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Stoker, Bram (Irish Author, 1847-1912)
"The Case of the Vampire's Mark" (Bill Crider) 112-119, 123-124, 126; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30-33, 35-37, 39-40, 42, 58, 113, 126, 161, 198, 258, 367-375, 286, 304-305, 308-319, 330, 332-345, 357-358, 373-374, 378, 380-381, 387, 405-412, 416-419, 427-436, 442-445, 447-459, 461-463, 466-469, 473, 476-483, 487, 491, 497-498, 501, 504, 518; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 56-, 83-87, 89-90, 113, 172-175, 177-191, 193, 195-200, 223, 257-258, 266, 283, 285-293, 401, 406, 420; "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 21-22; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 48-49, 51, 55, 72-77, 79, 386; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 25, 27-31, 38, 40, 54, 80, 352; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76, 79-80, 82, 90, 93-96, 110, 114-115, 348, 359, 359; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 279-289, 291, 294-300, 303-306, 308, 318, 380; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 85, 93-96, 139; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 20-22, 42, 44, 48, 88-93, 113, 115, 127-131, 137-142, 147, 149, 171-173, 180, 183-184, 186-192, 196-197, 200-206, 208-211; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 3, 98, 129-214, 216, 225-229, 270, 273, 293-294, 300-304, 313-315, 318, 325-332, 341-342, 350-351, 357, 361, 363-364, 367, 374-375, 383, 385-422, 425, 434, 460, 469; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 58, 80-84, 95-96, 99-100, 107-111, 118, 120-125; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen); "A Singular Event On A Night In 1912" (Roman A. Ranieri) 175-178, 181; "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 76-77, 80; "The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 13-14; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 129, 133-135; "The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 55-57, 71; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 370-375, 384
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 103; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 22; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 157, 160; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 15-6, 19-21; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 130; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 212-213; My Hero (Tom Holt) 199; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 162, 174, 177; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 67; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 25, 33, 64, 96, 101, 111, 124, 365; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 128, 130-131; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 168; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 32; "The Adventure of the Indiscreet Agent" (Peter Spielmann & Aaron Zelman) 44; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 14-16, 56, 78, 135-137, 169-170, 191; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 141; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 88, 146; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 160

Stoker, Florence (Wife of Bram Stoker)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 26-29, 31; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76, 78-81, 85-86, 93-97, 110, 113-115, 348; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 131, 171, 294, 329, 331, 386, 414; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 23-29, 32-34, 65, 96-101, 122-124, 166, 171, 210, 363-367, 382, 387, 417, 443
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 32, 373, 407, 443-444; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 173-175, 180, 185, 196-197; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 74; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 199; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 299; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 96; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 58, 95, 100, 110; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 15, 136

Stoker, George (Brother of Bram Stoker)
"The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 71

Stoker, Matilde (Sister of Bram Stoker)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas)180

Stoker, Noel (Son of Bram & Florence Stoker)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 26
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 314, 444; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 173, 180; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 95; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 299

Stoker, Sir William Thornley (Brother of Bram Stoker)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28-30
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 196-197; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 100, 108

Stokes, Doris (English Clairaudient, ?-1987)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 222

Stokowski, Leopold (Anglo-American Conductor, 1882-1977)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 148

Stolypin, Pyotr (Russian Prime Minister (1906-11), 1862-1911)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 104, 175; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 23; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 232

Stolz, Robert (Austrian Composer, 1880-1975)
The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 22

Stone, Commodore (Star Trek - TV Series "Court Martial" episode)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 13-14; "A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 6-12

Stone, Douglas ("The Case of Lady Sannox" - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 65-77, 80, 84-85, 87-88

Douglas Stone's Valet ("The Case of Lady Sannox" - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 66-67, 73

Stone, Lewis (American Actor, 1879-1953)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 127

Stone, Melville (American Newspaperman, 1848-1929)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 99

