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Meade, General George G. (American Soldier - Civil War, 1815-1872)
"The American Ambassador" (David Scott) 4

Meakin (The Orchid - James T. Tanner)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 120-121; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 55

Measures, George (Witness in the Green Bicycle Case)
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 247, 252-255

Medea (Sorceress, Wife of Jason in Greek Mythology)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 31; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 197; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 219

Medical Man, The (The Time Machine - H.G. Wells)
Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 4

Medici Family (Rulers of Florence)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 30; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 238; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 70; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 162; "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 196; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 129, 131, 156, 160; Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 35
Medici Casket: "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 196, 198-199, 212-214, 216, 219-220
Medici Lock: "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 201-202

Medici, Cosimo de, I (Florentine Ruler, 1519-1574)
"The Adventure of the Queen Bee" (Frederic Arnold Kummer) 141
The Medici Pearl: "The Adventure of the Queen Bee" (Frederic Arnold Kummer) 131, 140-141, 145-146, 151, 156, 159-160, 162, 170, 172, 180-181, 183-184

Medici, Cosimo de, II (Grand Duke of Tuscany (1609-21), 1590-1621)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 201

Medici, Giovanni de: see Leo X, Pope

Medici, Giuliano de
"The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 131

Medici, Lorenzo de, "The Magnificent" (Italian Banker & Statesman 1449-1492)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 131, 156; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 100

Medici, Pietro de
"The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 131, 156

Medicis, Catherine de (Queen of France (1547-59), 1519-1589)
The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 109

Medusa (Gorgon in Greek Mythology)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 326-327, 332
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 108; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 46; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 31; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 64; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 113, 301, 333, 411; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 125; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 207; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 138; Young Sherlock: The Adventure At Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 64-65; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 107;"The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger" (Michael Moorcock) 203, 209; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 177; "The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm" (Stuart Palmer) 111; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 40; "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 123; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 84; "The Case of the Colonel's Madness" (June Thomson) 63; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 454, 475; Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 88; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 93, 106; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 47
Dr Medusa: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 17
A Medusa: Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 36; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 352
Medusa (ship): "The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson" (Gary Lovisi) 12-13; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 164
Medusa-like: The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 35; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 249
Medusans: "The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 51
Medusa Stare: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 47
Medusa-terrible: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 257

Meiji (Emperor of Japan (1867-1912), 1852-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 23

Meiklejohn, John (Scotland Yard Inspector, de Goncourt Affair)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 167, 185-189, 202-207, 209-210; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 40; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 37, 56-57, 88-89; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 115-117, 119, 121-122, 124-125, 145, 217
Sergeant Malcolm: Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 162, 164-165, 172
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 19

Meilhac, Henri (French Composer)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 31

Meinster, Baron (Brides of Dracula - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 102-104, 107-108
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66

Meir (2nd Century Rabbi, Husband of Beruria)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 92

Meireles, Teodora (Brazilian Wife of Ernesto Nazareth)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 125

Meireles, VÌtor (Brazilian Artist)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 33, 35, 48, 86-87, 136

Mekasto / Red Crow (Native American Leader, c.1830-1900)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 49

Melampus (First Mortal Granted Prophetic Powers in Greek Mythology)
Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 236

Melba, Nellie (Australian Soprano 1861-1931)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 95; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 20; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 138
Peach Melba: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 53

Melbourne, William Lamb, Lord (British Prime Minister (1834-31), 1779-1848)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 169, 223-224, 276
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 69; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 26; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 111; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 205; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 70

Melchior (Three Wise Men - Bible)
"The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 40, 43, 53

Melchizedek (Bible - Genesis)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 234

Meleager (Greek Mythology)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 118

Méliès, George (French Cinematographer, 1861-1938)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 105; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 275-276, 280; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 260; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 471-472; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 71

Mellon, Andrew W. (American Financier & Statesman, 1855-1937)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 34; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 210

Mellor, David (British Politician)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 12

Mellors (Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H.Lawrence)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 185-189, 194-196, 198-199, 207, 210-211
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 30; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 69

Melmotte, Augustus (The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 46

Melnotte (The Lady of Lyons - Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 128

Meloney, Missy (American Reporter, Planned Marie Curie's US Tour)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 129-130

Melpomene (Muse of Tragedy)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 136; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 166; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 240; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 50

Melville, Herman (American Author 1819-1891)
The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 95; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 27; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 215; "The Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul Jeffers) 168-169

Melville, Superintendent William (British Special Branch Officer, 1850-1918)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 10, 27, 49, 105, 116-120 {Superintendent Dick}
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 39-41; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 53; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 124, 130

Memling, Hans (Flemish Painter, 1430-1494)
The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 164

Memnon (King of Ethiopia)
"Mr Montalba, Obsequist" (H.F. Heard) 186

Mencken, H.L. (American Writer, 1880-1956)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 30
H.L. Mecca: Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 141

