Sea Devils (Dr. Who - TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 221

Seabreeze (British Racehorse, 1885-1909)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 305-306

Seacole, Mary (British Nurse, 1805-1881)
Mary Seacole Wing: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 140-141

Seagoon, Neddie (The Goon Show - radio series)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 26

Seaman, Dick (Racing Driver, 1913-1939)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 111

Seaman, Owen (British Writer, 1861-1936)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 75, 158

Searlem, Percy Knight (British Murder Victim, 1880-1888)
The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 221

Sears, Richard W. (American Businessman, 1863-1914)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 76
Sears: European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 366; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 159
Sears Roebuck: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 196; My Hero (Tom Holt) 209; "The Boy and the Book" (Daniel Nathan) 71

Seaver, Tom (American Baseball Player, 1944-2020)
"Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 211

Sebastian (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 274
Sebastian Oliver: "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 214, 217, 219, 223-224, 226, 229

Sebastian, St.
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 8; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 207; "The Adventure of the Locked Carriage" (Stuart Douglas) 205; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 163; "The Case of Anton Furer" (Ted Riccardi) 170; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 29; "The Adventure of the Long-Lost Enemy" (Marcia Wilson) 135
Saint Sebastian (City): A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 74

Sebeknofru (12th Dynasty Egyptian Pharoah)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 230

Jean Seberg (American Actress, 1938-1979)
"A Study in Scarborough" (Guy Adams) 131

Sebright, Sir John Gage Saunders (9th Baron Sebright, 1843-1890)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 122

Sebright, Lady Olivia Fitzpatrick (Wife of Sir John Sebright, ?-1895)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 122

Sechrist, Edward Lloyd (American Anthropologist)
Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 18

Secker, Martin (British Publisher)
Secker & Warburg: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 151

Second Nun (The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer)
"Holmes on the Range" (John Connolly) 361

Secret Chiefs, The (Higher Powers in the Theology of the Order of the Golden Dawn)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 106; "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 60

Secret Seven, The (The Secret Seven series - Enid Blyton)
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 32

Seddon, Frederick (British Murderer, 1872-1912)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 13-14, 78-79, 178-179, 190-191, 195-196
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 249; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 9-10, 168

Seddon, Margaret (Wife of Frederick Seddon)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 13-14, 178-179, 195-196

Seddon, Richard (Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893-1906), 1845-1906)
"The Return of Picklock" (R.C. Lehmann) 115

Seddon, William (Father of Frederick Seddon)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 14

Sedgwick, Henry (British Founder of the Society For Psychical Research, 1838-1901)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 149

Sedley, Amelia (Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318

See, Charles, Florence & Mary (American Candy Manufacturers)
See's Chocolate: Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 86

Seekers, The (Australian Pop Group)
Shirlick Holmes and the Case of the Wandering Wardrobe (Jane Yolen) 15

Seely, John Edward Bernard, 1st Baron of Mottistone (British Politician, 1868-1947)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 80-82, 292, 310, 320

Sefton (Racehorse, Winner of the 1878 Epsom Derby)
Watson’s Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 17

Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Bob (American Rock Group)
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 15

Segovia, Andrés (Spanish Classical Guitarist, 1893-1987)
"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 138, 147

Seidl, Anton (Hungarian Conductor, 1850-1898)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 140

Sekhmet (Egyptian Goddess)
"The Giant Cat of Sumatra" (Hank Davis) 403-413
The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 81; The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 8, 97, 155, 239-240, 255; The Chess Queen Enigma (Colleen Gleason) 291, 308-309, 340, 344; The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 22-23, 37, 43, 59-61, 63, 77, 85-86, 110-113, 116-117, 138, 150, 153-155, 157-159, 164, 168-171, 188, 206, 208, 214-215, 217-218, 220-222, 224-225, 227, 237, 242-243, 246-247, 249-250, 252, 259-260, 266, 268, 275, 277-279, 285-286, 289-291, 297, 302, 315, 317-318, 321, 325, 327, 329-331, 333, 335, 337-338, 344-345; The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 73, 166; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 162-163, 167, 173, 177-178, 180, 189, 193-195, 282, 290

Selassie, Haile (Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74), 1892-1975)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 74; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 188; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 10
Haile Selassie!: East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 66

Selby, James (British Coachman, ?-1888)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 226

Selenites (The First Men in the Moon - H.G.Wells)
"The Case of the Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 121

Selfridge, Harry Gordon (American Retailer, 1858-1947)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 65; The Murder of Mary Russell (Laurie R. King) 321
Selfridges: The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 219, 226; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 176, 189, 211; The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 281; Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 12; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 259; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 112

Selim I (Ottoman Sultan (1512-20), 1465?-1520)
Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 179, 188

Selkirk, Alexander (Scottish Sailor, Model for Robinson Crusoe, 1676-1721)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 58; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 169

Sellers, Colonel (The Gilded Age - Mark Twain)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 229

Sellers, Laura (The Gilded Age - Mark Twain)
"The Adventure of the Jersey Girl" (Bill Peschel) 362

Sellers, Peter (British Actor, 1925-1980)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 204

Selznick, David O. (American Film-Maker, 1902-1965)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 91
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 37; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 88

Semmelweis, Ignaz (Hungarian Physician, 1818-1865)
"The Paradol Paradox" (Michael Kurland) 220-221; Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 58

Semon, Richard (German Zoologist, 1859-1918)
"Bibliographic Bones" (Frank Place) 50

Semple, Aimee: see Aimee Semple McPherson

Seneca, Lucius (Roman Philosopher, 4BC-AD65)
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 191; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 50; "The Adventure of the Memento Mori" (Lindsay Faye) 177; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 225; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 345; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 1; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 237; "Sherlock Holmes and the Other Eye" (Richard Dean Starr & E.R, Bower) 1751

Sengchen Tulku (Prime Minister of Tibet)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 88, 146, 148

Senior, Frederick (English Solicitor)
"The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 33, 37

Sennacherib (Assyrian King (705-681BC))
The Jewelled Peacock of Persia (Jake & Luke Thoene) 42

Sennett, Mack (Canadian-American Film Director, 1880-1960)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 138; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 171

Senta (The Flying Dutchman - Richard Wagner)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 53, 72-73, 77, 132, 180; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 46-47, 52, 423

Sentry (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6

Sequeira, Dr. George William (Ripper Case, Performed Autopsy on Eddowes)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 150-152
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 152

Sergeant of Police (The Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan)
Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 29, 166-167, 194-196, 214, 264, 286

Sergius, Grand Duke (Russian Nobleman, Uncle of Tsar Nicholas II, 1857-1905)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 10-12, 15
Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 126

Serios, Ted (American Bellhop & Psychic Photographer, 1918-2006)
The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 30

Serpell, James (American Vet, 1952- )
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 122