Stone, P.M. (American Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60

Stone, William J. (American Politician, 1848-1918)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 118

Stone of Scone, The (British Relic)
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 135

Stone Roses (Rock Group)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 40-41, 275

Stoneman, Austin (Birth of A Nation - Movie)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 59

Stoneman, Elsie (Birth of A Nation - Movie)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 59

Stonemans, The (Birth of A Nation - Movie)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 58-59

Stoney, George Johnstone (Irish Physicist & Mathematician, 1826-1911)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 170

Stopes, Marie (British Social Reformer, 1880-1958)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 51; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 3-4, 20, 305, 354; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 195

Storey, George (Scotland Yard Police Constable, Quelled Wembley Stadium Riots, 1923)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 170-171, 174

Storey, Madame Rosika (Madame Storey series - Hulbert Footner)
"Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171, 173

Stormtroopers, Imperial (Star Wars - movie)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 89

Stormy Petrels of British Columbia, The (Canadian Sherlockian Society)
"The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 424-426

Storrs, Emory A. (American Lawyer & Politician, ?-1885)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 159

Storrs, Louisa (Sir Ronald Storrs' Wife)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 366

Storrs, Sir Ronald (British Diplomat, 1881-1955)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 243, 297, 309, 366

Stott, Daniel (Murdered by Neill Cream, -1881)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 332

Stott, William (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 72

Stout, Rex (American Author, 1886-1975)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 14, 68, 196; "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 34; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 3

Stowe, Harriet Beecher (American Author, 1811-1896)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 124; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 21-22; A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 46

Strabo (Greek Historian, 63BC-AD24)
"The Matter of the Furnival Curse" (David L. Hammer) 96; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 81-82, 149-150, 157-158

Strachan-Davidson, James Leigh (British Classical Scholar, 1843-1916)
"The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 138-143

Strachey, Lytton (British Biographer, 1880-1932)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v, 16, 26, 86, 102, 113-118, 134; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 187-190; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 532-533
A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 116

Stradivarius, Antonius (Italian Violin Maker, 1644-1737)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 30; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 47; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 167; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 45; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 99; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 73; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 171; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 89, 104
Stradivarius violin: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 29, 32, 119; "A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 12; "Holmes Ex Machina" (Susan Casper) 240; "The Affair of the Politician, The Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant" (Howard Collins) 199; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 109; "The Adventure of the Aluminum Crutch" (S.E. Dahlinger) 20; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 84; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 63; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 6; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 141, 187; "The Adventure of the Snitch in Time" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 61; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 43, 75; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 344; "The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 80; "The Adventure of the Sealed Room" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 138; Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 99, 221; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 110, 231; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 6, 273-274; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 261; "The Perfect Crime or The Mystery of the Maligned Medic" (Marie Gibb) 70, 72; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 14; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 56; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 235; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 167-168, 355; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 30, 34; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 29, 34, 36, 45, 48, 63; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 210; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 121; "The Clue of the Hungry Cat" (H. Paul Jeffers) 135; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 7; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 15; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 46, 67; "The Case of the Rising Ransom" (Douglas Moreton) 121; 141; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 10, 46-47, 51, 74, 97, 197, 215; "The Christmas Gift" (Anne Perry) 8-11, 18, 22, 30; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 1; "The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 111, 113, 115,117, 131; ; "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 181; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 19; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 205; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 8, 14-15, 20, 25, 30, 43, 63, 90, 106-108, 113-114, 130, 133, 135-136, 164-165, 200, 202, 222, 249-250, 252-254, 259, 261-263; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 94; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 14; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 81, 93; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 32; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 196, 230; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 44, 173, 203, 221; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 79; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 63, 93; "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 265; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 243; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 18, 31

Strahan, Aubrey (British Geologist, 1852-1928)
Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 150

Strand, James (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 12-14, 26, 33-36, 39-40, 128

