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Spade, Sam (The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett)
"International Investigators, Inc." (E.G. Ashton) 71-74, 80
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 93-94
Samantha Shovel: "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 204, 209-210
Sam Slade: Albert’s Halloween: The Case of the Stolen Pumpkins (Leslie Tryon) 2-5, 7, 10-14, 19, 21, 23, 25-26, 30-31, 33-35
Sam Smooth: "The Secret of the Fortune Cookie" (Ricki Glinert) 99-105
Charles Spade: "The Adventure of the Fifty Percent Solution" (Gahan Wilson) 35
Samantha "Sammy" Spade: "A Case of Facsimile" (Viola Brothers Shore) 83-93
"A Study in Scarborough" (Guy Adams) 133; The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 42; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 79; "The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman" (Jeffrey Deaver) 81; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 207; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 138; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 75; "Sound Alibi" (Peter Guttridge) 24-25; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 253; "Murder Games" (Michael Kurland) 20-21; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 11; “The Maltese Cockroach” (Bill Mantlo, Gene Colan & Dave Simons) 10; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 170; "The 2-D Problem" (Jody Scott) 57; "A Case of Facsimile" (Viola Brothers Shore) 83, 90, 92; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky)144; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 74; "The Second Treaty" (Daniel Stashower) 356; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 162-163

Spagnoletti, Charles Ernest (British Railway Engineer, 1832-1915)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 161, 234

Spain, King of (Maritana - William Vincent Wallace)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 65

Spalanzani (Tales of Hoffmann - Jules Barbier & Jacques Offenbach)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 163-166, 169, 180

Spalding, Albert (American Baseball Player, 1850-1915)
"The Case of the Rival Queens" (Carolyn Wheat) 275-278, 281, 283, 291-292, 295-298
Spaldings: "Juggling with Sherlock’s Friend" (Mark Levy) 72, 75

Spalding, Elizabeth (Wife of Albert Spalding)
"The Case of the Rival Queens" (Carolyn Wheat) 276-279, 281-283, 295-298

Spandrell, Castellan (Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 1-7, 279-280

Spangler, Edman "Ned" (American Stagehand, Charged as a Conspirator in the Lincoln Assassination, 1825-1875)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 71, 133, 157

Spanish Armada, The (Spanish Fleet Sent Against England, 1588)

Spanish Inquisition, The
 The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 299; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 62; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 125-126; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 115, 142; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 106, 108; Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 144; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 223; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 268; "Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 123; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 16, 129; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 137; The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 175

Spare, Austin Osman (British Artist, 1886-1956)
"The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 82

Spare, Philip Newton (British Policeman, Father of Austin Spare, 1858-?)
"The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 80-83, 85

Spargus (The First Men in the Moon - H.G. Wells)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 191, 194

Sparrow, The (Who Killed Cock Robin? - Nursery Rhyme)
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 473

Spartacus (Thracian Gladiator, c.111-71BC)
Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 80; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 237

Spaulding, Captain (Animal Crackers - movie)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 161

Spear, Samuel P. (Fenian Soldier)
"The Reluctant Assassin" (Peter Tremayne) 217-218

Speck, Richard (American Murderer, 1941-1991)
"The Ghost of the Lake" (Jamie Freveletti) 214; The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 174

Speckled Band of Boston, The (Sherlockian Society)
Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 298

Specter, Arlen (American Senator, 1930-2012)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 147, 204

Speedy, Captain Andrew (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 123-125

Speedy, Tristram Charles (English Explorer, 1836-1911)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 8-10, 117, 128-130, 166, 169, 206, 214, 229-238

Speke, John Hanning (British Explorer, Discovered Source of the Nile, 1827-1864)
"The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 152; Most Baffling, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 55; "The Case of the Cannibal Club" (Carole Johnstone) 215, 227-228, 241; The Dragon Turn (Shane Peacock) 3; "The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 197; "The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (Darrell Schweitzer) 469

