New unrecorded cases mentioned in Sherlockian pastiches & parodies.
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Abducted Son of a London Mortician, The: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 20

Aberdeen Suicide, The: The Secret Of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 34

Absent Husband, An: The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 19

Ackeley, the Bigamous Banana King: "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" (Peter Cannon) 35

Addlestone Affair, The: "The Case of the Eccentric Bequest" (Jane Rubino) 150-151

Alabaster Skull, The Case of the: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 4

Aldershot Scandal, The: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin), 24

Alhazrad's Mirror, The Theft of: "The Adventure Of The Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 43

Al Hazred Collection, An unclaimed rare book recently auctioned after the sale of the: "The Adventure of the Haunted Showman" (Christopher Sequeira) 375

Allerton the Almighty: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 316-317

American Industrialist and the Swedish Stowaway, The Affair of the: "The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 105

Anarchist at Victoria Station, The: "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 247

Ancient European Dynasty - A case which would rock the crowned heads of one: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 22

Anemic Albino, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure Of The Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 81

Anglo-Chinese Bank, The Robbery of the: Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 84

The Archbishop's Indiscretion: "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 170

Archduke Dmitri's Diamonds: "The Adventure of the Richmond Horror" (Denis O. Smith) 4

Argentine Matter, The: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 52

Arnot Case, the: "The Shadow Of The Wolf" (Ron Weighell) 27

Arnsworthy, Mr., The Question of: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 16

Art Dealer - found in his salon, dead with the sharp point of the handle of an artist's paintbrush pushed into his eye: "The Adventure Of The Captive Forger" (Philip J. Carraher) 120

Aspiring Architect, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure of the Red Leech" (Paul D. Gilbert) 169

The Astor Chess Board: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 469

Aunt Marjoribanks's Emerald Tiara: The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 157

Bank of England Oyster Dinner, The Business of the: "A Trifling Affair" (H.R.F. Keating) 198

Barcelona, Spain in 1889: "Xenolith" (Dana Martin Batory) 50

Baron Croydon - Whom Holmes tricked into slipping the memoirs under the door of the shed: No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 142

Baronet who changed his name in order to enlist as a common soldier: The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 167

Baronet's Will, a Quantity of Iron Filings, and a Topiary Manual - A Neat Little Investigation Concerning a: The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 10

Batthyani, Count - The notorious black pearl of: "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 224

Beefsteak Room Horror, The: "The Return of the Sussex Vampire" (Christopher Sequeira) 210

Beethoven Tenth, The Case of the (in Penzance): Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 8

Befuddled Lady of Edinburgh, The Strange Case of the: The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 15

Bell, Malcolm - Holmes was responsible for his being in Dartmoor Prison & his awaiting Execution: "The Final Toast" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 42

Bermondsey Dwarf, The Affair of the: "Sussex Interview" (P.M.Stone) 414

Bermondsey Midwife, The Peculiar Dentition of the: Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 16

Bilson, Major McMurdo, The Extraordinary Case of, and the Sinister Activitie of the Red-Nosed League: "The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 126

Bishop and the Actress Affair, The: "The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June Thomson) 191

Bishop's Bedchamber, The Case Of The: "The Adventure Of The Other Woman" (Michael Mallory) 19

Bishop's Bootlace, The Problem of the: "The Adventure of the Barnegat Burglaries" (H.W. Starr & Orville Horwitz) 117

Bishop's Ring, The: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 81

Black Katana, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure Of The Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 43

Black Stays, The Affair of the: "Holmes Receives a Visitor" (R.C.R.-G.) 110

Blackfriar, Harald: "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 202, 207, 227

Blackmail Case involving the President of France's brother-in-law: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 27

Blackmailer, The Second Most Vicious: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 55

Blackmailing Case involving the son of one of England's most illustrious families: The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 29, 32, 47, 93

Blackstock Estate, Missing Heir to the: "The Case of the Aluminium Crutch" (June Thomson) 41