Serpent in the Garden of Eden (Bible)
"As They Would Have Told It: After Conan Doyle" (Louis Baury) 280
"The Case of the Crafty Serpent" (Linda Wicklund & Shelly Nielsen) 108, 113-114
"Dignified Harlots" (Len Bailey) 28; "Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 198; "The Caribbean Treaty Affair" (Jill Braden) 406; Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 123; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 474; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 328; "Darkest Gold" (L.B.Greenwood) 179; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 188; A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 189, 468; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 120; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 186; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 163-164; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 33; "The Doctor's Case" (Stephen King) 316; Fire Storm (Andrew Lane) 27; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 115; The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 84; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 100; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 80; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 18; The Venerable Tiger (Sam Siciliano) 96, 274; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 116; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 116; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 181

Serpollet, Léon (French Industrialist, 1858-1907)
"The Adventure of the Half-Melted Wolf" (Marcia Wilson) 445

Serra, Father Junipero (Spanish-American Priest, 1713-1784)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 38; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 98

Sertürner, Friedrich Wilhelm (German Pharmacist, 1783-1841)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 22

Servance, John O. (Witness in the JFK Assassination Enquiry)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 202-203

Servant Girl (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 209

Servants, The (The Turn of the Screw - Henry James)
"The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 98, 100, 104, 114-115, 119-121, 158, 199, 226, 262

Servius Tullius (King of Rome (578-534BC) ?-534BC)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 375

Set / Seth (God of Chaos, Brother of Osiris in Egyptian Mythology)
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 164; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 120; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 54; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 85, 132, 202, 212, 215; "The Adventure of the Laughing Moonbeast" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 55-56; "The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 74

Setalvad, Sir Chimanlal (Indian Lawyer, 1865-1947)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 217-218

Seth (Bible - Genesis)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 114

Sethos (Any of Several Pharoahs)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 72

Seti I (Egyptian Pharoah (1291-1278BC))
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 186; "The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 55-56

Seton, Fay (He Who Whispers - John Dickson Carr)
"The Adventure of the Red Dress" (Ana Teresa Pereira) 137-138, 153

Seurat, Ernestine Feivre (Mother of Georges Seurat)
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 292

Seurat, Georges (French Artist, 1859-1891)
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 292, 294, 356; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 163; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 69

Seuss, Dr (American Author, 1904-1991)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 15, 286

Seven Deadly Sins, The
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 39
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 66; A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 11; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 224; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 355; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 340

Seven Dwarfs, The (Fairy Story Characters)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)
"The Martian Mystery" (Anonymous) 56
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder) 454
The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 140-144
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 72; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 132; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 168
The Seven Strangled Dwarves: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 133

Seven Priests (Bible - Joshua)
"Humpty Dumpty" (Len Bailey) 210

Seven Samurai (Seven Samurai - Movie)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 388

Seven Wise Men of Greece, The (Greek Sages, 7th & 6th centuries BC)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 224

Severen (Near Dark - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 286, 289, 292

Severence, Margaret (The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig - David Graham Phillips)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 89

Severn, Joseph (English Artist, 1793-1879)
"The Executioner" (Lawrence C. Connolly) 108

Severus, Lucius Septimius (Roman Emperor (193-211), 146-211)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 328, 376

Seward, Frederick (American Politician, 1830-1915)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 322-323

Seward, Dr. John "Jack" (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 20, 86-89, 91-93, 95, 98, 100, 103, 105, 113, 119-120, 132, 205
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 85, 92, 102-103, 106, 113-114
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 5, 10, 25, 37, 40-41, 43-44, 47-49, 52-54, 57, 59-62, 65-71, 74-75, 80-81, 83, 91, 111, 161, 166, 173-175, 178-181, 186-187, 195-197, 199, 202, 219, 221-222, 346, 382, 384, 489, 510-515, 517-518, 520-525, 527-528, 546-549, 551, 554-557, 570, 585-587, 589, 593, 601, 606, 608-609, 613, 639, 645, 654, 660, 666, 668, 673, 702
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 85, 87-90, 100, 102, 105, 107, 109, 115-116, 141, 151, 199, 217, 221-222, 224, 228, 260, 264, 337, 380, 420
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 133-134, 136, 144-146, 207, 216-217, 234-240, 243-244, 246, 269, 381, 392
"The Adventure of the Madman" (Nancy Holder) 71-82
Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 41, 107-110, 114, 123-127, 205
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 10, 14, 34-35, 45-46, 48, 62-64, 72, 82, 91, 96-97, 111, 113, 136-140, 153-154, 168-192, 206-207, 209-210, 215-220, 222, 229, 235, 252, 292
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 5-10, 20-22, 40, 77, 106, 109, 111-118, 139-148, 157, 179-185, 191, 199, 203-206, 212, 219-222, 224, 249-250, 263, 284-285, 325-328, 334-342, 347, 359-361, 402-403, 405-417, 420-430, 433-437, 443-444, 448, 452
"The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 317
The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 119-120, 124, 189-195, 215, 227-228, 230-241, 243, 246-247
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 91-92, 115, 120-121, 124, 126-127, 166-182, 185, 189, 192, 194-198, 206-208
Season of Madness (Aaron Smith) 7-16, 18-40, 43-48, 50-63, 65-76, 79-82, 86-93, 95, 97-104, 108, 110-112, 114-116
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 178, 186-187, 195
Dr Josef Westenra: Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania (Gerry O’Hara) 10, 17, 75-82, 85-87, 93-94, 99-106, 109-113, 115-117, 122, 124, 129, 137-138, 180
The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 137, 147, 163; "MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 139; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 167, 204, 266; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 16; Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v1: 8; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen)
NOTE: In Tom Holland's Supping with Vampires, Dr. Renfield (302-304) is presented to us as the original of Stoker's Seward.

Seward, William Henry (American Politician, 1801-1872)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 66-67, 135, 234, 250, 289, 292
"The Mystery of the Department of State Cardboard Invert Proofs" (Stanley M. Bierman) 158; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 114-116; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 89-90; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 29; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 322-323

Sewell, John (Mayor of Toronto (1978-80), 1940- )
"The Adventures of Henry P. Gomez Jr: The Case of the Erotic Exposures" (Anonymous) 6

Sexton, The (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 387-388, 390, 406, 428-429
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 117
Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania (Gerry O’Hara) 160

Seybert, Henry (American Scientist)
Seybert Commission: "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 161

Seyd (The Corsair - Lord Byron)
Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 300

Seymour, Edward: see Somerset, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of

Seymour, Edward Hobart (British Admiral, 1840-1929)
Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 23, 134, 152, 165-166, 168

Seymour, Jane (Wife of Henry VIII, 1508-1537)
The Women of Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 132

Sforza, Caterina (Italian Noblewoman, the Virago, 1462-1509)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 70

Sforza, Polissena (Wife of Sigismondo Malatesta, 1428-1449)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 50

Sgloomi Po (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Sky Pirates! - Dave Stone)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 128-131, 136-137, 139, 144, 154, 255, 272

