch) 129, 132
St Mary's Station: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 119-120; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 199, 226, 232
St Mary Woolnoth: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 37
Santa Maria: "The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 10, 21
Saulte Ste. Marie: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 183
see also: Madonna & Child

Mary Poppins' Old Bird Lady (Mary Poppins - P.L.Travers)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 75

Mary's Little Lamb (Mary Had A Little Lamb - Nursery Rhyme)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 320; "The Kohinoor Gem Shop Burglary" (Ned Hubbell) 140

Masaryk, Jan (Czech Statesman, 1886-1948)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 33

Masini da Peretola, Tomasso (Italian Alchemist & Assistant to Leonardo da Vinci)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 131-132, 140-141, 147, 164, 182, 201

Maskelyne, John Nevil (British Conjurer, ?-1917)
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 7-112; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 151; "The Bride of the Moon" (Alan Stockwell) 88-104
"The Phantom Pistol" (Jack Adrian) 488; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 20; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 96; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 95, 175, 198; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 208; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 296; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 176; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 74
Jasper Maskelyne: "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 260
Maskelyne's: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 138; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 7
Maskelyne's Egyptian Hall Theatre: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 65

Maskelyne, Nevil (Son of J.N. Maskelyne)
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 23-25, 42, 84, 95, 102-103

Mason, A.E.W. (British Author 1865-1948)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 127

Mason, Aaron (Lost Dutchman Mine)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 123-126

Mason, Hugh (17th/18th Century British Landlord & Grocer)
Fortnum & Mason

Mason, James (Confederate Ambassador - the Trent Affair)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 89-90

Mason, John L. (American Tinsmith, 1826-1902)
Mason Jar: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 150, 161-162, 172

Mason, Perry (Perry Mason series - Erle Stanley Gardner)
"The Adventure of the Snitch In Time" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 70; The Case of the Blackmail Boys (Terrance Dicks) 32

Mason, Randolph(Randolph Mason series - Melville Davison Post)
"The Adventure of the Snitch In Time" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 70

Masséna, Andre (French General, 1758-1817)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 40

Massenet, Jules (French Composer, 1842-1912)
The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 2; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 36; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 48

Massereene & Ferrard, Viscount (Irish Peer)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 33

Massey, Raymond (British Actor)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 36

Massinger, Philip (English Playwright, 1583-1640)
"The Adventure of the Mocking Huntsman (M.J. Elliott) 29

Master, The (Doctor Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 223-233, 235, 279-280, 285

Masters, Eliza (Witness, Neill Cream Case)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 260

Masterson, Bat (American Lawman & Journalist, 1853-1921)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 150-151; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 31

Mastiff, Half-breed, belonging to a coal merchant (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 82

Mata Hari (Dutch Spy, 1876-1917)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 28-29, 41-54, 56-57, 59, 78, 91, 93-94, 96-108, 111, 124, 145-146, 160, 172, 257, 272; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 58-59, 138-139; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 203, 208-213, 215-217, 225-227, 234, 239, 242
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 50; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 98

Matcham, Frank (British Music Hall Architect, 1854-1920)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 63

Math (Lord of Gwynedd in The Mabinogion)
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 189

Mathers, Edward Powys 'Torquemada' (British Translator, Poet & Crossword Compiler, 1892-1939)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 128

Mathers, MacGregor (British Founder of the Order of the Golden Dawn)
"The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 43, 60-61
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 88-89; "The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 82

Mathews, Jessie (British Entertainer, 1907-1981)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 170

Mathews, Kerwin (American Actor, 1926- )
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127

Mathias Corvinus (King of Hungary (1458-95), 1443-1495)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 60

Matilda, St. (German Queen, Wife of Henry I, 895-968)
St. Matilda's School: "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 80

Matisse, Henri (French Artist, 1869-1954)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 124; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 159

Matthew, St. (Gospel Writer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 81; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 110; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 28, 65, 220

Matthews, Henry (British Home Secretary)
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 1-3, 6, 13-17, 19-21, 25-26, 29-30, 32; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 305-312, 374; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 41-44, 54; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 176-178; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 141-142, 165-170, 177, 180
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 15, 57; "The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 77; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 87-88, 90-91, 96, 231, 243, 297; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 55; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 113, 268; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 49-50, 63-64
The Home Secretary: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 155, 195; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 21-22, 24, 67, 77, 92; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 93-94; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 171

Matthews, John (American Actor)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 134, 232, 254-255, 257, 288-289

Maturin, Charles Robert (Irish Author, 1782-1824)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146

