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Văcărescu, Elena (Romanian Writer,
1864-1947)
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 122
Vaillant, Auguste (French Anarchist,
1861-1894)
"The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer)
49
Vajda, Asa (Las Maschera Del Demonio -
movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67
Vajrabhairava (Peaceful Form of the
Boddhisatva Majushri)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex
Jack) 76
Val d'Orge, Duc de (The Suicide Club -
Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 135
Valadon, Suzanne (French Artist, 1865-1938)
Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 20
Valance, Liberty (The Man Who Shot Liberty
Valance - Movie)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 37
Valens, Ritchie (American Singer, 1941-1959)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 181
Valentine (Faust - Gounod)
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 92, 201
Valentine (Twelfth Night - Shakespeare)
Valentine Feste: "The Thief of Twelfth
Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217-218, 221-223
Valentine, Basil (15th Century German
Alchemist)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 41
Valentine, Jimmie (Alias Jimmie Valentine -
O. Henry)
"The Rangoon Jade" (Frank Thomas) 45; Sherlock Holmes and
the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 79
Valentine, George
(British Schoolmaster, M.J. Druitt's Employer)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J.
Schaffer) 54, 200-201, 236, 267-270, 285-287, 341
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 64, 66; Whitechapel:
The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 54;
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 155
Valentine, St. (3rd Century Roman Martyr)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth)
333
A Valentine: Sherlock Holmes and the
Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 126, 157; Good Night, Mr
Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 88
Valentine's Cards: "Mrs Hudson at the
Christmas Hotel" (Paul Magrs) 119
St Valentine's Day: Shadowfall (Tracy
Revels) 32; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 23,
118
Valentine's Day: The Secret of Sherlock
Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 50; Sherlock Holmes and the
Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 127, 143, 155; Castle Rouge
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 198, 386; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson
Douglas) 48; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin
(John Hall) 8
Valentino, Rudolph (Italian-American Actor,
1895-1926)
They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 23, 25; Justice Hall
(Laurie R. King) 315-317; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 24,
39-40, 43, 47-48, 50; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 40;
The Execution of Newcome Bowles (Allan D. Mickle) 75-76;
Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 56; Seven Stars (Kim
Newman) 176; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 23; The Arcanum
(Thomas Wheeler) 34
Valentinus, Basilius (French Benedictine
Monk & Chemist, c.1394-1450)
"The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott) 68
Valerius, Mother (The Phantom of
the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 89, 98, 100-101, 106,
159-160, 216
Valerius, Professor (The Phantom of the
Opera - Gaston Leroux)
"Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones &
Aldin Baroza) 22
Valerius's Maid (The Phantom of
the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 100, 159
Valery, Violetta: see Violetta Valery
Valiant, Prince (Comic Strip Character)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 381
Valiant-Cumming, Leslie Marian (Wife of
Mansfield Smith-Cumming)
The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 291
Valjean, Jean (Les Miserables - Victor Hugo)
The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 81; Rasputin's
Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 199-200; Art in the
Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 73; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted
Riccardi) 302
Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 80
Valladon,
Gabrielle (The Private Life of Sherlock
Holmes - 1970 Movie)
"The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 324, 326, 328-329, 331,
333-334, 337, 339-341, 349-350, 352, 366-367
Vallaury, Alexander (French-Ottoman
Architect, 1850-1921)
"The Last of His Kind"
(Barbara Nadel) 270
Vallee, Rudy (American Singer & Actor, 1901-1986)
“A Scandal in Manchuria” (Alan Coren) 139
Valmont, Eugene (The Triumphs of Eugene
Valmont - Robert Barr)
"The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" (Barbara Roden) 62
Vambery, Arminius (Hungarian
Philologist, 1832-1913)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss)
180, 511-512, 517, 522-525, 527, 550, 572-573, 584-585, 593,
602, 606, 612-613, 639-640, 643-644, 654, 660, 666
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 12-13,
15, 56-57, 78, 135, 143, 187-193, 195
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 234, 242
Vampirella
(Vampirella comics)
Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 17-21, 27-29, 32-40,
43, 51-60, 65, 75, 82-88, 94, 107, 109, 114-121, 123, 127,
131, 137, 139, 146-149
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 111
Vampires, Les
(Les Vampires - 1915 Movie Serial)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 235-236,
242
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 382, 393,
402, 423, 445-446, 462
"The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 319; "The Hound of
the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 144
Van Aelst, Willem (Dutch Artist,
1627-c1683)
"The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 227
Van Amburgh, Isaac A. (American Animal
Trainer, 1808-1865)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 76
Van Buren, Abigail (Psudonymous American
Agony Aunt)
Dear Abby: Killer Finish (Denny Martin
Flinn) 157
Van Damme, Jean-Claude (Belgian Actor, 1960-
)
Jean-Claude LeBec:
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 1-3, 35-38, 78,
85-86, 92-93
Van De Graaff, Robert (American Physicist,
1901-1967)
Van De Graaff Generator:
"A Scarletin Study" (Philip José Farmer) 202
Van de Velde (Husband of Hydeline Van de
Velde)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 87
Van Der Linden, Maria Swanenberg (Dutch
Serial Killer, 1839-1915)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 24
Van der Stel, Simon (Governor of Cape
Colony, 1639-1712)
Simonstown: The Siam Question (Timothy
Francis Sheil) 77
Van Diemen, Anthony (Dutch Colonial
Governor, 1593-1645)
Van Diemen's Land: "The Case of the
Rondel Dagger" (Mark Mower) 85, 89-90; Sherlock Holmes and
the Man from Hell (Barrie Roberts) 56, 60, 62,
64, 85, 135-137, 149-150, 168
Van Dine, S.S. (Willard Huntington Wright) (American
Author, 188-1939)
"Philo Vance's Last Mystery" (Anonymous) 14
Van Doren, Mamie (American Actress, 1931- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 54
Van Dusen, George (American
Grain Dealer, 1826-1915)
Strongwood (Larry Millett) 9, 22-23, 58-61
Van Dusen, Nancy (Wife of
George Van Dusen)
Strongwood (Larry Millett) 9, 20-25, 36, 39-40, 58, 60-61, 63,
70
Van Dusen, Professor S.F.X.
(Thinking Machine series - Jacques Futrelle)
"The Secret of Grant’s Tomb" (Joe Gentile) 96-97, 99-104,
106-107
"The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 58-59,
61-62
"The Adventure of the Lost Baby" (Carolyn Wells) 12
"The Adventure of the Mona Lisa" (Carolyn Wells) 22-23, 25
"Cherchez la Femme"
(Carolyn Wells) 140, 147
"Sure Way To Catch Every Criminal. Ha! Ha!" (Carolyn
Wells) 106-108
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 207; "The Adventure of
the Dying Ship (Edward D. Hoch) 117-118; The League of
Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 60; The Magic Bullet (Larry
Millett) 169; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 108; Sherlock Holmes
and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 58, 99, 150, 154,
157-158, 176, 231
The Thinking Machine: An East Wind Coming
(Arthur Byron Cover) 154-170, 236, 284
Van Dyck, Sir Anthony (Flemish Painter,
1599-1641)
Absolute Discretion (Grant Eustace) 167; "The Canterbury
Cathedral Murder" (Frederic Arnold Kummer & Basil
Mitchell) 327-328; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade
(M.J.Trow) 71
Salle Van Dyck: The Revenge of Moriarty
(John Gardner) 162
Van Dyke: The House of Silk (Anthony
Horowitz) 13; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 29;
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman)
76
Vandyke: "The Röntgen Ray-der" (Mr M-)
233-234
Vandyke / Van Dyke Beard:
"The Adventure of the
Heroic Tobacconist" (Derrick Belanger) 208; "The
Case of the Vanished Killer" (Derrick Belanger) 243; The
Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 72; Good Night, Mr
Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 241; Irene's Last Waltz
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 382; "The Case of the Bearded
Baritone" (S.M. Ghatak) 14-15, 17; "The
Case of the Girl with the Gazelle" (Ken Greenwald)
174; "The Shocking Affair
of the Steamship Friesland" (Jack Grochot) 49; "The
Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul Jeffers) 178; The
Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 14; Rasputin's
Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 21, 121; Copper
Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 131; Dead Man’s
Confession (Cass Lewis) 181; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull
of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 178; The Adventure of the
Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 58; "The Commercial
Centre Mystery" (P. Nikitin) 185;
"The Curious Case of the Moondawn Daffodils Murder" (Garth
Nix) 71, 79; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 28; Sherlock Holmes and the
Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 29; Sherlock Holmes
and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 76
Van Dyke Brown: Skullduggery (Peter Marks)
25, 276
Van Eyck, Jan (Flemish Painter, 1390-1441)
"The Malady of the Mind Doctor" (Howard Halstead) 135;
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 79; "The Case of the Greek Key
(Donald Thomas) 133
Van Gogh, Theo (Brother of Vincent Van Gogh)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.)
64-65
Van Gogh, Vincent (Dutch Painter,
1853-1890)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.)