Blackwell Murder Case: "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 151

Blue Algerian, The Incident of the: "The Adventure of the Tuvan Delegate" (Van Allen Plexico) 112

Blueschool Charity Case: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 12, 15, 26

Blythe-Patton, Lady - A necklace that she had lost: The Moor (Laurie R. King) 100

Bogdanovic, Count Ivo - The kidnapping in Broad Daylight in Regency Street: "The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes" (H. Paul Jeffers) 108

Bombay Police - a minor affair that baffled them: "Murder in the Thieves' Bazaar" (Ted Riccardi) 251

Bombers, Four that Holmes had put away in the past: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 189

Boynton Murders, The: No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 267

Bradley Forgeries, The: The Giant Rat Of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 10

British Museum, A daring robbery from the - its instigator..possesses one of the oldest titles in the land: "The Case Of The Man Who Was Wanted" (Arthur Whitaker) 54

British Museum, That Unusual Business at the: "The Swiss Chronometer" (David Scott) 64

Brooch, The Theft of a: The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 19

Brooks, Kraven - a thief, blackmailer and real estate swindler [who poisoned] a journalist about to expose one of his schemes: Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 113

Buckinghamshire Meteor, The Case of the: Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 15

Bullion Office, The - An attempt to rob: Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 82

Cabinet Minister and a Beautiful Woman, A - An affair that involved the good names of: The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 62

Callous Chorister, The: "The Mystery of the Mumbling Duellist" (Paul D. Gilbert) 208

Camden Town Gang, Capture of: "The Two Footmen" (Michael Gilbert) 200

Camden Town Strangler, The Case of the: "The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes" (H. Paul Jeffers) 108

Cardiff Hangman, The Case of the: The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 78

Carlyle, The Duke of - Holmes saved him from a shocking scandal: "The Case of the Girl with the Gazelle" (Ken Greenwald) 170

Cavendish Square Murders, The: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 190

Cellist, The Affair of the Second: Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 19

Chaffinch, Mrs., who took a meat skewer to her husband, dressed the body as a guy, and wheeled it in a perambulator through the East End to be consumed by a bonfire: "The Adventure In Border Country" (Gwen Moffat) 74

Chalfont, Lord, The Singular Demise of - Whose index finger was neatly removed and subsequently dug up in one of his flower-beds.: "The Remarkable Disappearance of James Phillimore" (Paul D. Gilbert) 73

Chalice that was stolen from the church at Mengerton, The: The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 115

Charing Cross, The Nasty Affair over at: "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 162

Chemist...Specialist in exotic poisons from South America - Holmes used his expertise to solve a case in 1882: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 84

Chest-of-Drawers, The Arrest of a: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 180

Chinese Opium Den and complete destruction of a dangerous gang of Anarchists who were plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, The Successful Cleaning-up of: "Danny Jones and the Great Detective" (Anonymous) 60

Cigar-Box, The Luminous: "The Adventure Of The First Class Carriage" (Ronald Knox) 39

Claverton, The infamous murder case involving Lord - in which Watson took on the role of a dissolute ountry squire: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 190

Claygate Disappearance Case: "The Adventure Of The Purple Hand" (D.O.Smith) 231

Clichy Butcher & his Extraordinary Birdcage, The: Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 78

Clock That Ran Backward, The Affair of the: "The Sleuth Of Christmas Past" (Barbara Paul) 18

Colonel Raspopoff & The Czarina's Rubies, The Affair of: "Sherlock Holmes & The Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 156

Contested Inheritance Case in France: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 12, 16, 172

Countess Rosa Gruver's Missing Ruby: "The Adventure Of The Lodger's Secret" (Kristin Vichich) 28

Covyng Stones, The Affair of the: "The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 22

Curé, M., a Smuggling Case: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 262-263

Curious Boatman, The Adventure of the: The Giant Rat Of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 169

