La Bruckman, Arbie (Algerian Murder Suspect, Carrie Brown Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 38

La Farge, John (American Artist, 1835-1910)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 151, 275, 330-331, 465

La Fontaine, Jean de (French Fabulist, 1621-1695)
The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 175

La Forge, Geordi (Star Trek: The Next Generation - TV series)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 20-37, 41-57, 90-97, 118, 123-129, 135, 145-151, 170-176, 189-202, 210-216, 227-233, 237-239, 241, 244, 249-252, 257-260, 266-281, 285, 290-308, 310, 314-315, 317, 319-326, 329-332, 337-339, 344-348, 350, 352-353, 357-361

La Guardia, Fiorello (Mayor of New York (1934-45), 1882-1947)
"The Hero-Killer Principle!" (Richard Marschall, Gene Colan & Tony DeZuniga) 21

La Mettrie, Julien Offray (French Physician, 1709-1751)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 69-70, 315

La Rochefoucauld, Francois, Duc de (French Epigrammatist, 1613-1680)
The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose (Irene Adler) 202; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 187, 270; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 152; "The Adventure of the Extraordinary Lodger" (M.J. Elliott) 26; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 117

La Rue, Danny (British Entertainer, 1927-2009)
Detective Constable La Rue: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow), 17-18, 152
Mr. de la Rue (in charge of women): Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 72

La Salle, Robert de (French Explorer, 1643-1687)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 239

La Voisin (Catherine Deshayes) (French Fortune Teller & Poisoner, c.1640-1680)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 113

Labouchère, Henrietta Hodson (British Actress, 1841-1910)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 82, 119-121, 320, 324-326, 328, 330-331, 335-338, 340-342

Labouchère, Henry (British Liberal Politician & Journalist, 1831-1912)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 130-131, 144, 197, 219, 221, 224-226, 234, 286-287, 307, 309-314, 322, 324, 326-328, 331, 333-335, 337-340, 343-346
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 30, 101-102, 171; "The Well-Educated Young Man" (William P. Coleman) 119-120; The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 119; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 435; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 164, 189; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 175-176; Lestrade and theDead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 170, 184, 189; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 31;Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 146; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 213; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 86; "Miss Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (M.J. Trow) 367; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 119-120, 335
Labouchere Amendment: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 129; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 35; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 121, 287
Labouchere Law: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 155

Labourer (The Turn of the Screw - Henry James)
Two Carters: "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 98

Lacassagne, Alexandre (French Professor of Forensic Medicine, 1843-1924)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 82; "The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas) 55; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 16

Lachaise, Père (French Priest, Confessor of Louis XIV)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 144
Père Lachaise Cemetery: "The Prideaux Manuscript" (Cara Black) 276; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 464; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 40; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 138-139, 143-157, 181; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 129, 247, 249, 253-254; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 117; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 201

LaChance, Gordon (The Body - Stephen King / Stand By Me - Movie)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 141

Lacombe, Louis (The Seven of Hearts - Maurice Leblanc)
"Be Seeing You!" (Xavier Mauméjean) 125

Lactantius (North-African Christian Author, c240-c320)
"The Adventure of the Medium" (Tony Reynolds) 79

Ladd, Alan (American Actor)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 24, 87
Laddie Badd: "The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 265

Ladoux, Georges (French Spy, 1875-1933)
Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 143-145, 163-164, 166, 176, 202

Lady, The (The Lady or the Tiger - Frank R. Stockton)
"Sherlock Holmes and 'The Woman' (Michael Harrison) 127

Lady Alice (The Return of Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs)

Lady in the Lake, The (Arthurian Legend)
The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 189; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 19; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 124; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 84

Lady Luck (Personification of Chance)
"The Case of the Gambling Nobleman" (Colin Bruce) 21, 38; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 139; "Orchids in the Night" (Jean-Claude Dunyach) 49; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 161; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 212; "The House of Blood" (Tony Richards) 196; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 97; "The Case of the Maupertuis Scandal" (June Thomson) 227; Sherlock Holmes and the Lady in Black (June Thomson) 115
Dame Luck: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 277

Lady of Shalott (Arthurian Romance)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 149, 171; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 265; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 38

Lady Satan (Lady Satan Comics)
Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 14

Lady Vain, The (The Island of Dr Moreau - H.G. Wells)

Laertes (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 64; "The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 174, 192, 200-201; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 142, 170-174; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 27, 65, 113, 155, 162, 235; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 172; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 35, 41, 54-55; "The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 138; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 43; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 301

LaFarge, John (American Artist, 1835-1910)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 125

Lafarge, Marie (French Murderer, 1816-1852)
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 125

Lafargue, Paul (French Labour Activist, Husband of Laura Marx, 1842-1911)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 104, 111

Lafayette, Marie Joseph (French Military Leader, 1757-1834)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 111; The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 36
Lafayette Ball: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 33
Lafayette Opera House: "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 276
Lafayette Park: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 194, 286; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 190-191, 352
Lafayette Square: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 51

Lafeu (All's Well That Ends Well - William Shakespeare)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 2

Laffan, Sir Robert (Irish Politician, 1821-1882)
Laffan's Plain: Brigade (M.J. Trow) 314-315

Lafitte, Jean (18th Century French Pirate)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 305

Lagarde, Paul Anton de (German Biblical Scholar, 1827-1891)
"The Case of the Two Coptic Patriarchs" (John A. Wilson) 77

Lagrange, Joseph Louis, Comte de (French Mathematician & Astronomer, 1736-1813)
"The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 352; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 15
LaGrange Points: "The Adventure of the Second Scarf" (Mark Aronson) 91

Lahmi (Bible - Chronicles)
"You Miss, You Die" (Len Bailey) 134

Lahr, Bert (American Actor, 1895-1967)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 119

Laine, Cleo (British Singer, 1927- )
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 179

Laine, Frankie (American Singer, 1913-2007)
“Farewell My Falcon! or The Maltese Lovely!” (Denis Gifford & Terry Wakefield) 41; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 97

Laird, William Harris (American Businessman, 1833-1910)
Laird & Norton: Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 76

Lairre, Marie (British Nun, Ghost said to haunt Borley Rectory)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 125, 127, 134-139, 142

