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Wills, Harry (American Boxer, 1889-1958)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 65; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 161

Wills, William (British Sub-Editor)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 191, 387-388, 404, 421

Wilmer the Gunsel (The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett)
The Gunsel: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 24, 34, 55, 59, 65, 72, 75, 145, 147, 153, 173, 239, 241, 243, 333, 338

Wilson (Drood Theorist)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 395, 401

Wilson, Dr. A.M. (British Magazine Editor)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 77

Wilson, Alexander (Scottish-American Ornithologist, 1766-1813)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 36

Wilson, C.T.R. (British Physicist, inventor of cloud chamber, 1869-1959)
"The Swiss Chronometer" (David Scott) 88; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 175

Wilson, Catherine (British Poisoner)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 86; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 288

Wilson, Colin (Writer on the Occult)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65, 222; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 112-113, 184

Wilson, Edith (Wife of Woodrow Wilson, 1872-1961)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 84

Wilson, Erasmus (American Journalist "Quiet Observer")
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 381

Wilson, Sir Erasmus (British Surgeon, 1809-1994)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 116

Wilson, Harold (British Prime Minister (1964-70, 74-76), 1916-1995)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 189

Wilson, Sir Henry (British Army officer, 1881-1964)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 20, 30

Wilson, Superintendent Henry (Superintendent Wilson series - G.D.H. & M.I.Cole)
"The Adventure of the Illustrious Impostor" (Anthony Boucher) 85

Wilson, Sir Horace (British Civil Servant, 1882-1972)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 84

Wilson, Dr John (19th Century Scottish Educationalist in Bombay)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 155

Wilson, Pudd'nhead (Pudd'nhead Wilson - Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 35-37, 113

Wilson, William (William Wilson - Edgar Allan Poe)
"The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Richard A. Lupoff) 220, 224, 227

Wilson, Woodrow (US President (1913-1921), 1856-1924)
"The Case of the Last Battle" (L.B.Greenwood) 485, 488-489, 492; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 84-87, 127, 140
"The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 162; "The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 53, 58; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 87, 112; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 9, 59, 83, 153; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 83; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 202; The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 33, 58; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 33, 36; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 36, 81; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 44; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 181

Wilton, Robb (British Entertainer)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 187

Wimsey, Lord Peter (Lord Peter Wimsey series - Dorothy L. Sayers)
"Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171, 173; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 188-190; "The Young Lord Peter Consults Sherlock Holmes" (Dorothy L. Sayers) 40-41
"The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 340; "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 35; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 278; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 116-117, 157; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 12
Peter Wimsey Snellgrove: Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 20-207

Winchester, Annie (Daughter of Sarah & William Winchester, 1866)
 The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 145

Winchester, James H. (Owner of the Mary Celeste)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 18, 24-25

Winchester, Oliver (American Gunsmith, 1810-1880)
A Winchester: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 223
Winchester Carbine: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 254
Winchester .45: My Hero (Tom Holt) 28
Winchester Model 1873: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 12, 157-161, 164, 166, 173, 175, 180-181, 187, 276, 282, 337, 340
Winchester Repeating Carbine: Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 187
Winchester Rifle: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 10; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 300, 320, 337, 371, 392, 400; My Hero (Tom Holt) 106, 268, 301; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 54; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 93, 159; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 9; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 145, 251
Winchester '74: My Hero (Tom Holt) 263
Winchester Shotgun: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 94; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 234, 271

Winchester, Sarah (Wife of William Wirt Winchester, 1837-1922)
 The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 145-146

Winchester, William Wirt (Son of Oliver Winchester, 1838-1881)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 145

Wincor, Richard (Sherlockian Writer)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 6

Windermere, Lady (Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde)
Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 148
Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 170, 229

Windermere, Lord (Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 23

Windsor, House of (British Royal Family)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 179; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 61

Wingate, George (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 67-69, 86-89, 91-92, 98, 100

Winifred, St.
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 148; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 227

Winkle, Nathaniel (The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 106

Winkler, Clemens (German Chemist, 1838-1904)
Winkler's Process: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 265

Winnenberg (German Spy in USA)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 146-147

Winnie The Pooh (Winnie The Pooh stories - A.A.Milne)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 169; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 50-51, 60-64, 70, 108, 126
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 74; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 154
Poohsticks: My Hero (Tom Holt) 169