Cypriot Banker and the Seven Pug Dogs, The Curious Affair of the: "The Adventure Of The Angel's Trumpet" (Carolyn Wheat) 274

Daily Chronicle Journalist - The danger of prosecution which hung over the man's head could have become reality had Holmes chosen to pass a message containing only three words to Inspector Lestrade: Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 192

Darbler Case, The - In which Holmes brilliantly succeeded in locating a missing will by studying the organisation of the deceased testator's coin collection: The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 3

Dawlish's Missing Husband, Mrs. - who had been knocked down by a hansom and lost his memory: "The Case of the Vanishing Barque" (June Thomson) 154

Delak Tiara, It's Recovery, for which Holmes was rewarded by the Shah of Persia: The Giant Rat Of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 29

Deserted Icebox, The Odd Happening in the: "The Recrudescence of Sherlock Holmes" (Wex Jones) 104

Destiny of a Throne which depended on Holmes's personal intervention: "The Case Of The Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 384

Devonshire Scandal and the supposed murder of a member of the House of Lords by his butler, The: "The Case of the Cardinal's Corpse" (June Thomson) 119

Diamond Broker in Amsterdam (Henry DeRyder) - the theft of a fifty-seven-carat stone: Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 8

Disappearing Chinese Laundry Affair, The: The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 23

Disappearing Egg, The Extraordinary Affair of the: The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 157

Discursive Italian, The Adventure of the: The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 70

Dismembering Plumber, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 183

Disputed Will, A: The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 19

Distinguished Personage, A - A matter with his wife that Holmes put a stop to: "The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman" (Lillian de la Tour) 254

Donley, Sergeant - A case solved for: The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 73, 78

Dover, The Earl of: "The Swiss Chronometer" (David Scott) 64

Dubiel, Reverend Franklin - who presented Holmes with a pen for "the favour of exonerating him": "The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 293

Duke of York, The Unfortunate Affair Involving the: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 52

Duke's Missing Letters, The: The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 154

Eamont, Sir Timothy, Holmes resolved a problem for him: "The Adventure In Border Country" (Gwen Moffat) 74

Earl, the Ascot and the Heavy Feather, The: The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 26

Eccleston, Lady - The Kidnapping of: Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 84

Egyptian Gargoyle, The Matter of the: "The Adventure of the Cutter Alicia" (Paul D. Gilbert) 142, 144

Elderly French Nobleman's Daughter - Saved from a notorious rake: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 82

Enfield, Richard - A matter involving the disappearance of a rare coin: Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 33

Enigmatic Talisman, The Affair of the: "The Adventure of the Abominable Wife" (Paul D. Gilbert) 97

Estermann - Cleared on the charge of murdering his wife because of Holmes noting something as fragile as a cobweb: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 159

Europe, One of the Reigning Families of: The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 1-2

Europe, One of the Reigning Housese of: Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 17

Extra Cellar in Portland Place, The Awful Affair of the: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 6

Farrington, Mr - Whose reputation Holmes saved by finding a manuscript he was accused of stealing: "The Adventure of the Dog in the Nighttime" (Paula Cohen) 121

Fenchurch the Weaver and his Now-Infamous Needle: Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 55

Figgis-Snetterton Plans, The Recovery of the: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 180

Fillimore the Hatter, The Horrific Death of: Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 16

Florentine Orange Seller, The Business of the: Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 3

Foley, Mr., who would become a richer man, and Mr. Petersen who would have to explain his actions at the Old Bailey: "The Problem of the Sussex Scalping" (David N. Cisler) 102

Forcible Poisoning in Montpellier, The Case of the: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 361

Fourth Stain, The Incredible Affair of the: "The Return of the Sussex Vampire" (Christopher Sequeira) 210

Fox, the Footman, and the Deciduous Trout, The Ghastly Affair of the: "The Second Treaty" (Daniel Stashower) 337

Frankl Case, The: The Strange Doings Of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 85

Freemasons, Murder involving the: The Case Of The Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 122