62-65
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 118; A
Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 118; The Revenge of
Moriarty (John Gardner) 74; "The Brown Recluse" (Davis
Grubb) 83; My Hero (Tom Holt) 286; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King)
255; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 106; The Unlikely
Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 220; The Book of the Dead
(Robert Richardson) 19; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William
Rushton) 231-232; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith
Sharp) 70-72, 74-75; "The Pilfered Paintings" (Frank Thomas)
128; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P.
Turnbloom) 22, 26, 101; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan
Wilson) 33
Van Helsing, Abraham (Dracula -
Bram Stoker)
"The Case of the Vanished Vampire" (Bill Crider) 240-253
The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 18-20, 71-89, 106-107,
109, 111-112, 117, 126, 136, 140, 145, 148, 154, 157, 164-170
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 102-118, 122-125,
133-136, 139, 153-161, 164-166, 168-170, 179-181, 183-190,
197-201, 207, 210, 212-218, 220-225, 243, 246-247, 249-254,
260
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 19-21, 86-103,
105, 111, 115, 119-120, 132, 175, 201, 205, 211
"MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 139
The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 43, 45,
62-63, 65, 68, 71, 76-78, 85, 87, 93, 101-102, 104-106, 108,
117-124, 145, 150-153
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss)
10, 20-21, 25, 37, 67, 75, 143, 157, 179-182, 195, 202, 219,
221-222, 236, 318, 321, 327-328, 338, 373-374, 377-378, 381,
384, 386, 389, 421, 423-424, 441-443, 448-449, 464-467, 476,
489, 510-520, 522-523, 527-528, 536, 546, 549-557, 559-560,
564, 570, 572-574, 584-587, 589-590, 593, 597, 601-603,
606-609, 612-614, 617, 622-623, 627-628, 630-633, 639-647,
654, 660, 665-666, 668-669, 673-674, 676, 679, 682, 687-688,
696, 702
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss)
144-146, 217, 234, 238-239, 246, 296, 393-394
"The Adventure of the Madman" (Nancy Holder) 71-72, 82
Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 167, 200,
204, 221-224, 226-227, 229-230, 232, 234, 243, 257, 260-274,
276, 283, 288-290, 293-295, 298-300, 303, 305-306, 308-311,
313-314, 321, 325, 330, 333, 336-337
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 10, 12, 14-15, 17-18, 21,
23-24, 27-28, 31-36, 43-45, 48-49, 51-61, 63-73, 78, 86,
90-91, 100, 102-103, 108, 110-111, 113-114, 119-121, 129-130,
134-143, 145-146, 150-151, 153-157, 161-165, 167-168, 170-171,
173, 175-177, 179, 185-186, 188-192, 206-224, 226-229,
232-239, 242-245, 249, 251-262, 271-272, 276-283, 285-293
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 6, 8-9, 14, 25, 62-63, 70, 73, 108,
111, 115-116, 118, 139-143, 145-147, 163-164, 166, 179, 221,
231, 276, 335, 397, 403, 416-417, 422, 439, 443-444, 461
Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v1:
8-10, 12-13, 18-23; 2: 10-12, 17-18, 27; v3: 8-13, 15, 24-28;
v4: 2-3, 29; v5: 1-16, 24-27
Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen)
"And Such Small Deer"
(Chris Roberson) 61-77
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen
Seitz) 89, 92, 94-98, 102, 107, 113-115, 120-126, 167-168,
170, 172, 192, 208
Season of Madness (Aaron Smith) 7-8, 108
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 186-187,
192-197
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 841-851, 853-860, 935-944, 949,
951-952
The Island of Mad Scientists (Howard Whitehouse) 214, 224,
241, 256, 260
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 86;
The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland)
144, 147, 163;
"The Locked Cell Murder" (Ron Fortier) 168; The
Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 234; The Sinister Mystery
of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 10, 16, 25-27, 87,
100, 159, 173, 183, 332, 391, 418, 420; Supping with
Panthers (Tom Holland) 422; "The Adventure of the Solitary
Grave" (Christian Klaver) 16; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula
(Christian Klaver) 33, 38, 41, 64, 72-75, 77, 95, 101-102,
125-127, 205, 209-211, 291, 318; "Red Sunset" (Bob Madison)
270; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 121; The Bloody
Red Baron (Kim Newman) 18, 90, 247; "The Problem of the
Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 385, 388, 393; "From The Tree
of Time" (Fred Saberhagen) 232; Séance for a Vampire (Fred
Saberhagen) 255; "The Silver Blade" (Michael A.
Stackpole) 289
"The most noted authority on the supernatural alive
today": "The Heart of Evil" (William W. Connors)
III: 30
NOTE: In Tom Holland's Supping with
Vampires, Professor Huree Jyoti Navalkar (8, 11-14, 16,
21-22, 26, 29-30, 61, 65-81, 83, 88-95, 242, 250-251, 256,
266, 286, 291, 335-344, 346-350, 352, 359, 362, 364-371,
374-377, 379-400, 402-406, 408-409, 411-415, 420, 422,
425-431, 441, 445, 463, 467-471, 482, 487-488, 496, 498,
500-501) is presented to us as the original of Stoker's Van
Helsing.
Van Helsing, Lawrence (The Legend of the
Seven Golden Vampires - 1974 Movie)
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 98-99
Van Helsing's Son (Dracula -
Bram Stoker)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 186, 257-258, 288-291
"And Such Small Deer"
(Chris Roberson) 62
Van Helsing's Wife (Dracula -
Bram Stoker)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 257-258, 275-276, 288-291
"And Such Small Deer"
(Chris Roberson) 62
Van Houten, Coenraad (Dutch Chocolate Maker,
1801-1887)
Van Houten's Cocoa: "The
Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 102
Van Keppel, Arnold Joost (William II's
Lover, c1670-1718)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth)
95
Keppel Corner: Oscar Wilde and a Death of
No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 95, 165
Van Rensselaer Family
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 167
Van Ronk, Dave (American Folk Singer,
1936-2002)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 114
Van Ruisdael, Jacob (Dutch Painter,
c.16280-1682)
Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 160
Van Tromp, Martin (Dutch Admiral, 1597-1653)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 64
Van Veen (Ada - Vladimir Nabokov)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91
Van Winkle, Rip (Rip Van Winkle
- Washington Irving)
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse)
122; And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 9; "Dr Watson
and Mr Holmes, or The Worm That Turned" (J.W. Courtney) 252;
The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 177; Moriarty
(Anthony Horowitz) 8; Most Baffling, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney
Hosier) 183; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 60, "The Irish
Professor" (Eddie Maguire) 75
A Rip Van Winkle: The Barker
Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 100
Van Wyck, Robert A. (Mayor of New York,
1847-1918)
"The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 224
Vanbrugh, Sir John (British Playwright,
1664-1726)
Van Brough: The Scottish Ploy (Quinn
Fawcett) 261
Vance, Alfred "The Great Vance" (Alfred
Peck Stevens) (British Music Hall Entertainer,
1840-?)
Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 56
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 152-155, 162, 218
Vance, Jack (American Writer, 1916-2013)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 141
Vance, Philo
(Philo Vance series - S.S.Van Dine)
"Philo Vance's Last Mystery" (Anonymous) 14
"Help! Help! Sherlock!" (Edmund L. Pearson) 317-320
"The Last Detective Story
in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 67
Milo Pance:
"Patients, Just Patients" (H.S. Coldiron) 325-328
Violet Pants: "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod
Reed) 209
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 10;
"Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171; Locked Rooms
(Laurie R. King) 230; "The Beast of Bubble City"
(William F. Nolan) 65-66, 69
Vanchinathan (Indian Tamil Independence
Activist, 1886-1911)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 142, 220
Vancouver, George (British Naval officer
& Explorer, 1757-1798)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.)
