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U2 (Rock Band)
Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 38

Udet, Ernst (German First World War Air Ace)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 64-65, 69, 163, 280

Uffa (6th Century East Anglian Saxon Chieftain)
"Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer" (Darrell Schweitzer) 126-129, 132-133

Ugly Duckling, The (The Ugly Duckling - Hans Andersen)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 21; My Hero (Tom Holt) 201; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 102

Ugu (The Lost Princess of Oz - L. Frank Baum)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 178

Ugyen Gyatso (Sikkimese Teacher, Companion of Sarat Chandra Das)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 88

Ugyen Wangchuck (King of Bhutan (1907-26), 1862-1926)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 285

Uher, Edmund (Hungarian Entrepreneur, 1892-1989)
Uher Machine: "The Case of the Strange Erasures" (Stefan Kanfer) 337

Uhlan, The (The Gift of the Emperor - E.W. Hornung)
"The Adventure of the Honourable Cracksman" (M J Elliott) 29

Uhland, Ludwig (German Poet, 1787-1862)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 64

Uhlenhuth, Paul (German Bacteriologist, 1870-1957)
Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 159

Uhura, Lieutenant (Star Trek - TV series)
"Attuclac" (David Gomm) 2, 4, 9, 14, 19-20
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 179, 183-187, 203
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 7, 11-12, 20, 27-29, 93, 159, 162, 184

Uhlenhuth, Paul (German Biologist, 1870-1957)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 54

Ulmer, Edgar G. (Austrian-American Director, 1904-1972)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7

Ulyanov, Alexander (Brother of Lenin, 1866-1887)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 173

Ulysses (Greek Mythology)
"Ideal Interviews: Sherlock Holmes" (Anyhow) 97; "The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor" (Carole Buggé)
337; Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 55; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 94; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 83; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 101; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 216; Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 44; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 210; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 188-189; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 114; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 228-229; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 83
S.S.Ulysses: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 120-123

Uma (Hindu Goddess, Consort of Shiva)
Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 194, 209, 277

Umberto (Humbert) I (King of Italy (1878-1900), 1844-1900)
"The Affair of the 46th Birthday" (Amy Myers) 244-252
"The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 50; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 238; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 95; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 138; Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Nine (Barrie Roberts) 258

Umkulu-kulu (Allan Quatermain series - H. Rider Haggard)
The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 265, 277

Umslopogaas (Allan Quatermain - H. Rider Haggard)
The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 126-154, 165, 178, 182-183, 201, 211, 216-220, 223-226, 228, 233-235, 238-243, 246, 250, 255, 257-258, 262-264, 267-271, 274-276, 278, 280-284
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 138; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 108; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 155; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 15

Uncas (The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper)
"Kid Eternity: Great Heroes of Fiction" (Joe Millard) 39

U.N.C.L.E. (The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - TV Series)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 13-157
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 174

Uncle Abner (Uncle Abner stories - Melville Davisson Post)
"International Investigators, Inc." (E.G. Ashton) 69-72, 74, 80

Uncle Remus (Uncle Remus Stories - Joel Chandler Harris)
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 25

Uncle Sam (Personification of USA)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 29; "The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie" (P.H. Cannon) 54; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 77; Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 70; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 352; "Hell Is for Heroes" (Bob Haney, Ric Estrada & Dick Giordano) 1, 5; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 158; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 123; The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 151; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 193; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 33; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 27; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 334; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 219; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 51
Ung Klsam: "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 80

Uncle Silas (Uncle Silas - J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 120

Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 40; "The Humorist’s Curse" (Bill Peschel) 259; "A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1

Underhill, Evelyn (British Mystical Poet & Writer, 1875-1941)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 127, 130, 173

Underwood, John T. (American Typewriter Manufacturer,1857-1937)
Underwood Typewriter: "The Sleep of Reason" (Lou Anders) 215; Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 18, 33, 269

Undine (Undine - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 138

Unicorn, The (Playing With Fire - Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 93-94

