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Scott, Edward (aka Edward Davis, Edward Sweeney, Implicated in Monson Case)
"The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 137-138, 141-142, 148-151, 154, 158-161, 163-164, 1167-168, 171-174

Scott, Sir George Gilbert (British Architect, 1811-1878)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 112

Scott, Montgomery "Scotty" (Star Trek - TV series)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 15-16, 18; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 3-7, 20-21, 30-31, 47-51, 56, 110, 142, 154-155, 157, 162, 172-173, 189, 194-195, 202, 204
"Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 26; My Hero (Tom Holt) 246

Scott, Randolph (American Actor, 1898-1987)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 197
They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 69; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 27

Scott, Captain Robert Falcon (British Explorer "Scott of the Antarctic", 1868-1912)
Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 22; "The Disappearing Prince" (Edmund Hastie) 11; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 194; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 16; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 18; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 46; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 359; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 136

Scott, Sir Walter (British Writer, 1771-1832)
"The Adventure of the Iron Box" (Ken Greenwald) 156-157, 167
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 72; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 51; "The Darlington Substitution Scandal" (David Stuart Davies) 97; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 200; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 115; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 105, 277; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 25, 63, 73; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 176-177; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 10; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 171; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 28; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 130; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 59; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 150; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 154, 277; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 34; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 62; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 55; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 144; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 116, 123; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 319; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 109; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 50; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 39; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 37

Scott Archer, Frederick (Photographic inventor )
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 87

Scott-Dunlap Gang (American Bank Robbers)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 29

Scotto, Renata (Italian Opera Singer, 1934- )
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 97

Scowrers of San Francisco, The (Sherlockian Society)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 67

Scraps: see Patchwork Girl

Scriabin, Aleksandr (Russian Composer & Pianist, 1872-1915)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 66; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 122; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 176-177, 185

Scribe, Eugène (French Playwright, 1791-1861)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 46

Scrooge, Ebenezer (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
 "The Adventure of the Christmas Ghosts" (Bill Crider) 194-200, 203, 205, 208-209; "The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 103-104, 109, 111, 120; "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 103, 106-112, 119-120, 122
 The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33, 147; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 55; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 395; "The Sunleys of Canterbury" (Miles Elward) 42; "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 1; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 80; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 23; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 96; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 228; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 106; "Green And Red Trappings" (Valerie J. Patterson) 94; "Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher" (Arthur Porges) 95, 96; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 33; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 141; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 141-142; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 88; "The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 145; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 51; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 22-23, 99
A Cackling Scrooge: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 207
Scrooge-like: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 93-94; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 83

Scylla (Greek Mythology)
Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 229
see also: Scylla & Charybdis

Scylla & Charybdis (Greek Mythology)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 241; "The Lady Downstairs" (Christopher Fowler) 64; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 124
see also: Scylla

Sea Devils (Dr. Who - TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 221

Seacole, Mary (British Nurse, 1805-1881)
Mary Seacole Wing: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 140-141

Seagoon, Neddie (The Goon Show - radio series)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 26

Seaman, Dick (Racing Driver)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 111

Sears, Richard W. (American Businessman, 1863-1914)
Sears Roebuck: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 196; My Hero (Tom Holt) 209

Sebastian (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 274
Sebastian Oliver: "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 214, 217, 219, 223-224, 226, 229

Sebastian, St.
"Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 207; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 163; "The Case of Anton Furer" (Ted Riccardi) 170
Saint Sebastian (City): A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 74

Sebeknofru (12th Dynasty Egyptian Pharoah)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 230

Secker, Martin (British Publisher)
Secker & Warburg: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 151

Secret Chiefs, The (Higher Powers in the Theology of the Order of the Golden Dawn)
"The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 60

Secret Seven, The (The Secret Seven series - Enid Blyton)
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 32

Seddon, Frederick (British Murderer)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 13-14, 78-79, 178-179, 190-191, 195-196
 "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 249; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 9-10, 168