Fu Wong, A Trap for: The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 25

Furneaux: A case which hinged on whether or not the milk was off: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 26

Fyodor the Coachman and the Singular Adventure Holmes shared with him: Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 163

Gallstone, The Affair of the: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 97

Garedor the Spanish Assassin - Who was unmasked because he wore the wrong shoes: Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 136

Giant Ferret of Whitechapel, The: Arthur and the Bellybutton Diamond (Alan Coren) 10

Giant Leek, The Adventure of the: "The Disappearance of the Cutter Alicia" (John Hall) 86

Glasgow Hell Club, The Case of the: "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 122

Glassblower's Apprentice, The Curious Affair of the: Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 250

Golden Bullet Murders in King's Lynne: "The Adventure Of The Fallen Star" (Simon Clark) 177

Gottfried the German Forger, The Strange Affair of: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 79

Green Beetle, The Case of the: "Holmes Receives a Visitor" (R.C.R.-G.) 110

Gridely, Mr. Robert - The Bond Street Tobacconist, who Holmes was able to assist with a small problem: "The Problem of the Sussex Scalping" (David N. Cisler) 103

Grogan the One-Legged Strongman - The tracking to his lair: Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 136

Gypsy falsely accused of picking pockets: Sherlock Holmes's War Of The Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 63

Haemophiliac Knife-Grinder, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 183

Halliwell-Phillips Brothers in the Siwalik Hills, The Singular Adventures of the: The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 29

Hampstead Heath Strangler, The:The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 4

Haslehorst Affair, The Andrew - which had a shocking conclusion: "The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 56

Hebrides, Assignment for the Sea Lord in the: "Mrs. Hudson Reminisces" (Linda Robertson) 203

Hengist, The Time Holmes was Trapped in the Old House in Throgmorton Road by Jack: Time For Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 137

Highly Placed Young Gallant, whose activities it would be wiser for Holmes to ignore: "The Adventure Of the Bogle-Wolf" (Anthony Boucher) 426

Holbein, Anton - The Augsburg Poisoner: "The Finishing Stroke" (M.J. Elliott) 115

Hop grower in Hampshire who hired Holmes to unravel a domestic puzzle: The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 138

Horses, Mr. Dunstan's - A Number of which were suddenly struck lame: "The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 89

Hounslow, A Housebreaking Business in: Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 321

House of Lords - Unnamed members who retained Holmes to lead an investigation into a matter of supreme delicacy and importance: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 83

Howard Stage, The Unique Case of the - where Holmes' acting ability earned him the praise of the entire West End artistic community: An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) x

Impregnable Vault in Berlin, A Burglary from an: The Moor (Laurie R. King) 5

Incendiary Pencils, The Affair of the: The Giant Rat Of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 8-10

Irritating Rambler, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 183

Jago, Mr - Some trifling assistance Holmes and Watson had given him: "The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" (William Patrick Maynard) 105

Jeffreys, Fitzhugh - Holmes's testimony put him in prison for body snatching: Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 98

Joe the Butcher - Holmes was instrumental in sending him to prison for a short time: "The Case of the Girl with the Gazelle" (Ken Greenwald) 170

Jones, Alfred - put in prison on a charge of blackmail: "The Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul Jeffers) 168

Jones, Fred - A draper's assistant, whose employer suspected him of theft: The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 46

Joruel Stranglers Case, The Insidious: The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 175

Kelly, Mrs. - Whose life Holmes saved: "The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 105, 107

Kensington Plague, The Terrible Affair of the - the solution of which was given by close examination of the dead man's handkerchief: "The Dragon of Lea Lane" (Matthew Booth) 331

Kensington Tea Room Murder: "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 26

Kidnap from their London house of a rich guy's kid: Fifth Avenue millionaire contributor to the Republican Party and buddy of the mayor: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 282

Kominsky Business...in the Prime Minister's Office: Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 122

Lachette the Poisoner, Capture of: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 249