Shabaka (Allan and the Ice-Gods - H. Rider Haggard)
The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 228

Shackleton, Emily (Wife of Ernest Shackleton, 1883-1936)
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 239

Shackleton, Sir Ernest (Irish Explorer, 1874-1922)
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 2, 4, 7-9, 11, 87, 99, 238-239, 244-250, 254, 264-265, 270
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 256; Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 75; Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 140; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 57, 102

Shackleton, Francis "Frank" (Brother of Sir Ernest Shackleton, c.1876-1941)
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 2, 4-12, 36-37, 99, 150, 187, 238, 247-249, 270, 292, 309, 324-325
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 57, 63-64, 69-74, 85-89, 91, 95-96, 98-103, 105-106, 108

Shackleton, Henrietta (Mother of Ernest & Frank Shackleton, 1845-1926)
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 249

Shackleton, Dr. Henry (Father of Ernest & Frank Shackleton, 1847-1921)
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 249; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 102

Shacklock, Frank (British Cricketer, 1861-1937)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 63

Shadbolt, Wilfred (The Yeoman of the Guard - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 63

Shadow, The (Kent Allard / Lamont Cranston) (The Shadow series - Maxwell Grant)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 95-96, 104-107, 109, 111-116
"The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 67-68, 73-75, 78-85
God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 302, 304-312
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 3-4, 22, 26, 139, 190, 192-193, 200-204, 259-261, 273-274, 286-287, 289-292, 299-303, 310, 325, 328, 335
Cramston: "The Adventure of the Fifty Percent Solution" (Gahan Wilson) 35
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 102; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 67; Fire in the Blood (P.N. Elrod) 50; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 174; "Confidence Game" (Jim Harmon) 131; "Red Sunset" (Bob Madison) 262; "The Hero-Killer Principle!" (Richard Marschall, Gene Colan & Tony DeZuniga) 11

Shadrach (Bible - Daniel)
Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 165, 230-231

Shadwell, Thomas (British Poet, 1642-1692)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 64

Shadza (Dog Owned by the Dowager Empress Cixi)
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 125-128, 141, 301-303

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord (British Philanthropist, 1801-1885)
The Jewelled Peacock of Persia (Jake & Luke Thoene) 16-17, 29, 46, 74; The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (Jake & Luke Thoene) 11-12, 14-16, 37
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 171; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 171; Evolution (John Peel) 181, 183; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 131-132; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 185-186

Shaggy (Scooby-Doo): see Shaggy Rogers

Shaggy Man (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 7, 133

Shaggy Man's Brother (Tik-Tok of Oz - L. Frank Baum)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 7

Shah-in-Shah, The (The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
"Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 39-40

Shah of Persia
"The Adventure of the Suffering Ruler" (H.R.F.Keating) 330

Shahryar (Arabian Nights)
Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 148

Shairp, John Campbell (Scottish Sheriff)
"The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 143-145

Shaka (Zulu King (1818-28), 1787-1828)
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul D. Gilbert) 62; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 350; "Colonel Warburton’s Madness" (Sasscer Hill) 90-91; The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 128, 139, 268; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) lxviii, lxxxviii; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 53, 151; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 83, 165; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 162; "The Adventure of the Pawnbroker’s Wife" (Tony Reynolds) 148; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 773
Diamond of Shaka: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 7

Shakespear, Major Robert Henry (British Engineer)
"An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 120

Shakespeare, John (Father of William Shakepeare, c.1531-1601)
The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 30, 164

Shakespeare, William

Shakti (Hindu Supreme Goddess)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 36, 142

Shakyamuni: see Buddha

Shalet, Henry (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 8-9

Shallow (The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 32; "A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 283

Shand, Alexander (British Writer, 1858-1936)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 211, 218-219, 307-310, 312, 315, 324, 327, 337-338, 340-341

Shand, Miss (Victim of Multiple Personality Disorder)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 94

Shandy, Toby (Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne)
"Holmes on the Range" (John Connolly) 361; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 142

Shandy, Tristram (Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne)
"Holmes on the Range" (John Connolly) 361; "The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 150

Shane (Shane - Jack Schaefer)
They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 141

Shang Chi (Master of Kung Fu Comics)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 73

Shanghai Charlie (Shen Yan) (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 57-61

Shannon, James (Friend of Louis Lightman)
"The Mysterious Drowning at St Kilda" (Steve Cameron) 193, 200

Shantak-birds (The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath - H.P. Lovecraft)
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 161

Shankara, Adi (Indian Philosopher, 788-820)
"The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 34

Sharif, Omar (Egyptian Actor, 1932-2015)
The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 160

Sharkey, Captain (Captain Sharkey series - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 206

Sharkey, Tom (American Boxer, 1873-1953)
"Met His Match" (Anonymous) 256

Sharks, The (West Side Story - Arthur Laurents)
"The Last of Sheila-Locke Holmes" (Laura Lippman) 219

Sharktopus (Sharktopus - Movie)
Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 259

Sharp, Becky (Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318-319
"Ghosts in the Library" (Edrie Pendleton) 23, 25-30, 32
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1

Sharp, Cecil (British Musician, 1859-1924)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 230

Sharp, John (British Sailor, Suspect in Edalji Case)
Royster Sharp: "The Adventure of the Parson’s Son" (Bob Byrne) 271-274

Sharp, Rodney (Brother of John Sharp)
Royden Sharp: "The Adventure of the Parson’s Son" (Bob Byrne) 271-274

Sharples, Ena (Coronation Street - TV series)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 110

Sharps, Christian (American Gunsmith, 1811-1874)
Sharps Buffalo Gun: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 11
Sharps Rifle: The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 30, 267; My Hero (Tom Holt) 10; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 167, 239

Shatner, William (Canadian Actor, 1931- )
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 234
William Shitner: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 93

Shaurash-ho (Cthulhu Mythos - H.P. Lovecraft)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 194

Shaw, Alfred (English Cricketer, 1842-1907)
"A Death at the Cricket" (Eddie Maguire) 61

Shaw, Artie (American Jazz Musician, 1910-2004)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 121

Shaw, Bertram (Common-law Husband of Emily Dimmock)
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 219

Shaw, Sir Eyre Massey (Founder of the London Fire Brigade, 1830-1908)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 436-437