28
Vandeleur, Crofton Bury (British Soldier,
1867-1947)
A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 20
Vandeleur, John (The Suicide Club
- Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 133-38,
142-44, 146-55
Vandeleur, Major Thomas Burton (British
Soldier at Maiwand, 1836-1880)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 80-81
Vanderbilt, Alfred (American Sportsman,
1877-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 42; The
League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 60
Vanderbilt, Alice (Wife of Cornelius
Vanderbilt II, 1845-1934)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 418
Vanderbilt, Alva (American
Socialite & Suffragist, Wife of William K. Vanderbilt,
1853-1933)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 34-35, 41-42, 44, 65-69,
71-72, 78-80, 92, 351, 353-357, 383-384, 389, 391, 403, 412,
415-416, 418, 425, 438; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the
Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 243, 245-254
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 137
Vanderbilt, Consuelo
(Duchess of Marlborough, 1876-1964)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 42, 350-361, 363, 367,
369-372, 374-375, 378-379, 383-384, 386, 391-392, 394,
410-413, 415, 419, 423-427, 438; Nevermore (William
Hjortsberg) 21; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman"
(Roberta Rogow) 235-238, 251, 253-255; Lestrade and the
Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 87-90
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 74;
The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 30; The Thinking
Engine (James Lovegrove) 137
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
"Commodore" (American Financier,
1794-1877)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 62-63; Spider Dance
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 34, 72, 75-79, 92, 191, 279-281, 394,
398, 402-403, 414-417, 419, 421-422, 427
"The Victory Match" (Barry Perowne) 2, 9; "The Adventure
of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 242-243, 252,
254
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, II (American Railroad
Director, Son of William Henry Vanderbilt, 1843-1899)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77-78, 415-416;
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 45, "The Adventure of
Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 240, 253, 255
Vanderbilt, Cornelius Jeremiah, (Son of
Commodore Vanderbilt, 1830-1882)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76-77
Vanderbilt, Frank Armstrong Crawford (Second
Wife of Commodore Vanderbilt, 1839-1885)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77
Vanderbilt, George Washington (Son of
William Henry Vanderbilt, 1862-1914)
"The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta
Rogow) 253, 255
Vanderbilt, Maria Louisa (Kissam) (Wife of
William Henry Vanderbilt, 1821-1896)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77; "The Adventure of
Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 245
Vanderbilt, William Henry
(American Railway Magnate, Son of Commodore Vanderbilt
1821-1885)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 61-65; "The Adventure of
Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 240, 242-254
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 72, 75-78, 191,
415-417, 419, 421-422; A Study in
Murder (Robert Ryan) 174; Wilde About Holmes (Milo
Yelesiyevich) 219
Vanderbilt, William Kissam
(American Industrialist, Son of William Henry Vanderbilt,
1849-1920)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 34, 39, 43-45, 56-57,
65-82, 90, 92, 96, 98, 144, 191-193, 247, 250, 349-352,
354-357, 372, 383-384, 391, 411-416, 418-419, 421-425, 429,
438
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 137
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 31, 34; "The Adventure of
Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 237, 240, 243,
245, 253, 255
Vanderbilt Family
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 33-35, 40, 57, 62, 66-68,
71-73, 75-78, 91-94, 98-99, 145-147, 149, 157, 173, 184, 186,
190-191, 195, 244, 250-251, 304, 311, 314, 321, 327-328, 344,
347, 356, 360, 392, 394, 403, 412, 414-415, 418-419, 423-424,
426-427; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 178; "The Adventure of
Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 237-238, 240,
250-254
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 229; "Cross of
Gold" (Michael Collins) 343, 346; The Book of Changes
(R.H.W.Dillard) 89; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas)
268; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 333;
Fire in the Blood (P.N. Elrod) 134; The Holmes Inheritance
(Brian Freemantle) 9, 58; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 124;
The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 202 {The
Vandergilts}; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H.
Paul Jeffers) 18, 59, 80; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis)
52; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett)
113; A Study in Murder
(Robert Ryan) 174; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 71, 426;
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 334
Vanderbilt Mansion: The 6 Messiahs (Mark
Frost) 108; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 277, 280
Vanderbilt Row: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson
Douglas) 67, 92, 265, 412, 419; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel
D. Victor) 43
Vandermonde, Alexandre-Theophile (French
Mathematician, 1735-1796)
Vandermonde's Convolution: The Thinking
Engine (James Lovegrove) 232, 265
Vane, Harriet (Lord Peter Wimsey series -
Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 142
Vane, Inspector (The Man with
the Watches - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Girl and the Gold Watches" (Robert Ryan) 428, 450
Vane, Sybil (The Picture of Dorian Gray -
Oscar Wilde)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard
J. Schaffer) 208
Vanek, Professor Josef (Hungarian Magician,
1818-1889)
"The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 327,
330-331, 337
Vansittart, Lieutenant Coleraine
(British Soldier at Balaclava, 1833-1886)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 324-326, 335, 339-340, 356, 364-365
Vanstone, Magdalen (No Name - Wilkie
Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 48, 51, 91
Vardalek, Count
(The True Story of A Vampire - Eric, Count Stenbock)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 78-84, 135-138, 228, 231, 228, 231,
365
Vardans, The (The New Doctor Who
Adventures: No Future - Paul Cornell)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 103
Vardon, Harry
(British Golfer, 1870-1937)
Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 13,
67, 138, 142, 151, 154, 156, 158, 161-164, 172, 174
"The Adventure of the
Treacherous Traps" (Merrell Noden) 276; Lestrade
and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 180
Varden Overlapping Grip: Death of a
Scavenger (Keith Spore) 145
Varley, Cromwell (Kidnapped Son of C.F.
Varley)
Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 42
Varnell, Harry (Chicago Gambling Boss)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett)
142-143
Varney, Sir Francis (Varney The Vampire -
Thomas Prescott Prest)
"A Study in Brimstone" (G.S. Denning) 156; European Travel
for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 466; The
Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 33; "A Ballad of the White
Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 227; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66,
120, 164, 309, 331, 437; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 138;
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 135
Varria (Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Most
Toys)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 295
Varro, Marcus Terentius (Roman Scholar,
116-27BC)
Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 58-59
Vashnu (DC Comics)
"Hell Is for Heroes" (Bob
Haney, Ric Estrada & Dick Giordano) 10-12
Vasiliqia (Wife of
Ali Pasha of Albania)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 210-211,
214, 233-234
Vasques, Francesco Correia
(Brazilian Actor, 1839-1892)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 117-118, 238
Vassilleva, Nina (British Anarchist, Member
of the Houndsditch Bank Gang)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts)
130
Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de (French
Military Engineer, 1633-1707)
Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 7
Vaudrey, Sulpice (Monsieur le Ministre -
Jules Claretie)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 57
Vaughan, Ellen: See: Ellen Gethin
Vaughan,
Helen (The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss)
702, 704-706
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss)
12, 32-33, 35-36, 40, 44, 57-58, 60-63, 65-67, 69, 81-92, 94,
96-100, 103-105, 107-113, 115-118, 120-121, 135-138, 142-145,
147-152, 156, 158, 178, 197-201, 203-209, 213-216, 218-220,
222, 224, 226-232, 234, 237-239, 242-243, 253, 262, 268-276,
278-282, 285, 295, 308, 318, 321, 327-339, 341, 343, 348,
353-354, 360-365, 370-371, 374-378, 380-381, 386, 388,
390-392, 394, 398-400, 408, 418-419, 421-422, 426, 428
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (Theodora Goss)
Vaughan, Herbert
(British Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, 1832-1903)
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 75-79,
81
Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 59, 97, 246
Vaughan, Thomas (British Bodysnatcher)
"The Melancholy Methodist" (Mark Mower) 39
Vaughan, Thomas "Black" (British Nobleman,
?-1469)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 71, 77,
79, 94-100, 103, 134, 197, 223, 308, 310, 317, 323-324, 326,
331-333, 343, 355, 369-370, 431, 446, 454, 460, 465,
469-470, 472, 475-477, 479, 492, 495, 497, 500, 514, 526
Vaughan Family: "The Adventure of the Late
Orang Outang" (Gillian Linscott) 39
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (British Composer,
1872-1958)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert
Ryan) 31; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan)
64
Vautrin, Minnie (American
Missionary, 1886-1941)
The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 72, 85
Vedder, Elihu (American Artist, 1836-1923)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 233
Vedder, Jan (Jan Vedder's Wife - Amelia
Edith Huddleston Barr)
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1
Vedder, Margaret (Jan Vedder's
Wife - Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr)
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1
Veidt, Conrad (German Actor, 1893-1943)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 5; The Kentish Manor Murders
(Julian Symons) 86, 90, 184
Velasquez, Cora (The Flower Beneath the
Foot - Ronald Firbank)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91
Velasquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y
(Spanish Artist, 1599-1660)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 38; "Mrs.
Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 188; The
Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 34, 54,
132; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry
Grant) 9; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; The House of
Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 25; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To
Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 169; "The Case of the Maplestead
Magpie" (June Thomson) 82; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate
Mystery (Gerard Williams) 87
Velie, Sgt. Thomas (Ellery Queen
series - Ellery Queen)
"The Final Problem" (Bliss Austin); "The Disappearance of Mr.
James Phillimore" (Ellery Queen)
Velvet, Nick
(Nick Velvet series - Edward D.Hoch)
"The Theft of the Persian Slipper" (Edward D. Hoch) 477-487
Venice, Duke of (The Merchant of Venice -
William Shakespeare)
"The Adventure of the Eccentric Inventor" (Eugene D.
Goodwin) 107
Venice, Duke of (Othello - William
Shakespeare)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 207
Venn, Diggory
(Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy)
"The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 148, 186-187,
189-195, 198-208, 217
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 399
Venn, John (British Logician, 1834-1923)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 254
Venn Diagram: Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?
(Paul Cornell) 178; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 134
Venner, Elsie (Elsie Venner - Oliver
Wendell Holmes, sr)
"Sherlock Holmes’ Daughter" (H.H. Ballard) 36
Venus (Roman
Goddess of Love)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 41, 44-45
"The Mystery of Pinkham's Diamond Stud" (John Kendrick
Bangs) 51; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 64,
146; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 230; Good
Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 175; The Holmes
Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 247; Druid's Blood (Esther M.
