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Metchnikoff, Elie (Russian Biologist, 1845-1916)
Netchnikoff: Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 257

Metford, William Ellis (British Engineer, 1824-1899)
Lee-Metford Rifle

Metrodorus of Scepsis (Greek Famed for his Memory, c.145-70BC)
 "Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 233

Methuselah (Biblical Patriarch)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 28; "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 15; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 19; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 254; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 125; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 48; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 209; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 108;
Mefoozalum: Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 185
Methuselan: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 205

Metternich, Prince Klemens (Austrian Diplomat, 1773-1859)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 25; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 9; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 95; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 89; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 124; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 280

Metternich, Princess Pauline Von (Wife of Prince Richard von Metternich, 1836-1921)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 26

Meyer, Bernard C. (Houdini Biographer)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 30

Meyer, F.B. (British Theologian, 1847-1929)
Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 176, 178

Meyer, Nicholas (American Writer & Director)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 7-13; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 9; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 11-15

Meyerbeer, Giacomo (German Composer, 1791-1864)
The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 18; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 136; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 41, 43, 54-55, 125; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 175; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 22

Meyrick, Kate (British Nightclub Entrepreneur, 1875-1933)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 155, 158-159, 171
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 164

Micaela (Carmen - Bizet)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 182-183

Micawber, Mr. (David Copperfield - Charles Dickens)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 124; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 75; "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 155; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 190; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 26; "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 117, 118

Michael (Archangel): see St. Michael

Michael Mickhailovich (Russian Grand Duke, 1861-1929)
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 34-35, 38, 44-58, 60, 63-64, 68-75, 77-79, 83-88, 90-94, 98-109, 117, 119-121, 125-127, 129-132, 134-138, 142-146
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 104; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 51; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 130

Michael Alexandrovich, Grand Duke (Third Son of Alexander III, 1878-1918)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 204

Michael, St (Archangel)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 367; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 113; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 45, 119; Evolution (John Peel) 217; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 600; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 113; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 126; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 134; "The Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet" (Carolyn Wheat) 282, 290
Boulevard St Michel: "The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 136
Church of St Michael and All Angels: "The Holy Rood" (Alan Stockwell) 128
Island of St Michele: "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 104
Knight Grand Cross of St Michael & St George: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 600
Michaelmas: "The Music of Christmas" (L.B. Greenwood) 146; My Hero (Tom Holt) 141; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 175
Michaelmas Daisies: Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 217; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 141
Michaelmas Term: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 46, 48; "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow) 138-139; "The North Walk Mystery" (Denis O. Smith) 289; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 241
Mont St Michel: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 139
Mount St Michael: "A Matter Without Gravity" (Alain le Bussy) 139
St Michael and All Angels: Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 184
St Michael's (Music Hall): "The Adventure of the Tired Captain" (Bob Byrne) 92
St Michael's Alley: The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 227; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 206
St Michael's Church: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 263, 267-268, 276; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 236; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 318
St Michael's Press: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 89
Tichaelmas Merm: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 31

Michel, Clémence Louise (French Revolutionary, 1830-1905)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 99-100

Michelangelo Buonarrotti (Italian Artist, 1475-1564)
"Xenolith" (Dana Martin Batory) 44; "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 80 {Mi Klan Jlo}; "Holmes Ex Machina" (Susan Casper) 242; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 475; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 89; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 11; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 383-385; Elementary, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 108; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 328-329; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 92; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 272; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 136; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 44; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 294; "A Discreet Investigation" (Rohase Piercy) 37; "The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 57; The Jewelled Peacock of Persia (Jake & Luke Thoene) 103; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 23, 174; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 102; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 94; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 8; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 167
Michelangelo of Mechanics: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 78

Michelin, Édouard & André (French Industrialists)
Michelin: "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 330

Michelson, Albert (German-American Physicist, 1852-1931)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 2; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 17
Michelson-Morley Experiment: "The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 348; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 59

Michon, Hippolyte (French Abbé & Graphologist)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 30; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 121