Ladder - a case which hinged on how many rungs it had: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 26

Lady Carrington's Codicil: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 116

Lady Cheltenham's Diamond Necklace: "The Bue Silk Underwear" (Alan Stockwell) 65

Lady Violet Fitzmorgan and the Bareback Rider, The Case of: "The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June Thomson) 187

Lancaster, James Ossian - a matter resolved to satisfaction: "The Adventure Of The Captive Forger" (Philip J. Carraher) 117

Lane, Nehemiah, and his beads: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 16

Lansdowne Tragedy, The: Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 16

Laughing Abbott, The Adventure of the: "The Second Treaty" (Daniel Stashower) 337

Le Villard - Cases in France with: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 83

Left-Handed Assassin, The Mystery of the: "The Adventure of the Tuvan Delegate" (Van Allen Plexico) 112

Legless Cyclist, The Case of the: A Study in Terror (Ellery Queen)

Lewisham Embezzlement Case, The: The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 29

Lifeguard, a Calabash Pipe, and a dying nursemaid, The Problem of a: "The Adventure of the Stuttering Ghost" (H. Paul Jeffers) 123

Limehouse Kidnapping Case: The Headless Monk (Kel Richards) 3; The Vampire Serpent (Kel Richards) 9

Limehouse, Nastiness in: "The Adventure of the Intermittent Jigsaw Puzzle" (Alan Stockwell) 186

Limping Jarvey, The Curious Incident of the: "The Adventure Of The Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 367

Lincoln Seamstress & her Extraordinary Pets, The Business of the: "The Case Of The Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 384

Loathesome Mandarin & the Trained Penguin, The: Time For Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 108

Locksley Street, Housebreakings in: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 68

London, Investigation in the City of: "The Two Footmen" (Michael Gilbert) 191, 198

Longworth, Mrs., The disappearance of her husband: "The Adventure Of The Project" (Rock DiLisio) 3

Lumbermen - What they were really about: Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 56

Lusoni's Daughter - The Notorious Case of: "The Mystery of Jaisalmer" (Ted Riccardi) 264

MacClarren, Jack - A trek to the waterfront in pursuit of the elusive forger: "The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 43

McKelvey Castle, The Interesting Problem of the - which had taken Holmes and Watson to Inverness: "The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 56

Mackelworth, Sir Geoffrey's young artist friend, who got himself into trouble: "The Adventure Of The Dorset Street Lodger" (Michael Moorcock) 208, 216

Madagascan Cockroach, The Repulsive Story of the: Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 16

Madd, Josiah, The Subduing of, at the conclusion of the Adventure of the Psychopathic Newsagent: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 180

Madgern, the Trainer - the murder of: "The Adventure of the Two Women" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 196

Man Found Dangling from Admiralty Arch with a Carrot up each Nostril, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 181

Man Without A Cork Leg, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure Of The Two Collaborators" (James M. Barrie) 41

Manchester Square, A Kidnapping in: Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 101

Margolis the Strangler: "The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 8

Masterman Stock Fraud Case, The: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 202

Mattison Case, The: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 23

Mauritius, The Affairs of the Bank of: "The Adventure Of The First Class Carriage" (Ronald Knox) 43

Mechanical Man, The Incident of the: An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) x

Melancholy Wicket-Keeper, The Case of the: "The Case Of The Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 384

Melrose, Heywood - A matter of insurance fraud: Sherlock Holmes and the Somerset Hunt (Rosemary Michaud) 1

Melrose Necklace, Theft of the: "The Adventure Of The Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott) 82

Mendosa, Mrs Victoria - Her mysteriously vanishing thimble and its consequences: Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 18

Mendoza Brothers, The - Superb acrobats...who amused themselves by robbing the great houses of the towns they visited: Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 97-98

Military Client, A Grateful: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 7

Missing Guitarist, The Case of the: "My Dear Holmes" (Michael Green) 44

Missing Mandarin, The Mystery of the: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 374

