A title in bold indicates that the story is a retelling, reworking, heavily influenced by, a parody of, or a sequel to The Sign of Four. Titles in italics indicate that the original story is merely mentioned.
Page numbers indicate the page on which the case is mentioned. Where no page numbers are given it should be assumed that the case is referred to frequently throughout the story, or that the entire story is a reworking of the case in question.

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A

"The Adventure of the Soporific Cipher" (Forrest Athey) 73-74

"An Adventure in Three Courses" (Guy Adams) 197-198; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 49

B

The House at Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 14, 56-57, 72-74, 127, 187, 217-221

"The Case of the Elderly Actor" (John Ball, Jr.) 216; "The Tale of the First Adventure" (Derrick Belanger) 21, 35; "The Adventure of Two and Two" (Herbert Beeman) 8; The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 158; The Women of Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 12, 62, 249; "The Prideaux Manuscript" (Cara Black) 277; "Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 197; "The Verse of Death" (Matthew Booth) 83; "The Adventure of the Bogle-Wolf" (Anthony Boucher) 425; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 16; The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 89; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 82; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 8, 173, 187-188, 272, 282-283; "The Man Who Read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" (William Brittain) 227; "As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 35; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 10, 20, 22, 55

C

"The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 6, 9, 11; "The Missing Leek" (Casey) 243; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 173; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 94, 152, 169, 172; "The Well-Educated Young Man" (William P. Coleman) 111; The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 177-178; "Holmes on the Range" (John Connolly) 380; "Dr Watson’s Wedding Present" (J. Alston Cooper) 164; Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 95, 97-98, 102, 309

D

The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 145-148, 150, 155-156
 "The Camberwell Poisoner" (Ruth Douglass)

"The Dulwich Solicitor" (Martin Daley) 214, 216, 230; Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 162; "The Reichenbach Secret" (David Stuart Davies) 388; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 21, 87; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 52; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 38; Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 3-4, 7; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 20-21, 153-154; "By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 201; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 61; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 78-79; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 6; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 206, 276; The Improbable Prisoner (Stuart Douglas) 217

E

"The Adventure of the Mendicant's Face" (M.J. Elliott) 27; "The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 107; "The Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 205, 209, 214; "Dr. & Mrs. Watson At Home" (Loren D. Estleman) 181, 183; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 39, 144-145, 147, 191; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 364

F

"The Adventure with the Gambler" (F.H.) 101; "MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 138; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip José Farmer) 191; "The Adventure of the Magical Menagerie" (Lindsay Faye) 28, 31; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 13, 17, 33, 59; "The Rollo Boys with Sherlock in Mayfair" (Corey Ford) 583, 586-587

G

The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 13-22

"The Fan Who Molded Himself" (David Gerrold) 261; "The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 146; "The Adventure of the Abominable Wife" (Paul D. Gilbert) 106; "The Adventure of the Reluctant Spirit" (Paul D. Gilbert) 147, 163, 206; "The Mystery of Avalon" (Paul D. Gilbert) 57; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul D. Gilbert) 80, 169; The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (Leonard Goldberg) 106-108; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 13; "The Singular Affair of Mr. Phillip Phot" (The Greek Interpreters of East Lansing) 82; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Sabina Hall (L.B. Greenwood) 77, 110; "The Case of the Tarleton Murders" (Jack Grochot) 164

H

The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 25-31, 33, 36, 38-39, 41, 43, 71, 80, 86, 89
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 55-57, 59, 144-145, 203, 262, 276

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 135; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 81; "Hell Is for Heroes" (Bob Haney, Ric Estrada & Dick Giordano) 30; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 79; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 272-273; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 13; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 27-28, 44, 46-47; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 18-19; The Final Solution (Walter J. Harmidarow) 83; "The Mystery of the Miner’s Wife" (Narrelle M. Harris) 147; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 51; "The Adventure of the Cipher in the Sand" (Edward D. Hoch) 48; The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 7, 9; "The Three Monarchs" (Anthony Horowitz) 289, 292