Friesner) 35, 82, 160; The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen
Gleason) 159; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale)
93; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 58-59 160;
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 440; A Study in Silks
(Emma Jane Holloway) 57, 195, 401; An Opened Grave (L. Frank
James) 136; "The Bride and the Bachelors" (Vincent Kovar)
178; Gub-Gub’s Book (Hugh Lofting) 796; Your Monkey’s Shmuck
(Simon Louvish) 47; What Child Is This? (Bonnie MacBird)
131; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 98, 101, 224;
"The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" (William Patrick
Maynard) 111; "The Adventure of the Eminent Collector" (Tony
Reynolds) 135; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 233;
"The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars)
456-457, 459; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 101; Death's
Angel (Kathleen Sky) 72; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares)
53; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas)
141, 166; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 238;
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 146;
"The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 104; Wilde About
Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 301
Mount of Venus: Lestrade and the Sawdust
Ring (M.J. Trow) 205
Plis de Venus: Wilde About Holmes (Milo
Yelesiyevich) 152
Pocket Venus: "A Ballad of the White
Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 218; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man
Mystery (Gerard Williams) 33, 40, 56, 66, 73, 79, 82, 98,
105, 110-111
Regions of Venus: Sherlock Holmes
and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 149
Throne of Venus: An East Wind Coming
(Arthur Byron Cover) 102
Venus de Watkins: "The Mystery of the Stolen
Statue" (Anonymous) 131
Venus Flytrap: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron
Cover) 104; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 247;
"The Adventure of the Unknown Worm" (Daniel McGachey) 67;
"The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre)
388; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 92
Venus in...: Druid's Blood (Esther M.
Friesner) 139
Vep, Irma (Les Vampires -
1915 Movie Serial)
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 383, 388,
393-395, 409-410, 427, 445-446, 460-462
"The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 321; Seven Stars
(Kim Newman) 91
Vercingetorix (Gaulish Chieftain, ?-46BC)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 375;
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 117-118
Verdi, Giuseppe (Italian Composer,
1813-1901)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 146-147, 235;
"Sherlock Holmes
Investigates" (Peter Cook & Dudley Moore) 87; Sherlock
Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 27, 32, 34,
40, 59; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day)
192; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 120; Spider Dance
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 338; San Francisco Kills (Denny
Martin Flinn) 99, 102; "The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca"
(Isaac S. George) 81; "The Missing Don Giovanni" (Paul D.
Gilbert) 71; The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H.
Gresh) 359; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 75; The
Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 85; The
Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 241; Island of the
Mad (Laurie R. King) 254; The Great Game (Michael Kurland)
21; Stone Cold (Andrew Lane) 295;
"The Silver Lining"
(Bonnie MacBird) 12-13; Sherlock Holmes and the
Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 22; The Canary
Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 55, 57, 167;
"The Worcester Enigma"
(James Miles) 340; The Adventure of Sherlock
Holmes' Smarter Brother (Gilbert Pearlman); "The Case of the
Plangent Colonel" (Ted Riccardi) 85; "The Case of the Two
Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 178, 180; "A Singular Affair at
Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 247; "The Two Umbrellas" (Martin
Rosenstock) 384; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 213;
The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 173-174, 200, 220;
The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 179, 184; "The Case of the
Remarkable Worm" (June Thomson) 71; Basil in the Wild West
(Eve Titus) 34, 56, 58
Vere, Horace, Baron Vere of Tilbury / Horatio de Vere
(English Military Leader, 1565-1635)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E.
Garcia) 57
Verges (Much Ado About Nothing - William
Shakespeare)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 60-61
Verinder, Sir John (The Moonstone - Wilkie
Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 147
Verinder, Lady Julia (The Moonstone - Wilkie
Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 147
Verinder, Rachel (The Moonstone - Wilkie
Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 11, 21, 41, 59, 62
Veritas (Roman Goddess)
Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim
Major) 35, 39, 46, 69, 152, 255, 257-260, 270
Verlaine, Paul (French Poet, 1844-1896)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; "The Case of the Exalted
Client" (June Thomson) 103
Verloc (The Secret Agent -
Joseph Conrad)
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 678-679, 695-698, 708
Vermeer, Jan (Dutch Artist, 1632-1675)
"The Booby’s Bay
Adventure" (O’Neil De Noux) 118-120; The Albino’s
Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 63; Absolute Discretion (Grant
Eustace) 167; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 74; The
Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 137; The
Game's Afoot Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 111; The Secret
Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 204; O, Jerusalem (Laurie
R. King) 175; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 184; Art in the Blood
(Bonnie MacBird) 270; "The Adventure of the Purloined Paget"
(Phillip Margolin & Jerry Margolin) 66; The Firebird
Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 325; "The Adventure of the Pirates of
Devil’s Cape" (Rob Rogers) 365; Sherlock Holmes' Lost
Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 138; "The Case of the
Conk-Singleton Forgery" (June Thomson) 33-34; Lestrade and
the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 81; Lestrade and the
Magpie (M.J.Trow) 85
Vernandois, Louis, Count of (Son of Louis
XIV, 1667-1683)
"The Resources of Mycroft Holmes" (Charlton Andrews) 221
Verne, Berthe Meslier de Montarand (Wife
of Paul Verne)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 95-96, 98
Verne, Gaston (Son of Paul
Verne, 1860-1916)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 7-12, 20-22, 24, 33-36, 38-44, 46-59, 66-67,
74-75, 78, 80-81, 85-86, 88, 90-91, 95-102, 107-108, 111-127,
130, 133, 136, 139, 145, 149, 155, 164, 167, 170, 177, 187,
207, 219
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 411
Verne, Georges, I (Son of Michel Verne,
1886-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead)
Verne, Honorine (Wife of Jules
Verne, 1829-1910)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 37-39, 41-43, 46-47, 58-59, 68, 70, 89-94,
101, 107, 109, 111-113, 133-137, 139, 146, 174-176, 186-187,
189-192, 194-196, 220
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 391-392, 397
Verne, Jeanne "Maja" Raboul
(Wife of Michel Verne, 1876-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 71, 220
Verne, Jules
(French Author, 1828-1905)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 5-14, 21, 23,
29-35, 38-42, 44-47, 57, 80, 83-84, 86, 89-91, 133, 215,
271-272
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 1-2, 5-6,
8, 11, 13, 18, 22, 26, 28-29, 33, 35, 41-44, 48, 63-68, 70,
72, 78-80, 82-83, 107-108, 113, 116, 118, 123-129, 153-154
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 7, 17-19, 25-27, 33-47, 51-56, 58-59, 66-73,
80, 89-120, 128, 130-131, 133-142, 144-145, 147-148, 151-161,
164-165, 167, 169-176, 183-197, 199-200, 206, 219-220
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 83, 210, 218, 250
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 269-270, 275-278
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 36, 88, 159-165, 167-173, 178-179,
181, 185, 191, 197, 228, 230, 251, 262-270
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 370, 374, 382,
390-400, 406, 409, 411-413
Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 24;
Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val
Andrews) 63; Sherlock Holmes and the Tomb of Terror (Val
Andrews) 144; "The Adventure of the Russian Grave" (William
Barton & Michael Capobianco) 31; "Everything Comes In
Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 14; "The Tattooed Arm" (Marc
Bilgrey) 154; The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 112; "The Case
of the Flying Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 114; "The Case of the
Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 120; "Three Cases of
Relative Jealousy" (Colin Bruce) 128, 130; Pulptime (P.H.