Spence, William (English Entomologist, c.1783-1860)
Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons (James Lovegrove) 40, 260

Spencer, Christopher Miner (American Inventor, 1833-1922)
Spencer & Roper Shotgun: Sherlock Holmes and the Zombie Problem (Nick S. Thomas) 102
Spencer Rifle: "The Forlorn Death of Sally at the Crossroads" (Dennis O’Neil) 36, 41, 44, 47-48

Spencer, Lady Diana (Princess of Wales, 1961-1997)
Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 76

Spencer, Captain Henry (British Balloonist)
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 17

Spencer, Herbert (British Philosopher, 1820-1903)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 129; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 203; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer)19, 23, 28, 32, 102, 105, 110, 115, 158; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 452; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 146; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 257; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 138, 140, 144, 190; "The Case of the Plangent Colonel" (Ted Riccardi) 82; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 219
Herbert Spencerian: The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) xxiv
Spencerian: "The Adventure of the Gowanus Abduction" (Joyce Harrington) 165; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 207

Spencer, Thomas (British Retailer, 1852-1905)
Marks & Spencer

Spencer-Churchill, Lady Frances Anne (Mother of Randolph Churchill, 1822-1899)
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 89

Spencer-Churchill, John Strange (Brother of Winston Churchill, 1880-1947)
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 85

Spender, C.G.B.: see Cigarette Smoking Man

Spengler, Egon (Ghostbusters series)
"Winston’s Diary: A Day in the Life of Winston Zeddmore" (Dan Abnett) 11-12

Spenser, Edmund (British Poet, 1552-1599)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 187
Spencerian: European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 62

Spenser, Eliot: see Pinhead

Spenser, Gabriel (British Actor, 1578-1598)
Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 164

Sphinx, The (Mythical Beast & Egyptian Sculpture)
 The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 54
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 389
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 140, 144, 158, 163, 177
"The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 62-65, 69-70
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 185; Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 35; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 137-140, 146; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 242; "Christmas Fun" (Maxwell Bukofzer) 243; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 108; A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 174, 308; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 265, 310; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 52; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 55; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 178; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 196, 339; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 335; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 88; "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 149; "The Locked Cell Murder" (Ron Fortier) 167; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 362; Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 81; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 572; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 97; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 83, 95; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 34; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 278; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 408; "A Voice from the Ether" (Eddie Maguire) 153; "The Adventure of the Other Woman" (Michael Mallory) 21; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 15; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 59, 62, 137, 174; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 38; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 147; "The Adventure In Border Country" (Gwen Moffat) 85; Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 77; "How the Professor Taught a Lesson to the Gnoles" (Josh Reynolds) 102; "The Adventure of the Mummy’s Curse" (Cavan Scott) 297; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 121-122, 127; "Sherlock Holmes Solves the Mystery of Edwin Drood" (Harry B. Smith) 219; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 189; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 85; "Jerlock Holmes, alias Cupid" (Jane Stub) 65; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 52; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 76; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 9; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 35; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 3, 63-65, 81-84, 86; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 47, 218
A Sphinx: The Case That Time Forgot (Tracy Barrett) 58, 63; "The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 172; Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 117; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 34; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxc; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 256; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 406; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 126-127
Like the sphinx: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 28
Riddle of the Sphinx: The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 150
Sphinxes: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 125
Sphinx-like: "The Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse" (August Derleth) 133; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 349; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 297; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 320; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 215; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 231; "The Case of the Open and Shut" (Douglas Moreton) 107; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 100; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 124
Sphinx of the North: "The Adventure of the Haunted Bagpipes" (Carla Coupe) 179

Spice Girls, The (British Pop Group)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 80

Spicer Brothers (British Paper Manufacturers)
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 302

Spicer, Robert (Police Constable - Ripper Case)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 77-82, 103, 134

Spider, The (Richard Wentworth) (The Spider series - Grant Stockbridge)
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 25-38; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 94-104; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 303-309, 311-312
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 59; "Confidence Game" (Jim Harmon) 131

Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6, 8-10, 42, 79
The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 158

Spider-Woman (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6

Spielberg, Steven (American Film-maker, 1947- )
Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 183; My Hero (Tom Holt) 180; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 175; The Baker Street Letters (Michael Robertson) 107

Spielman, Max (Giles Goat-Boy - John Barth)
"Giles of Baker Street" (David V. Forrest) 88

Spiering, Frank (Lizzie Borden Researcher)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) III: 15

Spies, August (German-American Upholsterer & Editor, 1855-1887)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 285

Spike (Tom & Jerry Cartoons)
"Tom and Jerry" (Anonymous) 35

Spillane, Mickey (American Author, 1918-2006)
Ricky Dillane: "Murder on the American Express" (Wanda Pearce) 76-82
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 126; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 2; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 154; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 32, 74, 209
"The Adventure of the Cripple Parade" (John L. DeAndrea) (Written as if by Spillane)

Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (British Forensics Expert, 1877-1947)
Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 202, 205, 211
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 18, 28
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 18-20, 23-25, 73-74, 99, 118, 137, 155-156, 163-164, 189
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 82-83, 191, 196
Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 60; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 172; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 65, 79, 98

Spilsbury, T. (British Publisher)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 61

Spinoza, Baruch (Dutch Philosopher, 1632-1677)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 21; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 23, 79; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 22; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 128; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 40

Spinward Corporation, The (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Deceit - Peter Darvill-Evans)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 260

Spirit of St Louis, The (Charles Lindbergh's Plane)
"The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 350

Spitz, Mark (American Swimmer, 1950- )
Mark Spitz-6: "Sherlock Chromes" (Anonymous) 41

Spock, Mr (Star Trek - TV series)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 13, 15-18, 25
"A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 5-6, 11-12
"Giles of Baker Street" (David V. Forrest) 87-89
"Attuclac" (David Gomm) 1-15, 20-24
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 1-4, 7-12, 14-19, 21-22, 37, 42, 54-55, 70-71, 73-78, 104, 109, 126, 135, 154-155, 157, 162-164, 171, 173-183, 194-195, 201-202, 204-205, 207-210
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 68; "The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 92; The Case of the Disappearing Dragon (Narinder Dhami) 23; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 200; "The House of Blood" (Tony Richards) 197

Spode, Josiah (English Potter, 1733-1797)
Spode China: The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 208; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 153; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 47; "How A Hermit Was Disturbed In His Retirement" (Julian Symons) 257; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 52

Spofford, Ainsworth Rand (American Journalist, 1825-1908)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 196-198

Spofforth, Frederick R. (Australian Cricketer, 1853-1926)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 17, 69, 77, 158, 214, 216; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 14

Spohr, Louis (German Composer, 1784-1859)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 40

Spongebob Squarepants (Spongebob Squarepants - TV series)
Spongebob Detectivepants: The Case of the Missing Spatula (David Leman) 1-15

Spontini, Gasparo (Italian Composer, 1774-1851)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 130; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 19

Spoon, The (Hey Diddle Diddle - Nursey Rhyme)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 219

Spooner, Reverend William (Warden of New College, Oxford, 1844-1930)
"The Bothersome Business of the Dutch Nativity" (Derek Wilson) 10-12, 18, 23-25
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 55; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 180; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 28
Reverend Algernon Spooner; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 26-32, 37, 39, 141-143, 147, 209, 214, 241, 280, 282-284

Spottiswoode, Andrew (British Printer)
See: Eyre & Spottiswoode

Sprague, Calvin (Scientific Sprague - Francis Lynde)
"The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 60, 62

Sprague, Horatio (American Consul in Gibraltar)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Mary Celeste" (Tristan Jones) 71

Sprague, Richard A. (American District Attorney)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 243-244

Sprat, Jack: see Jack Sprat

Spratling, Inspector John (Ripper Case, 1840-1934)
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 38
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 127
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 35-36, 45-47, 49-50
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 22