Seddon, Margaret (Wife of Frederick Seddon)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 13-14, 178-179, 195-196

Seddon, William (Father of Frederick Seddon)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 14

Sedgwick, Henry (British Founder of the Society For Psychical Research, 1838-1901)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 149

Seekers, The (Australian Pop Group)
Shirlick Holmes and the Case of the Wandering Wardrobe (Jane Yolen) 15

Seely, John Edward Bernard, 1st Baron of Mottistone (British Politician, 1868-1947)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 80-82, 292, 310, 320

Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Bob (American Rock Group)
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 15

Segovia, Andrés (Spanish Classical Guitarist, 1893-1987)
"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 138, 147

Selassie, Haile (Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74), 1892-1975)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 188; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 66

Selby, James (British Coachman, ?-1888)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 226

Selenites (The First Men in the Moon - H.G.Wells)
"The Case of the Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 121

Selkirk, Alexander (Scottish Sailor, Model for Robinson Crusoe, 1676-1721)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 58; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 169

Sellers, Peter (British Actor, 1925-1980)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson)

Selznick, David O. (American Film-Maker, 1902-1965)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 91
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 37; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 88

Semmelweis, Ignaz (Hungarian Physician, 1818-1865)
"The Paradol Paradox" (Michael Kurland) 220-221

Seneca (Roman Philosopher, 4BC-AD65)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 50; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 225; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 11

Sengchen Tulku (Prime Minister of Tibet)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 88, 146, 148

Sennacherib (Assyrian King (705-681BC))
The Jewelled Peacock of Persia (Jake & Luke Thoene) 42

Sennett, Mack (Canadian-American Film Director, 1880-1960)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 138; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 171

Senta (The Flying Dutchman - Richard Wagner)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 53, 72-73, 77, 132, 180

Sequeira, Dr. George William (Ripper Case, Performed Autopsy on Eddowes)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 150-152

Sergius, Grand Duke (Russian Nobleman, Uncle of Tsar Nicholas II, 1857-1905)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 10-12, 15
Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 126

Serpent in the Garden of Eden (Bible)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 474; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 328; "Darkest Gold" (L.B.Greenwood) 179; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 120; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 186; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 163-164;"The Doctor's Case" (Stephen King) 316; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 100; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 116; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 116; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 181

Serra, Father Junipero (American Priest)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 38

Servance, John (JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 202

Servius Tullius (King of Rome (578-534BC) ?-534BC)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 375

Set / Seth (God of Chaos, Brother of Osiris in Egyptian Mythology)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 120; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 202; "The Adventure of the Laughing Moonbeast" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 55-56; "The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 74

Seth (Bible - Genesis)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 114

Sethos (Any of Several Pharoahs)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 72

Seti I (Egyptian Pharoah (1291-1278BC))
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 186; "The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 55-56

Seurat, Georges (French Artist, 1859-1891)
Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 163; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 69

Seven Deadly Sins, The
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 39
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 66; A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 11; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 224

Seven Dwarfs, The (Fairy Story Characters)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus); Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder) 454; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 140-144
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 72; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 132; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 168
The Seven Strangled Dwarves: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 133

Seven Wise Men of Greece, The (Greek Sages, 7th & 6th centuries BC)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 224

Severen (Near Dark - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 286, 289, 292

Severence, Margaret (The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig - David Graham Phillips)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 89

Severus, Lucius Septimius (Roman Emperor (193-211), 146-211)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 328, 376

Seward, Dr. John "Jack" (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 20, 86-89, 91-93, 95, 98, 100, 103, 105, 113, 119-120, 132, 205; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 85, 92, 102-103, 106, 113-114; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 5-10, 20-22, 40, 77, 106, 109, 111-118, 139-148, 157, 179-185, 191, 199, 203-206, 212, 219-222, 224, 249-250, 263, 284-285, 325-328, 334-342, 347, 359-361, 402-403, 405-417, 420-430, 433-437, 443-444, 448, 452; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 119-120, 124, 189-195, 215, 227-228, 230-241, 243, 246-247; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 91-92, 115, 120-121, 124, 126-127, 166-182, 185, 189, 192, 194-198, 206-208
"The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 16; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen)
NOTE: In Tom Holland's Supping with Vampires, Dr. Renfield (302-304) is presented to us as the original of Stoker's Seward.