Laius (King of Thebes, Father of Oedipus)
"Solutions" (John L. Flynn) 132; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 37

Lake, Veronica (American Actress, 1922-1973)
"Art in the Blood" (Laura Caldwell) 111; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 38

Laking, Sir Francis (British Royal Surgeon, 1847-1914)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 278

Lakington, Henry (Bulldog Drummond series - Sapper)
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 66, 68

Lakmed (Lakme - Leo Delibes)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 97

Lakshmi (Hindu Goddess)
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul D. Gilbert) 116

Lakshmi Bai (Rani of Jhansi, 1828-1858)
"Dead Man's Manuscript" (I.A. Watson) 142, 144-145, 153, 161-162, 173-174
"The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 53; "The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 226-227, 230

Lal (Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Offspring)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 8, 12-17, 21-24, 26-28, 38-41, 44-46, 48-54, 56-57, 66-83, 89, 95-96, 105-106, 111-117, 129-139, 150, 152-154, 162-169, 177-178, 194, 202-209, 214-226, 229-233, 236, 240-242, 246, 252-257, 278, 285, 287-290, 308-309, 311-313, 315, 318, 323-324, 326-330, 332-337, 339, 342-343, 346-351, 354-367, 369-370

Lal Beg (Indian Deity, God of Sweepers & Scavengers)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 21

Laliman, Leo (French Winegrower)
"The Case of Young Vamberry, the Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 70

Lalique, René (French Jeweller, 1860-1945)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 60
Lalique Glasses: Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 81

Lallou, Monsignor William J. (American Cleric & Sherlockian, 1880-1973)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 10, 19, 36

Lalo, Édouard (French Composer, 1823-1892)
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 11

Laloo the Hindoo (Indian Sideshow Act, 1874-1905)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 217

Lamarck, Jean (French Botanist & Zoologist, 1744-1829)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 195, 197; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 451; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 208-209; "And Such Small Deer" (Chris Roberson) 67

Lamarr, Hedy (Austrian-Czech Actress)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 74

Lamartine, Alphonse de (French Poet, 1790-1869)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 92

Lamb, Lady Caroline (British Novelist, 1785-1828)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 164-165, 167

Lamb, Charles (British Writer, 1775-1834)
The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 221; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 126; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 151

Lamb, Henry (British Police Constable, Ripper Case, 1851-?)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 88-96, 145, 279
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 117-118
A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 426
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 122-123, 149-150, 177-181, 210-211, 231-232, 238, 248-250, 253-257, 261-263, 271-273, 282, 290-294, 307, 315-316, 318, 336-337

Lamb, Jack (British Sailor, Steward on the Hope, Arthur Conan Doyle's Whaling Ship)
Evolution (John Peel) 37-38

Lambert, Joseph (British Bookseller, Witness in the Camden Town Murder Case)
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 223, 226, 240

Lamborghini, Ferruccio (Italian Industrialist, 1916-1993)
Lamborghini Car: A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 13-14, 17, 86

Lambrino, Carol (Son of Carol II of Romania, 1920-2006)
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 177

Lambton, John (Lambton Worm Legend)
"The Adventure of the Unknown Worm" (Daniel McGachey) 66; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 29

Lambton, Lucinda (British Writer & Photographer, 1943- )
"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 141

Lambton, William (British Surveyor, c.1753-1823)
"Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 132

Lambton Worm (English Folklore)
"The Adventure of the Unknown Worm" (Daniel McGachey) 66; The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 78; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 29

Lame Boy (The Pied Piper of Hamelin - Robert Browning)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 104

Lament Configuration: see Lemarchand's Box

Lamour, Dorothy (American Actress, 1914-1996)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 161; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 171

Lampros Family (Keepers of the Secret of Greek Fire)
"The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 342

Lancaster, Burt (American Actor, 1913-1994)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 57
Brute Miscaster: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 93

Lancaster, James (British Optician)
J. Lancaster & Son: The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 266

Lancaster, Osbert (English Cartoonist, 1908-1986)
His acute osbert lancaster: "The Singularge Experience of Miss Anne Duffield" (John Lennon) 225

Lancelot, Sir (Arthurian Legend)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 73, 108, 110, 113, 188, 255-257, 263, 344, 377, 381, 394
The Firland Saga (Norman S. Power) 106, 108-109, 112
Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
"The Lancelot Connection" (Matthew Booth) 33, 48; The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 119, 121; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 183; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 84; The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 218; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 97; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 46;"Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer" (Darrell Schweitzer) 119; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 327; The Venerable Tiger (Sam Siciliano) 300; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) vi; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 230; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 57, 100, 182, 192; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 67

Lanchester, Elsa (British-American Actress 1902-1986)
Elsa the Lanchester car: Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 56; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 94; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 630

Lanchester, Frederick (British Automobile & Aviation Pioneer, 1868-1946)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 13
Lanchester cars: Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 144; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 56; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 93, 134; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 453-454, 457, 598, 630; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 71, 73, 77, 79-81, 83, 85, 89, 93, 162, 232-234, 245-246; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 37, 148

Lancia, Vincenzo (Founder of Lancia Cars, 1881-1937)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 75
Lancia Car: The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 101; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 5-9, 274
Lancia Epsilon: The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 205

Land, Ned (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 10, 109-111
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 90

Landlady (The Man with the Watches - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Girl and the Gold Watches" (Robert Ryan) 444

Landless, Helena (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 105-412
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 474, 476-480
"Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 156, 159, 161-162
The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 17, 77, 79-86, 88-89, 103, 123-141, 143, 154, 163-166, 168-170, 172
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 218, 220-224
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 11, 59

Landless, Neville (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 106-412
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 475, 478-480
"Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 156-157, 159-162
The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 17-19, 21-23, 25, 29, 42, 44, 52, 60-61, 73-74, 77, 80, 89, 92, 99, 102-103, 122-123, 126-133, 136-140, 156-160, 162-163, 169
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 215, 218-225
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 42, 124; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 58

Landless's Stepfather (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 139

Lanfield, Sidney (American Film Director, 1898-1972)
"The Scarlet Herring" (David Thomson) 3

Langemann, Dr (The Silver Hatchet - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Adventure of the Double-Edged Hoard" (Craig Janacek) 93