J

The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 16, 40, 48, 50-51, 56, 100, 102, 106, 127, 145, 163-164, 175, 188, 192, 269
"The Paradol Chamber" (H. Paul Jeffers) 35-39, 49

Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 115, 151; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 189; "Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 225; "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 129; "The Adventure of Maltree Abbey" (H. Paul Jeffers) 232; "The Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul Jeffers) 172; "The Adventure of the Stuttering Ghost" (H. Paul Jeffers) 122; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 10, 22, 94; "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 157; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 186-187; "Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 16

K

Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 29; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 246; The Murder of Mary Russell (Laurie R. King) 281; " "The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 69; The Adventure of the Lustrous Pearl" (Christian Klaver) 4; "The Adventure of the Solitary Grave" (Christian Klaver) 7; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 1, 13, 211; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 50, 246; "The Adventure of the Missing Countess" (Jon Koons) 313

L

Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 53, 55-57, 59-60, 62, 65-66, 79-80, 164-165, 169, 208
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 7, 95-101, 458

All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 300; The Red Tower (Mark A. Latham) 37-38; "The Highland Intrigue" (Steve Leadley) 119, 145-146; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 10, 64; "The Adventure of the Deadly Séance" (James Lovegrove) 101-102, 127; The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 165; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 24, 109, 195; Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons (James Lovegrove) 230; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 17-18; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 82, 100; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 202; The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 144,, 167, 264; The Mystery Surrounding Watson’s Lost Dispatch Box (Gary Lovisi) 3

M

Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 141, 184; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 115, 221; "The Adventure of the White Python" (Adam McFarlane) 76; "The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 224; "The Adventure of the Voice in the Smoke" (Daniel McGachey) 130; "The Adventure of the Japanese Sword" (Michael Mallory) 143; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 8; "The Adventure of the Pawnbroker’s Daughter" (David Marcum) 92; "No Good Deed" (David Marcum) 153, 155-157; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 125; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 201; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 44, 48, 52, 68-69; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 80; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 61; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 26; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 70-71; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 14, 88, 249, 279; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 2, 6, 11; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 52

N

Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 16; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 221

P

The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 67-69

Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 85; "A Discreet Investigation" (Rohase Piercy) 9, 64, 75; "The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 80, 82; The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 49; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 141; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 217; The Vanishing Man (Philip Purser-Hallard) 130

Q

A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 14

R

Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 12, 18, 25, 46, 50, 59, 75, 81, 109-112, 121, 142, 167, 188-189, 208, 244

"The Adventure of the Empty Manger" (Tracy Revels) 355; "A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 111; Sherlock Holmes’s Tibetan Adventure (John F. Rice) 19; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 66; "The Greatest Detective of All Time" (Ralph Roberts) 303; "The Case of the Uncommon Necklace" (Jane Rubino) 17, 71; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 231; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 207

S

Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 15-17
"His Last Arrow" (Christopher Sequeira) 58
"The Scion of Fear" (Christopher Sequeira) 37-54

"The 2-D Problem" (Jody Scott) 57; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 5, 40, 48; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 49; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 186, 224; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 156, 504, 508; "Whom God Destroys" (Ruth Sims) 223; Season of Madness (Aaron Smith) 71, 87; "The Adventure of the Old School Friend" (Denis O. Smith) 184; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 76; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 86-87; "The Adventure of the Indiscreet Agent" (Peter Spielmann & Aaron Zelman) 17; The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 32; The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye (Nancy Springer) 106, 127-128; "The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 98-99; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 79

T

"The Phantom Organ" (John Taylor) 91-92; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 209; The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 10; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 72; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 37; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 8, 45; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 207; "The Case of the Aluminium Crutch" (June Thomson) 47; "The Case of the Camberwell Deception" (June Thomson) 164, 169; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 12; "A Ghost from Christmas Past" (Thomas A. Turley) 130, 152