Cannon) 71; "The Sycamore Seed" (L.F.E. Coombs) 128, 134;
"The Tenth Jar" (L.F.E. Coombs) 78; Solar Pons Versus the
Devil's Claw (Basil Copper) 42; "The Adventure of the
Unidentified Flying Object" (Michael G. Cornelius) 256;
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 93; The Lazarus Machine (Paul
Crilley) 34; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins
Murders (Barry Day) 156; From Prussia with Love (John
DeChancie) 36, 52, 80, 208; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson
Douglas) 343; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 285; Femme
Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217; Good Morning, Irene
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 190, 260, 324;
"Orchids in the Night" (Jean-Claude Dunyach) 50; Sherlock
Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 28; "The Problem of
the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 51; San
Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 187; The Carnelian Crow
(Colleen Gleason) 80; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen
Gleason) 53, 167; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard
Goldberg) 217; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson)
122; "The Disappearance of the Cutter Alicia" (John Hall)
88; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 48, 233; The King
Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 155; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon
Hawke) 14; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 284; "The Very
First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 260-261, 266, 269-270;
"Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement
of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 53;
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 179;
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack)
201; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 23, 185; "The Greatest
Mystery" (Paul Kane) 192; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants
of Hell (Paul Kane) 206 ; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 44; "The
Disembodied Assassin" (Andrew Lane) 200; All-Consuming Fire
(Andy Lane) 105, 129;
"A Nineteenth Century Debacle" (George Locke) 177; Sherlock
Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 253; The
Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 149, 228-229, 249,
294; The Baron’s Revenge (Gary Lovisi) 70; Art in the Blood
(Bonnie MacBird) 42, 57; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird)
85, 260-261; The Three Locks (Bonnie MacBird) 216; Unquiet
Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 101, 144, 175, 253; "The Adventure
of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 66; Sherlock
Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 79;
Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 107;
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore &
Kevin O'Neill) 67; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund)
105; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 37;
"The Adventure of the
Treacherous Traps" (Merrell Noden) 272; Death in
the Air (Shane Peacock) 22; Evolution (John Peel) 174;
"Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World" (Martin Powell) 139; The
Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 53; The Year of
High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 182; "The Adventure of the
Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 289; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan)
195; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 123; A Study in
Murder (Robert Ryan) 221; "You See But You Do Not Observe"
(Robert J. Sawyer) 347; Believe (William Shatner &
Michael Tobias) 129; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle"
(Jay Sheckley) 343; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 77; "The
Bride of the Moon" (Alan Stockwell) 89; "Mouse and the
Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 141; The Great Game (Lavie
Tidhar) 688, 794; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time
(Ralph E. Vaughan) 88
Verne Cannon: From Prussia with Love (John
DeChancie) 27
Verne, Marie (Sister of Gaston Verne,
1842-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 12, 96
Verne, Mathilde (sister of Gaston Verne,
1839-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 96
Verne, Maurice (Brother of Gaston Verne,
1862-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 96
Verne, Michel (French Writer,
Son of Jules Verne, 1861-1925)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 40, 71, 108-117, 119-120, 137, 159, 169, 171,
174-176, 185, 187-190, 194, 196, 214-217, 220
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 182; "The Lunacy
of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 394, 397
Verne, Michel (Grandson of Jules
Verne, 1885-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 71, 113, 220
Verne, Mme (French Actress, First Wife of
Michel Verne)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 71
Verne, Paul (Brother of Jules
Verne, 1829-1897)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 41, 46-47, 92-99, 121, 125, 139
Verne, Pierre (Father of Jules Verne,
1799-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 69, 104
Vernet, Antoine (French Artist, 1689-1753)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick
Rennison) 5
Vernet, Carle (French Artist, 1758-1836)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 32; "A Ballad of the
White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 217, 230; Art in the Blood
(Bonnie MacBird) 43; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie)
134; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 169
Vernet, Claude-Joseph (French Artist,
1714-1789)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 67; Death
Cloud (Andrew Lane) 52-53; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized
Biography (Nick Rennison) 5
Vernet, Emilie (Chalgrin) (Sister of Carle
Vernet, ?-1794)
Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 43
Vernet, (Emile-Jean-Horace) Horace (French
Artist, 1789-1863)
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna
Waterhouse) 212; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 98;
"Art in the Blood" (Laura Caldwell) 109, 120; "The Book of
Tobit" (Carla Coupe) 121; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel
D'Agneau) 75; "The Reichenbach Secret" (David Stuart Davies)
393; "The Case of the Choleric Cotton Broker" (Martin
Edwards) 265; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D.
Estleman) 13; Absolute Discretion (Grant Eustace) 42, 125;
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win
Scott Eckert) 62; Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor
House (Gerald Frow) 52; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee
Hall) 87, 228; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 10;
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 24;
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 217; Inspector
Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 72; "The
Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26;
"The Book of Tobit" (H. Paul Jeffers) 106; Sherlock Holmes
and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 109; The Beekeeper's
Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 54, 383; A Monstrous Regiment of
Women (Laurie R. King) 67, 239; Death By Gaslight (Michael
Kurland) 14, 203, 209; Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 52; Red
Leech (Andrew Lane) 184; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell
Shadows (James Lovegrove) 327; Art in the Blood (Bonnie
MacBird) 43-44; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 430; "The
Adventure of the Three Verners" (Michael Mallory) 161; The
Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 63, 275; The
Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 134; "The Mystery of the
Missing Child" (Christine Poulson) 245; Sherlock Holmes: The
Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 5-6, 9; "The Case of
the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 91; "The Adventure of
Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)"
(Roberta Rogow) 149; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William
Rushton) 198; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test
(Stanley Shaw) 93; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 84;
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 169; "Art in
the Blood Revealed" (Regina Stinson) 27; The Confessions of
Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 146; "The Case of the Manor
House Mystery" (June Thomson) 89; "The Magic of Africa"
(Kevin P. Thornton) 198
Vernet Family (French Artists - References
to unspecified family members)
"Mrs Farintosh and an Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 198;
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 142; Irene's Last
Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 298; "The Adventure of the
Poison Tea Epidemic" (Carl L. Heifetz) 371; Garment of
Shadows (Laurie R. King) 38; Death by Gaslight (Michael
Kurland) 14, 203, 209; Night Break (Andrew Lane) 285; The
Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 47; Sherlock Holmes and the
Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 453; The Return of the
Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 140; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons)
492; "The Adventure of the Missing Necklace" (Daniel D.
Victor) 54; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 69
Vernon, Lady Susan (Lady
Susan - Jane Austen)
"Drama in the Library!" (The Onlooker) 5
Vernon-Smith, Herbert "The Bounder"
(Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val
Andrews) 16-106
Veronica, St (Gave Christ her veil as he
walked to Calvary)
St Veronica's Hospital: "The Adventure of
the Second Round" (Mark Wardecker) 67-68
Verneuil, Auguste (French
Chemist, 1856-1913)
"The Matter of the Pigeons-Blood Ruby" (David L. Hammer) 68
Veronese, Paolo (Italian Painter, 1528-1588)
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 140
Verrocchio, Andrea del (Florentine Sculptor
& Painter, 1435-1488)
"The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 160
Vervoids (Dr. Who: Terror of the Vervoids -
TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 222
Verwoerd, Hendrik (South African Prime
Minister (1958-66), 1901-1966)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 104
Very, Edward (American Naval Officer,
1847-1910)
Very Flare: Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan)
437, 449
Very Light: "Narpoo Rum" (Anonymous) 215;
"The Scarlet Drop" (Fibulous) 159; Justice Hall (Laurie R.
King) 262-263
Very Pistol: Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania
(Lorraine Daly) 161-163; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 287,
295
Vesalius, Andreas (Belgian Physician,
1514-1564)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora
Goss) 478; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul
Kane) 136; The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 157
Vespasian (Roman Emperor (69-79), 9-79)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 138
Vespucci, Amerigo
(Italian Navigator, 1452-1512)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 125
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 26, 45-46, 170-171, 174-177, 207,
235, 286
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 358, 414, 457, 566, 618; The
Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 761, 787, 795, 797-798, 916, 925;
"The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 326, 333
Vespuccia: The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 110,
170, 284, 286, 290-291; Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 470,
481, 493, 551-552, 560-561, 570, 582, 588; The Great Game
(Lavie Tidhar) 787, 815, 823, 835, 849, 869, 890, 892, 916,
976
Vespuccian: The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 23,
53 , 99, 103, 205, 234, 243, 283; Camera Obscura (Lavie
Tidhar) 346, 348, 389, 606, 613, 615, 648, 651-652; The
Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 808, 814, 817, 820, 872,
876, 878, 884, 941
Vest, George Graham (American Politician,
1830-1904)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 78, 81
Vesta (Roman Goddess of the Hearth)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 378
Vestal Virgin: Good Night, Mr Holmes
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 75, 95
Vestimenti (Hellbound Hearts
cover painting - Clive Barker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 261
Vetterli, Johann-Friedrich (Swiss
Riflemaker, 1822-1882)
Vetterli M1881: Sherlock Holmes and the
Zombie Problem (Nick S. Thomas) 202
Vetsera, Baroness Mary (Lover of Crown
Prince Rudolf, 1871-1889)
"Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 193
Vholes, Mr. (Bleak House - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F.
Fleissner) 128
Vi, Auntie (Kate
Shugak series - Dana Stabenow)
"The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 304
Viala, Dr Pierre (French
Scientist, 1859-1936)
Dr Paul-Édouard Janvier:
Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 48-52, 55-56, 65-66, 68-90,
94, 143, 145, 222, 227, 229, 237, 259, 264, 285-286, 389, 407,
485, 490-4915, 450, 468
Viardot-Garcia, Pauline (Opera Singer)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 86, 135
Vicars, Sir Arthur
(English Genealogist & Ulster King of Arms, 1862-1912)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 52-55, 57,
61-63, 65-89, 91-92, 94-99, 102, 104-105, 107
Vicars, Lady Gertrude
(Wife of Sir Arthur Vicars, ?-1946)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 52-53
Vicars, Jane Gun-Cunningham (Mother of Sir
Arthur Vicars, 1821-1873)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 83
Viccars, George (Tailor of Eyam Plague
Village, ?-1665)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman)
116-117, 121, 123-124
Vicious, Sid (Bristish Punk Musician, 1957-1979)
"The New Messi" (Nick
Sweet) 85
Vick, Dr Joshua (American Drug Retailer)
Vicks Vap-O-Rub: "The Rich Man’s
Hand" (Joan de la Haye) 74; The Book of Changes
(R.H.W.Dillard) 120
Vickers, Edward (British Steel Manufacturer,
1804-1897)
Vickers: Gods of War (James Lovegrove)
235; The Dead Can Wait
(Robert Ryan) 54; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan)
120; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 213, 229
Vickers gun: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan)
204; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 164; The Sign of
Fear (Robert Ryan) 135, 307
Vickers, Joan, Baroness Vickers (British
Politician, 1907-1994)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Underground Car Park" (Alan Watkins)
309
Vickers, Thomas (British Steel
Manufacturer, 1833-1915)
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 534, 538
Vickery, Jim
(Assistant To Houdini)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews)
74-75, 87-89, 92, 99-100, 113; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg)
3, 80, 103-104, 109-115, 156-161, 165-168, 179, 181-182, 187,
192, 202, 204, 215, 223, 226, 267, 275-276, 278
Victor, Daniel D.