Mauclair (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 187, 189

Mauclair's Assistants (The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 187, 189

Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria (Queen of Norway, Wife of Hakon VII, Daughter of Edward VII, 1869-1938)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 114

Maudsley, Henry (British Psychiatrist, 1835-1918)
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 200; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 244, 328

Maugham, William Somerset (British Author, 1874-1965)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 98-100, 102
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 193; "A Father's Tale" (Sterling E. Lanier) 123; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 75
"The Case of the Notorious Canary Trainer" (Henry Slesar) (Written as if by Maugham)

Maupassant, Guy de (French Author, 1850-1893)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 38-39, 42

Maupertuis, Pierre (French Mathematician, 1698-1759)
"The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 90

Mauren, Perle Von (Revelations In Black - Carl Jacobi)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 219-221, 281

Maury, Matthew Fontaine (American Oceanographer, 1806-1873)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 189

Mauser, Peter Paul (German Arms Inventor, 1838-1914)
Broomhandle Mauser: Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 98, 118, 137, 193, 200, 207, 224, 229, 240, 242, 244-246
Mauser Automatic: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 82; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 42-44; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 219, 233-234
Mauser-based: The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 212
Mauser Bullets: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 28; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 80
Mauser Karabiner: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 163
Mauser Pistol: "Dr Watson" (Charlie Adams, Gareth Hale & Norman Pace) 154; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 118-119; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 289; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 124, The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 223-224, 232; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 59; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 315
Mauser Rifle: The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 53; "The Beast of Guangming Peak" (Michael Mallory) 35; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 134, 169, 174-175; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 167; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 33

Mausolus (King of Caria (376(?)-353(?)BC), ?-353BC)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 222-223, 228-230, 232, 234, 238

Maw, Mr. (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 217-218

Max (Der Freischutz - Weber)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 59

Max of Baden, Prince (German Chancellorin World War I)
"The Case of the Last Battle" (L.B.Greenwood) 484-493

Maxentius (Roman Emperor)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 380

Maxim, Hiram (Inventor of Maxim Gun)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 170-173
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 163
Maxim Bisley: The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 170
Maxim Gun: The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 229; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 115; Moriarty (John Gardner) 228; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 165; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 58; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 230; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 40; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 136; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 22, 24
Maxim Machine-Pistol: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 7

Maximilian I (Kaiser)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 188

Maximilian II (Holy Roman Emperor (1564-76), 1527-1576)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 117

Maximilian II (King of Bavaria (1848-1864), ?-1864)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 1; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 192, 237-238, 312, 323, 325, 398

Maxwell, Caroline (Witness - Ripper Case)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 75-76, 81-82

Maxwell, James Clerk (British Physicist, 1831-1879)
"The Case of the Energetic Anarchist" (Colin Bruce) 161, 164; "The Case of the Flying Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 83-84; "The Case of the Sabotaged Scientist" (Colin Bruce) 80; "The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch" (Ian Charnock) 120, 129; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 76; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 178; SherlockHolmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 101-103, 160; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 43

Maxwell, Jonathan Dixon (American Car Manufacturer)
Maxwell Autos: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 37
Maxwell Motorcar: Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 182, 234, 250, 309, 339

Maxwell, Mr. (Caroline Maxwell's Husband)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 76

May, John Frederick (American Doctor)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 199

May, Lizzie (Witness, Neill Cream Case)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 260

May, Phil (British Illustrator, 1864-1903)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 86

May of Teck, Princess: see Mary, Queen

Maybrick, Florence (Poisoned Husband, James Maybrick)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 261-262; "The Case of the Wimbledon Tragedy" (June Thomson) 80

Maybrick, James (Supposed author of the Ripper Diary)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 20, 261-262; "The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech" (Morgan Llywelyn) 67

Maybud, Rose (Ruddigore - Gilbert & Sullivan)
"The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 455-457, 459 {as Rose}
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 72, 74

Mayer, Louis B. (American Film Executive, 1885-1957)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 200-201
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 60
M.G.M.: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 241

Mayfair, Monk (Doc Savage series - Kenneth Robeson)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 71; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 318-320

Mayhew, Henry (British Journalist & Writer)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 49; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 41; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 294-296, 306

Mayo, William & Charles (American Surgeons)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 160

Mayor of Gloucester, The (The Tailor of Gloucester - Beatrix Potter)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 112

Mazarin, Cardinal Jules (French First Minister, 1602-1661)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 311; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 184

Mazurki, Mike (American Actor)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 6-11, 20-25, 81

Mazzini, Giuseppe (Italian Revolutionary, 1805-1872)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 371