Winston, Harry (American Jeweller)
"The Adventure of the Gowanus Abduction" (Joyce Harrington) 166

Winterhalter, Franz (German Painter, 1805-1873)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 147; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 90

Winters, Shelley (American Actress, 1922- )
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 68, 70

Wisden, John (British Cricketer, 1826-1884)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 13

Wise, Thomas (British Bibliographer)
"A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 13

Wiseman, Nicholas (British Prelate, 1802-1865)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 25

Wiseman, Sir William (British Intelligence Agent, 1885-1962)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 284

Wishbone Ash (British Rock Group)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 4

Wister, Owen (American Author)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 6

Wisteria Lodge Confederates of the Eastern Deep South (Sherlockian Society)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 66

Witch: see Endor, Witch of; Hansel & Gretel's Witch; Macbeth's Witches; Wicked Witch of the West

Witch Hazel (Fairy Story Character)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 23

Withers, Googie (British Actress, 1917- )
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 135
Makes your googies wither: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 107

Withers, Hildegarde (Hildegarde Withers series - Stuart Palmer)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 24

Wittelsbach, Ludovica Von (Bavarian Duchess, Mother of Empress Elizabeth, 1808-1892)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 206

Wittgenstein, Karl (Father of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Steel Manufacturer)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 12, 57

Wittgenstein, Ludwig (Austrian-British Philosopher, 1889-1951)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v-vi, 12-14, 17, 24-26, 33, 37-38, 43-45, 53-59, 62-70, 75, 86, 96, 98, 100, 127, 132-133, 143, 147-152
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 152

Wizard of Oz: see Oz, Wizard of

Wodehouse, P.G. (British Author, 1881-1975)
"The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 43-44, 47-48, 51-52; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 143
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 130; The Game (Laurie R. King) 43; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 10
"Holmes and the Dasher" (Anthony Berkeley) (Written as if by Wodehouse); "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow) (Written as if by Wodehouse)

Woden (Chief Norse God)
"Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 30-31; "The Strange Affair At Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 16, 32; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 231
See also: Wotan

Woffington, Peg (Irish Actress, 1714-1760)
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223

Wohler, Friedrich (German Chemist, 1800-1882)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 240

Wolf, Ben (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 42

Wolf Man, The (Freud Case History)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 121, 149

Wolfe, Bertram (American Scholar, 1896-1977)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 283

Wolfe, James (British General, 1727-1759)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 171

Wolfe, Nero (Nero Wolfe series - Rex Stout)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 8, 54, 77-78, 137, 262, 266, 371, 381, 405
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 15;"The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 34; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 3, 215; "Dogs, Masques, Love, Death: Flowers" (Barry N. Malzberg) 340
Auguste Lupa: Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 12-283; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 17-18
Nora Woof: "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 204, 208-211
The Other Fat Man: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 13-14, 17
"the wolf at his door": "Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 330

Wolfe-Barry, Sir John (British Architect, Tower Bridge)
Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 202

Wolff, Dr. Julian (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 21-22; "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 63-64, 66
Dr. Julian Wolff - a mouse: Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 49, 56, 85; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 17, 52, 56, 81

Wolfitt, Donald (British Actor)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 73; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 190

Wolfman, The: see Talbot, Larry

Wollstonecraft, Mary (British Writer & Reformer, 1759-1797)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 45; The Case of the Missing Marquess (Nancy Springer) 46

Wolseley, Sir Garnet (British General, 1833-1913)
Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 23, 134-173; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 161-165, 225
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 2; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 6; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 67
All Sir Garnett: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 14
Wolseley Helmet: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 6

Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas (British Prelate & Politician, 1475-1530)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 117; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 13; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 172

Wombwell, George (British Circus Proprietor, 1777-1850)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 226

Women at the Tomb of Christ (New Testament)
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 177-178

Wonder Woman (Comic Book Character)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 16

Wong, Anna May (Actress)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 52-55, 93, 96

Wong, James Lee (Mr. Wong series - Hugh Wiley)
The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 111

Woo, Mr: see Mr Wu

Wood, Charles (American Barber)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 132

Wood, Sir Henry (British Conductor, 1869-1944)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 48; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 55, 357

Wood, John (British Actor)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 17

Wood, Robert (Accused of the Camden Town Murder)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 211-212; "The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 220-224, 226-227, 230, 233-234, 236-237, 239-245
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 246, 249, 252, 257; "The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 134