Seward, William Henry (American Politician, 1801-1872)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 66-67, 135, 234, 250, 289, 292
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 114-116; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 89-90

Sexton, The (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 117

Seymour, Edward: see Somerset, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of

Seymour, Henry (British Admiral)
Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 23, 134, 152, 165-166, 168

Sforza, Caterina (Italian Noblewoman, the Virago, 1462-1509)
 The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 70

Shackleton, Dr. (Father of Ernest & Frank Shackleton)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 102

Shackleton, Sir Ernest (Irish Explorer, 1874-1922)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 57, 102

Shackleton, Francis "Frank" (Dublin Herald, Brother of Sir Ernest Shackleton)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 57-108

Shadbolt, Wilfred (The Yeoman of the Guard - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 63

Shadow, The (Kent Allard) (The Shadow series - Maxwell Grant)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 95-96, 104-107, 109, 111-116; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 302, 304-312; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 3-4, 22, 26, 139, 190, 192-193, 200-204, 259-261, 273-274, 286-287, 289-292, 299-303, 310, 325, 328, 335
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 102; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 67

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

Shadwell, Thomas (British Poet, 1642-1692)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 64

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord (British Philanthropist, 1801-1885)
The Jewelled Peacock of Persia (Jake & Luke Thoene) 16-17, 29, 46, 74; The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (Jake & Luke Thoene) 11, 12, 15, 16, 37
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 171; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 171; Evolution (John Peel) 181, 183; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 131-132; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 185-186

Shah of Persia
"The Adventure of the Suffering Ruler" (H.R.F.Keating) 330

Shaka (Zulu King (1818-28), 1787-1828)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 53, 151; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 83, 165; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 162

Shakespear, Major Robert Henry (British Engineer)
"An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 120

Shakespeare, William

Shakti (Hindu Supreme Goddess)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 36, 142

Shakyamuni: see Buddha

Shalet, Henry (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 8-9

Shallow (The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 32

Shang Chi (Master of Kung Fu Comics)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 73

Shanghai Charlie (Shen Yan) (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 57-61

Sharp, Cecil (British Musician, 1859-1924)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 230

Sharples, Ena (Coronation Street - TV series)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 110

Sharps, Christian (American Gunsmith, 1811-1874)
Sharps Buffalo Gun: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 11
Sharps Rifle: My Hero (Tom Holt) 10; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 167, 239

Shatner, William (Canadian Actor)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 234

Shaw, Artie (American Jazz Musician, 1910- )
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 121

Shaw, Sir Eyre Massey (Founder of the London Fire Brigade, 1830-1908)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 436-437

Shaw, George Bernard (Irish Dramatist & Critic, 1856-1950)
 The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 115-116, 118, 130; "The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 166, 168-171, 173-177, 179-185, 187; "Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 255-256; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 29, 31-34, 36-48, 53-54, 60-61, 67, 83, 86, 98, 105, 107, 116, 127, 141, 143, 146, 150-151, 158; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 203-207; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 248; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 24-34, 37-41, 43-50, 54, 60-62, 72-74, 78, 86, 88, 96-100, 107, 110, 131-141, 144, 151, 155; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 25-27, 48; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 53-59
"Eve Times Four" (Poul Anderson) 180; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 61; Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 125; "Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 234; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) xiv, 38; "Three Cases of Good Intentions" (Colin Bruce) 252; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 284; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 302; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 181; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 353; "The Adventure of the Lost Prince" (Robert L. Fish) 72, 74; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 265, 391; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 131, 186, 235; "The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes" (Leslie Halliwell) 239; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 104; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 65; "The Mystery of the Clock That Wouldn't Strike" (Wex Jones) 111 {G. Bernard Whiskers}; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 109, 266; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 81; The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 84; "Dr. Watson Gets Peevish" (James J. Montague) 105; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 41-42; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 106, 310; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 77; W.G.Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 85; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 217; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 84-85; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 546; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 219; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 29; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 147
Shavian: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 302