Landlord of the Invisible Man (The Invisible Man - H.G. Wells)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 3-10, 14, 18, 20, 22-23, 26, 29-30, 35, 51-52, 61-64, 69, 111, 115, 121, 126, 135-137, 140, 142

Landolt, Edmund (French Oculist, 1846-1926)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 44

Landor, Walter Savage (English Poet, 1775-1864)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 152

Landouzy, Louis (French Neurologist, 1845-1917)
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 368

Landregan, Bridget (American Murder Victim, ?-1873)
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 31

Landru (Star Trek - TV Series "The Return of the Archons" episode)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 15

Landseer, Sir Edwin (British Artist, 1802-1873)
Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 108; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 252-253; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 175; Absolute Discretion (Grant Eustace) 12; "Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 204; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 7; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 66; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 215; Jewel of the Thames (Angela Misri) 27; Baskerville (John O’Connell) 52; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 151; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 150; "The Haunted House" (Alan Stockwell) 217; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 293; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 55; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 28

Landsteiner, Karl (Austrian Physician, 1868-1943)
"Blood Brothers" (Kim Krisco) 336

Lane (The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 122-126, 132, 137, 200-205, 229-230, 233, 244, 265, 278

Lane, Catherine (Ripper Case: Stride gave her a piece of velvet to look after)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 80
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 267, 316

Lane, Dr (Isabella Bankes's Doctor)
"The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 24, 37

Lane, Hugh (Irish Art Dealer, 1875-1915)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle)

Lane, John (British Publisher, 1854-1925)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 134, 151

Lane, Lois (Superman comics)
The Ace Reporter: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 6-12, 15, 61, 67, 170, 172, 278, 350

Lane, Margo (The Shadow series - Maxwell Grant)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 309

Lane, Mark (American Attorney & Author, 1927-2016)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 31

Lane, Sir William Arbuthnot (British Surgeon, 1856-1943)
The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 194-195

Lane Sisters, The (American Singers)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 188

Lang, Andrew (Scottish Scholar, 1844-1912)
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 473, 478, 480
"Over The Plum Pudding" (John Kendrick Bangs) 210; "The Fairy Thieves" (Dana Martin Batory) 142; "The Questionable Parentage of Basil Grant" (R. Bostoun Cromer) 54, 57; "By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 209; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 217, 219, 221, 223, 225

Lang, Fritz (Austrian-American Film Director, 1890-1976)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7; "Xenolith" (Dana Martin Batory) 45; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 24, 128; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 228

Lang, Milton (American Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 63-64

Langdon, A.M. (British Barrister)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 375

Lange, A. (German Watchmaker)
A. Lange & Söhne: "The Adventure of the Vanished Village" (Michael Mallory) 119

Langevin, Paul (French Scientist, Lover of Marie Curie, 1872-1946)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 154
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 77, 94, 96

Langham, Hope (Soldiers of Fortune - Richard Harding Davis)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318

Langham & Platt (English Solicitors)
The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 253-254

Langstroth, Lorenzo Lorraine (American Apiarist, 1810-1895)
"The Case of Death and Honey" (Neil Gaiman) 182, 184; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 461
Langstroth Box: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 13, 73, 109
Langstroth Hive: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 73; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 18
Langstroth Spaces: "A Country Death" (Simon Kurt Unsworth) 130

Langtry, Edward (Husband of Lillie Langtry, 1847-1897)
Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 6, 8
Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 153-160, 162-164, 171-172, 178-181, 195, 200-201, 206-210, 220, 240, 244, 262
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 122-123, 333, 340, 348-352, 355
Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77; "Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 111, 113-114, 124

Langtry, Jeanne Marie (Daughter of Lily Langtry, 1881-1964)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 72, 114, 176, 192-194, 246, 257-258, 305, 207-314, 332-333, 345, 351-352, 354-355
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 219

Langtry, Lillie (British Actress, 1853-1929)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 17, 61-62, 64, 77, 83-85, 97, 99, 155, 175, 331
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 111-118, 121-129
Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 6-8, 35-38, 59-63, 81-85, 115, 118-119, 129-147, 149-152, 154, 167-170, 174, 184-185, 193-194, 200-201, 207, 234-236, 257, 269-271, 273-279, 282-283, 299, 301, 308-309, 323-327, 330, 341
Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 156-160, 163-173, 177-181, 206-207, 210-212, 215, 240, 262
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 17-27, 71-74, 81-85, 88, 92-93, 95-96, 100-101, 103, 106, 110-117, 119-133, 137-140, 143-144, 147, 149-160, 162, 164, 176, 178, 182-184, 186-187, 190. 192-194, 197-204, 207, 212, 215-216, 228, 234, 246-247, 250, 252, 255-261, 296, 301, 305, 307-309, 313-358
Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 62; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 283; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 71, 135; "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 83; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 45, 47; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 44; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 187-188, 192, 277; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 228; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 156, 191, 209-210, 232; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 147; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 314, 317; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 40, 89, 198; The Game's Afoot Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 77; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 259; A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 206; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 142; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 219; "The Adventure of the Illustrious Patient" (Michael Mallory) 78; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 21; "It is a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma" (Frank Muir) 19; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 257-258; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 76; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 237; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 17; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 168; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 10; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 145; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 60; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 19; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 546; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 89, 107-108; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 70
Langtry Alberts: The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 251
Lilly Langtree: "The Man From Capetown" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 12

Langtry, William (Father of Edward Langtry)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 349

Languish, Lydia (The Rivals - Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
"A Summer Day’s Outing" (Edwin Turnbladh) 11
The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 43, 72-73, 160-161

Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray (British Zoologist, 1847-1929)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 13, 21, 52, 66, 100-103, 112, 114, 157-158
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 21, 41-42, 47, 51, 53, 83, 145, 181
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 145-146

Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of (British Politician, 1816-1866)
"The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 53
Lansdowne Fountain: Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 218

Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of (British Statesman, Viceroy of India (1888-94) & Foreign Secretary (1900-1905), 1845-1927)
"The Adventure of the Illustrious Patient" (Michael Mallory) 78-83
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 167, 169-177, 181-184, 188, 192, 196-198, 202-203
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 561-565, 606, 622
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 533; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 221; "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 79; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 238; Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 119; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 86-87; "The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal Rajan) 92; "The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 52-53; "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 143, 161; "The Naga Baiga of Moogli Hills" (Vithal Rajan) 101; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 90
The Foreign Secretary: "The Adventure of the Greatest Gift" (Loren D. Estleman) 101
The Viceroy: "The Case of Anton Furer" (Ted Riccardi) 183, 186; "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 125-126, 128, 131-133, 149
The Viceroy's Palace: "The Death of Mycroft Holmes" (Ted Riccardi) 66
The Viceroy's Staff: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 139

Lansdowne, Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of (Wife of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, 1850-1932)
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 165-167, 169, 174, 181, 184-186, 192-193, 197, 201

Lansing, Robert (American Politician, 1864-1928)
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 309, 319

Lanston, Tolbert (American Inventor, 1844-1913)
Lanston Monotype Caster: The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 119

Lantier, Jacques (La Bête Humaine - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 41-42, 46, 50, 56-58, 91

Lanyon, Hastie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
"The Sign of Two: Sherlock Holmes and Dr Jekyll" (Philip Cornell) 57, 60-61, 65-66
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 40-41, 136-146, 160, 168, 170, 179, 216, 228, 233, 237-241
"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Holmes" (Steven Philip Jones & Seppo Makinen) 19, 26
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 209
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 215; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 57; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 451; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 120

Lanyon's Butler (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 139-140, 144-146

Lanz, Adolf (Austrian Mystic, 1874-1954)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 69-70, 113, 117-119, 123, 126, 141, 158-159, 161, 164-172

Lanza, Mario (Italian-American Singer)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 3

Lao Tzu / Laozi (Chinese Philosopher, 570-490BC)
Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 44; The Travels of Sherlock Holmes (John Hall) 113; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 98-99; "The Adventure of la Soupe Chinoise" (MacLean O’Spelin) 89, 92; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 123; "Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) III: 11; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 31; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 79; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 133

Laocoön (Priest of Apollo in Greek Mythology)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 164-165; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 210; Deathly Relics (Sam Siciliano) 224-225

Laocoön's Sons (Greek Mythology)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 210; Deathly Relics (Sam Siciliano) 224

Laplace, Pierre-Simon (French Mathematician, 1749-1827)
"The Caribbean Treaty Affair" (Jill Braden) 398; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 73

Lardner, Ring (American Writer, 1885-1933)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 64, 220-221
"A Lesson in Handwriting Analysis" (Ring W. Lardner) 204

Larkin, Fay (Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey)
"A Volume in Vermilion" (Kim Newman) 76-78, 82-85, 87-98

Larkin, James (Irish Republican, 1874-1947)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 40

Larkin, Philip (British Poet, 1922-1985)
A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 124

Larousse, Pierre (French Lexicographer, 1817-1875)
Larousse: The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 18; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 56, 75

Larrabee, James (Sherlock Holmes - William Gillette)
"The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 93-95, 98, 100

Larrabee, Madge (Sherlock Holmes - William Gillette)
"The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 96, 98

Lars Porsena (King of Clusium)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 578

Larsen, Arronaxe (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 25, 27, 69, 72, 142

Larsen, Viggo (Danish Actor, 1880-1957)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 244

Larsen, Wolf (The Sea Wolf - Jack London)
"The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 77-80, 82, 84, 87-91

LaRue, Alfred 'Lash' (American Cowboy Actor, 1917-1996)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 149

Lasalle, Antoine Charles Louis de (French Cavalry Officer, 1775-1809)
No Place Like Holmes (Jason Lethcoe) 102

LaSalle, Robert de (French Explorer, 1643-1687)
LaSalle Automobile: "Red Sunset" (Bob Madison) 261

Lascaris, Beatrice (Wife of Filippo Maria Visconti, 1378-1412)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 50

Lascelles, Lawrence (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 28

Lascelles, Lord: see Cornwallis West, William

Laski, Harold J. (British Political Scientist, 1893-1950)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 7-12

Łaski, Olbrecht (Polish Alchemist, ?-1604)
"The Angel of Truth" (I.A. Watson) 134

Lasky, Jesse (American Film Director, 1880-1958)
Lasky Company: Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 48
Merv Letoffsky: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 222

Lassalle, Ferdinand (German Socialist, 1825-1864)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 44

Lassiter, Jim (Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey)
"A Volume in Vermilion" (Kim Newman) 75-80, 82-97
"The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 171; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 399

Lassus, Orlandus (Flemish Composer, 1532-1594)
"The Affair of the Politician, The Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant" (Howard Collins) 200; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 2; The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 18; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 161; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 42; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 23; The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 19;  "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 12; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 116; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 56; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 114-117, 131; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 6; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 23; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 26-27, 201-202; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 19; "A Case of Criminal Madness" (Ted Riccardi) 37; "The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 118; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 146; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 280, 286, 288; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 24; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 99; "The Pale Reflection" (L.C. Tyler) 255-257, 262, 270; "Jerusalem Keep" (Mark Valentine & John Howard) 366; "The Adventure of the Missing Master" (Phillip Vine) 231, 233, 244, 253; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 5
Via Orlando di Lasso: "The Case of the Two Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 181

Lathom, Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of (British Politician, 1837-1898)
The Lord Chamberlain: Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 245, 297

Latimer, Andrew J. (Chief Steward Aboard the Titanic)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 86

Latimer, Charles (A Coffin for Diitrios - Eric Ambler)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 91

Latimer, Hugh (British Bishop, c.1487-1555)
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 294

Latour, Louis (French Wine Grower)
Louis Latour Chardonnay: The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 123-125

Lauder, Sir Harry (Scottish Entertainer, 1870-1950)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 89-90, 95, 116-121, 123
"Hoot Mon!" (Joseph H. Firman) 3; "No Mystery at All" (Kenneth L. Roberts) 20

Lauengram, Albert of (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 81, 146-149, 157, 172-174, 186-187

Laughton, Charles (British-American Actor, 1899-1962)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 70; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 370

Laura (Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 459-468, 470, 472-475, 480, 483-485, 487-494, 496-502, 506, 530, 535, 538, 560, 562, 565, 591-595, 611-612, 624-625, 627-628, 631-632, 646-647, 653, 656, 660, 664, 667, 688-691, 696, 698, 700
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 9, 24-28, 180-184, 320-325, 375, 381, 383, 392-393, 414-416, 418-419, 433
The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 16