Strasser, Peter (German Zeppelin Commander, 1876-1918)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 306-308, 321-327, 329-330

Stratton, Alfred & Albert (First British murderers to be covicted on fingerprint evidence (1905))
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 113; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 50-51; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 17
The Stratton Case: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 224; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 83

Straume, Peter: see Piatkow, Peter

Straus, Isidor (American Politician & Banker, 1854-1912)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 18

Straus, Rosalie (Wife of Isidor Straus, 1849-1912)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 18

Strauss, Johann (Either of two Austrian Composers)
Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 177; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 89, 129, 154, 161

Strauss, Johann, the younger (Austrian Composer, 1804-1849)
"Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 39; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 167

Strauss, Levi (Loeb) (German-American Clothing Manufacturer, 1829-1902)
Levi's: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 139; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 2, 147, 245, 290-291; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 56

Strauss, Richard (Austrian Composer, 1864-1949)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 154

Strauss Family (Austrian Composers)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 59; "The Adventure of the Verger's Thumb" (Basil Copper) 12; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 61, 70; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 200; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 131
Strauss Waltz: The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 55, 179; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 229, 308, 310; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 62; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 220; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 163; "The April Fool's Murder" (Ken Greenwald) 30; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 148; "A Scandal In Winter" (Gillian Linscott) 54; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 63; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 185

Stravinsky, Igor (Russian Composer, 1882-1971)
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 176

Straw, Jack (Leader of the Peasants' Revolt)
Jack Straw's Castle: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 27, 34, 152, 215, 223; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 425, 469; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 113-114; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 116

Streep, Meryl (American Actress, 1949- )
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 116

Street, Peter (British Carpenter, Built Globe Theatre)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 98, 101

Streeter, Edwin (British Jeweller)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 183, 191, 205, 207-211, 214, 228

Streisand, Barbra (American Actress, 1942- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 222

Strickland, Captain E. (Kim / Plain Tales from the Hills - Rudyard Kipling)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 8-13, 15-19, 22-30, 32, 37, 40, 45, 47-71, 73-74, 81, 96-97
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 45-46

Stride, Elizabeth (Ripper Victim, 1843-1888)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 71, 73, 77-78, 86, 94; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 94, 97, 105-107; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 46-47, 50, 55, 71, 73, 79-81, 101-102, 105, 127, 164, 180; "The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 71, 76; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77-85, 87-88, 97-99, 155, 287-288, 290; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 102, 104, 127-130, 133, 137, 142, 155, 158, 178, 218, 229, 319; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 465; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 152, 189, 201, 207, 264; "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 23, 32; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 193-194, 196-197, 200-207, 219-221, 249, 261, 300, 329, 333, 415-416, 427; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 100-101, 103; "The Adventure of the Pearly Gates" (Mike Resnick) 371-373; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 35, 47-48; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 84, 86-89, 119, 222, 230, 250; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 11, 14, 32, 47, 51, 70, 73, 77, 110, 129, 139, 147-148, 150, 170-171, 176
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 11; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 151, 153, 169, 171, 187, 243-245, 266-271, 279, 316, 407, 409; Moriarty (John Gardner) 61;Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 107; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 35

Stride, John Thomas (Husband of Elizabeth Stride, ?-1884)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 169

Stringfellow, John (British Aviation Pioneer, 1799-1883)
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 164

Stringfellow, Peter (British Nightclub Entrepreneur)
Stringfellows: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 235

Strindberg, August (Swedish Dramatist, 1849-1912)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 58

Stroheim, Erich Von (Austrian-American Film Director, 1885-1957)
Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 155

Stromboli, Baron (Baron Stromboli series - Jose Moselli)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 87, 125, 134, 151, 154

Strong, Doctor (David Copperfield - Charles Dickens)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 104

Strong, Sir Thomas Vezey (Lord Mayor of London (1910-11), 1857-?)
The Lord Mayor of London: Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 171