Mendel, Gregor (Austrian Geneticist, 1822-1884)
Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 30-43, 57, 75, 101, 140, 161
"The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 27; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 118; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 91; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 239; "A Father's Tale" (Sterling E. Lanier) 125; "The Case of the Sumatran Rat" (June Thomson) 178-179

Mendeleev, Dmitry (Russian Chemist, 1834-1907)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 114; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 71, 150; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 265

Mendelssohn, Felix (German Composer, 1809-1847)
"The Martian Crown Jewels" (Poul Anderson) 18; "The Reigate Road Murder" (Anthony Armstrong) 61; "Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 59; "The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber" (John Dickson Carr) 49; "The Affair of the Politician, The Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant" (Howard Collins) 199; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 109; Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 75; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 43; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 116; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 26; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 182; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 48; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 214; "Moriarty By Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 289; The Adventures of the Five Puce Map Tacks (Paul Nizza) 17; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 35; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 166; "A Discreet Investigation" (Rohase Piercy) 44; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 133, 137; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 6, 19; "The Case of the Viceroy's Assistant" (Ted Riccardi) 11; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 90, 135; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 32; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 244; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 6; The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 88; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 192, 213; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 276; "The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 32; Basil of Baker Street (Eve Titus) 7

Mendelssohn-Hensel, Fanny (Sister of Felix Mendelssohn, 1805-1847)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 75; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 214

Mendoza, Daniel (British Boxer, 1764-1836)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 128
The Whitechapel Mendozas: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 128, 131, 143

Méne Cult (The Lost Cult - E.E. Knight)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 27

Menelik II (Emperor of Abyssinia (1889-1909), 1844-1913)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow)

Menkaure: see Mycelinus

Menken, Adah Isaacs (American Actress, 1835-1868)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 40

Menschikoff, Prince Alexander Sergeievich (Russian General, 1789-1869)
"The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 46

Mensdorff-Poully-Dietrichstein, Count Albert von (Austrian Diplomat, 1861-1945)
 The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 27, 203, 216

Mephisto, The (Chess-playing Automaton, built by Charles Gumpel, 1876)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 299

Mephistopheles (Devil in Faust Legend)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 24-25, 27, 32, 35-36
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 14; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 226; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 219; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 33; The Adventure of the Three Dragons (Luke Steven Fullenkamp) 35; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 103; "The Adventure of the Other Woman" (Michael Mallory) 24; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 125, 180; "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 139; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Ted Riccardi) 205; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 125; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 45, 58-59, 83, 92, 95, 163, 198-201, 203; The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 30; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 75; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 116
Fiat Mephisto: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 75, 77-78, 101-102, 125, 159-162, 165-166, 168-169, 181-183, 186, 189
Mephistophelean: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 59; The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 14; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 34; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 49; "The Case of the Rising Ransom" (Douglas Moreton) 132; "The Case of the Upwood Scandal" (June Thomson) 29

Merari (Bible - Judith (Judith's Father))
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 294

Mercader, Caridad (Mother of Ramon Mercader)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 103, 106

Mercader, Ramon (Spanish-born Agent of the Soviet Secret Police, Assassinated Trotsky, 1914-1978)
Mercador Ramon: Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 103-104, 106

Mercator, Gerardus (Flemish Map-Maker, 1512-1594)
Mercator Chart: "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 288

Mercedes: see Mercedes Jellinek

Mercier (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 58, 114, 121

Mercier, General (Dreyfus Affair)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 72

Mercury (Roman God)
 The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 162; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 106; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 502; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 376; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 85; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 48; he Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 201; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 175; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 120; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 297
Mercurial: "The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 122, 133; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 7, 330; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 182; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 242; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 34; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 181, 346; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 17; "The Politician, the Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 100; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 91; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 22; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 151; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 9; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 121; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 108; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 168; "The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 225; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 57; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 257; "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 117; "The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas) 50; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 96; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 18; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 11, 71, 101; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 250; "The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 57; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 77; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 86
Mercuries: "The Adventure of the Gowanus Abduction" (Joyce Harrington) 164
Mercury Train: Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 128, 138, 150, 161, 207, 217, 256

Mercutio (Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 93; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 40, 45, 61; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 239; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 223

Merdle, Mr. (Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 46

Meredith, George (British Writer, 1829-1909)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 51; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 30; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 57; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 149; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 320; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 122, 141-142, 150, 191

Merenptah (Egyptian Pharoah)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 72

Merimée, Prosper (French Author 1803-1870)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 63