Laura (Man-size in Marble - Edith Nesbit)
"The Adventure of the Stone Men" (Charles R. Rutledge) 111, 113-118, 121, 123, 125-126, 129, 139, 141

Laura (Petrarch's Love Lyrics)
"The Gospel of Sheba" (Lyndsay Faye) 225

Laura's Father (Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 460, 468, 491, 498; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss)26-27

Laura's Housekeeper (Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 470-472, 483-484, 502

Laura's Mother (Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 460, 468

Laurel, Stan (British-American Actor, 1890-1965)
"The Little Problem of the Grosvenor Square Furniture Van" (Patrick LoBrutto) (Written as if by Laurel)

Laurel & Hardy (British /American Comedy Duo)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 196; The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 7; My Hero (Tom Holt) 219; "Elementary, My Lovely" (Sarah Montague Joffe) 11; The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 154; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 340-342; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 81-82; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 171
NOTE: "The Little Problem of the Grosvenor Square Furniture Van" (Patrick LoBrutto) is based on Laurel & Hardy's piano-movers routine.
See also: Oliver Hardy

Laurence, Friar (Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare)
The Case of the Spellbound Child (Mercedes Lackey) 60; "The Flowers of Utah" (Robert Pohle) 96

Laurence, Theodore 'Laurie' (Little Women - Louisa May Alcott)
"Ghosts in the Library" (Edrie Pendleton) 31

Laurie, Leah (Wife of Will Goldston)
Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 59-60

Laurier, Sir Wilfrid (Canadian Prime-Minister (1896-1911), 1841-1919)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Anexationist Conspiracy" (Jack Batten & Michael Bliss) 66, 70, 78; "A Scandal in Montreal" (Edward D. Hoch) 88; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 74

Lauth, Captain Jules (French Intelligence Agent)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 256-257, 298-299, 305-314, 316, 328, 335, 398

Lautréamont, Comte de: see Ducasse, Isidore

Laveau, Marie, I (American Voodoo Priestess, 1794(?)-1881(?))
Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 26-28, 33, 77, 81-85, 130-131, 137, 140, 143, 146-149, 157, 159, 162, 164-176, 180-184, 186, 188, 191
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 87, 129-130, 132, 196-198
Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 52, 58, 104, 141, 263

Laveau, Marie, II (American Voodoo Priestess, 1827-1897)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 86-91, 95-98, 101, 104-105, 110, 112-114, 116, 118-121, 128-135, 141-142, 170-173, 177, 179, 181, 184-185, 187, 192-193, 195-200, 205-207, 210, 214-216, 218-220, 227-233, 236-242, 247-248, 250-251, 261, 264, 289, 296, 300-301, 307, 309-315, 323, 325

Lavelle (War of the Worlds - H.G.Wells)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 43
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 33

Lavenza, Elizabeth (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 14, 22, 24, 27-30, 33-34, 38, 41-42, 46-49, 51-58, 61, 76, 113-115, 119-120, 123-126, 129-130, 136-138, 140-146, 148, 157, 162
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 338, 342, 344

Laver, Rod (Australian Tennis Player, 1938- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 6

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (French Chemist, 1743-1794)
"The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 94; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 44; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 266; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 150

Law, John: see Margaret Harkness

Law, Jude (English Actor, 1972- )
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 32, 37; The Great Shelby Holmes and the Coldest Case (Elizabeth Eulberg) 47

Lawende, Joseph (Ripper Case, Saw Eddowes with a man like a sailor)
Joseph Lavende: Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 26, 47-48
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 179-180; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 192

Lawes, Henry (English Composer, 1595-1662)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 104

Lawley, Sue (British TV Presenter, 1946- )
Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 7

Lawne, Robert (The Imperfect Lover - Andrew Soutar)
"Drama in the Library!" (The Onlooker) 5

Lawrence, D.H. (British Author, 1885-1930)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 97; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 153; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 40-41, 44; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 217; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 116

Lawrence, Edward (English Brewer)
"The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 134

Lawrence, James G (American Mill Owner, 1886-1927)
Strongwood (Larry Millett) 44

Lawrence, Mr Justice (British Judge, Rose Harsent Murder Case)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 181

Lawrence, Marc (American Actor, 1909-2005)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 6, 9-10

Lawrence, Penelope, Millicent & Dorothy (Founders of Roedean School)
Miss Violet Lawrence: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 451-452, 454, 473-480, 515
Miss Petronella Lawrence: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 476-478, 480
Miss Agatha Lawrence: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 476-478, 480

Lawrence, St (Roman Martyr, c.225-258)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 246; "Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 123
Ayot St Lawrence: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 52
Bradstone St Lawrence: "The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 10, 16, 20, 22, 59
Church of St Lawrence: "Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 429
Hospital of St Lawrence: "Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of Bodmin" (Jonathan Green) 65, 74
St Laurent: Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 121, 125
St Lawrence River: "A Scandal in Montreal" (Edward D. Hoch) 86; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 220; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 297; "The Reluctant Assassin" (Peter Tremayne) 216-217
St Lawrence Seaway: Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 86

Lawrence, Sarah: see Sarah Junner

Lawrence, T.E. (British Soldier, "Lawrence of Arabia", 1888-1935)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 26-43
"The Petrifying Well" (Martin Gately) 56-68
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 28, 63, 87, 118, 148, 167, 243, 366
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 48, 50
Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 123-126, 128-129
The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 16; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 216; The Game (Laurie R. King) 83; Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 44-45, 249, 260; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 284; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 4; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 22, 25; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 106; The Baker Street Letters (Michael Robertson) 189; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 49; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 280; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 102; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 44, 64, 84; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 117-119, 125, 157

Lawrence, Sir Thomas (British Artist, 1769-1830)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 255; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 248; The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 20

Lawrence, William (British Bank Clerk)
"The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 129

Lawrie, Dr Edward (Scottish Doctor)
"The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal Rajan) 61-62, 66, 68

Lawrie, Robert (British Alpine Equipment Supplier, 1903-1982)
Mr Lawrie: "The Adventure of the Misplaced Eyeglasses" (Robin N. Campbell) 62-63

Lawson, Geoff (Australian Cricketer, 1957- )
'Legbreaker' Lawson: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 73

