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W., Trevor (The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen)
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 334

Wace, Jacoby (The Crystal Egg - H.G. Wells)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 12, 20-21, 34-36, 43, 153

Wacha, Sir Dinshaw Edulji (Indian Politician, 1844-1936)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 217

Wachtmeister, Countess (Theosophist, Companion of Mme. Blavatsky)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 98

Waddell, James Iredell (American Confederate Naval Commander, 1824-1886)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 119-122

Waddell, L. Austine (British Explorer & Author, 1854-1938)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 224

Waddell, Leila (Aleister Crowley's "Scarlet Woman", 1880-1932)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 80, 94, 124-130, 135

Waddington, Mary Alsop King (American Author, 1833-1923)
The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 290

Waddington, William (French Diplomat, 1826-1894)
The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 211, 288-290

Wade, Eileen (The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler)
Elaine Sterne: The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 100-109, 113, 116, 120, 125-127, 134-146, 155, 160, 164-168, 170, 173-178, 181-197, 199-201, 208-210, 212, 217, 221, 223

Wade, Elizabeth Wilkinson: see Bessie Bramble

Wade, Inspector John (Inspector Wade series - Edgar Wallace et al)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 192

Wade, Roger Stearns (The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler)
Raphael Sterne: The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 102, 104-108, 114, 116, 118-120, 124-128, 134-146, 154-155, 158-160, 164-177, 180-181, 185, 189-201, 209, 212, 214-215, 217, 221-222

Wadge, Henry (Son of Selina Wadge, 1876-1878)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 63

Wadge, Selina (British Murderer, 1852-1878)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 63

Wadley (The Lost World - Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Island of Mad Scientists (Howard Whitehouse) 214, 224, 241, 256

Wagner, Carl Friedrich (Father of Richard Wagner, 1770-1813)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 137

Wagner, Cosima (Wife of Richard Wagner, 1837-1930)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 115-121, 123-124, 126-131, 133-134, 136-139, 151-152, 157-158

Wagner, Larry (American Bandleader, 1907-2002)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 269

Wagner, Otto (Austrian Architect, 1841-1918)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss 145

Wagner, Richard (German Composer 1813-1883)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 115-157, 159
"Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop For Tea" (Anonymous) 34; "The Adventure of Mrs. Burlingame's Diamond Stomacher" (John Kendrick Bangs) 47; "The Case of the Vanishing Stars" (Deanna Baran) 188; "The Adventure of the Heroic Tobacconist" (Derrick Belanger) 199; "The Adventure of the York Place Prophecy" (Matthew Booth) 132; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 43; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 277; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 60; "Recalled To Life" (Paula Cohen) 203, 206; "The Well-Educated Young Man" (William P. Coleman) 87; "The Saviour of Cripplegate Square" (Bert Coules) 260; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 12-13, 16, 25, 32, 48, 62-63, 66, 77, 114-115, 121, 130, 137, 141, 151, 157, 171, 174-176, 192, 200, 202-206, 295; Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 72; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 49-50, 216, 308; "The Darlington Substitution Scandal" (David Stuart Davies) 81; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 27, 59, 63, 68; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 24, 65, 148, 192; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 11; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 1, 42; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 43; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 474; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 325; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 68, 103, 173; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 169; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 236; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 153; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 98; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 174-176, 195; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 52; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 85; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 94; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 51, 72, 83, 287; The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 12, 31, 275, 287; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 28; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 116, 276; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 161; Black Ice (Andrew Lane) 37; "The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 372; "The Adventure of the Nefarious Nephew" (Michael Mallory) 128, 131, 134; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 172, 255, 259-260, 264-265, 279, 285; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 20; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 57, 62; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 151-152; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 26, 28, 31; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 183; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 112-113, 137, 173; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 12, 282, 306; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 22, 24; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 35; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 175; "The Heavenly Taxi" (Shirley Purves) 67; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 65; "The Case of the Two Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 177-178, 180; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 31; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 466; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 321; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 121, 178, 184; "Everything Flows and Nothing Stays" (John Soanes) 34; "How A Hermit Was Disturbed In His Retirement" (Julian Symons) 263; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 66, 140; "The Devil's Tunnel" (John Taylor) 104; "The Four Detectives" (Frank Thomas) 161, 164; "The Case of the Manor House Mystery" (June Thomson) 85; "The Case of the Old Russian Woman" (June Thomson) 124; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 144; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 26
The Aeroship 'Richard Wagner': From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 6, 11-13, 15-16, 24, 89, 121, 138
Wagnerian: "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (E.F. Benson & Eustace H. Miles) 15; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 13, 21, 109; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 50; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 147; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 141; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 80; "Jacques the Giant Slayer" (Vanessa de Sade) 179; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 299; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 86, 211; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 154; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 325; They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 8; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 350; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 205; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 43; "Only the Computer Shows Me Any Respect!" (Don McGregor & Craig Russell) 13; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 212; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias)8; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 181; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 34; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 293; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 215; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 122; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 134
Wagnerite: The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 25; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 31

Wagner, Siegfried (German Composer, 1869-1930)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 116-117, 124-125, 127, 131, 136-139

Wain, Ralph (British Silk Manufacturer)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 119

Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths (British Artist, Forger and Poisoner, 1794-1862)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 9; "The Deadly Sin of Sherlock Holmes" (Tom English) 62; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 80; "Fleurs du Mal" (Brian Stableford) 130

Waite, Arthur Edward (British Occultist, 1857-1942)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 136-138
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 65; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 128-129

Wakan Tanka (Native American (Lakota Sioux God)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 46

Wakefield (Wakefield - Nathaniel Hawthorne)
"As Falls Reichenbach, So Falls Reichenbach Falls" (Alvaro Zinos-Amaro) 487-489

Wakefield, Mrs (Wakefield - Nathaniel Hawthorne)
"As Falls Reichenbach, So Falls Reichenbach Falls" (Alvaro Zinos-Amaro) 487

Walbridge, Earle (American Sherlockian, 1896-1962)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 62-63

Waldeyer-Hartz, Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von (German Anatomist, 1836-1921)
"The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N. Williamson) 154

Waldemar of Prussia, Prince (Son of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1889-1945)
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 73

Waldman, M. (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 14; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 154-156; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 176, 395, 398

Waldstein, Charles (American Archaeologist, 1856-?)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 29, 100-105, 140

Walewska, Marie (Polish Countess, 1789-1817)
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 33; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 32
Sole Marie Walewska: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 138-139; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 61