(American Teacher & Author)
The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 6-9
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) xiii-xv
Victor Emmanuel II (King of Italy (1861-78),
1820-1878)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 15; "Sons of
Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 168; "The Adventure of the
Dying Gaul" (Paul D. Gilbert) 205; All-Consuming Fire (Andy
Lane) 12; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 264; The
Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 52; The Monstrous
Regiment (Glen Petrie) 182
Victor Emmanuel III (King of Italy
(1900-46), 1869-1947)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 16; Island of
the Mad (Laurie R. King) 123; Sherlock Holmes and the
Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas
Utechin) 4; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 156;
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 265,
268
Victoria (Dr Who): see Victoria Waterfield
Victoria, The
(Five Weeks In A Balloon - Jules Verne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin
O'Neill) 118, 124, 127-130, 139-143
Victoria Alexandra Olga,
Princess (Daughter of Edward VII,
1868-1935)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203, 219
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 47-48,
50-55, 58-60, 68, 70, 72-73, 75, 83-88, 91-92, 97, 100-104,
107, 109, 111, 125-127, 134-137
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 176
Victoria of Prussia, Princess (Sister of
Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1866-1929)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison)
114, 126
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess
(Daughter of Queen Victoria, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II,
1840-1901)
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson"
(Peter Cannon) 81; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders
(Barry Day) 62; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick)
132; "The Importance of Porlock" (Amy Myers) 86; Sherlock
Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 48; Sherlock
Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 130
Victoria Eugenie Julia of
Battenberg (Wife of Alfonso XIII of Spain,
1887-1969)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 72, 87, 91-99,
101, 104-106, 130
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts)
114
Victor-Smythe, The Hon. Mrs (The Flower
Beneath the Foot - Ronald Firbank)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91
Vidal, Aurélio
(Brazilian Hotelier)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 11-13, 25
û
Vidocq, François Eugène
(French Detective, Founder of the S
ûreté)
"The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 59, 61
"The Adventure of the Lost Baby" (Carolyn Wells) 12
"Cherchez la Femme" (Carolyn Wells) 140, 144
"Philo Vance's Last Mystery" (Anonymous) 14; Good Morning,
Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 71;
"The Adventure of the Seven Unnatural Women" (Stephen
Gallagher) 150; "The Adventure of the Child’s
Perambulator" (Charles Loomis) 265; The Stuff of Nightmares
(James Lovegrove) 82; "The Incident of the Impecunious
Chevalier" (Richard Lupoff) 20; Art in the Blood (Bonnie
MacBird) 73-74; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 54; Unquiet
Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 49, 141; What Child Is This?
(Bonnie MacBird) 55; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias)
83; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 93-94; "Water from
the Moon" (Carolyn Wheat) 46; "The Glennon Falls"
(Sam Wiebe) 142
Vienna Boys' Choir, The
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 38
Viereck, George Sylvestre (German Author,
1884-1962)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 24, 88, 136,
146-148, 155-157, 173
Vieuxtemps, Henri (Belgian Violinist &
Composer, 1820-1881)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 275;
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 107; Sherlock Holmes
and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 314
Vigar-Harris, Henry (British Writer)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 13
Vigée Le Brun, Elisabeth (French Artist,
1755-1842)
Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 163, 165
Vigènere, Blaise de (French Cryptographer,
1523-1596)
The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 38; The Dark Water
(David Pirie) 262
Trithemius-Vigenère Cipher: "The Adventure
of the Turkish Cipher" (Deanna Baran) 43
Vigènere Cipher: The Albino’s Treasure
(Stuart Douglas) 202; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway)
279; "Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi) 333-334, 338
Vigilius of Trent, St (Roman Bishop,
C353-405)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 116
Vigne, Godfrey (English Traveller,
1801-1863)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 28
Vikar-ul-Umrad, Sir (Prime Minister of
Hyderabad (1893-1901), 1856-1902)
"The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal
Rajan) 78
Vilella, Giuseppe (Italian Bandit)
"Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles" (Barbara
Roden) 256
Villa, Pancho (Mexican Revolutionary,
1877-1923)
"Intercepted Communications" (John Kendrick Bangs) 136; The
6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 242; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg)
209; The Game (Laurie R. King) 274; The Year of High Treason
(Vithal Rajan) 142; "The
Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas)
301; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 200
Villanueva, Sebastian (The Black Castle -
Les Daniels)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66
Villemin, J.A. (French Army Doctor,
Discovered Tuberculosis could be spread from humans to
animals)
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 219
Villon, François (French Poet, 1431-1463)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 213; Ten Years
Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 244
Vincent, Dr
(Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz)
114-115
Vincent, Harry (The Shadow series - Maxwell
Grant)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306
Vincent, Howard
(British Founder of the CID)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 147, 124-125,
147, 149
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 13-18, 33, 48, 53-61,
91, 188, 231-234
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 140; Lestrade and
the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 71; Lestrade and the Mirror of
Murder (M.J. Trow) 19; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow)
13; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 19, 202
Vincent de Paul, St. (French Priest,
1581-1660)
The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 250; A Samba for
Sherlock (Jô Soares) 161
Cape St Vincent: "The Case of a Boy’s
Honour" (Donald Thomas) 22
St Vincent's Home: The Adventure of the
Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 78, 81
Vincenzo, Tony (Kolchak - The
Night Stalker - TV Series)
Cry of Thunder (Joe Gentile, Andy Bennett & Carlos Magno)
2-6, 90-91
Anthony: Anno Dracula
(Kim Newman) 173
Vincey (She - H.
Rider Haggard)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 5
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora
Goss) 173
Vincey, Leo (She
- H. Rider Haggard)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss)
571, 589-590, 594, 600-603, 611, 635, 644, 654, 660, 668-669,
681-682, 684-688
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss)
159-160, 166-167, 169, 171, 173-176, 178-179, 185, 423-424
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller)
1, 4-56, 65-73
"Me, or The Strange Episode of the Reincarnated Greek"
(E.V. Knox) 207, 213; The Great Detective at the Crucible of
Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 27
Vincy, Rosamond (Middlemarch - George
Eliot)
The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 161
Viola (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora
Goss) 434; "The Old Senator" (Steve Hockensmith) 73, 79;
"Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 212;
The Game (Laurie R. King) 274; Double Trouble Squared
(Kathryn Lasky) 202; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of
Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223
Viola DeVere: "The Thief of Twelfth Night"
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 213-214, 217-219, 223-229
Violetta Valery
(La Traviata - Verdi)
"Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 6, 12; Sherlock Holmes
and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 30, 32, 36, 40, 51,
53, 77, 86, 132, 180; A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey)
201, 203, 206;
Sherlock Holmes and the
Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 128; "The Worcester
Enigma" (James Miles) 340; The Devil and the Four
(Sam Siciliano) 200-201; "The Purloined Face" (Stephen Volk)
239, 246-248, 256, 263, 265-266, 277, 283
Vionnet, Madeleine (French Fashion Designer,
1876-1975)
Vionnet Costume: The
Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 82
Viotti, Giovanni (Italian Violinist,
1755-1824)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 275
Viqar-ul-Muluk (Indian
Politician, 1841-1917)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 221-223
Virahanka (Indian Prosodist, c.6th Century)
Stone Cold (Andrew Lane) 58
Virchow, Rudolph (German Pathologist,
1821-1902)
The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 335;
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 346; Murder at Sorrow’s
Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 112; "The
Curse of Guangxu" (Sam Stone) 268
Virgil (Roman Poet, 70-19 BC)
"The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor" (Hugh Ashton) 491;
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 163;
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth)
63; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan,
M.D.) 26; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 47;
The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 74, 140; "The Italian
Sherlock Holmes" (Reginald Hill) 236; Sherlock Holmes and
the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 246; The Beekeeper's
Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 5, 22; The
Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 8, 72; The Moor
(Laurie R. King) 131; "The Adventure of the First Class
Carriage" (Ronald Knox) 51; Who Thinks Evil (Michael
Kurland) 147; "The Persian Slipper" (Steve Lockley) 279;
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 38; The Labyrinth of
Death (James Lovegrove) 177, 226; The Holmes Affair (Graham
Moore) 153; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 414; The Mandala of
Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 260; The Dragon Turn (Shane
Peacock) 64; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 27;
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 180;
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 62; Some Danger
Involved (Will Thomas) 13; "The Adventure of the Docklands
Apparition" (Mark Wardecker) 50; "The House That Jack Built"
(Edward Wellen) 279; "The Case of the Rival Queens" (Carolyn
Wheat) 286; "The Glennon Falls" (Sam Wiebe) 138; Sherlock
Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 4; A Night in the Lonesome
October (Roger Zelazny) 166
Virot, Madame (French Milliner)
The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 101
Visconti, Filippo Maria (Duke of Milan
(1412-47), 1392-1447)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 50
Visconti, Gian Maria (Duke of Milan
(1402-12), 1388-1412)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 50
Visconti, Luchino (Italian Film Director,
1906-1976)
The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel
Pinkwater) 364
Vishnu (The
Pervader, Hindu Deity)
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 78-83
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 88;
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul D.