Lawson, Nigel (British Politician, 1932-2023)
Lawson, Nigel and Partners: "The Vanishing Legacy" (Anonymous) 1600

Lay, Charles (English Doctor)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 171-173, 178, 204

Laye, Evelyn (British Actress, 1899-1996)
"You’d Better Go In Disguise" (Alan Bradley) 16

Lazare, Bernard (French Writer, 1865-1903)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 332-333

Lazarus (Bible - John)
"Dead Man Walking" (Len Bailey) 137-138, 140-145, 147, 150-156
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 232; The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 190; "The Remarkable Disappearance of James Phillimore" (Paul D. Gilbert) 64; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 93; "Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 24, 33; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 85; Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 66; "The Adventure of the Fellow Traveller" (Daniel McGachey) 362; "A Death at the Cricket" (Eddie Maguire) 66; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 62; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 321; "The Adventure of the Lazarus Child" (Dr L.J.M. Owen) 223, 233; Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v4: 6; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 78, 162, 171; Deathly Relics (Sam Siciliano) 235, 252; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 202; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 25; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 84; "Sweet Rewards" (Wayne Worcester) 385-386
Lazarus-like: "As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 42; "The Adventure of the Reckless Resurrectionist" (Will Murray) 110
Lazarus Moment: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 91

Lazarus (Bible - Luke)
"The Abergavenny Adventure" (Clive Brooks) 13

Lazarus, Emma (American Poet, 1849-1887)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 332

Lazenby, George (Australian Actor, 1939- )
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 203-204

Lazovert, Stanislaus (Russian Army Doctor, Involved in Rasputin Assassination)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 264, 274-276

Le Bon, Alphonse (The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe)
"The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 17; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 387

Le Bon, Gustave (French Sociologist)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 82

Le Breton, Emilie Davis Martin (Mother of Lillie Langtry)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 140, 350

Le Breton, Reggie (Brother of Lillie Langtry, ?-1877)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 139-140, 319, 322, 340

Le Breton, William (Brother of Lillie Langtry)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 122

Le Breton, William Corbet (Father of Lillie Langtry, 1815-1888)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 121, 157, 339-340
Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 61; "Sherlock Holmes and 'The Woman' (Michael Harrison) 112;

Le Carré, John (British Author, 1931- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 200

Le Cat, Claude-Nicolas (French Surgeon, 1700-1768)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 126, 202

Le Corbusier (Swiss-French Architect, 1887-1965)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 14

Le Désossé, Valentin / Jacques Renaudin (French Dancer, 1843-1907)
"Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 20

Le Duc, Paul (Playing With Fire - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 22

Le Fanu, Fletcher (Irish Clergyman, 1860-1939)
"The Irish Professor" (Eddie Maguire) 82-84

Le Fanu, J. Sheridan (Irish Author, 1814-1873)
The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose (Irene Adler) 37; The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 170; "The Adventure of the Haunted Room" (Mike Chinn) 378; The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 161; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 256; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 98; The Crusader’s Curse (Stuart Douglas) 7-8, 10; "The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 387; "The Sunleys of Canterbury" (Miles Elward) 27; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 21, 33, 90; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 40; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 65; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 12, 168; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 135; The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 15

Le Gall, Louis (French Secretary to Félix Faure)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 133-140

Le Grand, Charles (British Private Detective)
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 188, 215-216, 218

Le Maire, Jakob (Dutch Explorer)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 53

Le Neve, Ethel (Crippen's Lover & Accomplice, 1883-1967)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 66-67, 208
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 219-221
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 3-8
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 9-10, 42-43, 73-75, 80-81, 86-88, 116
"The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 209; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 344-345; "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 249; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 275; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 24

Le Nôtre, André (French Landscape Architect, 1613-1700)
"Professor and Colonel" (Ruth Berman) 65

Le Petomaine (Joseph Pujol) (French Entertainer, 1857-1945)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 219-221, 243, 245
M. Le Petomaine's Academy for Young Ladies: Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 210; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 103; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 160; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 26, 30, 34, 233; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 110

Le Pileur, A. (French Physiologist)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 52

Le Prince, Louis (French Cinema Pioneer, 1842-1890)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 129-130, 242
"The Adventure of the Haunted Room" (Mike Chinn) 383; "The Adventure of the Vanishing Man" (Mike Chinn) 370; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 465-466

Le Queux, William (Britsh Writer & Journalist, 1864-1927)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 173-176
"The Adventure of the Missing General" (Anonymous) 6; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 7; Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 212; "Subliminal Deduction" (E. Patrick McQuaid) 1; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 16; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 233; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 75; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 4, 17

Le Roy, Mary Ann "Talma" (American Magician, 1868-1944)
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 36

Le Roy, Servais (American Magician, 1865-1953)
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 36, 108
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 80

Le Sage, Alain Rene (French Novelist, 1668-1747)
The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 97

Le Sorcier, Charles (The Alchemist - H.P. Lovecraft)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 239, 243-245, 247-250, 252

Leach, Sir Edward Pemberton (British Military Commander, 1847-1913)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 13; Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 164, 185-186

Leacock, Agnes Butler (Mother of Stephen Leacock)
"A Scandal in Montreal" (Edward D. Hoch) 89

Leacock, Beatrix Hamilton (Wife of Stephen Leacock, ?-1925)
"A Scandal in Montreal" (Edward D. Hoch) 89-90

Leacock, Peter (Father of Stephen Leacock)
"A Scandal in Montreal" (Edward D. Hoch) 89

Leacock, Stephen (British-Canadian Humorist, 1869-1944)
"A Scandal in Montreal" (Edward D. Hoch) 87-95
Leakin Steamcock: "The Mystery of the Chewed Pencil" (A. Comyn Boyle) 7

Leacock, Stephen Lushington (Son of Stephen Leacock, 1915-?)
"A Scandal in Montreal" (Edward D. Hoch) 89

Leadbeater, Reverend C.W. (British Theosophist, 1854-1934)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 104-107, 134-136

Leader, The (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6-9, 11-12

Leakey, Louis (British Paleoanthropologist, 1903-1972)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 17; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 139
Leakey family: The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 16

Leal, Mercedes (Mother of Jô Soares)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 56-59

Leander (Hero & Leander)
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 256