Walker, Caroline (Mother of Polly Nichols)
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 47

Walker, Dr (Lost Dutchman Mine)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 108-111, 113-114

Walker, Edward (Father of Polly Nichols)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 40, 45
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 47

Walker, Edwin A. (American Major General, 1909-1993)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 28

Walker, James J. "Jimmy" (Mayor of New York City, 1881-1946)
"The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 347
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 188, 217-219

Walker, John (British Inventor, 1781-1859)
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 325

Walker, John "Johnnie" (Scottish Grocer, 1805-1857)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow)
Johnnie Walker Whisky: "The Mystery of the Acetylene Lamp" (Anonymous) 93; "Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle" (Len Deighton); Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 79; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 258

Walker, Joseph (American Typesetter who found Poe's body)
"The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 20
"Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 62

Walker, Thomas B. (American Lumber Baron)
Strongwood (Larry Millett) 204

Walker, William (American Adventurer, 1824-1860)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 281

Walker, William (British Diver who Shored Up the Foundations of Winchestyer Cathedral, 1869-1918)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 87

Walker Brothers, The (Pop Group)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 118, 224, 231

Walkley, A.B. (English Critic, 1855-1926)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 396-397

Wall (A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wiliam Shakespeare)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 55

Wallace, Alfred Russel (British Naturalist, 1823-1913)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 33, 101, 144
Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 3, 13, 57-63, 65-66, 71-77
"The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 79; The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 195-196; "The Case of the Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 126; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 539; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 67; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 85; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 69; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 176

Wallace, Annie (Wife of Alfred Russel Wallace, 1846-1914)
Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 58, 61, 63, 65-66, 72, 75

Wallace, Edgar (British Author, 1875-1932)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 126
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 165

Wallace, George (American Politician, 1919-1998)
Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 316

Wallace, Herbert (Son of Alfred Russel Wallace, 1867-1874)
Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 58, 63, 65-66, 72

Wallace, Irving (American Author, 1916-1990)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 46

Wallace, Lew (American General & Author, 1827-1905)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 185-186; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 241

Wallace, Nunc (British Boxer, 1867-1912)
"The Adventure of the Bookshop Owner" (Vincent W. Wright) 50

Wallace, Sir Richard (British Art Collector, 1819-1890)
The Wallace Collection: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 18; "Art in the Blood Revealed" (Regina Stinson) 32

Wallace, Violet (Daughter of Alfred Russel Wallace, 1869-1945)
Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 58, 63, 65-66, 72

Wallace, William (Scottish Freedom Fighter, c.1270-1305)
"How Holmes Tried Politics" (His Friend Watson) 65; "The Adventure of the Ghastly Revenant" (Jonathan Maberry) 30; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 386; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 201

Wallace, William (Son of Alfred Russel Wallace, 1871-1951)
Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 58, 63, 65-66, 72

Wallace, William Vincent (Irish Composer, 1813-1865)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 64

Wallack, John Lester (American Actor, 1820-1888)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 269, 332
Wallack's Theatre: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 334, 342

Waller, Bryan Charles (Lodged with Arthur Conan Doyle's Family, 1853-1932)
The Night Calls (David Pirie) 8-10, 18, 34, 50-51, 63, 83-84, 135, 170, 205-206, 214
The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 26-27, 30, 34, 85
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 14, 45, 227

Walling, Anna Strunsky (American Author, 1877-1964)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 96-108, 111-192, 194-196, 198-200, 202, 204, 206-207, 209, 211-212, 214, 216-220, 222-225, 228, 231-232

Walling, William English (American Labour Reformer, 1877-1936)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 96-108, 116-117, 119, 125, 127, 144, 155, 223, 232

Wallis, Henry (English Artist, 1830-1916)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 70

Wallis, Barnes (British Aviation Engineer, 1887-1979)
Barney Wallis: "Mentioned in Dispatches" (Douglas Moreton) 132-133, 135, 138, 140-141

Walpole, Cutler (The Doctor's Dilemma - George Bernard Shaw)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 181

Walpole, Horace (British Author, 1717-1797)
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 315; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 69; "The Case of the Cursed Angel Tears" (Ashley Lister) 72; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 224; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 82; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 111

Walpole, Sir Robert (First British Prime Minister, 1676-1745)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 168; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 67; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 31; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 273; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 409; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 7
The Walpole Collection: "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 171

Walpole, Spencer Horatio (British Politician, 1806-1898)
"The Adventure of the Pawnbroker’s Wife" (Tony Reynolds) 163

Walpurgis, St (English Missionary, c.710-777)
"The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 15; "The Adventure of the Long-Lost Enemy" (Marcia Wilson) 135
 Walpurgisnacht: "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 4, 12

Walrus, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 56; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 33; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 129, 132; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 85, 109; Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 51, 68; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 88; "The Adventure of the Admiral" (David James) 77

Walrus and the Carpenter, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 244; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 446; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 260
see also: Walrus, The

Walsh, Catharine (Aunt of Henry James, 1812-1889)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 8, 248, 411, 449

Walsh, Hoggy (American Gang Member)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 44

Walsh, Raoul (American Director, 1887-1980)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 171-175, 177-178, 186

Walsingham, Sir Francis (Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1530-1590)
"The Angel of Truth" (I.A. Watson) 130, 135-138, 140-147, 149-153, 155-157, 160-161, 163
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 38; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 4; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 100; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 203; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 262

Walsingham, Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron (English Politician, 1843-1919)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 24

Walter (Mary Marshall's Spirit Guide)
The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 5-7

Walter, John, IV (Times Proprietor)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 102

Walters, Catherine (British Courtesan)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 155

Walters, J. Cuming (Drood Theorist)
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 473-480
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 392; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (Harry B. Smith) 222-223, 225

Walthall, Henry B. (American Actor, 1878-1936)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 59

Walther, Carl (German Gunsmith, 1858-1915)
Five-shot Walther: "The Shocking Affair of the Steamship Friesland" (Jack Grochot) 60
Walther PPK: The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 60

Walton, Izaak (British Writer & Angler, 1593-1683)
"Mr Homes Shatters a Tradition" (John Kendrick Bangs) 9
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 39; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 288; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 5; "The Adventure of the Odd Lotteries" (Robert L. Fish) 188; Lestrade and theDevil's Own (M J Trow) 149

Walton, Sir John (British Politician)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 115

Walton, John Whitehead (British Artist, 1815-1895)
The Albino’s Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 33

Waltz, Jacob (Lost Dutchman Mine, 1808-1891)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 108-115, 121-122, 134, 152
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 198