U

"The Adventure of the Stolen Doormat" (Allen Upward) 103

V

Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 4, 41; "The Vampire of the Lyceum" (Charles Veley & Anna Elliott) 413; "The Adventure of the Missing Necklace" (Daniel D. Victor) 51; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 42, 69

W

"The Adventure of the Grinder’s Whistle" (Howard Waldrop) 73; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 329; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 145-146, 153; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 44; "Dead Man's Manuscript" (I.A. Watson) 160; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 87; "The Mystery of Headless Valley" (Ronald C. Weyman) 21; "The Shadow of the Wolf" (Ron Weighell) 37; "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 105; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 65; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 123; "The Adventure of the Tired Captain" (Alan Wilson) 170; A Spot of Detection" (Jacqueline Winspear) 367; "The Adventure of the Christmas Surprise" (Vincent W. Wright) 294-295; "The Property of a Thief" (Mark Wright) 294

"A client is to me a mere unit...": The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 136
"Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science...": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 169; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Franklin W. Dixon) 41
"The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning": "Sherlock Holmes on the Environment" (Norman M. Davis) 29 
"An experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 114; "The Affair of the Politician, The Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant" (Howard Collins) 200; Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 98; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 5; "The Finishing Stroke" (M.J. Elliott) 103; Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery (John Hall) 252; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 81; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 28; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 283, 287; The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 3, 58; Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 181; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 49, 110; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 101; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 320; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 68
"He was likely, I thought, to fall into error through the over-refinement of his logic": Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 75
"His cold, precise but admirably balanced mind": Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 320
"His great powers, his masterly manner, and the experience which I had had of his many extraordinary qualities": Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 54
"I am the last and highest court of appeal": Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 29-30; "The Adventure of the Slaughter Stone" (Rafe McGregor) 195
"I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you?": The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 21; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 102
"I have seen something of the sort on the side of a hill near Ballarat"Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 46
"I never guess...": "Holmes Ex Machina" (Susan Casper) 244; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 71; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 95; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 14; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 13; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 76
"I really cannot congratulate you": The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 21; "The Flowers of Utah" (Robert Pohle) 101; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 86
"I sat and mused until such dangerous thoughts came into my head that I hurried away to my desk...": Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 110
"I sat in the window with the volume in my hand, but my thoughts were far from the daring speculations of the writer": Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 25
"I should never marry": "The Paradol Chamber" (H. Paul Jeffers) 37
"Let me recommend this book ó one of the most remarkable ever penned.":Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 25
"Love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.": The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 153; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 364; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 22; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 121; The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 123; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 23, 40
"My mind...rebels at stagnation": Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 210; "The Clam of Catastrophe" (Arthur Byron Cover) 161; Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 34; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 93; Sherlock Holmes at the Raffles Hotel (John Hall) 30; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 78; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 30; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 129; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 343-344; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 102
"My skin was cold under my clothes": The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 135
"Neither regularity of feature...": The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 32
"No relatives in England": The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 32
"'Not Mr. Sherlock Holmes!' roared the prizefighter": The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 18-19
"She was a blonde young lady, small, dainty, well gloved, and dressed in the most perfect taste...": Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 109-110
"Sherlock Holmes approached the body...": The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 45
"This is unworthy of you": "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (E.F. Benson & Eustace H. Miles) 16
"What a very attractive woman": "The Paradol Chamber" (H. Paul Jeffers) 36
"Whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 162; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 168; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 121
"Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen": Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 47
"Women are never entirely to be trusted - not the best of them": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 19; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 80; Young Sherlock: The Adventure at Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 134; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 285; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 92; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 111; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 8; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 12; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 60; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 90
"You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid.": The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 111; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 5; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 115
"You might have aimed high, if you had joined the fancy": Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 18
"You would have made an actor and a rare one": "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 6; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 152