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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

Varešanin, Marijan (Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1847-1917)
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers)

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, Queen

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

Victory, HMS

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