Wanamaker, John (American Merchant & Postmaster General, 1838-1922)
"The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 20-21, 28, 57-59, 61, 66-67
Wanamaker's: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 120, 214

Wanamaker, Rodman (American Department Store Proprietor)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 232

Wandering Jew, The (Legendary Figure)
"The Resources of Mycroft Holmes" (Charlton Andrews) 225
The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 116

Wanderone, Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" (American Billiards Player, 1913-1996)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 86

Wandrei, Donald (American Writer, 1908-1987)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 28; "The Adventure of the Ancient Gods" (Ralph Vaughan) 17

Wang Chen (Chinese Military Author)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 52

Wanyudo (Japanese Mythology)
A Scandal in Battersea (Mercedes Lackey) 137

War (One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 152
See also: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Warbeck, Perkin (Flemish Pretender to British Throne, 1474-1499)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 44; "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 61

Warbrick, William (British Hangman)
The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 204-205, 429, 431, 433

Warbucks, Oliver "Daddy" (Little Orphan Annie - Comic Strip)
"The 2-D Problem" (Jody Scott) 53-55, 57

Warburg, Dr Carl (German Physician, 1805-1892)
Warburg's Tincture: Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 138

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

Ward, Alfred (Scotland Yard Inspector, Neill Cream & Karl Lody Cases)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 19-20, 22-23, 34, 43-46, 67, 122-124, 138, 190-191, 195-196, 250

Ward, Archie (British Naval Stoker, Fiancé of Annie Bella Wright)
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 246

Ward, Artemus (American Humourist, 1834-1867)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 64, 172, 187-188

Ward, Charles Dexter (The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft)
"The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie" (P.H. Cannon) 45-64

Ward, Theodore Howland (The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft)
"The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie" (P.H. Cannon) 45-47

Ward, Mrs Theodore Howland (The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft)
"The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie" (P.H. Cannon) 45-47

Ward, Clara (American Socialite, 1873-1916)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 582

Ward, Ebenezer (British Publisher)
Ward, Lock & Co.: The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 88; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 7-8; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 114; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 102

Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (American Author, 1844-1911)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time  (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxv

Ward, Freda Dudley (British Socialite, Mistress of Edward VIII, 1894-1983)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 155

Ward, Genevieve (American-British Actress, 1837-1922)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 12

Ward, Leslie "Spy" (British Cartoonist, 1851-1922)
"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" (Nathan M. Adams) 92; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 426

Ward, Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) (British Novelist, 1851-1920)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 29; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 510-511

Ward, Michael (British Surgeon & Mountaineer)
"The Beast of Guangming Peak" (Michael Mallory) 8

Ward, Nathaniel (Anglo-American Author, 1578-1652)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 174

Ward, Samuel (Father of Julia Ward Howe, 1786-1839)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 275-276

Ward, Samuel (American Author, 1814-1884)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 53, 259-262, 269-271, 274-277, 289-290, 335

Wardell, Captain George (Canadian Soldier at Isandlwana, 1840-1879)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 32

Warhol, Andy (American Painter & Film-maker, c.1928-1987)
"Half There / All There" (Glen Mehn) 218, 225-226, 233, 236-239, 242-245
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 72
Warhol-like: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 171

Warne, Kate (American Detective, 1833-1868)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 127; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 20

Warner, Abe (San Francisco Tavern Proprietor)
The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 261-262; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 201

Warner, Glenn "Pop" (American Football Coach, 1871-1954)
"The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarters" (Jon L. Breen) 304, 306-308, 310, 312-313, 315-318

Warner, Jack L. (American Producer, Founder of Warner Brothers, 1892-1978)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 24
Warner Brothers: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 26, 195; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 188

Warner, Marina (English Writer, 1946- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 95

Warner, Pelham (English Cricketer, 1873-1963)
"A Most Diabolical Plot" (Tim Symonds) 295

Warner, Richard J. (American Hotelier)
"A Lesson in Handwriting Analysis" (Ring W. Lardner) 206

Warre, William (British Vintner, 1706-?)
Warre's Port: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 42

Warren, Sir Charles (British Police Commissioner, 1840-1927)
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper (Anonymous) 4-15, 94-96
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 99-100, 102, 114
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 59-68, 76-79, 84
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 104, 107-110, 115, 159, 166, 280
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 73-78, 96-98, 141, 143, 152, 157, 181, 206, 231, 297, 303-304
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 46-48, 127-129, 150, 162, 164, 169, 176, 200, 223
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 1-33
"Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 171, 177-182, 184-185, 188, 192
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 15-16, 90, 166-167, 197, 212-216, 273-276, 293, 305-312, 352, 354, 356, 373-378, 397, 425, 436
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 111-114, 140-142, 178, 194, 272
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 27-29, 35-41, 62-63, 80-83, 117-119, 136-140, 144, 149, 167, 175, 179-180, 182, 188, 207-211, 215-218, 224, 249, 251-252, 258-259, 267-268, 285, 288, 296, 302-303, 313-314, 31
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 51, 83, 91-95, 104, 110-115, 159, 173, 222-223, 245
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 21, 129, 173, 175, 181, 201, 204-205, 207-210, 223
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 42-44, 51-63, 77-81, 92-96, 112-116, 121, 167, 183, 194-196, 205-206, 210-211, 213, 231-233, 242-243
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 47-52, 54-55, 63-64, 76
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 9, 32-35, 47, 65-70, 72, 74, 79, 93, 103, 110, 112-113, 132, 141-143, 145, 151, 168, 171, 178-180, 186
Mr. Warrn: "Jack El Destripador" (Anonymous) 192, 194
 "Humpty Dumpty" (Len Bailey) 216-217; The Ripper Legacy (David Stuart Davies) 70-71; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 13; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 48, 52; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 170, 270; "The Adventure of the Seven Clocks" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 24, 29, 31; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 58; Moriarty (John Gardner) 48; "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 37; The Travels of Sherlock Holmes (John Hall) 10; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 75; A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 273; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 50; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 83; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 50; Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v1: 12; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 94; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 32; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 7; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 26; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 163; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 96; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 8, 194

Warren, Major-General Sir Charles (Father of Sir Charles Warren, 1798-1866)
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 42-43, 57-59, 113

Warren, Earl (American Judge, 1891-1974)
Warren Commission: Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 12-13, 23, 30-33, 52, 63, 94, 114, 117-118, 120, 138, 150, 153, 156, 159, 162, 165, 169, 178, 182, 187, 203, 205-206, 211
Warren Report: Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 6, 68, 170, 195-196