Shaw, George Bernard (Irish Dramatist & Critic, 1856-1950)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 115-116, 118, 130
"The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 166, 168-171, 173-177, 179-185, 187
The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 40-41, 50, 112, 241-242, 245-247, 254-268, 270, 274-276, 343-345
"Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 183-184
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 205
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 29, 31-34, 36-48, 53-54, 60-61, 67, 83, 86, 98, 105, 107, 116, 127, 141, 143, 146, 150-151, 158
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 98, 100, 102-107
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 203-207
The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 248
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 24-34, 37-41, 43-50, 54, 60-62, 72-74, 78, 86, 88, 96-100, 107, 110, 131-141, 144, 151, 155
"Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 179, 185-186, 192
The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 25-27, 48
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 53-59
"Eve Times Four" (Poul Anderson) 180; Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 15; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 61; Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 125; "Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 234; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) xiv, 38; "Three Cases of Good Intentions" (Colin Bruce) 252; "The Suspicious Closure of the Wig & Pen" (Peter Calamai) 162; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 284; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 302; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 181; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 353; "The Adventure of the Lost Prince" (Robert L. Fish) 72, 74; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 265, 391; "The Adventure of the Regular Passenger" (Paul D. Gilbert) 60; "The Adventure of the Eccentric Inventor" (Eugene D. Goodwin) 112; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 131, 186, 235; "The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes" (Leslie Halliwell) 239; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 82; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 104; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 65; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 39, 1213, 210; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 205; "The Holmes Impersonator" (Janice Law) 92; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 109, 266; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 81; The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 84; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 94; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 12, 73; "Dr. Watson Gets Peevish" (James J. Montague) 105; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 77; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 41-42; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 106, 310; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 77; W.G.Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 85; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 95; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 12; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 217; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 92, 158; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 278; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 84-85; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 546; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 219; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 24; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 29; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 147
Gideon Beech: The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 122
G. Bernard Whiskers: "The Mystery of the Clock That Wouldn't Strike" (Wex Jones) 111
Shavian: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 302

Shaw, John Bennett (American Sherlockian)
James Donald Cape: Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 12-15, 19, 29-33, 40, 49-50, 55-59. 63, 65-66, 73, 75-77, 80-81, 87, 89, 91, 98, 102, 104, 106, 109, 112, 114-119, 123, 126-127, 133-136, 138-140, 143, 145-152, 156, 161-162, 164-165, 171
Constable John Bennett of Shaw: "The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas); Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 9-20, 22-33, 177
Mouse Sheriff Bennett Shaw: Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 34, 36, 48

Shaw, Lucille Elizabeth "Bessie" (Mother of George Bernard Shaw)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 37

Shaw, Richard Norman (Scottish Architect, 1831-1912)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 7-10, 222-223
"The Adventure of the Heroic Tobacconist" (Derrick Belanger) 183; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 49; Jewel of the Thames (Angela Misri) 62; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 173; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 46; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 76; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 199; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 241; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 174; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 127; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 19; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 125; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 14; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 443; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 11-12

Shaw, Robert Gould (American Soldier, 1837-1863)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 316, 343

Shaw, William (British Headmaster)
"The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 200, 212, 231

Shaw Brothers (Chinese Film Producers)
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 437; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 876

Shazam (Captain Marvel comics - Bill Parker & C.C. Beck)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 100

She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 41

She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed: see Ayesha

Shea, George (Chief-Justice of the American Marine Court, 1828-1895)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 57

Shealtiel (Bible - Matthew)
"Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 171

Shean, Al (American Vaudevillean, 1868-1949)
"The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 147

Shearer, Norma (Canadian Actress, 1902-1983)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 122

Sheba, Queen of (Bible - Kings)
"Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 180
"The Adventure of the Brass Check" (John Kendrick Bangs) 95; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 11;"The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 285; "The Gospel of Sheba" (Lyndsay Faye) 223, 232-233, 253; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 247; The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 214; "The Adventure of the Disappearing Coach" (Michael Mallory) 115; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 194; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 172; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 158; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 562; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 251; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 33
Shebas: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 120

Sheckard, Jimmy (American Baseball Player, 1878-1947)
"The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 236

Sheekey, Josef (British Market Stallholder)
Sheekey's: Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 182

Sheena (Sheena, Queen of the Jungle series)
Sheena bra: The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 124

Sheepshanks, Lady Emily (Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray)
"A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 283

Sheffield, George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of (English Politician, 1802-1876)
"A Death at the Cricket" (Eddie Maguire) 37

Sheffield, Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of (English Politician, 1832-1909)
"A Death at the Cricket" (Eddie Maguire) 36-37, 40-43, 46-50, 52-55, 57, 60-62, 64-67

Sheinwold, Alfred (American Bridge Player)
Kaplan-Sheinwold Test: "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 70

Shelley, Ianthe (Daughter of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1839-1849)
The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 134

Shelley, Lady Jane Gibson (Wife of Percy Florence Shelley, 1820-1899)
"The Adventure of the Purple Poet" (Nicholas Utechin) 341

Shelley, Mary (British Author, 1797-1851)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) iv, 2
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 4, 176, 189, 278, 336, 359, 395-400
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 118; The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose (Irene Adler) 37; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 27; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 56; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 74; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 245; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 96; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 90; The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 63-64; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 251, 253-255, 380, 396; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 204, 304, 412; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 33; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 126; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 142; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 26, 254; "The Paradol Paradox" (Michael Kurland) 234, 236, 248-249; "Peeler" (Nick Kyme) 355; Stone Cold (Andrew Lane) 81; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 55, 144, 253; "The Adventure of the Reckless Resurrectionist" (Will Murray) 106; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 133; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 207-208; Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 131; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 81, 112, 123, 133; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 214-215; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 280; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 19; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 30; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 136; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 199

Shelley, Percy Bysshe (British Poet, 1792-1822)
"Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 187
"The Adventure of the Purple Poet" (Nicholas Utechin) 338, 340-349
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 118; Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 2; "The Verse of Death" (Matthew Booth) 86; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 27, 299, 305-306, 312; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 51; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 54, 133-134, 139, 292, 308; "The Strange Death of Sherlock Holmes" (Andrew Darlington) 182; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 197; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 200; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 83; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 129; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 45, 47-48, 51, 73-74; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 324, 372; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 26; The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 64; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 176, 396-397, 399; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 107; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 194; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 232; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 145, 170-171, 177; "The Paradol Paradox" (Michael Kurland) 234, 236, 248-249; Stone Cold (Andrew Lane) 81; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 141; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 41; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 361; Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 25, 219, 251, 270; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 64; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; "The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 166; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 207; "Raffles on the Trail of the Hound" (Barry Perowne) 97; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 52, 211; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 95; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 122; Deathly Relics (Sam Siciliano) 11; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 28; Season of Madness (Aaron Smith) 26; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 126; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 215; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 72, 114; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 195; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 149; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 269; "The Adventure of the Aspen Papers" (Daniel D. Victor) 278; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 130, 135-136; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 13-14; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 20; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 257
Shelleyan: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 88
The Shelley Case: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 10, 12, 15, 31, 166, 169, 267, 289
The Shelley Society: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 64, 148

Shelley, Percy Florence (Son of Percy Shelley, 1819-1889)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 27

Shem (Bible - Genesis)
"Mr Homes Shatters a Tradition" (John Kendrick Bangs) 9
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 13, 95, 127, 129, 135-138, 141, 172, 187
"The House-boat" (Anonymous) 307; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 129; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 217