Wood, Robert's family
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 240

Woodbridge, George (English Actor, 1903-1973)
Georgie Woodbridge: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 76-77, 80-82, 84, 333

Woodford, Stewart L. (American Politician, 1835-1913)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 105, 107

Woodhouse, Barbara (British Dog Trainer & TV Personality)
Evolution (John Peel) 130
Mrs Woodcott: The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 88
Sergeant Woodhouse, the dog handler: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 157-158, 168

Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (American Feminist, 1838-1927)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 147, 183-185, 190-192, 195

Woodman, Dr. Robert (British Founder of the Order of the Golden Dawn, 1828-1891)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 136

Woodruff, Timothy L. (American Politician, 1858-1913)
"Dr Watson Gets Peevish" (James J. Montague) 104

Woodville, Elizabeth (Queen of England, Wife of Edward IV)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 157

Woodville, James (The Shadow Out of Time - H.P. Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 384

Woodville, Richard Caton, II (American Artist, 1856-1926)
Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 176

Woodward, Arthur Smith (British Museum Curator, Discoverer of the Piltdown Man)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 10, 13, 19-21, 25-30, 34-38, 41-56, 59, 78-79, 85-95, 98, 101-109, 118-122, 138-164, 173-183, 186-187, 191, 193-207, 210-216, 222, 234-256, 259-260, 262-265, 269, 273-280, 282-284; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 107-108, 150

Woodward, Bob (1943- ) & Bernstein, Karl (1944- )(American Reporters)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 11; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 13, 71, 172, 258-259

Woodward, Joan (Wife of Edward Alleyn)
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 31

Wooldridge, Clifton (Chicago Police Detective)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 32, 56, 98, 101-102, 107-108, 159, 186, 215, 226-227, 231, 233; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 4, 83-84, 144, 294; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 101, 104-106, 126-127, 148, 164; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 48-49, 151, 160, 204-205, 217-218, 289

Woolf, Leonard (British Writer, 1880-1969)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 113, 118; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 261

Woolf, Virginia (British Author, 1882-1941)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v, 85, 113, 115-116, 118; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 113-116; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 189-190
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 112, 122, 260-261, 269, 279; The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 1

Woollcott, Alexander (American Raconteur, Writer & Sherlockian)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 12, 20, 141, 143, 227; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 3; "The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 146

Woolley, Sir Leonard (British Archaeologist)
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 22

Woolrich, Cornell (American Author (George Hopley), 1903-1968)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 37, 178-179

Woolworth, Frank W. (American Founder of Woolworths Stores, 1852-1919)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 126
F.W. Woolworths: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 83
Woolworth Building: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 98-99; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 40
Woolworths: "The Marischal Manor Mystery" (Anon.) 116; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 33; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 75

Wooster, Bertie (Jeeves & Wooster series - P.G.Wodehouse)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 10

Wordsworth, Dorothy (British Diarist, William Wordsworth's sister, 1771-1855)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 214

Wordsworth, William (British Poet, 1770-1850)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 87; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 113; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 73-74, 107; Young Sherlock: The Adventure At Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 99; The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 62; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 154;"The Adventure In Border Country" (Gwen Moffat) 74, 78; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 214; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 151; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 26; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 44; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146
Wordsworthian: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 33

Wormius, Olaus (Danish Physician, 1588-1654)
"The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 273

Worth, Adam (American Master Criminal)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 116-120, 125-129
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 30; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 66

Worth, Charles Frederick (Anglo-French Dress Designer)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 17-19, 22-33, 35, 38-42, 44-45, 4, 55, 58, 63, 65-68, 73, 76, 95, 100-101, 103, 118, 130, 134, 142-145, 148, 182-183, 185, 229, 233, 298, 302-303, 319, 321-323, 474
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 204, 227, 282, 295; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 318, 322; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30, 244; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 9; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 224, 354, 432; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 200; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 214; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 45
House of Worth: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 17, 126, 158, 182, 185
Maison Worth: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 494; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas)166; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 246; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 21, 24, 55, 63, 68, 73, 76, 115, 130, 135-136, 141, 143, 145, 189, 229-231, 233, 243-244, 298, 455-456, 474; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 132, 409
Worth Creation: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 193, 230
Worth Dolls: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 296
Worth Fashion Dolls: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 231
Worth Fashion Mannequin: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 369
Worth Gowns: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 94, 138, 146, 393, 399; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30, 228, 244, 246-247; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 17, 166, 272; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 116; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30-31, 39, 43, 85, 132, 196, 229, 232, 291, 319, 322; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 354, 409, 422; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 72, 308; "The Woman" (Aline Myette-Volsky) 180
Worth Mannequin: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 318, 320
Worth's: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 229, 455, 458
Worth Wardrobe: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 323, 440