Mickey Mouse (Walt Disney Cartoon Character)
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 18, 54; My Hero (Tom Holt) 311; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 77; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 60; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 70, 72; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 303

Midas (King in Greek Mythology)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 161; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 34, 260; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 26; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 191; "The Case of the Uncommon Necklace" (Jane Rubino) 16-17; "The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (Darrell Schweitzer) 461, 476; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 59;"The Case of the Manor House Mystery" (June Thomson) 65; "The Case of the Maupertuis Scandal" (June Thomson) 231
A Marxist Midas: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 83
Midas Avarice: "The Case of the Uncommon Necklace" (Jane Rubino) 17
Midas Emerald: Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 49, 90, 120, 125, 127
Midas Orchid: "The Chalice of Skorr" (Dana Martin Batory) 105
Midas Touch: "The Adventure of the Captive Forger" (Philip J. Carraher) 124; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 202; "The Case of the Uncommon Necklace" (Jane Rubino) 16; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 285
Midasocracy: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 291

Midas' Servant (Character in King Midas Myth)
"The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (Darrell Schweitzer) 461

Middlesex, Sheriff of the
Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 45

Midgard Serpent, The (Scandinavian Mythology)
"The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 20; "The Case of the Unmarked Graves" (Colin Bruce) 102

Midnight Louie (Midnight Louie series - Carole Nelson Douglas)
"A Baker Street Irregular" (Carole Nelson Douglas)

Mifroid, Inspector (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 76, 93, 173-178, 187, 209-215, 217; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 99, 176, 178, 180-185, 195-196, 204-205, 211-213, 225-226, 231, 233, 237, 240, 245-246

Mighty Joe Young (Mighty Joe Young - Movie)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 21

Mighty Mouse (Cartoon Character created by Isadore Klein)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 80

Mikado, The (The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 80, 83, 86

Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov (Russian Grand Duke)
Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 278

Milan I (King of Serbia (1882-89), 1854-1901)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 142, 149
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 13-14

Milarepa (Tibetan Buddhist Sage, 1040-1123)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 79, 116; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 56-57, 182

Miles (Goodman) (Sabrina The Teenage Witch - TV Series)
Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 29-33, 36-37, 51-59, 64, 66-70, 93, 116-119, 132

Miles, Frank (British Artist, 1852-1891)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 122

Milesius (Irish Legend)
Milesian: "The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 62

Milica of Montenegro (Daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro, 1866-1951)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 75

Milk Tray Man, The (Cadburys' Milk Tray Commercials)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 12

Milkman, The (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 139

Mill, John Stuart (British Philosopher, 1806-1873)
 Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 227; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 15, 23, 31, 43, 69, 76, 86, 95-96, 105, 116, 158; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 212; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 157; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 35; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 269; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 286
John Stuart Mill (a dog): Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 93-94, 100, 113-114, 130, 135, 141-142, 148, 150, 161, 164, 188
Millite: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 69

Mill, Harriet Taylor (British Philosopher, Wife of John Stuart Mill, 1807-1858)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 157

Millais, Sir John Everett (British Artist, 1829-1896)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 122, 127-128, 135-137, 195, 217, 252, 296-297
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 22; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 104; "It's Clever, But Is It Art?" (M.J.Trow) 117

Milland, Ray (American Actor)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 149-151

Millar, Gertie (British Actress, 1879-1952)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 120; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 8

Millay, Edna St. Vincent (American Poet, 1892-1950)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 120

Millen, General Francis (Irish Mercenary)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 71

Miller, Ann (American Actress)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 219, 254

Miller, Dr. Bill (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 216

Miller, Clarissa (Mother of Agatha Christie)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 184-185

Miller, Glenn (American Band Leader, 1909-1944)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 121; My Hero (Tom Holt) 180; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 216

Miller, Helen Day (Wife of Jay Gould, 1838-1889)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 274

Miller, Henry (American Author, 1891-1980)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 113

Miller, Jayne (American Author)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 1-2
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 26