Shen Yan: see Shanghai Charlie

Shenn, The (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Shadowmind - Christopher Bulis)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 258

Shenouda / Shenouti the Archimandrite (Coptic Patriarch, 348-446)
Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 123-124; "The Case of the Two Coptic Patriarchs" (John A. Wilson) 77

Shepheard, Samuel (English Hotelier)
The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 118
Shepheard's: The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 19-20, 26, 35, 41-42, 50, 71, 74, 84, 86, 98, 102, 104-105, 111, 113-114, 118, 120, 134-135, 140, 143, 147-148, 153, 190, 207-208, 214, 247-248

Shepherd, Reginald (British Inventor of the Sten Gun)
Sheppard: "The Hoax" (Frank Thomas) 115

Shepherds who Followed the Star (New Testament)
"The River of Silence" (Lindsay Faye) 17; "The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 35, 39-41, 43-44; "The Adventure of the Empty Manger" (Tracy Revels) 354

Sheppard, Jack (British Housebreaker, 1703-1724)
"The Adventure of the Eccentric Inventor" (Eugene D. Goodwin) 117-118
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 222-223, 225-226, 230-234
"The Redemption of Young Billington Rand" (John Kendrick Bangs) 135, 137; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 207-208, 296, 340, 402; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 44; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 26

Shepperton, Arthur (British Illustrator)
Arthur Shepperson: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 89

Shepstone, Captain George (British Soldier at Isandlwana, 1849-1879)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 19

Sher Ali Khan (Afghan Leader (1863-79), 1825-1879)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 209, 249, 263, 266; Watson’s Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 24, 31, 48, 54; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 79

Sherard, Robert (British Writer, 1861-1943)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 1-2, 4-83, 86-333

Sheraton, Thomas (British Furniture Designer, 1751-1806)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 15; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 151
Sheraton Furniture: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 35; "Mr Montalba, Obsequist" (H.F. Heard) 174; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 106; "The Adventure of the Gypsy Girl" (Tony Reynolds) 38; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 22; "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 37; The Singular Case of the Duplicate Holmes (Jan Walker) 41, 72, 116, 119, 127, 134

Shere Khan (The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 57-58
"Character Assassin" (Scott Gray & Adrian Salmon) 16-17

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (British Dramatist, 1751-1816)
"A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 59-60, 63
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 85, 105-106; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 25, 135; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 69; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 21; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 72, 161; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 189; "The Christmas Client" (Edward D.Hoch) 268; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 29, 84; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 6; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 126; "The Adventure of the Medium" (Tony Reynolds) 87; Sherlock Holmes's Tibetan Adventure (John F. Rice) 48; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 99

Sheriff of Nottingham: see Nottingham, Sheriff of

Sherley, Anthony (British Pirate, 1565-1636)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 80

Sherlock (British Cricketer from whom ACD derived Holmes's name)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 63, 135; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 37; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 8

Sherlock, Cornelius (English Architect, 1823-1888)
"The Adventure of the Talking Board" (John Grant) 99

Sherlock, James (English Golfer, 1875-1966)
"The Adventure of the Treacherous Traps" (Merrell Noden) 277

Sherlock, Thomas (English Bishop, 1678-1761)
"The Adventure of the Talking Board" (John Grant) 99

Sherlock Holmes Klubben (Danish Sherlockian Society)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 49

Sherlock Holmes Society of London, The (British Sherlockian Society)
"The Case of the Elderly Actor" (John Ball, Jr.) 210-212, 217, 219-220
Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 88; "The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes" (Leslie Halliwell) 240, 246; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 16; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 162; The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 53; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 80, 123, 191

Sherman, Carl (American Politician, 1890-1956)
The Attorney General of New York: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 110

Sherman, John (American Legislator, 1823-1900)
Sherman Silver Purchase Act: The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 9, 12; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 448

Sherman, Dr William O. (American Surgeon, 1880-1954)
The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 195-196

Sherman, William Tecumseh (Union General, US Civil War, 1820-1891)
Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 202; On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 14; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 228; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 256, 261; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 24; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 230; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 4-5, 210; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 79; "The Reluctant Assassin" (Peter Tremayne) 217, 226; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 109
Sherman Oaks: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 254

Sherry, Louis (American Restaurateur, 1856-1926)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 52-53; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 312
Sherry's: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 52; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 35

Sherston, George (The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston - Siegfried Sassoon)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 333

Sherwood, Colonel Sir Arthur Percy (Canadian Police Officer, 1854-1940)
"The Riddle of the Rideau Rifles" (Peter Calamai) 183

Shestack, Marciarose (American Broadcaster, 1931- )
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 243

Sheward, Charlotte (Second Wife of William Sheward, c.1802-?)
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 62

Sheward, Martha (Wife of William Sheward, c.1795-1851)
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 60-61

Sheward, William (English Murderer, 1794-1869)
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 60-62

Shiel, Matthew Phipps (British Author, 1865-1947)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 19-22, 34, 64, 78-80, 124, 127-128, 131, 150-151, 153-154, 169-170, 174-176, 180, 183
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 206

Shields, Ella (British Music Hall Performer, 1879-1952)
The Torment of Sherlock Holmes (Val Andrews) 43

Shifnal (Racehorse, Grand National Winner 1878)
Watson’s Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 16

Shigeko Higashikuni, Princess Teru (Daughter of Hirohito, 1926-1961)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 227

Shikibu, Murasaki (Japanese Writer, c 973-c.1014)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 80, 83

Shimeah (Bible - Samuel)
"You Miss, You Die" (Len Bailey) 133

Shinburn, Max (American Burglar)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 101

Shine, T.F. (American Union Official)
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 225-227

Shipman, Harold (British Doctor & Serial Killer, 1946-2004)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 426

Shipton, Eric (British Mountaineer, 1907-1977)
"The Beast of Guangming Peak" (Michael Mallory) 8, 35

Shipton, Mother / Ursula Southeil (British Soothsayer, c.1488-1561)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 61

Shires, Duke of (A Study in Terror - 1965 Movie)
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 395

Shirley, Anne (Anne of Green Gables series - L.M. Montgomery)
Jewel of the Thames (Angela Misri) 68

Shiva: see Siva

Shock-Headed Peter: see Strüwwelpeter

Shoggoth (Cthulhu stories - H.P. Lovecraft)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 69-71, 73, 85--92
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 100, 124
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 84-86, 207, 341-347, 352-359, 397-398
"The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie" (P.H. Cannon) 47; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 170, 178

Sholes, Christopher Latham (American Inventor, 1819-1890)
"The Tale of the Forty Thieves" (C.H. Dye) 232
Sholes & Glidden Typewriter: "The Strange Missive of Germaine Wilkes" (Mark Mower) 238

Shōmu (Emperor of Japan (724-49), 701-756)
The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 99