Merlin (Arthurian Legend)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 142-143
Morrolan: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 22, 30, 55, 57-58, 143, 147-149, 173, 175-176, 187, 204-205, 219, 227, 229-233, 235-236, 239, 253-256, 258; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 110-111, 115-119, 121-132, 134-135, 138-160, 163-166, 168-169, 173, 175, 179-186, 194, 200-201, 207, 209, 232-233, 237, 244-245, 253-257, 260-261, 270, 281-282, 285
"The Case of the Unmarked Graves" (Colin Bruce) 89; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 78; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 177; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 202; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 314, 364
The Modern Merlin: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 216

Merrick, John (The Elephant Man, 1862-1890)
"The Adventure of Zolnay The Aerialist" (Rick Boyer) 15-17, 19, 22-23, 26-27, 29-35, 37-41; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 434, 444-446, 448, 452, 455, 457-458
The Star of India (Carole Buggé)18; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 41, 58

Merrick, Mary Jane (Mother of John Merrick, ?-1873)
"The Adventure of Zolnay The Aerialist" (Rick Boyer) 41

Merrill, Humphrey (Resident of Eyam Plague Village)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 125

Merrivale, Sir Henry (Merrivale series - Carter Dickson)
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 15, 20-21, 37; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 87, 91-92, 103
"The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 40

Merry Hampton (Derby-Winning Racehorse)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 63, 171

Mersey, John Charles Bigham, Lord (British Judge, 1840-1929)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 345

Merton, Arthur Sidney (British Reporter, ?-1942)
Percy Merton: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 70, 83, 96, 101-106, 109, 113, 118-120, 122-124, 142, 144-145, 147-148, 150-155, 186, 207, 230-231, 234

Merymery (Royal Scribe to Tutankhamun)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 13

Meschach (Bible - Daniel)
Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 165, 230-231

Meskyllene (French Magician)
"The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 125

Mesmer, Franz (Austrian Physician, 1734-1815)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 39; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 90, 94, 114-119; "The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin" (M.J. Elliott) 107, 115; "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 6; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 48, 65; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 36;"The Adventure of the Patient Adversary" (George Kaplan) 28; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 150; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 290; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 185
"Dr Mesmer": "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 242-243, 249
Mesmeric: "A Full Account of Ricoletti of the Club Foot & His Abominable Wife" (Ian Charnock) 143; "The Adventure of the Deptford Horror" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 246; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 173; Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 73; Moriarty (John Gardner) 183, 288; "The Incriminating Glove" (Ned Hubbell) 163; "The Case of the Ancient British Barrow" (Terry McGarry) 107; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 205; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 179; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 292; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 21; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 128; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 223; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 140
Mesmerisation: "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 4
Mesmerise(d): The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 225; "Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 346; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 45, 323; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 29; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 147; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 423; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 186, 328; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 81, 124, 263, 391, 397, 401, 404; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 286, 365; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 149; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 128, 323; "The Adventure of the Extraordinary Lodger" (M.J. Elliott) 23; "The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin" (M.J. Elliott) 115; "The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 110; "The Mystery of the Hanged Man's Puzzle" (Paul Finch) 211; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 150; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 37; Moriarty (John Gardner) 236, 307; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 186; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 64, 202; "The Man from Capetown" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 3; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 103; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 59, 168; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 196; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 296; "The Weeping Masks" (James Lowder) 111; The Case of the 2nd Séance (Sam McCarver) 38, 98; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 144; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 219; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 94; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 158; "The Case of the Bloodless Sock" (Anne Perry) 96; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 252; "The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 128; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 37; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 247; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 267, 295; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 29, 76, 88; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 37; The Case of the Missing Marquess (Nancy Springer) 29, 53; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 111, 123, 187, 195; The Thundering Underground (Jake & Luke Thoene) 69; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 248; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 33; "The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June Thomson) 205; "The Case of the Arnsworth Affair" (June Thomson) 140; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 69; "Death Did Not Become Him" (David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber) 399
Mesmerizer: The Case of the 2nd Séance (Sam McCarver) 57
Mesmerism: The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 10; Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 11; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 108; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 318, 391, 397, 412; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 359; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 18, 170; Moriarty (John Gardner) 217; "The Case of the Bewildering Alibi" (Ned Hubbell) 240, 253, 285; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 174; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 136; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 142; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 138; "The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech" (David Langford) 344, 348; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 162; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 76, 110; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 190; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 238, 242, 268
Mesmerist: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 250, 389; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 401, 405; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 337; "The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 118 ; Moriarty (John Gardner) 17; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 155; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 236; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 281; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 152; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 299; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 238; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 8, 141, 190, 195
Mesmeristic: Moriarty (John Gardner) 282; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 30, 270
Mesmerizing: "The Madness of Colonel Warburton" (Carole Buggé) 235; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 108; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 354; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 173; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 56; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 222; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 53; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 54, 102, 120; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester)125, 147

Messalina (Wife of Claudius I of Rome)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 394, 503; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 110; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 265; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 117, 212; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 263

Messervy, Admiral Sir Miles: see M

Messonier (French Artist)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 155