Lear, Edward (British Humourist, 1812-1888)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 83; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 121; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 34; The Dragon Turn (Shane Peacock) 148; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 111; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 21, 54; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 13-14

Lear, King (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 59
The Dark Lady (Irene Adler) 53; Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 102; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 32, 36, 184; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 64; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 64, 97-98; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 280; Moriarty (John Gardner) 55, 149; ; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 106; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 53; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 120; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 65, 187; "The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 133; "The Case of the Haphazard Marksman" (Andrew Lane) 210; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 52; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 60; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 61; "The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 234, 238; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 48; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 207, 252; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 14; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 70; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 288; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 38; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 322; "The Adventure of the Witanhurst Ghost" (Peter Swanson) 159, 173; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 280; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 280; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 90; "The Purloined Face" (Stephen Volk) 257
See also: King Lear (play)

Lear's Fool (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 36; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 65, 187; "The Case of the Haphazard Marksman" (Andrew Lane) 210; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 207; Call the Turn (Zeke Masters) 88

Lear, William Powell (American Inventor, 1902-1978)
Lear Jet: Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 31

Learned Judge, The (Trial By Jury - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 24-25

Leary, Timothy (American Psychologist, 1920-1996)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 152; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 154

Leather, Ella Mary (British Folklorist)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 97, 222-223, 269, 324, 331, 333, 472, 498

Leather Apron (Ripper suspect): see Pizer, John

Leavitt, R.K. (American Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60

Lebedoueff (Russian Chief of Police, Challenged Houdini)
Lebedin: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 8-10, 13-16, 314

Lebel, Colonel Nicholas (French Soldier)
Lebel Rifle: Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 209; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 137, 202; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 89; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 134; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 173-174

Leblanc, Maurice (French Author, 1864-1941)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 20, 25-59
The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 70

Leblois, Louis (French Attorney)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 405

Lebrun, Robert (The Awakening - Kate Chopin)
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 366

Leckie, Jean (Second Wife of Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 8, 10-13, 18, 23, 30, 35-41, 47-57, 143, 145-146, 149, 152, 154-155
The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 9-14, 19-31, 34-36, 39-40, 45, 50, 73, 75, 77, 80-81, 90, 94-95, 108-123, 125-126, 129-135, 139-142, 156, 168-169, 172-173, 177-179
"The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 42-46, 48-50, 52
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 199-201, 208-213
"The Doll Who Talked to the Dead" (Nev Fountain) 117, 125, 136
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 17-21, 23, 46-48, 55, 57-58, 61, 71-72, 75, 82, 84, 95, 98-99, 101, 106, 120, 127-132, 138, 144, 147-148, 154-155, 170, 176, 197, 200-201, 214, 220, 222, 229, 231, 239, 273, 291, 294
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 204, 210
"The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 50, 52, 57, 60-61, 67
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 16-18, 52, 95, 99, 124, 137, 146, 227, 261
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 75-78, 80-88, 90-96, 98-100, 116, 119-120, 122-124, 126-127, 134-136, 146-147, 14-150, 156-157, 159-163, 166, 173-174, 176-177, 181-184, 186, 189-190, 192-195, 202-216, 219, 231, 252-256, 258-260, 274, 276-280, 284, 286-291, 293-295, 297, 300-301, 303, 305, 308-309, 312, 316-318
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 7, 9-10, 13-14, 31-32, 49, 52, 72, 90, 211, 248
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 344; "Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle" (Len Deighton); The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 86; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 39, 42-43, 173; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 15, 31, 100, 160, 193, 257, 279, 304; Baskerville (John O’Connell) 21, 77, 133, 142-143; "Are You There?" (Neal R. O’Hara) 22; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 107-108, 260; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 121; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 143

Leckie, Malcolm (Brother of Jean Leckie)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 17; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 75, 81, 84; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 10

Leclanché, Georges (French Physicist, 1839-1882)
"The Strange Death of Sherlock Holmes" (Andrew Darlington) 188
Leclanché Battery: "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 7, 11, 21; "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 73
Leclanché Cell: "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 13; "The Mystery of the Wires" (L.F.E. Coombs) 204; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 88; "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 69

Lecoq (Lecoq Series - Emile Gaboriau)
"The House-boat" (Anonymous) 306
"Mr Homes Makes a Sensational Exit" (John Kendrick Bangs) 15
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 216
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 21, 23-25, 37, 46, 123-124, 130, 136-137
"The Adventure of the Orcival Rain" (Nigel Malcolm) 161-168
"The Return of Herlock Sholmes: The Ghost of the Pantheon" (Niblick) 10-11
"The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 59-61
"The Adventure of the Lost Baby" (Carolyn Wells) 12
"The Adventure of the Mona Lisa" (Carolyn Wells) 22, 24-25
"Cherchez la Femme" (Carolyn Wells) 140, 142, 144, 147
"Sure Way To Catch Every Criminal. Ha! Ha!" (Carolyn Wells) 106-107
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 33; "The Bound of the Astorbilts" (Charlton Andrews) 136; "The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarters" (Jon L. Breen) 310; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 145; "The Last of Mr. Sherlock Holmes" (August Derleth) 4; "The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 397; "Moriarty’s Return" (T. Arnold Johnston) 77; Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 50, 83; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 150; "The Resuscitation of Sherlock Holmes" (James MacArthur) 84; "Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 176; Baskerville (John O’Connell) 133; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 113

Lecouvreur, Adrienne (French Actor, 1692-1730)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 49-50

Lecter, Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter series - Thomas Harris)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 200; Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 163; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 266; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 185-192
NOTE: The chapter in A Samba for Sherlock in which Holmes confronts Dr. Aderbal Câmara at the Dom Pedro II Asylum is a parody of Silence of the Lambs.