Shoop, George Washington (American Building Superintendent, 1851-1915)
"The Adventure of the Yellow Stain" (Donald McMurry) 144-147

Shopman, The (The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 27, 29-30

Short Bull (Leading Lakota Figure in the Ghost Dance Movement, c1845-1915)
"The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 186-187, 194

Shortcake, Alice (The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare)
"A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 283

Shostakovich, Dmitri (Russian Composer, 1906-1975)
"The Adventure of the Belles Lettres" (Robert L. Fish) 223, 226

Shotgun, Captain (The Cabinet of Curiosities - James Henry)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 141

Shrevnitz, Moe (The Shadow series - Maxwell Grant)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of (British Aristocrat, 1753-1827)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 269

Shrewsbury, Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of (British Politician, 1830-1877)
Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 7-8

Shrewsbury, Laban (Cthulhu Stories - August Derleth)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91

Shrivell, Emma (British Murder Victim, 1864?-1882)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 284-289, 294, 299-300, 318, 329

Shrouded Human Figure (The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym - Edgar Allan Poe)
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 399, 411

Shub-niggurath (Cthulhu mythos stories - H.P. Lovecraft)
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 52, 218
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 155, 269-270, 277
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 425; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 177, 180; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 146-147, 234, 236, 242-243, 268, 276-278, 283, 370, 389-390, 392, 398, 452, 458, 460

Shubert Brothers (American Theatrical Impresarios)
"Holmes’ Untold Adventure" (Thomas J. Gray) 22

Shugak, Kate (Kate Shugak series - Dana Stabenow)
"The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 291-310

Shuh-Shee-Ahsh (Crow Indian Scout)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 47

Shultz, George (American Economist, 1920- )
"The Crime of the Century" (Art Buchwald) 292-293

Shunzhi (Chinese Emperor (1644-61), 1638-1661)
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 256

Shuttleworth, Alexander (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Human Nature - Paul Cornell)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 197, 203, 213-214, 239, 255, 270, 284-285

Shuvalov, Count Pyotr (Russian Diplomat, 1827-1889)
Black Ice (Andrew Lane) 151, 246-247, 249, 252-257, 262-263, 266-269, 272, 276, 279-280
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 35, 38, 123
Fire Storm (Andrew Lane) 41, 160, 164

Shylock (The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare)
"The House-boat" (Anonymous) 303, 306, 308
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 16, 19, 35, 41, 54, 56, 59, 107, 120, 188, 202
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 38; "The Elphberg Red" (Nicholas Boving) 25; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 291; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 172; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 215; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 74, 87; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 103; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 103; The Chess Queen Enigma (Colleen Gleason) 162; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 108; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 252; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 79; "The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 36; The Case of the Stolen Sparklers (Anthony Read) 144; "The Bars of Soap, or The Jew Au Jus" (T.P. Stafford) 276; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 276, 278; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 47, 179, 230; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 310; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 332
The Shylock: "The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 156, 182; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 382
Shylocks: The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 124

Si Fan, The (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 48, 88, 92, 203
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) x-xi, 12, 22, 25, 33, 36, 40, 42-44, 52-53, 58-61, 68-69, 71, 73-74, 76-77, 105, 116, 119, 144-145, 152, 158-160, 162, 164-165, 167-168, 175, 177, 185, 188, 192, 207, 211, 219, 222-223, 234, 238, 243-247, 249-250, 253, 257, 265, 273-274, 277, 286, 288, 292, 307, 309, 321, 323-325, 328-329, 333, 336-338, 342, 344-345, 347-349, 351, 354-356, 358, 360, 363-364, 366-367, 382, 351, 396, 403, 408, 411, 416-417, 419, 427, 431
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 83; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 146; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 14, 203; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 254; "The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 144; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 390, 401, 463; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 282

Sibbechai (Bible - Samuel)
"You Miss, You Die" (Len Bailey) 133

Sibelius, Jean (Finnish Composer, 1865-1957)
"A Game of Illusion" (Jeremy Branton Holstein) 387; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 105

Sibley, Dr W.K. (British Physician)
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 13

Sibyls, The (Prophetesses in Greek & Roman Mythology)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 333; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 311; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 345; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 66, 168
Sibylline: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 46
Temple of the Sibyl: Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 81

Sickert, Walter (German-English Artist, 1860-1942)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 39-40, 211, 222
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 243-245
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 293
The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 246; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 346; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15; The Vanishing Man (Philip Purser-Hallard) 149; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 105, 212; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 150, 342, 344; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 239

Sicklemore, Samuel (Australian Dentist, 1859-1947)
"The Mysterious Drowning at St Kilda" (Steve Cameron) 194, 196-197, 200, 211

Sickles, Daniel (American Politician, 1819-1914)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 323-324

Sickles, Teresa Bagioli (Wife of Daniel Sickles, 1836-1867)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 323

Sid The Ratman (Thomas Goodale, Minneapolis Character)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 1-300

Siddal, Elizabeth (British Artist's Model, Wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1829-1862)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 142
"Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 188; The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 157-158; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 226; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 118; Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 23; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 172-173

Siddeley, John (British Car Manufacturer, 1866-1953)
Siddeley-Deasy: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 134
Siddeley Puma: The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 36; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 367
Wolseley-Siddeley: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 24

Siddons, Sarah (British Actress, 1755-1831)
"Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 186
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 25; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 24
The Siddons Club: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 138

Sidgwick, Eleanor: see Eleanor Balfour

Sidgwick, Henry (British Philosopher, 1838-1900)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 96-97, 237
"The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 164; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 148; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 23; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 68

Sidney, Frances, Countess of Sussex (Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth I, 1531-1489)
Sidney Sussex College: "The Aristotelian" (Steve Poling) 10

Sidney, Sir Philip (English Poet, 1554-1586)
A Spot of Detection" (Jacqueline Winspear) 360, 378

Siebe, Augustus (German-British Engineer, 1788-1872)
Siebe Gorman Suit: "Sherlock Holmes and the Diving Bell" (Simon Clark) 161

Siebel (Faust - Gounod)
"Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 12; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 25, 44, 92, 95

Siege Perilous (Arthurian Legend)
The Firland Saga (Norman S. Power) 107, 123

Siegel, Robert A. (American Auctioneer, 1913-1993)
"The Mystery of the Department of State Cardboard Invert Proofs" (Stanley M. Bierman)

Siegfried / Sigurd (Teutonic & Wagnerian Hero)
"Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 13; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 216; "The Darlington Substitution Scandal" (David Stuart Davies) 81; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 175; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 125, 158; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 113; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 54; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 199; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 265, 274, 276, 285; "The Importance of Porlock" (Amy Myers) 82; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 243; The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 83; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 91; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 277; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 84; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 134

Siegfried, Prince (Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky)
The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 9, 243-244

Siegliende (Die Walküre - Wagner)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 177

Siegmund (Die Walküre - Wagner)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 177