Unicorn, The (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark - Andrew Hunt)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 183-184, 200

Uniqua (The Backyardigans - TV series)
The Mystery of the Jeweled Eggs (Lara Bergen) 2-4, 7, 9-10, 12-22

UNIT (Dr. Who TV Series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 74, 78, 85, 133, 139, 151-154, 158-160, 162-163, 204, 206, 212, 219, 225-228, 230, 237-238, 283
Evolution (John Peel) 183

Universal Export (James Bond movies)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 331

Unknown Comic, The (The Gong Show - TV series)
The Unknown Comedian: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 299-300, 302
The Wizard of Whoopee: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 298-299, 302

Updike, John (American Author, 1932-2009)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 173; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 51; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 33

Upholsterer, Respectable (The Music of Erich Zann - P.G. Lovecraft)
"The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie" (P.H. Cannon) 60-63

Upmann, Hermann (German Banker & Cigar Manufacturer, 1816-1894)
H. Upmann Cigar
: Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 230

Upward, Allen (American Writer, 1863-1926)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxv

Urabi, Colonel Ahmed: see Arabi Pasha

Urania (Muse of Astronomy)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 241; "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 42
Temple of Isis-Urania: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 136

Uranus (Greek God of the Heavens)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 263

Urban II (Pope (1088-99), c1040-1099)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 145; Sherlock’s Logic (William Neblett) 73

Urban VIII (Pope (1623-44), 1568-1644)
"The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 10; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 196; "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 48

Urban, Charles (British-American Cinematographer, 1867-1942)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 242, 282, 297-298

Uriah (Bible - Samuel)
"The Hanging Man" (Len Bailey) 12-13, 16, 18-19
"The Allegro Mystery" (Luke Benjamen Kuhns) 164; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 142-144

Uriah Heep (English Rock Band)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 6

Uriel (Angel)
"The Angel of Truth" (I.A. Watson) 129, 139, 154

Urquhart, Charles (American Doctor, Proclaimed John Wilkes Booth Dead)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 173, 296

Urrea, General José (Mexican Military Officer, 1797-1849)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 16-17

Ursula, St (4th Century German Martyr)
St-Ursula-on-the-Sea: The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 161
Ursulines: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 45; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 11

Ursus (Quo Vadis? - Henryk Sienkiewicz)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318-319

Urzuline (Voodoo goddess)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 142-143, 151

Usher, Madeline (Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman)
34

Usher, Roderick (Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe)
The Night Calls (David Pirie) 82; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 52

Ussher, James (Irish Archbishop, 1581-1656)
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 362; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 138; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 18

Utamaro (Japanese Artist, c.1753-1806)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 241, 245

Uther Pendragon (Legendary British King, Father of King Arthur)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 62; "The Adventure of the Marked Man" (Stuart Palmer) 100;
The Firland Saga (Norman S. Power) 105; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 116

Utrillo, Maurice (French Artist, 1883-1955)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 235-236

Utterson, G.J. (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
"The Sign of Two: Sherlock Holmes and Dr Jekyll" (Philip Cornell) 57, 60-63, 66
 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 29-45, 61, 75, 87, 95-99, 105, 107-113, 132-138, 142-144, 146, 233, 235, 237, 243-244
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 6, 14, 16, 26-27, 33, 45, 90, 101-104
"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Holmes" (Steven Philip Jones & Seppo Makinen) 11-15, 18-19, 26
"The Post-Modern Prometheus" (Nick Kyme) 89-90, 94-97, 101
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 208-211
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 422; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 335; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 26-27, 115-116

Utterson's Servant. (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 133

Uxbridge, Henry William Paget, Lord (British General, 1768-1854)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 19

Uyenishi, Sadakazu "Raku" (Japanese Jujitsu Instructor, 1880-?)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 161, 163

Uzanne, Octave (French Author, 1852-1931)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 3-4, 7, 9-11

Uzbeg Khan (Ruler of the Golden Horde (1313-41), 1282-1341)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 150, 153-155