Strong, William (American Jurist, 1808-1895)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 25

Strongman (British Police Constable, Killed during Houndsditch Bank Robbery, ?-1911)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 130

Stroud, William (British Physicist, 1860-1938): see Archibald Barr

Struldbruggs, The (Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift)
"The Struldbrugg Reaction" (John Sutherland) 294
Struldbrugg Reaction: "The Struldbrugg Reaction" (John Sutherland) 285-286, 294

Strüwwelpeter (Strüwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman)
 "The Mystery of Pinkham's Diamond Stud" (John Kendrick Bangs) 51; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 27, 98, 123, 157, 176, 193; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 177; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 177

Stuart, Andrew (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 12-18, 20, 22, 29, 31-32, 35, 39-41, 51, 65, 102, 129

Stuart, James Emmanuel Brown 'Jeb' (American Civil War Cavalryman, 1833-1864)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 85, 190

Stuarts, The (British Ruling Dynasty)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 75; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 175; "The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 414, 418, 421, 423, 427-428; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 10; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 194-195; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 66; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 18, 21; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 134-135; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 3; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 38; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 105; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 78
Stuart times: "The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 381

Studebaker, Henry & Clem (American Blacksmiths)
Studebaker Car: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 293
Studebaker Coach: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 115
Studebaker Lark: The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 439, 453

Stuller, Nicklaus (German Serial Killer ?-1577)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 18

Stutz, Harry C. (American Automobile Manufacturer, 1876-1930)
Stutz Automobile: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 57, 59-60
Stutz Bearcat: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 335

Styles, James (Discovered the dying Ellen Donworth)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 227-228, 249-251

Stymphalian Birds (Greek Mythology - Labours of Hercules)
"A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 245

Suetonius (Roman Historian & Biographer, 69-140)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 127; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 60; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 36-37, 41-42, 44-45, 194; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 196; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 302

Suetonius Paulinus, Gaius (Roman General, 1st Century)
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 68

Suffolk, William De La Pole, Duke of (Henry VI - William Shakespeare)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 313

Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 353

Suger, Abbot (12th Century French Ecclesiastical Administrator)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 233

Sukhomlinov, Katrina (Vladimir Sukhomlinov's Wife)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 32-265

Sukhomlinov, Vladimir (Russian Minister of War, 1848-1926)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 21-243; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 93-95, 97-99

Suleiman I (Ottoman Emperor, "The Magnificent" (1520-66), 1494-1566)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 218, 223-224, 226-227, 232, 235; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 88; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 164; "The Adventure of the Rara Avis" (Carolyn Wheat) 73-74

Sulis (Celtic Goddess)
Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 111

Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour (British Composer, 1842-1900)
"Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 263-264, 270; Arthur and the Great Detective (Alan Coren) 32-36, 39-40, 51-60; "Mesmerizing Bertie" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 283; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 86, 88; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 47, 62, 66-67, 71, 73, 76, 80, 83-95; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 10, 89, 221, 233; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 452-454, 459; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 298-300, 302, 341; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 232-253
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 179; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 48-49, 51, 54, 230, 386; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 6; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 170-171; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 33, 54, 192; "Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 172; "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60
see also: Gilbert & Sullivan

Sullivan, Ed (American Television Host, 1901-1974)
The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 108

Sullivan, Harry (Dr. Who - TV series)
The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 13-15, 18, 23, 38, 51-54, 57-58, 60-64, 90, 92-98, 100-102, 104

Sullivan, John (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 12, 14-15, 17

Sullivan, John L. (American Boxer, 1858-1918)
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 20; The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 42, 71-72; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 153; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 152, 185
Pull a John L. Sullivan: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 209

Sully, Thomas (British-American Artist, 1783-1872)
The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 112

Sulpice, St.
Hospital of St. Sulpice: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 91; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 334; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 208-217

