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Whitehead (Student whose punch killed Houdini)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 58, 66-68, 104, 112-112, 122
Japanese Guy: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 23-27, 33-34
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 48

Whitehead, Alfred North (British Mathematician & Philosopher, 1861-1947)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v, 3, 13, 17, 26-29, 32, 47, 62, 64-65, 80, 97-98, 152
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 214; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 40; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 213

Whitehead, James (Lord Mayor of London (1888-89))
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 102
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 111; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 300; "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 32; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 60
Lord Mayor's Procession: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 99; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 58-59, 77
Lord Mayor's Show: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 101; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 99

Whitehead, Mr. (Father of Alfred North Whitehead)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 16

Whiteman, Paul (American Bandleader, 1891-1967)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 231

Whiting, Richard (Last Abbot of Glastonbury, ?-1539)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 75

Whitman, Walt (American Poet, 1819-1892)
"Eve Times Four" (Poul Anderson) 164; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 73, 76; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 123; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 90; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost)136; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 172; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 102

Whitney Family (American Socialites)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 31, 33

Whittier, Pollyanna: see Pollyanna

Whittington, Richard "Dick" (Lord Mayor of London (1397-99, 1406-7, 1419-20), 1358-1423)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 273; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 17; "Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 225
The Whittington Sanction: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 17-18

Whittle, Frank (British Engineer, Developed Jet Engine, 1907-1996)
"The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 116-124
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 108, 231-232, 272

Who, The (British Rock Group)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 99

Whore of Babylon (Bible - Revelations)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 75; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 130; "The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 122; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 130; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 248, 251; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 144; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 153

Whymper, Edward (British Mountaineer, 1840-1911)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 31

Wibley, William (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 19-21

Wicked Witch of the West, The (The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 125

Wicker, Henry (English Cowherd who discovered Epsom Spa (1618))
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 65

Wickham, Edward C. (English Academic)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 98

Wicksteed, Reverend Philip Henry (British Minister & Economist, 1844-1927)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 39

Widener, Eleanor (Wife of George D. Widener)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 201, 206

Widener, George (American Financier, ?-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 201, 206

Widener, Harry (Son of George D. Widener, ?-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 201, 206, 208

Widener Family (American Financiers)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 7

Widmark, Richard (American Actor, 1914- )
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 7

Wiechmann, Louis (Mary Surratt Trial Witness)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) , 255, 257, 288

Wieniawski, Henry (Polish Violinist & Composer, 1835-1880)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 275

Wilberforce, Samuel (English Bishop, 1805-1873)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 166

Wilcox, Collin (American Author, 1924-1996)
Pronzini and Wilcox: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 119

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (American Poet, 1850-1919)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 36

Wilcox, Henry (Howard's End - E.M.Forster)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 255-256, 258, 260, 262, 340, 409, 435

Wilcox, Stephen (American Inventor, 1830-1893)
See: George Herman Babcock

Wild, Sir Ernest (British Barrister)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 178-190, 198, 202, 214, 226-228

Wild, Jonathan (British Master Criminal, c.1689-1725)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 216-217, 220, 222-227, 230-234, 241, 295; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 7, 131, 166-167, 178-182, 186, 211-212, 229, 234-235
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 44; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 77; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 221; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 269, 275
The Wild Gang: Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 167

Wild Hunt, The (Celtic Mythology)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 143

Wilde, Constance (Wife of Oscar Wilde)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 19-20, 23, 28, 63, 71, 74, 158, 170; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 347-352, 355, 359, 365
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 175-176, 298; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 74; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 202, 215; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 39; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 136; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 176
Florence Wilde: Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 156

Wilde, Cyril (Son of Oscar Wilde)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 21-23, 34, 158, 170
"Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 351; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 39

Wilde, Henry Tingle (Chief officer Aboard the Titanic, ?-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 220-221, 223, 234, 237

Wilde, Lady Jane (Irish Author, Mother of Oscar Wilde)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 8, 23, 32, 71, 160, 170; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 42; "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 29; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 15; "The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 55