Warren, Lady Fanny Margaretta (Wife of Sir Charles Warren)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 204, 207-210
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 60-63, 77-78, 80, 96, 113, 200
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 37

Warren, James (British Clockmaker)
Warren of Canterbury: Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 9, 36

Warren, Joseph A. (New York Police Commissioner)
"The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 347

Warren, Mrs. (Mrs. Warren's Profession - George Bernard Shaw)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 104; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 126; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 110

Warren, Thomas Herbert (English Academic, 1853-1930)
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 85, 110

Warrigal (Robbery Under Arms - Rolf Boldrewood)
"The Dirranbandi Station Mystery" (Christopher Sequeira) 271

Warwick, Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Brooke, Countess of (Mistress of Edward VII, 1861-1938)
"Doctor Watson Makes a House Call" (Essemoh Teepee) 146-156
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 288, 291-293, 295-298, 300, 302-303, 410
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 40; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 159-160, 167; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 30; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 57

Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of (Claimant to the Throne of England, 1475-1499)
Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 174, 203

Warwick, Frances Greville, 5th Earl of (British Politician, 1853-1924)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 291, 297
Count of Warwick: "Doctor Watson Makes a House Call" (Essemoh Teepee) 146-147

Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of, "The Kingmaker" (English Military & Political Leader, 1428-1471)
The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 224; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 129, 135, 139, 143, 158, 263

Washburne, Hempstead (American Politician, 1852-1918)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 500

Washington, Augustine (Father of George Washington, 1694-1743)
"Mr Homes Shatters a Tradition" (John Kendrick Bangs) 9

Washington, Booker T. (American Educator, 1856-1915)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 80

Washington, George (American President (1789-1797) 1732-1799)
"Mr Homes Shatters a Tradition" (John Kendrick Bangs) 9
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 6, 131
"The Case of the Vanished Killer" (Derrick Belanger) 251; "The Amazing Adventure of the Punctured Major General" (Cy Caldwell) 17; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 14; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 17, 19; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 114, 123; "Elementary, My Dear Fatson" (Cohen and Doyle) 2; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 422; "The Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 245; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 175; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 174; "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 10, 13-14; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 219, 316; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 77; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 17, 77, 100; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 99, 101; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 72; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 255; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 21; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 51; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 218; "Passenger on Time Machine Witnesses Mystery Incident" (Richard Lid) 2; "A Nineteenth Century Debacle" (George Locke) 176; Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 141; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 2, 108, 114, 121, 155; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 82; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 103; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 217; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 52, 115; "The Humorist’s Curse" (Bill Peschel) 274; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 32, 92; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 310; "The Pharaoh’s Curse" (Robert V. Stapleton) 401; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 168; "The Hoax" (Frank Thomas) 95; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 70; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 136; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 43-44
Hotel Washington: "The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 173
Washington Hospital: "The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 21
Washington Mews: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 92; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 83
Washington Monument: "The Adventure of the Cripple Parade" (William L. DeAndrea) 285; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 135; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 109
Washington Place: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 82
Washington Square: "The Madness of Colonel Warburton" (Carole Buggé) 249, 258; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 8, 14, 121; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 200; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 216; They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 48; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 92; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 72, 103, 167-168, 170, 257; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 41; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 122; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 66
Washington Street: Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 255; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 130; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 19, 23; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 91, 220
The Washingtons: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 88

Washington, Kenny (American Football Player, 1918-1971)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 54

Washington, Martha (Wife of George Washington, 1731-1802)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 215; Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 86

Washington Landlady (Memoranda - Mark Twain)
"The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 334

Washington Senators (American Baseball Team)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 437

Washington Servant (Memoranda - Mark Twain)
"The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 334

Wasp, The (Marvel Comics Character)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 131

Wassmuss, Wilhelm (German Diplomat, 1880-1931)
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 299, 302

Watchett, Mrs (The Time Machine - H.G.Wells)
"The Richmond Enigma" (John DeChancie) 172-173
"The Small World of 221B" (Ian Edginton) 165-167, 169-171
Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 4, 6, 55-57, 60

Waterfield, Victoria (Dr Who - TV series)
Evolution (John Peel) 23

Waterford, Henry de la Poer, 3rd Marquess of (Irish Nobleman, 1811-1859)
Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 32

Waterford, John de la Poer Beresford, 4th Marquess of (Irish Minister, 1814-1866)
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 169

Waterford, John Henry de la Poer, 5th Marquess of (Irish Nobleman, 1844-1895)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 33

Waterhouse, Alfred (British Architect, 1830-1905)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 310

Waterman, Lewis (American Inventor, 1837-1901)
Waterman Pen: "Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 189; "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 39; "The Adventure of the Lightless Maiden" (Lindsay Faye) 251; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 193; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 4, 16, 261

Waters, Muddy (American Blues Singer, 1913-1983)
"The Ghost of the Lake" (Jamie Freveletti)

Waters, Thomas A. (American Author, 1938-1998)
The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 7-43, 48-49, 51-59, 61-62, 64-67, 70-144

Waterstone, Tim (British Bookseller, 1939- )
Waterstone's: My Hero (Tom Holt) 42

Waterton, Charles (English Naturalist, 1782-1865)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 140

Watie, Stand (American Confederate General, 1806-1871)
Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 29

Watkin, Sir Edward (British Railway Baron & Politician, 1819-1901)
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 53

Watkins, Alfred (British Antiquarian, 1855-1935)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 126-127
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 173

Watkins, Edward (Ripper Case, Police Constable, Discovered Eddowes' Body)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 95-96, 108
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 45-47
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 215
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 101, 103, 121
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 142, 144
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 151-152
A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 439
"Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 175, 187-188
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 202, 204-206
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 176
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 90-91;
Oliver Watkins: Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 26
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 30

Watney, James (British Brewer, 1800-1884)
Watney Ale: The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 214
Watney's: The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 340; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 71
Watney's Ale: Sherlock’s Logic (William Neblett) 21

Watson (Sesame Street - TV series)
A Bird’s Best Friend (Tish Sommers) 13-15, 23

Watson, Dr James (British Physician, Friend of Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Victory Match" (Barry Perowne) 3, 5, 9-10, 13-19

Watson, James D. (American Biologist, 1928- )
The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 9

Watson, John (English Hotelier)
Watson's Hotel: Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 109

Watson, General Sir John (British Military Officer, 1829-1919)
Watson’s Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 10-14, 24, 39-40, 92, 104

