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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; Moriarty (John Gardner) 42; 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, Charles (English Astronomer, 1728-1786)
Mason-Dixon Line: "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 40

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

Mather, Stephen T. (American Industrialist & Conservationist, 1867-1930)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 37

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; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 280

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; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 265-266, 280, 284; 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 King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 77; "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)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 296-297; 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

Maurel, Colonel Émilien (French Soldier)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 21-22

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 Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 237, 247, 254-255, 265; 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; The Return of 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; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 560
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

Maximo & Bartola, The Aztec Children (Mexican Sideshow Act, 1840s?-?)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 217

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, Francis (British Match Manufacturer)
Bryant & May

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 (British Poisoner)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 261-262; "The Case of the Wimbledon Tragedy" (June Thomson) 80; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 24

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)
Rose: "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 455-457, 459
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, 1812-1887)
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
Mazarin Bible: "The Adventure of Clergyman Peter" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 75

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

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 Affair of the 46th Birthday" (Amy Myers) 250-251; 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 Affair of the 46th Birthday" (Amy Myers) 250; "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; 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 gaze: The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 170
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 Scowl: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 475
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; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 258

Meiklejohn, John (Scotland Yard Inspector, de Goncourt Affair)
The Return of 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)
Superintendent Dick: The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 10, 27, 49, 105, 116-120
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 39-41; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 53; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 247; "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

Mencius (Chinese Philosopher, 378-289BC)
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 77, 79, 113

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; "A Study in Chemistry" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 145-148, 150; 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 Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 212-213; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 333
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
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 195-196; 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; "Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 36; 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; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 242

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 Auguste (French Minister of War, 1833-1921)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 72, 198

Mercury (Roman God)
 The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 162; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 15, 255; 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; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 101
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; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 169, 200; 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 Case of the Baconian Cipher" (Ken Greenwald) 116; 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; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 225; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 168; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 209; "The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 225; "Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World" (Martin Powell) 148; 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
My Mercury: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 289
Twentieth Century Mercury: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 305

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; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 193; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 202; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 314, 364; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 20
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

Merrick, Mercy (The New Magdalen - Wilkie Collins)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 290

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; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 34; Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 73; The Return of 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): Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 65; 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; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 236, 307; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 186; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 88; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 64, 202; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 70; "Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 24; "The Man from Capetown" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 3; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 103; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 141, 295, 324; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 49, 251; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 59, 168; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 196; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 296; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 134, 175; "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 Adventure of the Ocean Queen" (Michael Mallory) 26; 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, 214; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 37; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 192, 194, 221; 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
Mesmerising: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 125; The Mystery of the Conjured Man (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 124
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; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 150; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 24, 34; Moriarty (John Gardner) 161; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 217; "The Case of the Bewildering Alibi" (Ned Hubbell) 240, 253, 285; "The Grantchester Grimoire" (Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett) 162; 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 Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 49, 193; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 190; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 238, 242, 268; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 99
Mesmerist: Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 125; 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) 142; The Return of 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 Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 49-50, 96-97, 208; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 8, 141, 190, 195
Mesmeristic: Moriarty (John Gardner) 4, 152, 221; The Return of 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