Gilbert) 55, 121. 210; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To
Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 153, 155, 173; The Shadow of
Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 142; The Game (Laurie R.
King) 263; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 138, 191;
Predator: Nemesis (Gordon Rennie & Colin MacNeil) 15;
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 58, 63, 76;
"The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 99, 111-113,
116-117; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi)
237; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 314; Lestrade and
the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 208
Vaisnava: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To
Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 173
Vision, The (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 19
Vitruvius (Roman Architect & Engineer,
90-20BC)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151
Vetruvius: Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 87
Vitruvian: "The Case of the Fiery
Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 8, 16-17
Vittorio Emanuele (Prince of Savoy &
Count of Turin, 1870-?)
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George)
74-75
Vitus, St (Italian Martyr, ?-303)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 208
St Vitus (ship): "Mary of the Prairie, or,
Should She Have Let Him?" (Anonymous) 124
St Vitus' Cathedral: Castle Rouge (Carole
Nelson Douglas) 197-198; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson
Douglas) 161, 166; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 81
St Vitus' Dance: "The Witch of Greenwich"
(Gerard Dole) 138; Arrowood (Mick Finlay) 23; "The Doll Who
Talked to the Dead" (Nev Fountain) 128; The Adamantine
Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 38; The God of the Hive (Laurie R.
King) 44; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 212; Gods of War
(James Lovegrove) 280; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove)
102; Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 81; Aunt Edna’s Guide
to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 162; The Deeds of Doyly McPurr
(Lawrance Smith) 11; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares)
167-168; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow)
166-167
St Vitus-Where-He-Danced: "The Adventure of
the Misplaced Hound" (Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson)
91
Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio (Italian Composer,
1675-1741)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 29; The Curse of the
Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 85; "The Lost Boy" (Barbara
Hambly) 20, 36; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 254-255;
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 199; Sherlock Holmes and
the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 39, 43, 79, 81,
112, 115, 176; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 9; The Jewel
of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 75-76
Vivekananda, Swami
(Indian Religious Leader, 1863-1902)
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 198, 201
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 217
Vivet, Louis (French Mental Health Patient,
1863-?)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora
Goss) 699
Vivian, Sir Walter (The Princess - Alfred,
Lord Tennyson)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 217
Vivien (Arthurian Legend)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich)
20
Vizayanagaram, Maharajah of (Indian
Nobleman, Chess Tournament Sponsor)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 299
Vizetelly, Henry (English Publisher,
1820-1894)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 85
Vlad II Dracul (Voivode of Wallachia, Father
of Vlad Tepes, c1390-1447)
Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v4:
11; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford)
190
Vlad Tepes, The Impaler (Voivod
of Wallachia, c.1431-c.1476)
The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 74-75, 156
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 5-8,
10-19, 21, 24, 27-28, 31-32, 37, 41, 49, 51, 55, 67, 69, 74,
76-77, 79, 85, 87, 89, 94, 97, 109, 114, 125, 129, 139, 141,
151, 153
Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v4: 6-24
"A Singular Event On A Night In 1912" (Roman A. Ranieri)
175-181
The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 181-183, 232
The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 261; "The Case of the
Vampire's Mark" (Bill Crider) 114, 126;
"The Case of the Vanished Vampire" (Bill Crider) 242;
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry
Day) 57; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 131, 185,
410-411, 518; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165;
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 235-236; Sherlock
Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 99; "A Study In
Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 12; A Study in Crimson (Robert J.
Harris) 76; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 36, 48, 92-93,
98, 122, 128-129, 139-140; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 45,
48, 96, 103; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 150-151; Death By
Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 257; Betrayal in Blood (Mark A.
Latham) 265; Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 141;
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 329; Sherlock Holmes and the Affair
in Transylvania (Gerry O’Hara) 70; The Hunger and Ecstasy of
Vampires (Brian Stableford) 190; The Great Game (Lavie
Tidhar) 923;
"The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 332, 334-335; Brigade
(M.J.Trow) 375
Vlad the Impostor: And Then There Was No
One (Gilbert Adair) 239
See also: Dracula
Vladimir, St (Grand Prince of Kiev,
956-1015)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 163, 166
Vogt, Alfred (Swiss Ophthalmologist, 1879-1943)
"The Strange Case of
Lady Nicotine and John Barleycorn" (Louis H. Schwartz) 64
Voight,
Jon (American Actor, 1938- )
"A Study in
Harlots" (Fran Lebowitz) 157
Voigtländer,
Johann Christoph (German Optical Manufacturer)
Voigtländer Night Sight:
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 203
Voigtlander Portrait: "Fade to Black"
(Michael Gregorio) 515
Voisin, Gabriel (1880-1973) & Charles (1882-1912)
(French Aircraft Manufacturers)
Voisin Plane: Sherlock Holmes
and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 56-61, 63, 90,
111
Voisin, Jules (French Alienist, 1844-1920)
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 368
Volcana (Killraven Comics)
"Only the Computer Shows Me Any Respect!"
(Don McGregor & Craig Russell) 17
Volk, Magnus (British Electrical Engineer,
1851-1937)
"The Brighton Clown" (L.F.E. Coombs) 36
Volk's Electric Railway: The Problem of the Missing
Miss (Roberta Rogow) 32, 89
Volkoff, Boris (Russian Ballet Master,
?-1974)
"The Case of the Smiling Buddha" (Ronald C. Weyman) 124,
135
Vollard, Ambroise (French Art Dealer,
1867-1939)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 234
Vollum, Edward (American Author)
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 213
Volodyovski, Michael (Pan
Michael - Henryk Sienkiewicz)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318
Volpi, Count Giuseppe (Italian Politician, 1877-1947)
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 215, 219
Volpone (Volpone - Ben Jonson)
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 127
Volstead, Andrew (American Politician,
1860-1947)
Volstead Act: "The
Imitator" (Jan Burke) 339; Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 43, 74;
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 140; Locked Rooms
(Laurie R. King) 91, 155, 270
Volta, Alessandro, Count (Italian Physicist,
1745-1827)
"The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch" (Ian
Charnock)120, 129, 131; The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver Twit
(Daniel & Jill Pinkwater) 69-70; "The Adventure of the
Eminent Collector" (Tony Reynolds) 140
Volta Prize: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô
Soares) 21
Voltaic: "The House that Jack Built"
(Edward Wellen) 277
Voltaire (French Philosopher & Writer,
1694-1778)
"Peter Sims" (Maurice
Baring) 185; "The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal
& Clare Breathnach) 171; "My Silk Umbrella" (Darryl
Brock) 42; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 178;
"The Richmond Enigma" (John DeChancie) 183; The D. Case
(Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 51; The Daughter of
Sherlock Holmes (Leonard Goldberg) 139; European Travel for
the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 101, 439; Sherlock
Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 72; The
Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 32; The King
Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 241; The Revenge of the Hound
(Michael Hardwick) 236; The Case of the Frozen Scream
(Thomas Brace Haughey) 87; The Great Game (Michael Kurland)
111; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 43; "Half There / All
There" (Glen Mehn) 245; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion)
28; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 7; "The Case
of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 314; The
Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 123, 126; Lestrade and the Dead Man's
Hand (M.J.Trow) 121; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara
(Alan Vanneman) 194; "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat)
204
Quai Voltaire: The Year of High Treason
(Vithal Rajan) 27
Voltranons (The New Doctor Who Adventures:
Set Piece - Kate Orman)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 37
Volumnia (Coriolanus
- William Shakespeare)
"Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 181
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 549; "The Adventure of the
Second Round" (Mark Wardecker) 66
Von Berlichengen, Gottfried "Gotz" (German
Knight, 1480-1562)
Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 83-85, 89, 92-94, 103
Von Bernhardi, Friedrich (German Soldier &
Author, 1849-1930)
The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 93-94, 163
Von Bleichröder,
Gerson (German Banker, 1822-1893)
"The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 3
Von Bülow Eva (Daughter of
Richard Wagner, 1867-1942)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 116-117, 119, 124, 127,
131, 136-139, 151
Von Bülow, Hans (German Conductor,
1830-1894)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 116, 123, 140, 151,
158; Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert
Greenberger) 176
Von Bülow, Isolde (Daughter of
Richard Wagner, 1865-1919)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 116-117, 119, 124, 127,
131, 136-139, 151
Von Ehrenfels, Christian (Austrian
Philosopher, 1859-1932)
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 259
Von Einsiedel, Ernst Rudolf (Father of
Nathalie Planer)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 145
Von Erlach, Johann Bernhard Fischer (Austrian
Architect, 1656-1723)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 8-9
Von Erlach, Joseph Emanuel Fischer (Austrian
Architect, 1693-1742)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 8, 128
Von Fleischl-Marxow, Ernst (Austrian
Physician, Friend of Sigmund Freud, 1846-1891)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 52, 115
Von Frisch, Karl (Austrian Ethologist,
1886-1982)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E.