Watson, Patrick Heron (Scottish Surgeon, 1832-1907)
"Flight to Legend" (William F. Nolan) 65

Watson, Sir Thomas (British Physician, 1792-1882)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 7, 9-10

Watson, Sir William (English Author, 1858-1935)
"Sherlock Holmes vs Conan Doyle" (Anonymous) 274

Watt, James (Scottish Inventor, 1736-1819)
"The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 29; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 44; My Hero (Tom Holt) 199; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 20; "Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 242

Watt, James (American Politician, 1938- )
"Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 242

Watt, John Y. (Drood Theorist)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 323

Watt, Oswald (Australian Aviator, 1878-1921)
"Sherlock Holmes at Hendon" (D.W.T.) 532-533

Watteau, Jean Antoine (French Painter, 1684-1721)
"The Looking-Glass" (Anonymous) 152; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 101; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 94; "The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 23; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 69; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 82

Watts, Charlie (British Rock Musician, 1941- )
Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 18

Watts, "Dirty" Den (Eastenders - TV series)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 11-12
Watts: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 123

Watts, Edwin R. (British Surveying Equipment Manufacturer)
E.R. Watts & Son: Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 365

Watts, George Frederick (British Artist, 1817-1904)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 61; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 56

Watts, Isaac (English Theologian, 1674-1748)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 50

Watts-Dunton, Theodore (British Writer & Critic, 1832-1914)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 257, 259-260
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 50-51, 57

Wauchope, Andrew Gilbert (British Major-General, 1846-1899)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 81

Waugh, Emily (Wife of Holman Hunt)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 288

Wavell, Archibald (British Military Leader, 1883-1950)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 117, 119

Waverly, Alexander (The Man From UNCLE - TV series)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 17-21, 26, 29, 42, 46, 140, 155-156
Mr. Waverly: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 47-48, 265

Waxwork Lady, The (The Old Curiousity Shop âÄì Charles Dickens)
Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 20

Wayland the Smith (Norse Mythology)
The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 47

Wayne, John (American Actor, 1907-1979)
The Duke of Wayne: "Honey: Stalking Jack the Ripper" (Kelly Garrett & Tom Garst) 111
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 5; The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 104-105; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 9, 12, 31, 52; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 51; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 93; My Hero (Tom Holt) 53; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 168; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 24; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 4; The Tulpa (J.N. Williamson) 218
John Rain: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 93

Wayne, Ralph: see Ralph Wain

Wayren (As Shadows Fade - Colleen Gleason)
The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 166, 284

Weary Willy (Weary Willy comic strip - Tom Browne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 143
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 106
Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 97

Weasels, The (Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 135

Weaver, Sigourney (American Actor, 1949- )
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time  (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxvii; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 18

Webb, Sir Aston (British Architect, 1849-1930)
Sir Arthur Webb: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 81

Webb, Beatrice: see Beatrice Potter

Webb, Francis (British Engineer, 1836-1906)
"Fair Play" (L.F.E. Coombs) 163

Webb, Jane Loudon (British Writer, c1796-?)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 90

Webb, Matthew (First to Swim English Channel (1875))
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 54-55; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 188

Webb, Philip (British Architect, 1831-1915)
"The Curious Case of the Sweated Horse" (Jan Edwards) 47

Webb, Richard (British Admiral, 1870-1950)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 77-78, 115, 183

Webb, Richard John (Australian Police Officer, 1832-1906)
"The Mysterious Drowning at St Kilda" (Steve Cameron) 191-195, 197, 200, 202, 204, 207, 213

Webb, Sidney (British Sociologist & Economist, 1859-1947)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 25, 44, 48, 108, 111, 125-128, 130, 145
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 38-40, 42
The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 154; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 55; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 152-153

Webber, Andrew Lloyd (British Composer, 1948- )
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 173

Weber, Carl Maria Von (German Composer, 1786-1826)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 58

Weber, Joseph (American Entertainer, 1867-1942)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 134; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 33

Weber, Louise 'La Goulue' (French Laundress turned Can-Can Dancer, Mistress of Edward VII, 1870-1929)
"Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 11, 20
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 97, 104, 200, 220-225, 227, 238-239, 241-246, 248, 272, 278
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 117, 125; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 153, 170-171; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 40; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 13

Weber, Marianne (Schnitger) (German Feminist Scholar, 1870-1954)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 20-30, 35, 37, 48, 50, 61, 71-72, 76-77, 80-81, 85, 97-99, 128, 133, 150

Weber, Max (German Sociologist, 1864-1920)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 20-21, 23-26, 29-30, 36-38, 43-44, 47-51, 55, 57-58, 61-72, 76-81, 83, 85, 91-93, 96-99, 106, 108-109, 115-117, 123-124, 128-129, 133, 146, 148-150
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 136

Webley, Philip (British Gunsmith)
Webley: "The Adventure of the Misquoted Macbeth" (Derrick Belanger) 63, 66; "The Adventure of the Misquoted Macbeth" (Derrick Belanger); The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 188, 205, 248, 268-269, 274; "Peril at Carroway House" (Eric Brown) 347, 350, 353; "Orchids in the Night" (Jean-Claude Dunyach) 47-48, 50; "The Case of Missing Case" (Alan Gordon) 53, 56, 82; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 62; Sherlock Holmes and the Chilford Ripper (Roger Jaynes) 150; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 73; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 270, 272, 280; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 97, 159, 163, 189, 256, 312, 365; What Child Is This? (Bonnie MacBird) 126, 131, 140, 152, 182, 199; "For Fear…" (Mark Morris) 262, 272, 274; "The Adventure of the Lost Theorem" (Julie Novakova) 337; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 198; "How the Professor Taught a Lesson to the Gnoles" (Josh Reynolds) 110; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 141, 257, 270, 435; "The Prima Donna’s Finger" (Will Schaefer) 103; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 26, 231; "...But with a Whimper" (Greg Wilson) 59
Webley Bulldog: Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 202; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 130, 138, 197; The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 115, 204, 238, 257; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 108, 136, 163, 167-168, 172, 176, 190
Webley .422: Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 100
Webley .455: Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 1; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 170, 176, 195
Webley Mark I: Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 131; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 155, 198
Webley Mark II: Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 18, 109, 196, 201
Webley Mark III: Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 8, 15, 34
Webley Mark IV: Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 9-10, 115
Webley Pistol: "The Westphalian Ring" (Jeffery Deaver) 66-67; "The Case of the Waterguard" (Jan Edwards) 189-190; "The Monster of Hell’s Gate" (Paul Finch) 11; "The Crimson Devil" (Mark Morris) 424, 440; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 286; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 167, 169, 273, 330, 402
Webley Revolver: "He Who Howls" (O’Neil De Noux) 155; "The Monster of Hell’s Gate" (Paul Finch) 34; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 131, 133, 137, 221, 229, 240, 244-245, 247, 261, 274, 276, 303; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 386; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 171;"Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of Bodmin" (Jonathan Green) 64; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 31-32, 35, 38, 44, 261, 266-267, 589; A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 132, 310, 321; "The Case of the Baffled Courier" (Roger Jaynes) 133; "The Picture of Oscar Wilde" (Michael Kurland) 286, 292; The Three Locks (Bonnie MacBird) 207; "The Mile End Mynah Bird" (Mark Mower) 522; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 78, 80, 82; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 76, 284, 325-326, 329-331, 334
Webley-Fosbury: Fire in the Blood (P.N. Elrod) 104, 142, 180; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 9
Webley-Pryse: "A Study in Brimstone" (G.S. Denning) 85; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 269; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 99; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 53, 82
Webley-Scott: The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 244, 290; "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 252, 258, 262, 265-267, 270-271