Shaw, John Bennett (American Sherlockian)
James Donald Cape: Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 12-165
Constable John Bennett of Shaw: "The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas); Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 9-20, 22-33, 177
Mouse Sheriff Bennett Shaw: Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 34, 36, 48

Shaw, Lucille Elizabeth "Bessie" (Mother of George Bernard Shaw)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 37

Shaw, Richard Norman (Scottish Architect, 1831-1912)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 7-10, 222-223
Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 76; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 241; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 174; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 127; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 19; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 14; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 443; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 11-12

Shazam (Captain Marvel comics - Bill Parker & C.C. Beck)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 100

She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed: see Ayesha

Shea, George (Chief-Justice of the American Marine Court, 1828-1895)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 57

Shearer, Norma (Canadian Actress, 1902-1983)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 122

Sheba, Queen of (Bible - Kings)
"The Adventure of the Brass Check" (John Kendrick Bangs) 95; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 11;"The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 285; "The Adventure of the Disappearing Coach" (Michael Mallory) 115; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 194; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 158; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 562; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 251; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 33

Sheena (Sheena, Queen of the Jungle series)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 124

Sheinwold, Alfred (American Bridge Player)
Kaplan-Sheinwold Test: "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 70

Shelley, Mary (British Author, 1797-1851)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 74; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 245; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 96; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 90; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 33; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 26, 254; "The Paradol Paradox" (Michael Kurland) 234, 236, 248-249; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 81, 112, 123, 133; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 19; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 30; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 199

Shelley, Percy Bysshe (British Poet, 1792-1822)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 118; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 51; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 197; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 200; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 83; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 129; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 45, 47-48, 51, 73-74; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 324, 372; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 107; "The Paradol Paradox" (Michael Kurland) 234, 236, 248-249; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 141; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 64; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; "Raffles on the Trail of the Hound" (Barry Perowne) 97; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 122; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 28; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 126; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 72, 114; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 13-14; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 20; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 257
Shelleyan: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 88
The Shelley Case: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 10, 12, 15, 31, 166, 169, 267, 289
The Shelley Society: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 64, 148

Shem (Bible - Genesis)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 13, 95, 127, 129, 135-138, 141, 172, 187
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 129; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 217

Shen Yan: see Shanghai Charlie

Shenouti the Arch, St. (Coptic Patriarch, 348-446)
"The Case of the Two Coptic Patriarchs" (John A. Wilson) 77

Shepherd, Reginald (British Inventor of the Sten Gun)
Sheppard: "The Hoax" (Frank Thomas) 115

Shepherds who Followed the Star (New Testament)
"The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 35, 39-41, 43-44

Sheppard, Jack (British Housebreaker, 1703-1724)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 222-223, 225-226, 230-234
"The Redemption of Young Billington Rand" (John Kendrick Bangs) 135, 137; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 44; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 26

Shepperton, Arthur (British Illustrator)
Arthur Shepperson: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 89

Sheraton, Thomas (British Furniture Designer, 1751-1806)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 15; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 151
Sheraton Furniture: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 35; "Mr Montalba, Obsequist" (H.F. Heard) 174; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 106; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 22

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (British Dramatist, 1751-1816)
"A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 59-60, 63
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 85, 105-106; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 25, 135; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 69; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 189; "The Christmas Client" (Edward D.Hoch) 268; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 29, 84; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 99

Sheriff of Nottingham: see Nottingham, Sheriff of

Sherley, Anthony (British Pirate, 1565-1636)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 80

Sherlock (British Cricketer from whom ACD derived Holmes's name)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 63, 135; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 8

Sherlock Holmes Klubben (Danish Sherlockian Society)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 49