Sulu, Hikaru (Star Trek - TV series)
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 7, 9, 186, 190
Soulou: Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 21

Summerfield, Professor Bernice (Dr Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 9-289; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 1-4, 150-178, 180-181, 185-190, 192-202, 204-209, 211-213, 215-225, 233, 235, 249-256, 259-266, 268-279, 281-282, 287-288, 290-300, 302-304

Summerlee, Professor (Professor Challenger series - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Case of the Deserted Beach" (Colin Bruce) 191-195, 197-206; "The Case of the Disloyal Servant" (Colin Bruce) 182-189; "The Case of the Energetic Anarchist" (Colin Bruce) 157-167; "The Case of the Faster Businessman" (Colin Bruce) 145-147; "The Case of the Flying Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 82-83, 86, 91, 100, 113-114; "The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 11-14; "The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat" (Colin Bruce) 210-211, 220-224, 226; "Three Cases of Relative Jealousy" (Colin Bruce) 125-129, 133; Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 125-128, 141, 145-149, 183-185, 196-198, 200-203
"The Case of the Lost Worlds" (Colin Bruce) 228, 246; "The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 23, 44, 46; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 41, 45, 58, 102-103, 106, 150, 180

Summers, Reverend Montague (British Occultist, 1880-1948)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 139-152, 156

Summerson, Esther (Bleak House - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 127

Sun Yat-Sen (Chinese Revolutionary Leader, 1866-1925)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 220

Sundance Kid, The, Harry Longabaugh (American Outlaw, 1870-1909)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 30

Sunlight, John (Doc Savage series - Kenneth Robeson)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 69

Supayalat (Burmese Queen, Wife of King Thibaw, 1859 or 1860-1925)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 418; "Water from the Moon" (Carolyn Wheat) 53-54

Superman (Superman series)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 87; My Hero (Tom Holt) 138, 179, 244
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 40; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 50; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 100; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 155; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 166; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 219
See also: Clark Kent

Suppé, Franz Von (Austrian Composer, 1819-1895)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 240; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 131

Surak (Star Trek - TV series "Savage Curtain" episode)
"The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 124; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 42

Surface, Charles (The School for Scandal - Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
"A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 63

Surface, Joseph (The School for Scandal - Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
"A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 63

Surratt, John (Alleged Co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, 1844-1916)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 64-65, 71-72, 126-130, 153, 159, 230-231, 240, 250
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 116, 121

Surratt, Mary (Alleged Co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, 1820-1865)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 65, 67-68, 70-71, 133, 152, 156-157, 205, 240, 255, 257, 288
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 116, 120

Surtees, Robert (British Antiquary, 1779-1834)
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 200

Susan (Dr Who - TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 1-2, 128, 303

Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart)
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 45

Susanna and the Elders (Bible)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 104; "Slaves of Silver" (Gene Wolfe) 275

Susanoo (Japanese God)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 212

Susie (Lord Carnarvon's dog)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 40

Sutekh (Dr Who: The Pyramids of Mars - TV series)
Evolution (John Peel) 23

Sutherland, Donald (Canadian Actor, 1935- )
Donald Sutherland Swanson: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 153

Sutherland Clan
 Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 20

Sutley, Melvin (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 15-16

Svaars, Fritz (British Anarchist, Killed in the Sidney Street Siege, ?-1911)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 21-22; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 231-232; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 56, 132, 136
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 136-137

Svarog (Slavic Supreme Deity)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 142, 145-146

Svasti (Siamese Prince, 1865-1935)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 249, 251-252, 257, 292-293, 339, 603

Svejk (The Good Soldier Svejk - Jaroslav Havel)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 185, 187-189, 195, 197-199

Svengali (Trilby -George Du Maurier)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 163; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 518; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 319, 391, 397; "Mesmerizing Bertie" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 285; "The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 116; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 197; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 152, 162; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 144; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 18
Svengalis: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 62

Sverdlov, Yakov (Russian Politician, 1885-1919)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 55