Worth, Gaston (Son of Charles & Marie Worth)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 23

Worth, Jean Phillipe (Son of Charles & Marie Worth)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 23

Worth, Marie (Wife of Charles Worth)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 23, 25-29, 39-42, 45, 47, 67-72, 130, 183, 298, 302-303
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 322

Worthington, William (English Brewer, 1723-?)
Worthington Ale: Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 160; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 38

Wotan (Teutonic God)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 68, 124-125, 158, 164; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 199, 211; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 265
Knights of Wotan:The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 199, 201, 209, 211, 220, 276, 284, 288-289
See also: Woden

Wren, Christopher (British Architect, 1632-1723)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 10, 13-16, 47, 51
"The Revenge of the Fenian Brotherhood" (Carole Buggé) 152-153; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 135; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 135, 137; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 171; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 47, 52-53; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 14; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 240; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 296; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 56; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 221; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund)29-30; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 75; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 61; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 47; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 47; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 85

Wrench, R.G.K. (British Lexicographer)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 111

Wright, Sir Almoth (British Bactaeriologist, 1861-1947)
Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 5; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 162

Wright, Annie Bella (Victim in the Green Bicycle Case)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 240-241; "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 246-249, 252-256, 259-265, 269-274

Wright, Annie Bella's Parents
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 247

Wright, Arthur (Cottingley Fairies, Father of Elsie Wright)
"The Case of the Yorkshire Fairies" (Joe Cooper) 210;
Frances' Father: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 88

Wright, Dr. Daniel (British Surgeon & Orientalist)
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 51-52, 55-59, 63-66, 68-70, 75-77

Wright, Elsie (Girl Who Photographed the Cottingley Fairies)
"The Case of the Yorkshire Fairies" (Joe Cooper) 209-210; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 237-238
 Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 21; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 88-89; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 206; The Case of the 2nd Séance (Sam McCarver) 212; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 123; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 152; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 79

Wright, Farnsworth (American Writer & Editor, 1888-1940)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 43-46
"The Adventure of the Ancient Gods" (Ralph Vaughan) 17-18

Wright, Orville & Wilbur (Aviation pioneers - first powered flight)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 6; My Hero (Tom Holt) 72, 199; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 151; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 146; "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" (Mack Reynolds) 167; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 207; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 162, 165; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 43; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 191

Wright, Polly (Cottingley Fairies, Mother of Elsie Wright)
"The Case of the Yorkshire Fairies" (Joe Cooper) 210; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 237

Wright, Richard (American Author, 1908-1960)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65

Wright, Sean (Sherlockian Author)
Sean "Wrongo" Wright - a mouse: Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 99

Wright, Professor Simon, the Human Brain (Captain Future series - Edmond Hamilton)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Wright, William (Witness, The Peasenhall Murder)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 174-175, 184, 192-199, 208-211, 213-214, 216-226, 228-229

Wu, Mr ("Chinese Laundry Blues" & "Mr Wu's a Window-Cleaner Now"- songs)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 15-16

Wu Chen (Chinese Artist, 1280-1354)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 220

Wurlitzer, Rudolph (German-American Musical Manufacturer, 1831-1914)
Wurlitzer Organ: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 225

Wutz, The Wizard of (Handy Mandy In Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 435

Wyatt, Cornelius (The Oblong Box - Edgar Allan Poe)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 300

Wyatt, James (British Architect, 1746-1813)
Wyatt Dining Room: "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 117

Wyman, Jane (American Actress)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 21

Wyndham, Sir Charles (British Actor-Manager, 1837-1919)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 98

Wyndham, John (British Author, 1903-1969)
Wyndham Triffids: "Zindernuff's Treasure" (Dana Martin Batory) 162

Wynert, Ned (British Criminal, Associate of Adam Worth)
"Sherlock Holmes and 'The Woman' (Michael Harrison) 120

Wynn, Ed (American Actor)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 191

Wynne-Candy, Colonel (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 293-294