Missing Omnibus, The: "The Adventure Of The First Class Carriage" (Ronald Knox) 39

Missing Topper, The Notable Adventure of the: An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) x

Missing Wiil, A Remarkable Puzzle about a: The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 4

Montalambert's Affidavit, Madame: "The Case Of The Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 384

Moole, A Burglar by the name of: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 151

Moriarty, Colonel James - The Curious Matter of: "The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin" (M.J. Elliott) 99

Moroccan Poisonous Palmyra, The Astonishing Case of the: "Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess)182

Morton & The Spectropia Murders, The Remarkable Case of: "The Affair Of The Aluminium Crutch" (H. Bedford-Jones) 71

Mufti of Fez, The - A service that Holmes was not willing to specify: "Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 182

Mummy's Rib, The Adventure of the: "The Massachusetts Affair" (Aaron Smith) 40

Munsen Affair, The: "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 170

Murderer's Dye-apron, A: "His Last Arrow" (Christopher Sequeira) 42

Mutiny, The False: The Secret Diary Of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 23

Myopic Magician, The Case of the: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 4

Nelson Monument Theft Case, which nearly finished Scotland Yard, The: Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 9

Nether Sworthing, Case in: "The Adventure Of The Damsel In Grey" (Michael Mallory) 45

Newcombe, Chips, Who Holmes Saved from the Gallows: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 72

Nikola Formulae, The: "The Return of the Sussex Vampire" (Christopher Sequeira) 210

Notebook floating in the River Cam: "The Analytical Engine" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 3

Nurseryman, The Tattooed: "The Adventure Of The First Class Carriage" (Ronald Knox) 39

O'Hara, Tom - The Sneak Thief: The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 119

One-Armed Wife, The Case of the: "The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 92

Ox, the Aster and the Ivory Eyepiece, The Curious Business of: "The Adventure of the Second Violet" (Daniel Stashower) 200

Pallottine Fathers, The Adventure of the: The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 29

Palmer, Potter - a most delicate and urgent matter involving a member of his family, its solution depended on several brilliant deductions from the evidence of a single eyelash: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 2, 4

Pankhurst Affair, The: Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 5, 56

Paraguay, The true facts about the recent change of govenment in: "The Adventure Of The First Class Carriage" (Ronald Knox) 39

Parkes, Sir Roger, The murder of the naval attaché found with his navel attached to a ship's propellor off Finisterre: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis)180

Parrot, Talking - Which alone knew a certain coded limerick which wil solve an important mysterious matter: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 81-82

Parsley, Wilbur - Holmes proved he was breaking into the safe of Nigel Larkins, Solicitor, and not on the other side of London, murdering Lord Kettering: Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 26

Peabody, The Notorious Strangler,: "The Adventure of the Cutter Alicia" (Paul D. Gilbert) 118

Pemberton, the Ipswich Strangler - The amazingly fortuitous circumstances behind the capture of: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 1

Pendragon's Sun, The Quest for: "The Adventure Of The Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 43

Pennington Flash Murder, The: "The Finishing Stroke" (M.J. Elliott) 101

Pennington Forgery, The: Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 118

Persia, Commission for the Shah of: "The Adventure Of The Suffering Ruler" (H.R.F.Keating) 326

Peruvian Sinbad, The Case of the: A Study in Terror (Ellery Queen) 166, 173

Piano Case, The: "The Mystery Of Pinkham's Diamond Stud" (John Kendrick Bangs) 47

Picasso Canvas that Holmes retrieved for a rather bijou little gallery: A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 9

Pied Piper, The Affair of the: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 22

Pittsburgh, a little question of Missing Securities in; "The Adventure Of The Suffering Ruler" (H.R.F.Keating) 326

Polk, the "Cucumber Frame Murderer": Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 16

Prince Ulrich, The Assassination of: "The Adventure Of The Dorset Street Lodger" (Michael Moorcock) 198