Led Zeppelin (British Rock Group)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 104

Leda (Greek Mythology)
"The Hungarian Diamond" (R.C.Lehmann) 150; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 118

Leduc, Pierre (French-American Barber)
Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy (Owen Haskell) 33-37, 39-40

Lee, Ann (British Mystic, Founder of the Shakers, 1736-1784)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 290

Lee, Bruce (American Actor, 1940-1973)
"Ethan Unbound" (Gary Blackwood) 70-71
Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 117

Lee, Christopher (British Actor, 1922-2015)
"A Study in Scarborough" (Guy Adams) 146; Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 1, 5, 21-22, 225; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 110

Lee, Gypsy Rose (American Striptease Artiste, 1914-1970)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 192; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 93

Lee, James Paris (Scottish Gunsmith, 1831-1904)
Lee-Enfield: "Sherlock Holmes and the Great Game" (Kevin Cockle) 143; "The Adventure of the Mocking Huntsman" (M.J. Elliott) 25; Arrowood (Mick Finlay) 54; The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 273; O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 29, 135; "The Case of the Haphazard Marksman" (Andrew Lane) 193; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 171; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 171; "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 144, 150, 157; "The Adventure of the Missing Rubies" (Tony Reynolds) 177; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 136, 172, 200; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 164, 174, 220; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 241, 285-286; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 219, 265; "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 268; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 5, 114; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 123, 130; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 129; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 81; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 114; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 295
Lee-Metford Rifle: The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 30; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 137, 202; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 170-171; "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 157; "The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 66; Sherlock Holmes and the Zombie Problem (Nick S. Thomas) 48, 62, 100; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 479
Martini-Lee Rifle: "Tiger! Tiger!" (Elizabeth Bear) 29

Lee, John "Babbacombe" (English Murderer, "The Man They Could Not Hang", 1864-1941(?))
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 319

Lee, Nelson (Nelson Lee series - Maxwell Scott)
"The Strange Case of the Three Revolvers" (Anthony Grey) 66-67
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 10; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 112

Lee, Peggy (American Singer, 1920-2002)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 28

Lee, Robert E. (American Confederate General, 1807-1870)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 115; Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 230; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 153; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 2; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 85, 121; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 29, 78, 261, 270; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 51; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 168, 229-231; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 220; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 59; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 279; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 38; "A Ghost from Christmas Past" (Thomas A. Turley) 134
The Robert E. Lee (spaceship): "The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 124-126, 128

Lee, Stan (American Editor & Writer, 1922- )
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 118

Lee, W.H.F. 'Rooney' (American Confederate General & Congressman, 1837-1891)
"The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 51

Lee French, Edward (British Colonial Police Official, 1860-1932)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 298, 301

Leeds, Arthur (American Writer, 1882-1952?)
Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 37, 39, 59, 62, 65, 67, 76-79

Leeford, Edward "Monks" (Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens)
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 480

Lees, Grace (Wife of Robert Lees)
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 61-66, 73-76, 78-80, 103
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 249

Lees, Robert (Psychic Involved In Ripper Case)
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 25
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 247-252, 282
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 53-54, 56-66, 70-71, 73-80, 102-103, 105, 116, 139, 151
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 100; "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 43; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 108, 332; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 139; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 178; "Miss Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (M.J. Trow) 362

Lees, Sophie Lily (Wife of Willie Wilde, 1859-1922)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 31, 99-102, 106, 114, 286, 296, 349

Leeson (British Police Sergeant, Wounded at the Sidney Street Siege)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 130, 202

Leetha (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Sky Pirates! - Dave Stone)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 128-131, 256

Lefebvre, Marcel (French Archbishop, 1905-1991)
The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 41, 43, 46, 97-99

LeFevre, George L. (American Physician, 1865-1944)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 114-115

Leffing, Lucius (Lucius Leffing series - Joseph Payne Brennan)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 180

Lefler, Mr (Lodger at 4, Euston Square)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 61, 180, 183-185

Lefroy, Percy: see Percy Lefroy Mapleton

Lefty Louie (American Hoodlum, aka Louie Rosenberg)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 117, 160-161, 182
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 66

Léger, Fernand (French Artist, 1881-1955)
Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 48; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 35

Legion (Biblical Demons)
The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 156, 158-159
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 2; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 354; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 109

Lehar, Franz (Austro-Hungarian Composer, 1870-1948)
Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 64

Lehmann, Lilli (German Soprano, 1848-1929)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 34

Lehmann, Lotte (German-American Soprano, 1888-1976)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 34

Lehmann, R.C. "Cunnin Toil" (British Humourist)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 238

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (German Philosopher, 1646-1716)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 14; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 40; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 56; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 119, 252; Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 55; "Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi) 335, 339; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 265; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 388; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 76

Leicester, Robert Dudley, First Earl of (British Politician, Favourite of Elizabeth I, 1532-1588)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 150-151, 178, 284-285, 290; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 102; "The Angel of Truth" (I.A. Watson) 159, 161

Leichner, Ludwig (German Opera Singer, 1836-1912)
Leichener Theatrical Powder: Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 22
Leichner make-up: Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 211, 226

Leigh, Amyas (Westward Ho! - Charles Kingsley)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318

Leigh, Lord (British Landowner)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 89, 94-96

Leigh, Vivien (British Actress, 1913-1967)
"Curtain Call" (T.W. Knowles II) 74, 76
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 76; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140

Leighton, Arthur (English Solicitor)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 188, 198

Leighton, Sir Frederick (British Artist, 1830-1896)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 75; "Miss Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (M.J. Trow) 355; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 69-70

Leinster, Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald, Duke of (Irish Peer, 1791-1874)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 29

Leipoldt, Johannes (German Religious Scholar, 1880-1965)
"The Case of the Two Coptic Patriarchs" (John A. Wilson) 77

Leiter, Levi (American Wholesaler)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 33

Leith, Robert (Lusitania Radio Operator, 1885-1933)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 42, 44, 46, 51, 168

Leitz, Ernst (German Mechanic, 1843-1920)
Leitz Binoculars: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 353

Leland, Jedediah (Citizen Kane - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 55

Lely, Peter (Dutch Artist, 1618-1680)
"The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 183

Lemarchand, Philip (The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 122, 136, 154, 172, 176

Lemarchand's Box (Hellraiser series)
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 11-14, 50, 104, 124, 129, 133, 153-154, 167-176, 179-180, 201, 203-206, 214, 227, 255, 292, 294, 298

Lemercier-Picard (French Forger, The Dreyfus Affair)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 112, 144

Lemon, Mark (British Editor, 1809-1870)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 32

Lemon Drop Kid, The (The Lemon Drop Kid - Damon Runyon)
"The Sinister Cheesecake" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 444

Lemora (Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 102-104