Garcia) 17-18; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 293
Von Harrach, Count Franz (Archduke Franz
Ferdinand's Bodyguard, 1870-1934)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 223
Von Hartmann, Eduard (German Philosopher,
1842-1906)
"The Malady of the Mind Doctor" (Howard Halstead) 131
Von Hasenauer, Karl (Austrian Architect, 1833-1894)
Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 18
Von Hatfeldt, Paul (German Ambassador, 1831-1901)
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 232-233, 240, 263
Von Helmholtz, Hermann (German Physicist,
1821-1894)
Knife Edge (Andrew Lane) 28
Von Hildebrandt, Johann Lukas (Austrian
Architect, 1668-1745)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 8, 128
Von Hipper, Franz (German Admiral,
1863-1932)
"The Adventure of the Orkney Shark" (Simon Bestwick) 306
Von Hoffmannsthal, Ilse: see Gabrielle Valladon
Von Hofmann, August Wilhelm (German
Chemist, 1818-1892)
"The Post-Modern Prometheus" (Nick Kyme) 88-89
Von Hopstein, Dr Otto (The
Silver Hatchet - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Dr Everett Ackroyd: "The Adventure of the
Double-Edged Hoard" (Craig Janacek) 95-98, 102-109, 111-115
Von Hötzendorf, Count Franz Conrad (Austrian
Military Leader, 1852-1925)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 149
Von Junzt, Friedrich Wilhelm (The Black
Stone - Robert E. Howard)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 79;
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove)
100, 102, 158; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic
Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 76, 220, 424; Sherlock
Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 186, 188,
194, 266; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James
Lovegrove) 81-82, 351
Von Karajan, Herbert (Austrian Conductor 1908-1989)
The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey)
23
Von Kempelen, Wolfgang (Hungarian Inventor,
1734-1804)
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 261
Von Kluck, Alexander (German Military
Leader, 1846-1934)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 44
Von Knipping, Hubert (German
Diplomat, 1868-1955)
Sherlock Holmes and the
Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 101
Von Knobelsdorf, Konstantin Schmidt (Prussian
Military Officer, 1860-1936)
A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 54
Von Kühlmann, Richard (German Diplomat
& Industrialist, 1873-1948)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert
Ryan) 183
Von Otter, Anne Sofie (Swedish Mezzo-Soprano, 1955- )
"The Walk-In" (Harley
Jane Kozak) 45
Von Papen, Franz (German
Politician, 1879-1969)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 10-13, 16-17
"Porlock’s Demise" (Ted Riccardi) 102
Von Recklinghausen, Friedrich (German
Pathologist, 1833-1910)
Von Recklinghausen Disease: Gods of War
(James Lovegrove) 28
Von Ribbentrop,
Joachim (German Diplomat, 1893-1946)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 118-120;
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 154
Von Rintelen, Franz (German Naval Intelligence
Officer, 1878-1949)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 10-11,
109, 187-188
Von Sanders, Otto Liman (German Military Commander,
1855-1929)
The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 135
Von Schleich, Eduard (German Air Ace,
1888-1947)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 67, 165-166
Von Schlieffen, Count Alfred (German
Chief of Staff, 1833-1913)
The Seven-Per-Cent
Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 163, 169-170, 212
Schlieffen Plan: A Study in Murder
(Robert Ryan) 157
Von Schulling, Graf (The Silver
Hatchet - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Earl of Chesterfield: "The Adventure of the
Double-Edged Hoard" (Craig Janacek) 95, 104-106, 108, 114-115
Von Schulling's House Steward
(The Silver Hatchet - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Neal Scott: "The Adventure of the
Double-Edged Hoard" (Craig Janacek) 95, 105
Von Schwartzkoppen, Colonel Maximilian
(German Diplomat, 1850-1917)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 236, 254, 334, 392,
395
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 111-112, 119,
141, 143-144, 158
Von Seyffertitz, Gustav
(German Actor, 1862-1943)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 889-93
Von Slatin, Rudolf Carl (Anglo-Austrian
Soldier & Colonial Administrator, 1857-1932)
"A Commission to the Sultan of Turkey" (Frank J. Eustace) 6
Von Stade, Frederica (American Singer, 1946- )
"The Walk-In" (Harley
Jane Kozak) 38
Von
Strofzin, Countess Helga (The Prisoner of
Zenda - Anthony Hope)
The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 93, 118, 123-124, 131, 133
Von Tersch, Gary (American Writer)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent
Miller) 111, 117
Von Thun, Johann Ernst (Archbishop of
Salzburg, 1643-1709)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 8
Von Tirpitz, Alfred (German Admiral,
1849-1930)
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 535
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 44;
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 94; The
Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 155; "The Case of the Greek
Key (Donald Thomas) 100-101, 107, 115, 117, 158, 163-164;
"The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June Thomson) 189;
"The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 6; "The Case of
the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 275, 282, 290, 317;
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 241; Sherlock Holmes
and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 107
Von Uexküll, Jakob (German Biologist,
1864-1944)
"The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 45
Von Wassermann, August (German Bacteriologist,
1866-1925)
Wassermann Test:
"The Strange Case of
Lady Nicotine and John Barleycorn" (Louis H. Schwartz) 58
Von Welsbach, Carl Auer (Austrian Scientist,
1858-1929)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 100-101
Von Wolff, Isabella Freiin (Wife Of Count
Ferdinand von Zeppelin)
Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 193
Vonderahes, Frank (Cousin of Eliza Barrow)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 190
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr (American Author,
1922-2007)
A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 184
Vordenberg, Baron (Carmilla -
J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss)
478-481, 483
"The Stake and the Sickle" (Brian Gallagher) 99
Vorpal Sword ("Jabberwock" - Lewis Carroll)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 257,
261
Voss, Madame (Garth comic strip - Steve
Dowling)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 98
Vowles, Emma (Emma Phillips)
(British Landlady, Neill Cream Case)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 276-280, 302,
324, 329
Voyager (American Space Probe)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 335
Voyager (Star Trek: Voyager)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 47, 239
Voysey, Charles (British Architect,
1857-1941)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 169
Vril, The (The Coming Race - Edward
Bulwer-Lytton)
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 69
Vucetich, Juan (Argentinian Police Official,
1858-1925)
"The Abergavenny
Adventure" (Clive Brooks) 19, 28, 31; "The Case of
the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 174
Vuillard, Edouard
(French Artist, 1868-1940)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 231
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 184
Vuillaume, Jean-Baptiste (French Violin
Maker, 1798-1875)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 89
Vuitton, Louis (French Baggage Manufacturer,
1821-1892)
Vuitton Luggage: The
League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 245; The Siam Question
(Timothy Francis Sheil) 542
Vukcic, Marko (Nero Wolfe series - Rex
Stout)
"The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers)
34
Vulcan (Roman
God of Fire)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 37-38, 45
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 71;
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 196; Shadowfall (Tracy
Revels) 15; Sherlock Holmes
and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 218
Temple of Vulcan: The Stuff of Nightmares
(James Lovegrove) 142
Vulcan (Tugboat): The Seventh Bullet
(Daniel D. Victor) 173-174
Vulcana / Kate Roberts (Welsh Strongwoman, 1874-1946)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 266
Vulcans (Star
Trek - TV series)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 13, 15-18,
25
"The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 129-130, 132, 134,
137-138
"A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 5,
10-12
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 8, 10, 14-17, 33-34, 41-42, 45,
73-74, 81, 104, 109, 124-125, 134-135, 140, 151, 157, 162-163,
171, 174-176, 178-181, 183, 188, 195, 202, 209-210
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 68, 73, 77-78,
80-81; "The Chalice of Skorr" (Dana Martin Batory) 99-100;
"The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 51, 55; "The
Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 92; "A One Pipe
Problem" (Dana Martin Batory) 60; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win
Scott Eckert) 59, 69; "Attuclac" (David Gomm) 9-10
Vulkan (They Thirst - Robert McCammon)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66
Vyrubova, Anna (Russian
Lady-in-Waiting, 1884-1964)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 29, 31, 37-39, 49, 54,
63, 118-119, 170, 180-181, 211, 215-216, 219, 273
Vyver, Bertha (Companion of Marie Corelli)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 347