Princess & the Bloody Marionettes, The Frightful Episode of the: "The Case Of The Detective's Smile" (Mark Bourne) 18

Pritchett, Alwyn, a small matter involving some thievery in his household: "The Adventure Of The Glass Room" (Philip J.Carraher) 147

Pronzini, the Italian Vendettist - who ate his own gun: "The Phantom Pistol" (Jack Adrian) 494

Purloined Love Letters, The Affair of the: "The Case Of The Wavy Black Dagger" (Steve Perry) 49

Purple Freckle, The Adventure of the: "The Recrudescence of Sherlock Holmes" (Wex Jones) 104

Rabbi's Rosary, The Adventure of the (in which Holmes sought to prove the guilt or innocence of Mr. Ricardo Fitzgerald-Schwartz): "The Adventure Of The Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 69-70

Raphael, Small incident over the: The Strange Doings Of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 31

Rathburn and Son Swindling Case, The: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 110

Razor strop, poisoned: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 121

Reverend Kowell's missing last will & testament / the Nguyen-Kowell testament dispute: The Strange Doings Of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 1-2, 142

Robbery with Violence, A Case of: "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 284

Rockmorton horse-doping affair, The: "The Adventure of the Two Women" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 194

Rose Diamonds, The Case of the - After the successful conclusion of which, Princess Marie of Bourbon presented Holmes with a microscope: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 69

Rosetta Stone - An ingenious attempt to steal it: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 148

Rowson Priory, The Events at: "The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 22

Royal Order of Nigerian Blacksmiths, The - Services rendered to: A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 126

Rubbish, Mr T. Rott - The Strange Case of: "The Recrudescence of Sherlock Holmes" (Wex Jones) 104

Ruritanian Abdication Crisis, The Intrigue Surrounding the: "The Adventure of the Lost World" (Dominic Green) 302

St Simeon's College - A service which saved its reputation from one of the blackest scandals that ever threatened Oxford University: "The Adventure of the Late Orang Outang" (Gillian Linscott) 36

Savegin, Mrs. Peter - A trifling church matter: "The Problem of the Sussex Scalping" (David N. Cisler) 103-104

Scott-Burns, Ivy - Holmes extricated her from an affair with an out-and-out adventurer: "Holmes In Scotland (W.R.Duncan Macmillan) 128

Screaming Chapel, The Case of the: "The Affair of the Heart" (Mark Morris) 214-215

Simple Barmaid of Gallanthorpe, The Case of the: The Secret Of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 34

Singh Affair, The: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 23

Sinking House, The Matter of the: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 16

Slattery the Poisoner: "The Adventure Of The Tired Captain" (Alan Wilson) 178

Smuggling Case, Pursued at the Request of the French Government: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 101

Smythe, The Young Apprentice, Who Holmes Cleared of the Burglary Charges Against Him: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 72

Smythe-Basingstoke, Canon - who gave stirring public addresses concerning the poor children of Africa: A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 73

Solange, Mme - for whom Holmes had the pleasure of rendering some small service during the course of his Swiss 'sabbatical': Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 74

Spotted Diplomat, The Case of the: "The Case Of The Detective's Smile" (Mark Bourne) 18

Stalking Horse Case, The Famous: Sherlock Holmes's Christmas (David Upton) 16

Starkweather, Lord - A blackmail letter received by: Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 6-7

Star-Struck Astronomer, The Case of the: "The Strange Case of the Haunted Freighter" (Carole Buggé) 58

Stoke Newington Cemetery - some thefts from a tomb: "The Wandering Corpse" (John Taylor) 12

Stolen Tarts, The Case of the: "The Case Of The Detective's Smile" (Mark Bourne) 25

Strachan-Davidson, James Leigh - a small service concerning a scrape one of his undergraduates was in - a nasty but petty blackmail: "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 139

Strange Murder Case in an Iowan Hamlet: "Sherlock Holmes Umpires Baseball" (Anonymous) 66