Wilde, Oscar (Irish Writer, 1854-1900)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 115-119, 130, 168; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) xiv-xv, 7-15, 18-53, 59-64, 68, 70-77, 79-82, 89, 92-100, 102-113, 122, 134, 142-147, 149-165, 167, 169-171; "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 168-183; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 60-63, 65-68, 79, 82, 109, 112-117, 119, 124-127, 159-163, 165-166, 168-174, 176, 182, 184, 186-187, 189; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 39, 48-51, 55, 72-77, 79, 94, 213, 230, 283, 386; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77, 80-85, 92-97, 110, 113-117, 169-170, 325, 339, 347-354, 358-361, 363, 365, 371; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 197-225; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 313-316, 319; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 185-187; "Jack The Ripper" (Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie) 71; Moriarty (John Gardner) 96; The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 137; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 43, 201-202, 284; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 38-43, 47, 135, 146; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 138, 294, 301, 326-331; "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 24-26, 28-29, 31, 34; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 148; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 126, 130-137; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 29, 45-50, 52-59, 61-62, 71, 73, 78, 90, 97-100, 107, 156; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 64-65, 100-102; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 112, 125-126, 182-183, 194-195, 210; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 203, 205, 210-211, 213-220, 222-223, 226, 229, 236-238, 246, 271-272; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 12-24, 31, 35-37, 49, 56, 63, 79, 82-83, 108, 119, 124, 127-138, 143-151, 153-156, 169-171, 176-180, 182-183, 189, 191, 193-194; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 6-7, 13; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 3, 9-19; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 165-168; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 232-253
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 62-63; Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 141; The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 210; "Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 223; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 54; "The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 167; "The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 51-52; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 24; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 13; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 188; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 65; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 127; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 93, 148; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 40, 43, 70; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 70-71, 199; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 241, 302, 309; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 175-176, 291, 298; "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 22, 25; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 26, 155, 188, 191, 256, 317-318; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 58-59, 61, 70; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 48, 93, 147, 188, 345; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 90, 147, 155-156; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 88; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 131; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 155; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 87, 90; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 90; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 36; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 108; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 65; "The Adventure of the Grand Old Man" (H. Paul Jeffers) 186; "The Darlington Substitution" (H. Paul Jeffers) 215; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 50; "The Man From Capetown" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 12; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 216; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 208; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 207; "The Doctor's Case" (Stephen King) 312-313; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 123; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 227; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 169; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 157; "The Adventure of the Left-Behind Wife" (Michael Mallory) 9; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 182; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 54; "The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger" (Michael Moorcock) 204; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 27; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 111; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 22; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 95; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 178; "Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule -?" (Julian Symons) 168; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 79; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 186; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 28; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 227; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 137, 141; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 37; "The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 28-30; "The Kidnapping of Mycroft Holmes" (Peter Tremayne) 212; "The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 55; "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 252; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 170, 172, 174, 176-178, 189-190; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 31, 53, 188; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 117; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 81; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 413, 575; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 220; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 181; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 138; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 9; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 38; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 39; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 239

Wilde, Vyvyan (Son of Oscar Wilde)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 22-23, 34, 158; "Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 351; Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 202; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 39

Wilde, William (Brother of Oscar Wilde)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 23

Wilde, Sir William (Irish Doctor, Father of Oscar Wilde)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 7-8, 23, 29, 32, 97, 160; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 15; "The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 55

Wildhair, Sir Harry (The Constant Couple - George Farquhar)
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223

Wildman, James Clark, Sr. (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 14, 35-37, 40

Wildman, Patricia Clerk (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 36-37

Wilhelm I, Kaiser (Emperor of Germany (1871-88) & King of Prussia (1861-88), 1797-1888)
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 81; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 325; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 113-114, 159, 293, 323; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 11-12, 23, 223, 232, 302
Agent of the Kaiser: "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 33
The Kaiser: "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 49
King of Germany: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 33