Webster, Daniel (The Devil & Daniel Webster - Stephen Vincent Benet)
"The House-boat" (Anonymous) 306
"The Case of the Bewildering Alibi" (Ned Hubbell) 256

Webster, John (British Dramatist, 1580-1625)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 159; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 66; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 86; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 219; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 135, 147; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 381; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 45, 64; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 171; Black Ice (Andrew Lane) 202; Night Break (Andrew Lane) 34; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 169

Webster, John (American Chemist & Murderer, 1793-1850)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 55, 115

Webster, Kate (Irish Murderess, 1849-1879)
"The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 311; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 23

Webster, Noah (American Lexicographer, 1758-1843)
"The House-boat" (Anonymous) 307

Webster, Sir Richard: See Lord Alverstone

Wedgwood, Josiah (British Potter, 1730-1795)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 5
Wedgewood Teapot: A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 130, 187
Wedgwood Blue: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 14; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 363; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 51
Wedgwood Bowls: Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 37
Wedgwood China: My Hero (Tom Holt) 82; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 209; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 229; Baskerville (John O’Connell) 49
Wedgwood Figurine: "By Jove, Holmes!" (Elizabeth Rogers) 35
Wedgwood Shrapnel: My Hero (Tom Holt) 147
Wedgwood Teacup: "The Tell-Tale Tea Leaves" (Keith Moray) 182
Wedgwood Vase: The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 315

Wedgwood, Julia (British Writer, 1833-1913)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 151-152

Wee Willie Winkie (Nursery Rhyme Character)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 230; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 236; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 397

Weedles, Bill "Cap'n Bill" (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 7

Weena (The Time Machine - H.G.Wells)
"The Richmond Enigma" (John DeChancie) 172-173, 181
"The Adventure of the Global Traveler" (Anne Lear) 72; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 63

Weierstrass, Karl (German Mathematician, 1815-1897)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 50

Weigall, Arthur (British Egyptologist, 1880-1934)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 70, 83, 96, 101-106, 109-113, 118-120, 122-124, 144-145, 148, 150-152, 160, 186-187, 198-206, 211, 231

Weigall, Hortense (Wife of Arthur Weigall)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 203-204, 223

Weil, Adolf (German Physician, 1848-1916)
Weil's Disease: "The Mystery of the Hanged Man's Puzzle" (Paul Finch) 226; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 189

Weil, Max (Witness, The Houndsditch Murders)
"The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 211

Weill, Raymond Henry (American Stamp Dealer, 1913-2003)
"The Mystery of the Department of State Cardboard Invert Proofs" (Stanley M. Bierman) 159

Weininger, Otto (Austrian Philosopher, 1880-1903)
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 44-45, 128

Weinstein, Harvey (American Film Producer, 1952- )
"The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 134

Weir, Boris (Murder by the Dozen - Computer Game)
"Murder Games" (Michael Kurland) 19

Weir, Jean "Grizel" (Sister of Thomas Weir, ?-1670)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 42-43

Weir, Major Thomas (Scottish Soldier & Occultist, 1599-1670)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 42-44, 58, 170, 203

Weiser, Jacob (Lost Dutchman Mine)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 108-115, 121, 132, 134, 152

Weiss, Cecilia (nee Steiner, Mother of Harry Houdini, 1841-1913)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 9, 12, 16-17, 38, 72, 75-76, 93, 95-96, 98, 103, 108, 112, 120, 130, 135, 137, 145-146, 150
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 35, 50-51, 76, 99, 128-132, 137-140, 154, 162-163, 174, 176, 188
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 143, 164, 167, 173, 177, 183, 199, 205-207, 210-212, 228, 248-249, 251, 279-280, 284-285, 287-290, 292-293, 295, 301, 319-320
"The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 221-224, 234, 236, 241-242
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 72, 221-223
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 157; "The Doll Who Talked to the Dead" (Nev Fountain) 126, 136; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 90, 105; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 170, 193, 204; Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v1: 23; v2: 3, 22; v3: 15, 17; v5: 13, 28; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 40-41, 63; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 131; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 83, 103, 155; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 814, 821, 876, 982

Weiss, Ehrich (Supposed Brother of Houdini, Part of the Houdini Myth)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 95-96

Weiss, Gladys (Sister of Houdini, 1882-1959)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 68, 72, 75-76, 95-96, 98, 106, 108, 112, 114
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 814

Weiss, Leopold (Brother of Houdini, 1879-1962)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 72, 75-76, 108, 112; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 814

Weiss, Nathan (Brother of Houdini, 1870-1927)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 72, 75-76, 108, 112, 114-115
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 814

Weiss, Samuel (Father of Houdini, 1829-1892)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews)16-17, 72, 75-76, 95-98, 108, 112, 120, 130, 135
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 9, 133, 199, 246, 248-249, 251, 285, 301, 319-321
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 35, 104; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 66, 83-84, 192-193; "The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 235; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 814, 876, 987

Weiss, Theo "Dash" (Hardeen, American Magician, Brother of Harry Houdini, 1876-1945)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 19-20, 68, 72-75, 88, 93-94, 97-98, 108, 112, 114-115, 130
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 48, 52, 55-57, 134, 199, 226, 260-261, 134, 199, 226, 260-261
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 34, 36, 91-95, 99, 106, 109-111, 115-116, 119-120, 122-123, 125, 134-135, 153, 171, 178, 181-184, 187, 203-205, 216-217, 219-220, 222-223, 225-226, 231
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 133, 191-192, 194-195, 199, 236, 261
"The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 221-249
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 105, 161; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 20, 23; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 83; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 814, 872