Miller, Marilyn (American Actress, 1898-1936)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 300

Miller, Samuel (18th Century British Sailmaker, Inventor of the Circular Saw)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Trophy Room" (Roy Templeman) 162

Miller, Thomas Kent (American Author)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 23-28, 33-35, 111; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 1-5

Millet, Jean Francois (French Artist, 1814-1875)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 170; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 50

Millet, Nicole (French Victim of Spontaneous Human Combustion, ?-1725)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 62

Millöcker, Karl (Austrian Composer, 1842-1899)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 240; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 131

Mills, William (British Inventor, 1856-1932)
Mills Grenade: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 215

Milne-Edwards, Henry (British/French Zoologist, 1800-1885)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 189

Milner, Alfred, 1st Viscount (British Colonial Secretary, 1854-1925)
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 106-107, 110, 112, 157-158, 204, 207, 210
"The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 290; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 202

Milner, Thomas (British Safe Manufacturer)
Milner Safe: "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 6

Milstein, Luba (British Anarchist)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 21, 24; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 56
Sara Milstein: "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 214, 238

Milton, John (British Poet, 1608-1674)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 74; The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 88; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 264; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 345; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 98, 367; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 81, 92; "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 12; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 48; "The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk" (Barbara Hambly) 43; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 14; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 155; "The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 256; "Mentioned in Dispatches" (Douglas Moreton) 140; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 114; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 35; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 28; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 28;
Milton House : Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 216

Mimble, Mrs. (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 10, 12, 68

Mimi (La Boheme - Puccini)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 111

Minchin, James Innes (British Chess Player)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 299

Miner 49-er, The (Clementine - folk song)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 139

Minerva (Roman Goddess of Handicrafts)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 196
Junior Minerva Club: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 22

Ming The Merciless (Flash Gordon series)
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 40
"The theft of the U.S.S. Mongo...Everyone thought Ming's case was hopeless": "The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 56

Miniter, Mary (American Witness in Carrie Brown Murder Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 36-38

Miniver, Mrs. (Mrs. Miniver - Jan Struther)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 58

Minnie Mouse (Walt Disney Cartoon Character)
The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 461

Minogue, Kylie (Australian Singer & Actress)
Kindly Minogue: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 145

Minor, Dr. William Chester (American Lexicographer, 1834-1920)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 29-30, 45, 69, 301

Minos (King of Crete in Greek Mythology)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 149; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 148
Minoan: "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 144
Minoan Palace: "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 134

Minotaur, The (Greek Mythology)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 1-5, 8-10, 12-15, 358-359, 365-366, 374
The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 148; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 107; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 250-251, 259, 302; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 23; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 205; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 121, 149; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 239; The Case of the Limehouse Laundry (Anthony Read) 63; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 76; "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 134, 148; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 73
Like a Minotaur: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 231

Minter, Mary Miles (American Actress, 1902-1984)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 200; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 201

Miranda (The Tempest - William Shakespeare)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 72

Miranda, Carmen (Brazilian Actress)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 218

Mireau, General (Paths of Glory - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 29, 42, 45, 49-50, 56-57, 59-60, 99, 111, 146, 194, 319, 332-333
"The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 16

Miremont, Claude (French Violin Maker)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 89

Mirza Ali Muhammad (The Bab, Founder of Babism, 1819?-1850)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 159-160, 177-179
Babism: "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 160
Babist: "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 160, 162

Mirza Huseyn Ali (Baha'u'llah, Founder of the Baha'i Faith)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 160, 179

Mishael: see Meschach

Mistahimaskwa / Big Bear (Native American Leader, c.1825-1888)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 49-50, 76

Mitchell, Sergeant Arthur (British Police officer, Crippen Case)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 73-76, 81-82, 86-88

Mitchell, Edward Page (American Author, 1852-1927)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 129

Mitchell, Maria (American Astronomer, 1818-1889)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 85-89, 91-94, 97, 99-105, 120, 140, 150, 153-157, 159-161, 166, 171, 176, 178, 180, 186, 196, 206, 212, 216