Sherlock Holmes Society of London, The (British Sherlockian Society)
"The Case of the Elderly Actor" (John Ball, Jr.) 210-212, 217, 219-220
"The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes" (Leslie Halliwell) 240, 246; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 16; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 162; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 123, 191

Sherman, John (American Legislator, 1823-1900)
Sherman Silver Purchase Act: The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 9, 12

Sherman, William Tecumseh (Union General, US Civil War, 1820-1891)
Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 202; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 228; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 230; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 4-5, 210; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 79; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 109
Sherman Oaks: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 254

Sherry, Louis (American Restaurateur, 1856-1926)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 52-53; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 312
Sherry's: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 52; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 35

Sherston, George (The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston - Siegfried Sassoon)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 333

Shiel, Matthew Phipps (British Author, 1865-1947)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 19-22, 34, 64, 78-80, 124, 127-128, 131, 150-151, 153-154, 169-170, 174-176, 180, 183

Shipman, Harold (British Doctor & Serial Killer, 1946-2004)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 426

Shipton, Eric (British Mountaineer, 1907-1977)
"The Beast of Guangming Peak" (Michael Mallory) 8, 35

Shiva: see Siva

Shock-Headed Peter: see Strüwwelpeter

Shoggoth (Cthulhu stories - H.P. Lovecraft)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 69-71, 73, 85--92
"The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 170, 178

Sholto, Percy, 10th Marquess of Queensberry
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 69; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 176

Shopman, The (The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 27, 29-30

Shostakovich, Dmitri (Russian Composer, 1906-1975)
"The Adventure of the Belles Lettres" (Robert L. Fish) 223, 226

Shrevnitz, Moe (The Shadow series - Maxwell Grant)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Shrivell, Emma (Murdered by Neill Cream)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 284-287, 289, 294, 299-300, 318, 329

Shub-niggurath (Cthulhu mythos stories - H.P. Lovecraft)
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 425; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 177, 180

Shuh-Shee-Ahsh (Crow Indian Scout)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 47

Shuvalov, Count Pyotr (Russian Diplomat, 1827-1889)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 35, 38, 123

Shylock (The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 16, 19, 35, 41, 54, 56, 59, 107, 120, 188, 202
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 172; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 215; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 74, 87; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 103; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 103; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 108; Exit SherlockHolmes (Robert Lee Hall) 252; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 124; "The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 36; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 47, 179, 230; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 310

Si Fan, The (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 48, 88, 92, 203; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) x-xi, 12, 22, 25, 33, 36, 40, 42-44, 52-53, 58-61, 68-69, 71, 73-74, 76-77, 105, 116, 119, 144-145, 152, 158-160, 162, 164-165, 167-168, 175, 177, 185, 188, 192, 207, 211, 219, 222-223, 234, 238, 243-247, 249-250, 253, 257, 265, 273-274, 277, 286, 288, 292, 307, 309, 321, 323-325, 328-329, 333, 336-338, 342, 344-345, 347-349, 351, 354-356, 358, 360, 363-364, 366-367, 382, 351, 396, 403, 408, 411, 416-417, 419, 427, 431
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 83; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 14, 203

Sibelius, Jean (Finnish Composer, 1865-1957)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 105

Sibyls, The (Prophetesses in Greek & Roman Mythology)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 333; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 311; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 345; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 66, 168; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 81
Sibylline: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 46

Sickert, Walter (German-English Artist, 1860-1942)
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 243-245; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 293
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 346; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 105, 212; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 239

Sid The Ratman (Thomas Goodale, Minneapolis Character)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 1-300

Siddal, Elizabeth (British Artist's Model, Wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 172-173
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 226; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 118

Siddeley, John (British Car Manufacturer, 1866-1953)
Siddeley-Deasy: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 134

Siddons, Sarah (British Actress, 1755-1831)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 25; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 24
The Siddons Club: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 138

Sidgwick, Eleanor: see Eleanor Balfour

Sidgwick, Henry (British Philosopher, 1838-1900)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 96-97, 237
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 148; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 23; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 68