Weissmuller, Johnny (American Swimmer & Actor, 1904-1984)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 117; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 95; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 35

Weitzman, Seymour (American Deputy Sheriff)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 162-163

Weizmann, Chaim (Polish Chemist, President of Israel (1948-1952), 1874-1952)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 31-32, 38-39, 58-67, 76, 86
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 211; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 169

Weizmann, Vera (Russian Doctor, 1881-1966)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 59

Welch, Raquel (American Actress, 1940- )
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 13; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 114

Welcker, Alphonse (Ludwig II's Valet)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 145-148, 150-151, 153, 156, 158-159, 165-168, 172-173, 177, 181-182, 187

Welhaven, Johan Sebastian (Norwegian Author, 1807-1873)
Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 89

Weller, Sam (The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 122; "At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 480; "Holmes In Scotland (W.R.Duncan Macmillan) 139; "The Case of the Man Who Was Wanted" (Arthur Whitaker) 56

Welles, Orson (American Actor & Director, 1915-1985)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7, 49-50; "As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 31; A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 269; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 113; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 380; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 55; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 37, 71, 82, 113

Wellesley, Richard, First Marquess (Viceroy of India, 1760-1842)
The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 73; "Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 174-175
Wellesley Street: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 13

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of (British Military Leader, 1769-1852)
 "The House-boat" (Anonymous) 303
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 131, 133-134
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 118, 304, 376
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 13-14, 20-21, 47-50, 52, 55, 62, 76, 85, 87, 93, 107, 116, 147-150, 152, 154, 164, 182, 190, 197-200, 211, 223, 235, 244-246, 248, 251
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 75, 107-108, 111-112, 188, 195, 263, 271-272, 344, 379, 383, 409
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 60; The Dark Lady (Irene Adler) 147; "The Resources of Mycroft Holmes" (Charlton Andrews) 212; Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian (Val Andrews) 32; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 23; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 196; The Women of Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 36, 75; "The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarters" (Jon L. Breen) 307; "The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor" (Carole Buggé) 340; Arthur v. The Rest (Alan Coren) 32; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 84, 271; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 77; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 177-178; The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 54; "The Man on Westminster Bridge" (Dick Gillman) 391; Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (John Hall)153; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 84; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 140; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 38; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 11; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 44; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 7; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 233; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 357; "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 82; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 56, 221, 243; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 68; Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 206; "The Highland Intrigue" (Steve Leadley) 108-109; The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 85; Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons (James Lovegrove) 118; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 177; "The Case of the Maltese Catacombs" (William Meikle) 47; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 235; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 437; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 27; Becoming Holmes (Shane Peacock) 72; The Secret Fiend (Shane Peacock) 140-141; Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 26; "The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 196; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 117; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 236-237; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 46; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 70, 88; "Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 171, 174-175; "The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal Rajan) 70-71; "Baz" (Julian Rathbone) 13; "The Case of the Plangent Colonel" (Ted Riccardi) 82; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 218; "By Jove, Holmes!" (Elizabeth Rogers) 39; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 141, 144-145; "Sherlock Holmes and the Other Eye" (Richard Dean Starr & E.R, Bower) 182; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 133; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 99; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 187; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 274; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 37; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 212; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 142; "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 177; Brigade (M.J. Trow) 313; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 58; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 101; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 128; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 115; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 15; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 84; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 25, 55, 70; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 37; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 48; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 287
Duke of Wellington Cigars: The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 78
Wellington (Airship): The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 209
Wellington Arch: The Secret Fiend (Shane Peacock) 150
Wellingtonian: Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 145
Wellington's Way: The Shadow of Evil (Tim Pigott-Smith) 99

Well-known Criminal Investigator (The Man with the Watches - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 301

Wellman, Manly Wade (American Author & Sherlockian, 1903-1986)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 66

Wells, Bombardier Billy (British Boxer, 1888-1967)
 "Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 178-180; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 76; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 158

Wells, Edward (American Hoaxer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 275

Wells, Francis Charles (Brother of H.G.Wells, 1857-1933)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 53

Wells, Frederick Joseph (Brother of H.G.Wells, 1862-1954)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 53