Wilhelm II, Kaiser (Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia (1888-1918), 1859-1941)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 99-412; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 101, 253, 276-278, 281, 283-284, 286, 288-289, 293; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 26-27, 51, 63, 69, 71, 73, 80, 82, 127, 240; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 46-47, 60, 62-63, 66, 74, 77, 83, 91, 101-102, 115, 134, 144, 155, 158-159, 162-163, 170-171, 174-175, 181-184, 218-219; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 242-244; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 261-264, 327-328, 349, 393, 407; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 28-30, 119
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 10, 14, 16-17, 45; Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 31, 73, 97, 104, 106, 110; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 64, 106; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 33, 41; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 6, 16, 78; "Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 236-237, 245; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 12, 106-107; "The Case of the Lugubrious Manservant" (Rhys Bowen) 109; "The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 54; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 70-72, 79-80, 204; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 70-71; Chronicles of the Lost Years (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 201; "Our Mr. Smith" (Oswald Crawfurd) 239; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 25; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 99; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 152; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 24, 44, 62-63, 78, 186, 191-192; The Adventure of the Christmas Tree" (John DeAndrea) 180, 183, 188; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 205, 208-211; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 115; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 86, 124; "The Adventure of the Honourable Cracksman" (M J Elliott) 29; "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 11, 17; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 14, 125; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 87, 168; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 233, 313; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 57-58, 71; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 33, 58, 98, 127, 221; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 26-29, 52, 80, 131, 155, 157, 165, 167, 273, 303, 320; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 41; "The Case of the Bearded Baritone" (S.M.Ghatak) 15; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 112; "The Case of the Last Battle" (L.B.Greenwood) 485, 490-491, 493; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 221; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 24, 27, 41, 50, 86, 90, 94, 129-130, 174, 210, 217-218, 220-221; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 193, 216; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 108; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 94, 132-133, 244; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 158; "Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 114; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 28; "Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 298-299; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 26, 64, 82; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 86, 112, 257, 262; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 285; "The Case of the Missing Navy" (Miles Kington) 54; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 224; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 95; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 17, 83, 144, 151, 156; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 202; "The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Richard A. Lupoff) 225, 227-228; "The Adventure of the Illustrious Patient" (Michael Mallory) 75; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 187; The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 32, 57, 129; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 172-175, 180, 210, 213; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 64, 68; "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 116; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 366, 370, 376; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 128; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 9, 15-17, 19, 30, 32, 36, 38-39, 45, 49, 62, 70, 77, 80, 83, 88, 92, 97, 130, 132, 159, 163-164, 187-188, 190, 215, 219, 276, 280, 295, 303, 306, 327, 335, 341, 350, 355; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 140, 190-192; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 149; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 226; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 48-50, 81, 83, 87, 99, 110, 113-114, 123, 139, 141, 148-149, 154, 164, 183; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 75, 81, 97, 122, 141, 149, 154, 158, 171, 194-195, 199, 222; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 107; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 282; "Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule -?" (Julian Symons) 158; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 100-101, 163; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 130, 134, 141; "The Four Detectives" (Frank Thomas) 139; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 203; "The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June Thomson) 189, 191; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 76; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 461-462, 542, 564, 626; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 141, 151, 229; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) ix, 223; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 34, 61, 160, 171, 234, 269; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 107, 152, 191, 195, 254, 264; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 116; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 264, 269; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 16, 51, 93-94, 163
Agents / Spies of the All Highest: Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts)64, 107
Agents of / for the Kaiser: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 182; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 151, 180
The Café Kaiser: Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 123
The Emperor of Germany: Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 196
His Imperial Majesty's Airship: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 65
Kaiser Agent: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 294
Kaiser's Helmet: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 185
The Kaiser's Intelligence Service: Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 109
The Kaiser's Madman: Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 105
The Kaiser's Men / Minions / Agents etc.: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 16-18; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 68, 73, 74, 76, 91, 99, 107, 119, 142-143
Kaiser's Vengeance Two: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 211
The Kaiser's Web: Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 142
Kaiser Wilhelm Dome: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 188

Wilhelmina (Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948), 1880-1962)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 63, 65-66, 68-80, 86, 88-90, 92-93
"A Matter of Royal Honour" (David L. Hammer) 78