Swaim, David G. (American Army Officer, ?-1897)
Judge Advocate General: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 178

Swain, Inspector Alfred (Inspector Swain series - Donald Thomas)
"The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 149-154, 157, 160-162

Swan, Anna (Canadian Giantess, 1846-1888)
Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 7

Swan, Mr (British Draper, ?-1821)
Swan & Edgar

Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson (British Chemist & Inventor, 1828-1914)
"The Wandering Corpse" (John Taylor) 7
Edison & Swan: "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 11, 22
Swan & Edison: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 50; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 97, 162; "The Holmes Team Advantage" (Gary Alan Ruse) 197
Swan (electrical) System: Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 79

Swann, Oswell (American Tobacco Farmer, Aided John Wilkes Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 163

Swanson, Donald (Chief Inspector - Ripper Case)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 35, 37, 374; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 153-158, 180, 198-200
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 59

Swanson, Gloria (American Actress, 1897-1983)
Donald Sutherland Swanson, 'Gloria' to his friends: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 153-154, 157-158

Swarbrick, Dave (British Folk Musician, 1941- )
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 319

Sweatman, Wilbur (American Jazz Bandleader, 1881-1961)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 85

Swedenborg, Emmanuel (Swedish Scientist, 1688-1772)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 5

Sweeney Todd (The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 146; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 26; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 180; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 30; "The Case of the Demon Barber" (Ken Greenwald) 71-73, 75, 78-79, 82; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 33; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 123; "The Case of the Open and Shut" (Douglas Moreton) 101, 103, 106, 113; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 221; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 138; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 237-238; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 134; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 82
Sweenies: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 290
"Fleet Street...barber's shop...a proprietor of remarkably demonic aspect": "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 191

Swift Family, The (American Meat Dealers)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 33

Swift, Hugh (American Travel Writer, 1943-1991)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 2

Swift, Jonathan (British Author, 1667-1745)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 426; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 92; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 195; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 251; "The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 40

Swift, Tom (Tom Swift series - Victor Appleton)
Tom Swiftian:The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 48

Swinburne, Admiral Sir John (Father of Algernon Swinburne, ?-1877)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171, 173-174
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 49

Swinburne, Algernon (British Poet, 1837-1909)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 26, 47-49; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 255-260; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 119; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171, 173-174, 184; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 50-52, 54-55, 57
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 17, 22, 82; "The Vault Mystery" (Gene Fowler) 124-125; "The Doctor's Case" (Stephen King) 312-313; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 13; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 44

Swinburne, Lady Jane (Mother of Algernon Swinburne, ?-1896)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171, 173-174

Swinscow, Charles ("Delivery Boy" at Cleveland Street)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 114; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 171-173, 179, 181

Swinton, T. Anna (Procurer of Babies for Eva Hamilton)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 174, 267-269, 273, 330

Swithin, St. (English Bishop, ?-862)
St. Swithen Lane: Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 42, 50, 90, 174, 285
St. Swithin's Hospital: Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 131
St. Swithin's Lane: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 82

Swiveller, Dick (The Old Curiousity Shop - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 94

Sydenham, Thomas (English Physician, 1624-1689)
Sydenham's Chorea: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 167

Sydney Ducks, The (Australian-American Gang)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 115-116

Sykes, Christopher (Crony of Edward VII)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 261

Sykes, Sir Mark (British Diplomat, 1879-1919)
Sykes-Picot Treaty: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 125

Sylvester, James Joseph (British Mathematician & Poet, 1814-1897)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 50, 81

Syme, James (Scottish Surgeon)
The Night Calls (David Pirie) 131

Symons, Arthur (British Poet & Critic, 1865-1945)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 210
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 194

Syn, Dr. (Dr. Syn series - Russell Thorndyke)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 47; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 54; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 140

Szechenyi, Count Bela (Hungarian Explorer)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 207