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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 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

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 (Egyptologist)
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

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) 164-320; 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, 199, 246, 248-249, 320-321; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 66, 83-84, 192-193

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) 191, 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)
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 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; 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; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 212; "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
Beef Wellington: "The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor" (Carole Buggé) 340; 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; 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 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; 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 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, 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, 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; "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

Wesley, John (British Theologian, Founder of Methodism, 1703-1791)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 13; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 227; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 6
Wesleyan: "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 234, 236, 244; "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 54; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 38
Wesley's Chapel: "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 83

Wesley, Mary (British Author, 1912-2002)
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 164

Wessel, Horst (Nazi Hero, 1907-1930)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 196
Horst Wessel Song: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 181

Wesson, Daniel B. (American Gunsmith, 1825-1906)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 17
Smith & Wesson: The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 108; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 57, 103, 153, 163; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 208, 222, 267, 281, 324; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 60; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 185; My Hero (Tom Holt) 9, 218, 314; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 169; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 183; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 12, 147, 151, 172, 276, 281, 338; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 104, 176
Smith-Wesson: Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 199-200, 203, 212

West, Herbert (Herbert West: Re-Animator - H.P.Lovecraft)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 114-119

West, James (Wild Wild West - TV series)
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 276
Major James West III: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 53-54, 56

West, Mae (American Actress, 1892-1980)
Me Uess-tt: "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 80

West, Inspector Roger (Inspector West series - John Creasey)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 23-28

Westbury, Lord (Father of Richard Bethell)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 235

Westcott, William Wynn (British Founder of the Order of the Golden Dawn, 1848-1925)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 136

Westenra, Lucy (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 20-21, 63-64, 66-67, 70, 76-77, 79-83, 86-88, 91-98, 100-101, 113, 129, 142, 182; The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 83-85, 88, 92-93, 101, 103, 105, 113; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 7-8, 10, 62, 97, 111-118, 139, 141-147, 163, 179-185, 221, 257-258, 276, 325, 327-328, 338-342, 359-360, 403, 405-406, 409-412, 416-417, 422, 443-444, 451; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen); Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 6, 90-92, 95-96, 98-99, 103, 114-129, 169, 172, 174-176, 179-180, 182, 191, 195, 208
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 518; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 121; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 102, 351; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 16
NOTE: In Tom Holland's Supping with Vampires, Lucy Ruthven (later, Westcote) (96-99, 104, 106, 110-111, 113-114, 116, 124-129, 131-158, 160, 168-170, 173-177, 190, 212-223, 227, 236-238, 244, 262-265, 275, 292-297, 300-301, 312-313, 318-319, 326-329, 332-333, 341-343, 350-351, 358-366, 369-372, 374-375, 377, 379-400, 402-403, 406-408, 410-417, 419-421, 451, 461-462, 467-471, 476, 480-483, 497-499) is presented to us as the original of Stoker's Lucy Westenra.

Westenra, Mrs. (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 94; The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 83, 92, 101-103, 105; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 116

Western, Helen (American Actress, 1843-1868)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 183, 206

Westinghouse, George (American Inventor, 1846-1914)
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 6, 12, 29

Westmeath, Earl of (Irish Peer)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 30

Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, First Marquess of (English Patron of the Arts, 1767-1845)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 185

Weston, Edward (American Photographer, 1886-1958)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 147

Westphalen, Edgar Von (Brother-in-Law of Karl Marx, 1819-1890)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 157

Westphalen, Ludwig Von (Father-in-Law of Karl Marx)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 122-123

Westwood, John Obadiah (British Entomologist, 1805-1893)
"The Case of Young Vamberry, the Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 67

Wexford, Chief Inspector Reginald (Wexford series - Ruth Rendell)
Constable Wexford: Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 25

Wexler, Haskell (American Cinematographer, 1926- )
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 186

Weyerhaeuser, Frederick (German-American Timber Magnate)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 123, 127

Weyland, Edward (The Vampire Tapestry - Suzy McKee Charnas)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67

Weymouth, Inspector (Fu Manchu Series - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 6-12, 16, 23-24, 29-30, 33, 43, 52, 57, 60-67, 69-71, 83, 117-119, 137, 179, 287, 326, 334, 395

Weymouth, Mrs. (The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 7

Whalen, Grover A. (American Businessman & Politician)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 232

Whalen, Mrs. (Wife of Grover A. Whalen)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 232

Wham (British Pop Group)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 224

Wharton, Harry (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 12, 28-29, 35

Whateley, Wilbur (The Dunwich Horror - H.P. Lovecraft)
The Whateley case: "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 170

Wheatstone, Sir Charles (British Inventor, 1802-1875)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 38

Whewell, William (British Philosopher & Mathematician, 1794-1866)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 15, 86

Whicher, Jonathan (Scotland Yard Detective Inspector)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 91; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 206-207; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 95

Whiddon, Dan'l (Widdecombe Fair - Song)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 168-169, 238

Whistler, James McNeill (American Artist, 1834-1903)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77, 79-82, 84-85, 114, 349-350; "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 25-31, 33-34; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 24-25, 32-33, 162; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 83
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 150; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 32; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 49; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 254, 427; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 198, 202, 208, 215; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 354; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 202; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 89; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 49; "The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger" (Michael Moorcock) 204; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 118; "The Case of the Uncommon Necklace" (Jane Rubino) 53, 62; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 13; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 149, 277; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 19; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 44; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 211

Whistler's Mother (Painting)
"The Adventure of the Disappearance of Whistler's Mother" (Robert L. Fish) 141-148
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 254; "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 28; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 83; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 19

Whitby Coastguard, The (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 35-36

White, Daisy (Friend of the Houdinis)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 66, 71, 76, 82, 89, 109, 116

White, Francis (Francesco Bianco) (Italian Founder of White's Club)
White's: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 39

White, Gilbert (British Naturalist, 1720-1793)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 218-219

White, Henry (American Anbassador, 1888-1970)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 84

White, José (Cuban Violinist & Composer, 1836-1912)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 15, 25, 88-90, 193, 197-201, 254

White, Stanford (American Architect, 1853-1906)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 66; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 39, 92; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 95, 124-125

White, Detective Inspector Stephen (Police officer involved in Ripper Case)
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 423-424, 467

White, Tim (American Anthropologist, 1950- )
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 16

White, William Allen (American Newspaper Editor, 1868-1944)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 63

White Company, The (14th Century English Mercenaries)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 260

White Rabbit, The (Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 116, 120-121, 135; "Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (Lawrence Schimel) 208-210; Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
"The Case of the Detective's Smile" (Mark Bourne) 24; "The Case of the Unmarked Graves" (Colin Bruce) 101; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 26-27, 37; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 39-40, 43, 84; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 62, 67; The Case of the Disappearing Dragon (Narinder Dhami) 56; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 52; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 382, 393; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 177; "The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 44; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 134; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 53