Wilkes, Charles (American Captain of the San Jacinto)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 89

Wilkinson, James (British Swordsmith)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 121

Will Scarlett (Robin Hood Legend)
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 84; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 43

Willard, Jess (American Boxer, 1881-1968)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 125, 150, 192

Willat, Irvin (American Film-maker, 1892-1976)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 57

Willemse, Cornelius (New York Police Captain)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 184-186, 218, 289

William (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman): see The Inky Boys

William II (William Rufus, King of England (1087-1100), 1056-1100)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 25

William II (King of the Netherlands (1840-49), 1792-1849)
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 142, 145, 153

William III (King of Great Britain): see William of Orange

William III (King of the Netherlands (1849-1890), 1817-1890)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 64-65, 74-77, 79, 83, 92
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 8; "A Matter of Royal Honour" (David L. Hammer) 78-79; "All That Glitters" (Bill Paxton) 8
His Netherlandish Majesty's Ship: A Father's Tale (Sterling E. Lanier) 150

William IV (King of Great Britain (1830-1837), 1765-1837)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 16, 126; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 25; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 2, 53; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 87; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 197; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 14

William & Mary (British King & Queen (1689-1702))
"A Matter of Royal Honour" (David L. Hammer) 79
William-and-Mary Gardens: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 172
see also: William of Orange

William of Malmesbury (British Monk & Historian, 1090-1143)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 95, 110

William of Occam: see Occam, William of

William of Orange (British King (1689-1702), 1650-1702)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 104; Absolute Discretion (Grant Eustace) 21; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 238; "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 301; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 47; "The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 35-36; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 199; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 36; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 177
Fort William: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 12-14, 74, 132-133, 137, 153
The Williamite Conquest: "The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 32; "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 273
see also: William & Mary

William, Prince (Netherlands, Son of William III)
"A Matter of Royal Honour" (David L. Hammer) 78

William the Conqueror (King of England (1066-1087), 1027-1087)
William the Conjurer: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 41, 265
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 72; "The Case of the Unmarked Graves" (Colin Bruce) 89, 94; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 88, 108; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 190; "The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 23; "The Problem of the Sussex Scalping" (David N. Cisler) 108, 114; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 67; "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 7; Absolute Discretion (Grant Eustace) 152; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 169; "The Case of the Dancing Noblemen" (S.M.Ghatak) 105-106; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 140; "A Story For Which The World Is Now Prepared" (Jacob Hay) 38; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 10, 52-53; "The Adventure of the Late Orang Outang" (Gillian Linscott) 40; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 237; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 73; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 35; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 154; "Mrs. Hudson Reminisces" (Linda Robertson) 202; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 59; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 10; "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 121; "The Holy Rood" (Alan Stockwell) 122; The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 96; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 6, 9; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 49, 86; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 360; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 220; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 207; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 57-58; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 52; "But Our Hero Was Not Dead" (Manly Wade Wellman) 145

William Rufus: see William II

Williams, Inspector Alexander S. "Clubber" (American Police Officer, Carrie Brown Murder Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 31-32

Williams, Bert (American Comedian, 1875-1922)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 243

Williams, Emlyn (British Actor & Writer, 1905-1974)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 16

Williams, Esther (American Swimmer & Actress)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 218

Williams, Hank (American Country & Western Singer & Songwriter, 1923-1953)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 47

Williams, Henry (British Criminal who Escaped from Newgate Prison)
"The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 42, 57-60, 62-63

Williams, Cpl. James (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 211

Williams, John (English Miner, Foresaw Assassination of Spencer Perceval in a Dream)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 48-50

Williams, Lizzie (American Prostitute)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 141

Williams, Mrs (Wife of John Williams)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 49

Williams, Robert (British Union Leader, 1881-192?)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 155

Williamson, Alec (British Air Ace, 1898-?)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 8, 22, 24

Williamson, Frederick Adolphus (Scotland Yard Superintendent)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 186-187; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 38, 46-54, 61, 81, 83, 89; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 112-120, 124
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 72; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 10, 126; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 71; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 19; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 16, 51; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 78