Strangler, The: "The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson" (Gary Lovisi) 8

Sumatra, A Warrior from a Primitive Tribe in - a case in which tattoos played a significant role: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 200

Surrey Terror, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure of the Haunted Showman" (Christopher Sequeira) 369

Tabram Affair, The: "The Return of the Sussex Vampire" (Christopher Sequeira) 209

Tainsburn & Belaugh Mint Robbery, The: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 238-239

Talafierro Opals, The Wretched affair of the: "The Adventure Of the Bogle-Wolf" (Anthony Boucher) 426

Tarlington Matter, The: Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 1

Tarlington, the Oxford Street money-changer who murdered his spendthrift wife with gold: Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 20

Ten Black Pillowcases, The Affair of the: "The Adventure Of The Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 364

Third Candle, The Adventure of the: Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 223

Tiger, the Business of the Purloined: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 22

Tiger's Paw, The Adventure of the: Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 250

Tootles, the Missing King Charles Spaniel of a Certain Actress who Features Frequently in the Gossip Columns of the Popular Press: "The Case of the Manor House Mystery" (June Thomson) 64

Train Passengers, One of Holmes & Watson's Fellow - A pretty little problem solved with two conversations and some astonishing deductions: Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz)

Twice-licked Stamp, The Case Of The: "The Infernal Machine" (John Lutz) 15

Two cases in which Holmes let the offender go: The Strange Doings Of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 11-12

Two cases, unpleasant in nature, but satisfactorily resolved [in the late fall of '88]: "The Case of the Notorious Practitioner" (Jane Rubino) 76

Two previous occasions on which Holmes had been engaged by Cartland's firm: "The Case Of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 67

Ungrateful Ghost, The Adventure of the: Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 60

Unpleasant Little Affair, An: A Study in Terror (Ellery Queen) 19

Unpowdered Nose, The Adventure of the: "The Adventure Of The Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott) 67

Unshaven Chemist, The Conundrum of the: "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 180

U.S.S. Mongo, The Theft of the: "The Color Of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 56

Vandek brothers, the Two: The Secret Diary Of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 23

Vanishing Pedlar, The Case of the: "The Adventure Of The Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 364

Vatican Vaccination Scandal, the: "The Adventure Of the Bogle-Wolf" (Anthony Boucher) 430

Venetian Mandolin, The Affair of the: "The Adventure of the Abominable Wife" (Paul D. Gilbert) 97

Venezuelan Gourmand, The: The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 29

Venomous Irish Serpent, The Matter of the: Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 39

Very Wealthy Client, A Case for a: "The Strange Case of the Haunted Freighter" (Carole Buggé) 46

Von Lammerain Blackmail Case: "The Adventure Of The Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott) 55

Vulcan Temple Frescos, The Case of the: "The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 92

Wailing Baronet of Shrewsbury, The: The Secret Of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 36

Wallace-Bardwell Portfolio & The Subsequent Entrapment Of Count Varga, The Affair Of The: "The Darkwater Hall Mystery" (Kingsley Amis) 226

Warworthy, Edmond, Bart. - The Mysterious Death of: "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 148

Weeping Coachman, The Extraordinary Affair of the: "The Adventure of the Second Violet" (Daniel Stashower) 200

Westcountry Village, a little episode in a lonely: "The Strange Case Of The Megatherium Thefts" (S.C.Roberts) 115

Western Street Bank Attempt: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 206, 215

Whitcombe the Fence: "The Adventure Of The Tired Captain" (Alan Wilson) 178

Worcester Gutenberg Bible, The Disapearance of the: The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 29

Worth-Benton of Coventry, The Murder of Sir Oliver: Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 61

Wyndham Curse, The: "The Tragedy at Saxon’s Gate" (Matthew Booth) 152

Zola, Emile - The mysterious death from charcoal poisoning: "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 213

Zosima Brothers of Moscow - The case of the pearl known as La Pellegrina, once in their possession: "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 224