Mitchell, Grant (Eastenders - TV series)
Mitchell: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 123

Mitchum, Robert (American Actor, 1917-1997)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 61

Mitford, Mary Russell (British Writer, 1787-1855)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 138

Mitford, Unity (British Supporter of Hitler, 1911-1948)
"The Singular Affair of Mr. Phillip Phot" (The Greek Interpreters of East Lansing) 79-81, 83-84
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 13

Mithras (Roman God)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 61

Mithridates VI Eupator (King of Pontus (c.132-63BC), c.121-63BC)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 43, 143, 176; "Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 233

Mitterhouse, Count (Vampire Circus - Movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66

Mitty, Walter (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - James Thurber)
Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 79

Mix, Tom (American Cowboy Actor, 1880-1940)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 33-35
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 141; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 137

Mizen, Jonas (Ripper Case, Police Constable Called to Nichols Murder)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 118; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 30 {Misen}; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 33-34
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 108

Mnemosyne (Greek Goddess of Memory)
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 27

Möbius, August Ferdinand (German Mathematician)
Möbius Strip: Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 167

Moby Dick (Moby Dick - Herman Melville)
"The Adventure of the Illegal Alien" (Anthony R. Lewis) 330; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 325; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 126

Mock Turtle, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 387-388
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 114

Modigliani, Amedeo (Italian Artist, 1884-1920)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 92

Moët, Claude (French Winemaker, 1683-1760)
Moët Champagne: Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 78

Mohammad Yaqub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan (1879), 1849-1923)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 185

Mohammed (Chief Prophet of Islam, 570-632)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 36, 94, 98, 102, 105-106, 197, 228-230
"The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 37; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 141; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 46; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 123, 138, 159; "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 150-151; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 178; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 56; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 113; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 125, 127, 176; The Game (Laurie R. King) 263; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 23, 275; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 116, 234, 333; A Father's Tale (Sterling E. Lanier) 137; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 161; "The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes" (Shariann Lewitt) 261, 271, 277; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 28; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 159-160; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 292; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 232-233; "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 80; "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 250; "The Case of the Boulevard Assassin" (June Thomson) 45-46; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 54, 150, 163-164; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 78, 295; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 41, 53; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 134; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 76
By the Beard of the Prophet: The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 175
Mahometan: "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 48; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Ted Riccardi) 201
Mamt: "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 80
Mohammedan: "Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 182, 193; "The Modern Radio Sleuth" (Jay Coote) 79; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 33; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 83; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 125, 173, 197; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 116; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 161; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 207; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 11; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) xxii, xxiv, 86, 148; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 292; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 86-87; "Murder in the Thieves' Bazaar" (Ted Riccardi) 248; "The Mystery of Jaisalmer" (Ted Riccardi) 268; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 43, 94, 151-152, 156-158, 160, 176, 178, 183, 199, 587; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 161, 163, 175, 197-198, 227, 230; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 54; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 41; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 176
Mohammedanism: Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 35, 197, 229
Mountain to Mohammed: "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 178; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 46; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 382; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 24; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 312; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 78
Muhammadan: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 11, 85

Mohammed Ali:(American Boxer) see Muhammad Ali

Mohs, Friedrich (German Mineralogist, 1773-1839)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 220; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 73

Mole (The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 123, 135-136; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 114

Mole, The (Dick Tracy cartoons)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 147

Mole, Miff (American Bandleader, 1898-1961)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 199

Molière, Jean Baptiste (French Playwright 1622-1673)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 13; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 69; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 181, 197; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 87-89; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 102; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 145; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 64; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 54

Molinard (French Chemist & Perfumier)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 37

Molineux, Tom (American Boxer, 1784-1818)
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 213

Molly Maguires, The (American Secret Society)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 22-23; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 95, 197, 235; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 95, 128

Moloch (Old Testament False God - Kings)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 214; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 440; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 93

Molotov, Vyacheslav (Russian Politician, 1890-1986)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 89

