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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

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

Wade, Elizabeth Wilkinson: see Bessie Bramble

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

Wagner, Richard (German Composer 1813-1883)
"The Adventure of Mrs. Burlingame's Diamond Stomacher" (John Kendrick Bangs) 47; 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 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' 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; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 28; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 116, 276; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 161; "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; "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; 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; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 350; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 205; 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; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 134
Wagnerite: The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 25; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 31

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

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

Walbridge, Earle (Sherlockian)
"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

Waldman, M. (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 14

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: The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 61

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

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

Walker, James J. "Jimmy" (Mayor of New York City, 1881-1946)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 188, 217-219

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

Wallace, Alfred Russel (British Naturalist, 1823-1913)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 33, 101, 144
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 195-196; "The Case of the Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 126; 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, 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, Irving (American Author)
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, 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, 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)
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

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)
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; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 273; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 409
The Walpole Collection: "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 171

Walpurgis, St (English Missionary, c.710-777)
"The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 15
Walpurgisnacht: "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 4, 12

Walrus, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 33; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 85, 109

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

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

Walsingham, Sir Francis (Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1530-1590)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 38; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 4; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 100; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 262

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)
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)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 59

Walton, Izaak (British Writer & Angler, 1593-1683)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 39; 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

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

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

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

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

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

Ward, Leslie "Spy" (British Cartoonist, 1851-1922)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 426

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

Warhol, Andy (American Painter & Film-maker, c.1928-1987)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 72

Warner, Abe (San Francisco Tavern Proprietor)
"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

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

Warren, Sir Charles (British Police Commissioner, 1840-1927)
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
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 1-33
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
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
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
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; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 75; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 50; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 50; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 94; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 32; The Adventures ofInspector 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; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 8, 194

Warren, General Sir Charles (British Military Surveyor, 1840-1927)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 83

Warren, Lady (Wife of Sir Charles Warren)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 204, 207-210

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

Warwick, Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Brooke ,Countess of (Mistress of Edward VII, 1861-1938)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 291-293, 295-298, 300, 302-303
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, Earl of
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 297

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

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

Washington, George (American President (1789-1797) 1732-1799)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 6, 131
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 19; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 114, 123; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 422; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 175; "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; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 21; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 51; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 218; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 2, 108, 114, 121, 155; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 217; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 52, 115; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 32, 92; "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
Washington (state): Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 161; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 88
Washington City / Washington D.C.: "A Pragmatic Enigma" (John Kendrick Bangs) 102; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 8, 14-16, 18, 22, 32, 35-89, 104-105, 124-125, 128, 130-131; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 121; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 156; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 110; "The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 106; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 126, 128; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 89, 99, 105, 113, 194, 286, 308; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 12, 23, 42, 49, 61-62, 72, 76, 81, 83, 98, 100, 119-120, 130, 132-136, 143, 146, 153-154, 156, 161, 163, 167-168, 170, 174, 183-185, 202-203, 210, 214, 218, 223, 225, 247, 252-253, 258, 267, 289, 291-292, 295, 297, 299-300, 305, 308, 310-311, 321, 324, 328; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 114, 136; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 29; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 55; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 89, 93, 110, 161-164, 182-183, 185, 191, 193-194; My Hero (Tom Holt) 71; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 35, 40, 136-137; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 24, 107, 120, 151, 155, 157; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 25; The Game (Laurie R. King) 5; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 368; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 333; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 10, 15, 51, 57; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 62, 65, 69, 71, 87, 94, 119-122, 124, 127, 131-132, 134, 148-150, 154, 159, 162, 173, 175-176, 179, 181-182, 184, 195, 198-202, 204-205, 208, 210-211, 220, 231, 235-237, 247-250, 253, 255, 258, 260, 286, 289, 292-293, 296-297, 316, 334; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 52, 123, 183; "Moriarty by Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 294; "The Flowers of Utah" (Robert Pohle) 90; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 156; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 34; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 196; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 33, 71; "The Mystery of Dr Thorvald Sigerson" (Linda Robertson) 97; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 150-151; "The American Ambassador" (David Scott) 3-4, 12, 21; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 100; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 237; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 11, 29, 35, 72, 75, 77, 80, 88, 97, 125, 135-137, 147, 161, 163-165, 198, 203, 210, 225-227, 231, 267, 276, 314, 320; "The Adventure of the Barnegat Burglaries" (H.W. Starr & Orville Horwitz) 117, 122, 124, 138; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 272, 302, 306, 308, 312-313, 320; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 177, 260, 276, 341
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; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 200; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 216; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 92; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 122; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 66
Washington Street: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 130; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 19, 23
The Washingtons: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 88