Wells, H.G. (British Author, 1866-1946)
 "A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 60-93
"The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor" (Stephen Baxter) 258-263, 265-270, 272-278
The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 14-16, 18, 21-22, 24-27, 146-147, 150-155, 157-163, 165-166, 169-170, 175, 177, 179-182, 218, 227-228, 230-233, 250-251, 333, 343-345
"The Tragic Affair of the Martian Ambassador" (Eric Brown) 219-220, 222, 225, 228-230
"The Strange Death of Sherlock Holmes" (Andrew Darlington) 182, 184
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 25-29, 33, 35, 76
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 176-177, 182, 188, 190-196, 200-202, 205-206, 209-211, 278
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 8-19, 27-28, 30-31, 47, 49-55, 62-66, 69-71, 86-87, 93, 105-106, 108, 114-115, 117-118, 132-136, 142-145, 147-149, 163-164, 175-178, 181, 183, 193-196, 209-210
"The Singular Habits of Wasps" (Geoffrey A. Landis) 227, 237-238
"A Matter Without Gravity" (Alain le Bussy) 131-138, 140-143
"The Adventure of the Global Traveler" (Anne Lear) 71
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 178-180, 188, 202
"Rupert and the Pharaoh’s Treasure" (Ian Robinson) 24-25
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 14, 16, 85, 267-270
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 19-22, 28, 33-34, 36, 63-67, 77-83, 119, 127-129, 131-132, 145, 150-152, 170-174, 178, 180, 183
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 127-135, 163
Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 5-6, 47-55, 57, 63-64
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 8, 35-36, 42-43, 147, 153, 175-176, 187, 205-208
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 26; Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 10; Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 24, 117; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 73; Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 63; "The Adventure of the Second Scarf" (Mark Aronson) 88; "Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 14; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 2; Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 125; "Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 179; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 22; The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 167, 170; "The Case of the Detective's Smile" (Mark Bourne) 23; "The Case of the Faster Businessman" (Colin Bruce) 149-150; "The Case of the Flying Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 114; "The Case of the Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 115, 120-123, 127; "The Case of the Sabotaged Scientist" (Colin Bruce) 63, 78; "The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 1, 8; "The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat" (Colin Bruce) 209; "Three Cases of Good Intentions" (Colin Bruce) 252, 264, 271; "Three Cases of Relative Jealousy" (Colin Bruce) 128; Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 43; Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 71; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 163; "A Full Account of Ricoletti of the Club Foot & His Abominable Wife" (Ian Charnock) 142; The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 34, 212; The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 18, 84, 283, 286; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 136; "The Spirit of Death" (David Stuart Davies) 49; "The Richmond Enigma" (John DeChancie) 180, 182; "Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle" (Len Deighton); "The Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse" (August Derleth) 119; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 203; "By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 206-207; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 1, 3-8, 13, 19, 52, 62, 66-67, 127; "Sherlock Holmes and the Obligatory Love Scene" (Lee Duigon) 109-110; "The Small World of 221B" (Ian Edginton) 177; "The Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 227; "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 51; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 187; "The Adventure of the Forgotten Umbrella" (Mel Gilden) 47;"The Disappearance of the Cutter Alicia" (John Hall) 88; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 48, 223-224, 229; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 169; "Confidence Game" (Jim Harmon) 138; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 105; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 41-42, 88, 90, 123, 197, 239; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 54; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 19, 206; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 74; "The Disembodied Assassin" (Andrew Lane) 200; "The Unexpected Death of the Martian Ambassador" (Andrew Lane) 1309; "The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech" (David Langford) 348; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 11, 14; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 214; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 375, 401, 504; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 294; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 253; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 95, 176; "Sherlock Holmes and the Butterfly Effect" (Cristina Macía with Ian Watson) 278, 282; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 40, 51, 62, 66; "The Adventure of the Nefarious Nephew" (Michael Mallory) 134; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 123; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 53; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 107; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 67; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman)13, 37; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 87, 192; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 6; The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 166; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 55, 149; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 137; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 55, 109-110, 131, 161, 195, 204; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 123, 389; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 37, 41; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 92, 95, 213; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 179; "You See But You Do Not Observe" (Robert J. Sawyer) 347; "The Adventure of the Mummy’s Curse" (Cavan Scott) 297; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 16; "The Adventure of the Lost Specialist" (Christopher Sequeira) 284; "The Adventure of the Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 48; "Two Roads, No Choices" (Dean Wesley Smith) 149; The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 36, 59, 61, 64, 76, 82-83, 130, 173; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 75, 158, 239; "Little Killers" (Dave Stone) 38; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 67; 104; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 19; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar); "Dynamics of an Asteroid" (Lavie Tidhar) 80; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 688; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 216; "Jerusalem Keep" (Mark Valentine & John Howard) 356; The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 23; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 88; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 37
 H.G. Talbot: The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver Twit (Daniel & Jill Pinkwater) 6, 8, 14, 75-76
Wells & Co.: "The Strange Case of the Displaced Detective" (Roy Gill) 166-168, 172
Wellsian: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 36

Wells, Henry (American Businessman, 1805-1878)
Wells College: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 192

Wells, Isabel (Wife of H.G.Wells, 1865-1931)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 62, 64; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 28-29; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 53; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 128, 131

Wells, John Wellington (The Sorceror - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 9-12, 21, 27, 32, 63, 68-70, 74, 76, 82-83, 96-97, 105-111, 116, 123, 144
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 190; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 85; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 451

Wells, Joseph (Father of H.G. Wells, 1828-1910)
"The Tragic Affair of the Martian Ambassador" (Eric Brown) 219; "The Singular Habits of Wasps" (Geoffrey A. Landis) 227

Wells, P. & G. (British Booksellers)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 111

Wells, Sarah Neal (Mother of H.G. Wells, 1822-1905)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 169

Wells Fargo (American Stage Coach Line & Bank Holding Company)
"Cutting for Sign" (Rhys Bowen) 245
On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 28, 58, 98-99, 106, 112, 122, 124, 155, 213, 260, 272, 287
Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 21-22, 24, 92, 160-161, 165, 183, 185, 209, 246; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 83; The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 110; My Hero (Tom Holt) 288; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 112, 149; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 119; A Double-Barrelled Detective Story (Mark Twain) 74, 76, 79, 100, 103, 108, 119-120, 129, 159, 167

Welsbach Auer, Carl Von (Austrian Chemist, 1858-1929)
"The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier" (Richard Lupoff) 3

Welsch, Harriet M. (Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh)
"The Last of Sheila-Locke Holmes" (Laura Lippman) 216, 218, 225, 228

Welsh Brothers (American Circus Owners)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 155

Wenceslas, Good King (Bohemian King in Christmas Carol)
"The Adventure of the Decadent Headmaster" (Nick Campbell) 107; "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 167; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 94; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 255; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 18; "Christmas Eve" (S.C.Roberts) 123; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 605; "The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 153; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 97-98, 119, 160
See also: St Wenceslas

Wenceslas's Page (Christmas Carol)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 94; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 255; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 97

Wenceslas III (King of Bohemia (1278-1305), 1271-1305)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 605

Wenceslas, St. (Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, c.907-c.935)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 171
Order of St. Wenceslas: Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (John Hall) 33, 67, 172
See also: Good King Wenceslas

Wensley, Frederick Porter (Scotland Yard Superintendent, 1865-1949)
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 6-7, 27-28, 32
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 121-123, 177-181, 210-211, 238, 248-250, 252-254, 256-257, 259, 261-263, 282, 289-290, 294, 297-299, 302, 307, 318-319, 336-337
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 13-14, 17-18, 25-34, 41-42, 144, 146, 150, 164-165, 178, 186
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 116-120, 122-125, 128-131, 133-138, 202, 205-206, 242
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 10-11, 26, 66-67, 73, 91-93, 150, 171, 188, 216, 223-224
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 13, 47-49, 54-58, 60, 87-94, 111-112, 114-120, 162, 164-170, 172-174, 177-180, 184-185, 191-192, 195-197, 225-232, 234, 236-239, 250, 260-261, 278
Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 127-131, 136, 139-142, 148-149, 152-153, 159-160, 164, 167-169, 180-187, 189-193, 195-196, 207, 209, 212, 216, 218-220
Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 43-45, 52-54, 70-72, 181-183, 234-239, 242, 248-255, 257
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 81

Wentworth, Benning (British Governor of New Hampshire)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 86

Wentworth, Frederick (Persuasion - Jane Austen)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 188

Wentworth, Richard: see Spider, The & G-8

Werther (The Sorrows of Young Werther - Goethe)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 215, 244, 266; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 342
Werther-like: Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 57