Siemens, Werner Von (German Inventor, 1816-1892)
Siemens Company: "The Adventure of the Eminent Collector" (Tony Reynolds) 124, 129
Siemens Dynamo: The Night Calls (David Pirie) 335

Sienkiewicz, Henryk (Polish Novelist, 1846-1916)
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 210

Sievey, Jack (Sieve-Maker, Partner of Annie Chapman)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 61

Sievier, Robert Standish (British Bookmaker, 1860-1939)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 174

Siger de Brabant (French Philosopher)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 12

Sigismund (Holy Roman Emperor (1411-37) & King of Hungary (1387-1437) & Bohemia (1419-37), 1368-1437)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 168; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 122; "The Adventure of the Marchindale Stiletto" (James Lovegrove) 20; Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 107

Sigismund III (King of Poland (1587-1632), 1566-1632)
"A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 54

Sigmond, George Gabriel (Professor of Materia Medica to the Royal Medico-Botanical Society)
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 307

Signalman, American Railway (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 116

Sigsand Manuscript, The (Carnacki series - William Hope Hodgson)
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 103, 108
"The Grantchester Grimoire" (Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett) 168-169, 173-176, 179-182, 184

Sigurd: see Siegfried

Sikes, Bill (Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 89-93
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 401
Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 105; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 74, 116; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 76; Moriarty (John Gardner) 207; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 103; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 113; "The Peculiar Case of Sweetly’s Luck" (Alison Littlewood) 57; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 145; Becoming Holmes (Shane Peacock) 131; Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 176; The Dragon Turn (Shane Peacock) 21; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 21

Sikorski, Igor (Russian Inventor, 1889-1972)
Sikorski Aircraft: The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 105

Silas (Bible - Acts)
"Pain, Locks and Romans" (Len Bailey) 95-97, 102, 104-106, 111

Silber, Albert (German-British Manufacturer & Wholesaler, ?-1886)
Silber & Fleming: Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 225; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 19, 28

Silber, Jules C. (German Spy, 1880-?)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 123, 338-341, 345, 438

Silchester, Sidney (Mr Mycroft series - H.F. Heard)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) lii- liv, lvi lxiii- lxiv lxxxvi, xcii, xcvi, ci, cviii, cxxxiii, cxxxix, cxlii, 9, 12

Silence, Dr John (Dr Silence, Psychic Detective - Algernon Blackwood)Seven Stars (Kim Newman)
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 14-36, 48, 60-65, 88-91, 93-100, 104-105, 113-117, 134-137, 139-145, 147-149, 152-158, 173-175, 178-182, 184, 187, 189-190, 193, 200-201, 205-206, 209-213, 215, 218-219, 221-223, 225-226, 228-229, 238-239
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 180
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 207; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 114

Silenus (Follower of Dionysus)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 8

Silhouette, Étienne de (French Financial Controller-General, 1709-1767)
The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 109

Sills, Beverly (American Opera singer, 1929-2007)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 97

Silurians (Doctor Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 98-99, 101, 107-109, 111-112, 115, 118-120, 125-126, 135, 139, 144, 147-150, 154-155, 157, 159, 201, 203, 213, 218, 228-229, 24-242, 272-273
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 220

Silver (The Lone Ranger series)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 163
"Hi Ho Silver": And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 163; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 48; Evolution (John Peel) 188; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 65
Hi yo Silver, away!: "Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper" (Tony Frank & John Severin) 7

Silver, Long John: see Long John Silver

Silver Hatchet (The Silver Hatchet - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Berserker Axe: "The Adventure of the Double-Edged Hoard" (Craig Janacek) 108-114

Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 80

Silvester, Dr H.R. (British Physician)
Silvester Method: The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 196
Sylvester Treatment: “Municipal Trading” (Innocens) 43

Sim, Alastair (Scottish Actor, 1900-1976)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 48; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 4

Sim, Thomasine (British Housekeeper (St Michael's Mount), c.1779-1851)
Thomasina Sims: The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 316

Simeon bar Yohai (2nd Century Rabbi)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 51

Simeon Stylites, St. (Syrian Ascetic, 390-459)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 53, 63

Simmel, Georg (German Sociologist, 1858-1918)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 25, 47-49, 57-58, 91-101, 117, 121, 124, 148-150

Simmonds, Gertrude (Nanny to Oscar Wilde's Children)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 62

Simmons (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 209-211

Simmons, George (British Police Constable)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 128

Simms, James (American Sailor & Murderer, ?-1879)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 89

Simon, St
Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 44, 241; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 202, 236; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 62, 67
Festival of St Simon: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 202, 206, 209
St Simon Medals: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 206
St Simon's Orphanage: "The Adventure of the Empty Throne" (Brad Mengel) 92
St Simon Twists: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 206-207
St Simon's Academy: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 51
St Simon's College: "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 176
St Simon's Day: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 220
Simonite: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 63, 65
Simon-Pure: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 125; "The Adventure of the Mona Lisa" (Carolyn Wells) 26

Simon, Sir John (British Liberal Leader, 1873-1954)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 160
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 107

Simon, Paul: see Simon & Garfunkel

Simon, Richard L. (American Publisher, 1899-1960)
Simon & Schuster: "The Last of Mr. Sherlock Holmes" (August Derleth) 3; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 68

Simon & Garfunkel (American Singers)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 49

Simon Maccabee / Simon Thassi (Jewish Leader, ?-135BC)
"Run for Your Life" (Len Bailey) 195

Simonides of Ceos (Greek Poet, 556-468BC)
"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 300

Simpkin (The Tailor of Gloucester - Beatrix Potter)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 112, 163

Simple Simon (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)

Simpson, A. Carson (Sherlockian Writer)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 4

Simpson, Abigail (Victim of Burke & Hare, ?-1828)
Fire Storm (Andrew Lane) 177

Simpson, Alan (British Scriptwriter, 1929- )
Ray Simpson: "A Study in Scarborough" (Guy Adams) 142-145

Simpson, Homer (The Simpsons - TV series)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 93

Simpson, J. Edward (Assistant Ship's Surgeon Aboard the Titanic, ?-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 196-197

Simpson, Sir James Young (Scottish Doctor, discovered anaesthetic properties of chloroform, 1811-1870)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 178; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 15; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 112

Simpson, John (British Restaurateur, 1808(?)-1864)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 38, 43, 53, 100
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

Simpson, Joseph (British Artist, 1879-1939)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 36

Simpson, (Cedric) Keith (British Forensic Scientist, 1907-1985)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 18-22, 140, 177, 184

Simpson, Maxwell (Irish Chemist, 1815-1902)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 30

Simpson, Nicole Brown (American Murder Victim, 1959-1994)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 196

Simpson, Sir W.G. (British Golf Writer)
"Sherlock Holmes – Stymied" (Gary Lovisi) 81

Simpson, Wallis (American Wife of Edward VIII, 1896-1986)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 229
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 80; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 128; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 272