Moltke, Helmuth Von (German Military Commander, 1848-1916)
 The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 39; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 204, 332; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 124; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 163; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 124

Molyneux, Captain Edward (British Fashion Designer, 1891-1974)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 80

Mompesson, Catherine (Wife of William Mompesson, ?-1666)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 122

Mompesson, William (Rector of Eyam Plague Village, 1639-1709)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 121-122, 124

Moncharmin, Armand (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
"Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 4-11, 13-14, 36, 52-53
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 96-98, 107, 109, 115-119, 123-130, 133, 168, 173, 175
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 4, 20-28, 31, 40-42, 50-51, 61, 81, 83-88, 92, 94-95, 99-104, 148, 151, 170, 181-185, 187, 190, 193, 245

Monckton, Lionel (British Theatrical Composer, 1861-1924)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 120; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 8

Moncrieff, Algernon (The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 49, 56, 149

Mondrian, Piet (Dutch Artist, 1872-1944)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 23; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 156, 176, 215

Monet, Claude (French Artist, 1840-1926)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 231-233
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 79; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 142; "The Adventure of the Connoisseur" (Paul D. Gilbert) 9; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 38; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 43; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 135; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 73

Moneypenny, Miss (James Bond series - Ian Fleming)
Miss Moneypacket: The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 89-90

Mongkut (King of Siam (1851-68), 1804-1868)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 225, 254, 272, 486, 585;"Sherlock Holmes And The King of Siam" (Ronald C. Weyman) 110; "Water from the Moon" (Carolyn Wheat) 42

Monica, St (African Saint, 333-387)
Church of St Monica: "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 283
St Monica's Academy: Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 7, 9, 22, 26, 33, 40, 66, 79, 126
Santa Monica: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 22; "Red Sunset" (Bob Madison) 253

Monk, Mary Ann (Identified Polly Nicholls' Body, Jack the Ripper Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 88; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 24, 40-46, 48, 62-67, 70-79, 82-85, 88-89, 98-99, 101-104, 107-110, 116, 127, 130-138, 156-157, 162-163, 166, 180-192, 196, 215, 220-232, 240, 258, 260-262, 269-270, 272-273, 275-276, 278-283, 308-309, 313, 317-319

Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of (Pretender to the British Throne, 1649-1685)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 307; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 53; "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 291-292, 297, 302; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 82; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 154, 157, 277
Monmouth Rebellion: "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 292, 296, 302

Monnier, Adrienne (French Bookseller, ?-1955)
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 393

Monro, James (Head of CID, Assistant Commisioner of Scotland Yard)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 118
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 3, 5-7, 9, 11-13, 15, 21, 26, 30, 32
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 89, 237
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 12-13, 46
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 19-24, 88, 122, 194, 200-204, 207, 209-210, 212, 223
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 67; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 95, 231; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 58; "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 258; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 174; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 71; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 51, 54, 63-64

Monro, Mrs. (Wife of James Monro)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 204

Monroe, Marilyn (American Actress, 1926-1962)
"The Hound of the Basketballs" (Harvey Kurtzman & Bill Elder) 54

Monson, Alfred (Accused of Murdering Cecil Hamborough)
"The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 136-157, 159, 161-165, 167, 170-174

Monson, Mrs. (Wife of Alfred Monson)
"The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 137-138, 144, 173

Montagny, Pierre-Louis (The Shadow Out of Time - H.P. Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 384

Montagu, Samuel (British MP, offered Reward for Ripper's Capture)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 49, 51

Montague, Louise (American Actress, 1859-1910)
"The Adventure of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Edward D. Hoch) 70

Montague of Beaulieu, Lord (British Car Museum Proprietor)
Lord Ashton Montague: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 69, 110, 122-124, 133-135, 138-142, 153-155, 159, 161, 182, 187

Montagues, The (Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 193

Montagues & Capulets (Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 92, 94, 176; "The Adventure of the Other Woman" (Michael Mallory) 23; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 61; "The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas) 64; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 28

Montaigne, Michel de (French Essayist, 1533-1592)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 115; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 80