Washington, Martha (Wife of George Washington, 1731-1802)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 215

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
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, John Henry de la Poer, 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)
Waterman Pen: "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 39

Waters, Thomas A. (American Author)
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

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
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 101, 103, 121
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 142, 144
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 202, 204-206
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

Watt, James (British Inventor of the Steam Engine, 1736-1819)
"The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 29; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 44; My Hero (Tom Holt) 199; "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

Watteau, Jean Antoine (French Painter, 1684-1721)
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, "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, George Frederick (British Artist, 1817-1904)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 61

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

Wayne, John (American Actor, 1907-1979)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 5; The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 104-105; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 9, 13, 31; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 51; 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

Wayne, Ralph: see Ralph Wain

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

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

Weaver, Sigourney (American Actor, 1949- )
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, 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, 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
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 55; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 152-153

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

Weber, Joseph & Lew Fields (American Comedy Duo)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 134

Weber, Louise 'La Goulue' (French Laundress turned Can-Can Dancer, Mistress of Edward VII, 1870-1929)
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

Webster, Daniel (The Devil & Daniel Webster - Stephen Vincent Benet)
"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

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, Sir Richard: See Lord Alverstone

Wedgwood, Josiah (British Potter, 1730-1795)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 5
Wedgwood Blue: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 14; 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
Wedgwood Shrapnel: My Hero (Tom Holt) 147

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

Wee Willie Winkie (Nursery Rhyme Character)
The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 236; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 397

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

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

Wein, Wilhelm (German Physicist)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 196

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

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)
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 Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 170, 193, 204; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 40-41, 63; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 83, 103, 155

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)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 68, 72, 75-76, 95-96, 98, 106, 108, 112, 114

Weiss, Leopold (Brother of Houdini)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 72, 75-76, 108, 112

Weiss, Nathan (Brother of Houdini)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 72, 75-76, 108, 112, 114-115

Weiss, Samuel (Father of Houdini)
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
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 66, 83-84, 192-193; "The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 235

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
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 83

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 (Deputy Sheriff, JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 162-163

Weizmann, Chaim (Polish Chemist, President of Israel (1948-1952), 1874-1952)
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 211; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 169

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

Weller, Sam (The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 122; "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)
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
Wellesley Street: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 13

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of (British Military Leader, 1769-1852)
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
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 23; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 196; "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; 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) 11, 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; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 56, 221, 243; "The Highland Intrigue" (Steve Leadley) 108-109; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 177; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 27; "The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 196; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 117; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 236-237; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 218; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 141, 144-145; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 133; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 187; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 274; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 212; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 142; "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 177; 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 theGift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 15; 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
Beef Wellington: "The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor" (Carole Buggé) 340; Moriarty (John Gardner) 51; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 186-187
Wellington Boots: "The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 169; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 140; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 74; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 140; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 150-151; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 214; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 49
Wellingtonian: Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 145

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

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

Wells, Bombardier Billy (British Boxer, 1888-1967)
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, Frank (Brother of H.G.Wells)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 53

Wells, Freddy (Brother of H.G.Wells)
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
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
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 Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 73; "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 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; "Three Cases of Good Intentions" (Colin Bruce) 252, 264, 271; 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 Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 136; "The Richmond Enigma" (John DeChancie) 180, 182; "The Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse" (August Derleth) 119; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 203; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 1, 3-8, 13, 19, 52, 62, 66-67, 127; "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; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 54; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 74; "The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech" (David Langford) 348; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 11, 14; "The Adventure of the Nefarious Nephew" (Michael Mallory) 134; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 123; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 40, 51, 62, 66; 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 Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 6; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 137; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 179; "You See But You Do Not Observe" (Robert J. Sawyer) 347; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 16; "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; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 67; "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
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)
"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)
"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)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 169

Wells Fargo (American Stage Coach Line & Bank Holding Company)
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

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 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

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.
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 171
Order of St. Wenceslas: Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (John Hall) 33, 67, 172

Wensley, Frederick Porter (Scotland Yard Superintendent)
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 6-7, 27-28, 32
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) 127-220
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, Richard: see Spider, The & G-8

Werther (The Sorrows of Young Werther - Goethe)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 215, 244, 266
Werther-like: Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 57