Sims, George R. (British Journalist, 1847-1922)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 42, 209-214, 217-218, 222-235, 253, 268, 273, 283, 286, 288, 290, 307-309, 311-313, 315, 317, 320-323, 327-329, 331, 333, 336-337, 340
"The Adventure of the Parson’s Son" (Bob Byrne) 275

Sims, Thomasina: see Thomasine Sim

Sinatra, Frank (American Actor & Singer, 1915-1998)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 38; "The New Messi" (Nick Sweet) 85; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 71

Sinbad (The Arabian Nights)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 31-34, 37-46, 127
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 247; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 238; "The Brown Recluse" (Davis Grubb) 82; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 231; A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 166, 173
Suffering Sinbad!: The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 264

Sinbad (Mark Twain's Cat)
"The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 311

Sinclair, Lord Brett (The Persuaders - TV series)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 61

Sinclair, Admiral Sir Hugh (British Intelligence Chief, 1873-1939)
The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 232, 279, 285, 294-295, 302-303

Sinclair, Sir Michael (From Beyond the Grave - 1974 Movie)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 238

Sinclair, Upton (American Writer & Social Reformer, 1878-1968)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 60

Sindy (Doll)
Cyndée: "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 173

Singapore Charlie (The Devil Doctor - Sax Rohmer)
"The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 282-283
"The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 208

Singer, Isaac Bashevis (Polish Author, 1902-1991)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 12
Bashful-Stinger: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 160

Singer, Isaac M. (American Inventor, 1811-1875)
The Singer Building: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 40, 174
Singer Sewing Machine: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis)78

Singer-Sargent, John (American Painter 1856-1925)
"The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26-30, 34
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 27; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 197, 353; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 344; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 202; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 88; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 239; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 119; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 73, 78, 111, 135-137; "The Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul Jeffers) 178; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 175; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 234; "Blood Brothers" (Kim Krisco) 327; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 123; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 118; "The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 207; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 113, 300-301; "His First Bow" (J.W. Wells) 50

Singh, Maharani Bamba Duleep (Wife of Duleep Singh, 1848-1887)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 152

Singh, Bhupinder (Maharaja of Patiala (1900-38), 1891-1938)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 296

Singh, Duleep (Maharaja of Lahore (1843-93), 1837-1893)
"The Melancholy Methodist" (Mark Mower) 29
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 113, 124-125; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 120, 151-152, 178, 292; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 41

Singh, Frederick Duleep (Son of Duleep Singh, 1868-1926)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 296

Singh, Hurree Jamset Ram (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 28-29, 33-34, 69

Singh, Munshi Shew Shunker (Shiv Shankar) (Indian Scholar & Translator)
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 54-57, 70, 76; "The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 95, 100

Singh, Ranjit (Maharaja of Lahore (1805-39), 1780-1839)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 124; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 301

Singh, Sophia Duleep (Daughter of Duleep Singh, 1876-1948)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 210

Singleton, Alfred (Dracula - Bram Stoker: Character appears in Stoker's working notes, but not the finished novel)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 225-226, 228-229, 237, 261-262, 264, 266, 270-278

Singleton, John (Irish-Australian Physician, 1808-1891)
"Shadows of the Dead" (Kaaron Warren) 59

Sinha, Satyendra Prasanna (Indian Lawyer & Politician, 1863-1928)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 218

Sinnett, Alfred Percy (English Theosophist Publisher, 1840-1921)
"The Haunted House" (Watkin Jones) 22; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 68

Siodmak, Robert (German-American Director, 1900-1973)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7

Sioux Warriors (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 118-119, 126

Sipido (Belgian Anarchist, Shot at Edward VII in Brussels, 1886(?)-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 82

Siptah (Egyptian Pharoah (1193-1187BC))
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 72

Sir James Saunders Society, The (American Sherlockian Society)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 3, 10, 49

Siraj-Ud-Daulah (Nawab of Bengal, c.1732-1757)
The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 12

Sirhan, Sirhan (Palestinian Assassin, 1940- )
"Half There / All There" (Glen Mehn) 245
The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 174

Siringo, Charles (American Pinkerton Agent, 1855-1928)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 83, 232-235, 244, 252-253
On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 5, 8

Sirocco, Jack (American Gangster, 1882-1954)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 150-151, 154

Sisley, Alfred (British-French Artist, 1839-1899)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 289; The Back to Front Murder (Tim Major) 171, 176; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 232

Sisters (Nuns who cared for Harker in Buda-Pesth) (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 86

Sisyphus (King of Corinth in Greek Mythology)
Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 115-116
"The Devil’s Enterprise" (Len Bailey) 76; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 263; "The Adventure of the Seven Unnatural Women" (Stephen Gallagher) 156; Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 148-149; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 136; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 19; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 195; "The Case of the Upwood Scandal" (June Thomson) 25
Sisyphean: Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 256; "The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 289; "The Gospel of Sheba" (Lyndsay Faye) 215; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 38; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 25; The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 187; Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 204; Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 238

Sita (Wife of Rama - The Ramayana)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 103; "Sherlock Holmes and the Other Eye" (Richard Dean Starr & E.R, Bower) 180-182, 198

Sitting Bull (Sioux Leader, 1834-1890)
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 815
"The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 181-185, 187-189, 191; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 53; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 284, 299;"And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 355; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 56; "Fade to Black" (Michael Gregorio) 511; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 127; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 98, 106; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 113, 300-301; Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 612, 614, 630

Siva / Shiva (Hindu God)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 88; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul D. Gilbert) 78-79, 109; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 121, 153, 157-158, 163, 166-168, 171, 173; "The Adventure of the Quincunx Challenge" (David James) 105; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 142; The Game (Laurie R. King) 238, 263; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 47; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 142; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 194, 277; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 48, 186-187, 191, 193; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 269; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 15, 41, 73; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 78; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 45, 85, 142, 147; "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 134; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 92; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 303; "Murder in the Thieves' Bazaar" (Ted Riccardi) 261; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 237; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 155; Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 170; The Venerable Tiger (Sam Siciliano) 45; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 55; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 185; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 163-165, 167, 169-170, 172-175, 177-178, 181, 186, 189, 191, 287, 306; "The Adventure of the Long-Lost Enemy" (Marcia Wilson) 136
Eye of Shiva: "The Curse of the Blue Diamond" (Sam Stone) 233
Shivaites: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 173
Siva linga: Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 55

Sivvey, John (Annie Chapman's Partner)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 9; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 59

Six Gates of Joyful Wisdom (The Return of Fu Manchu - Sax Rohmer)
Six Gates To Paradise: Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 134

Six Napoleons of Baltimore (Sherlockian Society)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 62-63

Sixteen-String Jack Rann (British Highwayman, c.1750-1774)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 25

Sixtus IV (Pope (1471-84), 1414-1484)
Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 44; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 50