Montanus (2nd Century Turkish Prophet)
Arias Montanus: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 101

Monte Cristo, Count of: see Edmund Dantes

Montefiore, Sir Moses (British Philanthropist, 1784-1885)
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 43-50, 54-56, 75-76, 78, 90, 98, 104, 122, 137, 176, 179, 223, 254-255, 278, 282-285, 288

Montessori, Maria (Italian Educator, 1870-1952)
Montessori-style: The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 15

Monteverdi, Claudio (Italian Composer, 1567-1643)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 116

Montez, Lola (British Dancer & Adventurer, 1818-1861)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 23-24, 28-29, 61-63, 93-94, 100-101, 104-110, 112, 124-143, 154-168, 170-171, 175-183, 185-188, 191-192, 195-211, 213-215, 217-220, 222-224, 226, 230-243, 260-265, 276-284, 286-292, 294-295, 298, 302-304, 306-307, 310-318, 320-328, 333, 338-339, 344, 346, 354, 375, 387-391, 394-398, 401-403, 410, 416, 419-420, 423, 427, 430-434, 436, 441-442
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 468-472; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 311; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 62

Montgaillard, Jean Gabriel Maurice Roques, Comte de (French Revolutionary Agent, 1761-1841)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 305

Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne (French Balloonist, 1745-1799)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 170

Montgolfier Brothers (French Balloonists, Joseph-Michael (1740-1810) & Jacques-Etienne (1745-1799))
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 263; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 227
Montgolfier Balloon: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 254, 280

Montgomerie, Mathilda (The Matter of the Royal Varietal - David Hammer)
"The Matter of the Royal Varietal" (David Hammer) 38-44
"The Adventure of the Extraordinary Lodger" (M.J. Elliott) 22

Montgomery, Field-Marshal Bernard Law (British Military Leader, 1887-1976)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 144
"You're not on the parade ground now, Montgomery": Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 131

Montgomery, Hugh: see Benson, Harry

Montgomery, James (Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60

Montgomery, Richard (Irish-American Soldier, 1736-1775)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 155, 202-203

Montgomery Street Crowd (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 113-114

Monturiol i Estarriol, Narcis (Spanish Submarine Inventor, 1819-1885)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 22-24

Moody, James Pell (6th officer on the Titanic, ?-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 221, 223; "Two Roads, No Choices" (Dean Wesley Smith) 153

Moody, Dwight (American Evangelist)
The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 294

Mookerjee, Hurree Chunder (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) xxi-xxv, 3-261
The Game (Laurie R. King) 43; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 147

Moon, Ethel (First Wife of Sir Edward Marshall Hall)
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 105

Moon, Sun Myung (Korean Religious Leader, 1920- )
Moonies: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 12

Moonbeasts (Dreamworld series - H.P.Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of the Laughing Moonbeast" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 51-60
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 42

Moon-cows (The First Men in the Moon - H.G.Wells)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 267

Moonstone, The (The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 82-236

Moorcock, Michael (British Author, 1939- )
Moorcock Avenue: My Hero (Tom Holt) 11

Moorcroft, William (English Explorer, 1770-1825)
Clement Moorcroft: "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 129-132, 134, 141-142, 144, 149, 151-168

Moore, Clement Clarke (American Professor of Literature, 1779-1863)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 95

Moore, Francis (British Astrologer, 1657-1715)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 273
Old Moore Public House: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 209, 273

Moore, G.E. (British Philosopher, 1873-1958)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v, 27-31, 46, 58, 61-63, 86, 152

Moore, George (Irish Writer, 1852-1933)
"The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 187; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 91

Moore, Joseph Hampton (American Politician, Mayor of Philadelphia (1920-24), 1864-1950)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 148

Moore-Brabazon, John T.C. (British Aviator, 1884-1964)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 87-89

Moore-Carew, Bampfylde "King of the Gypsies" (British Conman)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 274

Mopp, Mrs (Much Binding In The Marsh - Radio series)
Miss Mopp: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 90