Spratling, Mrs. (John Spratling's Wife)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 46-47

Spring, Private William Henry (British Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 208

Spring-Heeled Jack (Victorian Legend (1837))
"Spring-Heeled Jack" (Terrance Griep & Joe Staton) 78-83, 85-89
The Secret Fiend (Shane Peacock) ix, 5-6, 8, 10, 12, 17-23, 25, 31-33, 38-39, 41, 45, 47, 61-65, 68-69, 74, 76, 80-84, 86-88, 91, 93-104, 106, 115, 117, 120-121, 124-127, 138-139, 144, 146, 148-150, 153-154, 156-158, 163-172, 176-177, 179, 182-184, 190-192, 194-196, 200, 202-203, 210-211, 220, 222-227, 229-239, 243
Predator: Nemesis (Gordon Rennie & Colin MacNeil) 7-9, 11, 13, 27, 29
Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 29-33, 35-38, 40, 149, 155-161, 167
 Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 147; The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 23; "MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 139; "A Study In Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 19; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 52; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 47; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 28; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 123; "Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 175; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 158; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 138; Becoming Holmes (Shane Peacock) 185; The Dragon Turn (Shane Peacock) 5-6, 18, 36, 51, 54, 56, 79, 216; Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 78; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 52; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 282; "The Investigation into the Dawning Od" (Andrew Salmon) 296; "The Demon Slasher of Seven Sisters" (Cavan Scott) 55; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 142; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 149; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 18; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 566; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 259; "The Adventure of the Green Skull" (Mark Valentine) 49

Spring-Rice, Cecil (British Diplomat, 1859-1918)
Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 91-96, 124, 132, 139-141, 150, 152, 155, 182-183, 212, 241, 245, 258
"The Adventure of the Lost World" (Dominic Green) 310

Springer, Jerry (American Television Personality, 1944- )
"The Suspicious Closure of the Wig & Pen" (Peter Calamai) 163; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 219

Springsteen, Bruce (American Singer & Songwriter, 1949- )
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 211

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (British Theologian, 1834-1892)
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 151, 262, 289
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 33, 79, 126
The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 177; Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 178; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 192; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 94

Spurrell, William (Welsh Publisher, 1813-1889)
Spurrell's: The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 183

Spy: see Leslie Ward

Square, A (Flatland - Edwin A. Abbott)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 280-286

Square, Parson (Tom Jones - Henry Fielding)
The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 165

Squeers, Wackford (Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens)
"The Enchanted Garden" (H.F.Heard) 123; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 386

Sri Bajarinda (Queen of Thailand, 1864-1919)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 225, 230, 248, 253, 481, 486

Stachel, Bruno (The Blue Max - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 64, 103, 162, 164-166

Stack, Sir Lee (British Governor of the Sudan, ?-1924)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 49, 56, 67-68, 231

Staff, General (American Soldier)
The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 22

Stagg, Amos Alonzo (American Coach, 1862-1965)
"The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarters" (Jon L. Breen) 302-309, 312-318

Stahl, Lesley (American Journalist, 1941- )
"The Great Media Mystery" (Art Buchwald) 220

Stahlmann, Christopher (German-American Brewer, 1829-?)
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 237

Stainer, Jacob (Austrian Stringed Instrument Maker, c.1619-1683)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 26
Steiner Violin: "The Adventures of Padlock Bones" (Sol Cohen) 25

Stainer, John (British Composer, 1840-1901)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 223; "The Worcester Enigma" (James Miles) 340

Stalhein, Erich Von (Biggles series - Capt. W.E.Johns)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 61-69, 103-105, 107, 162-168, 228-229, 306-308, 321-326, 328-331

Stalin, Josef (Soviet President (1922-53), 1879-1953)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 54-55, 73-79, 82, 84-86, 89, 94, 101, 109, 115, 135-136, 143, 150, 155, 243-244, 263, 274, 295, 297; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140, 155, 176-177
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 17, 261; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 159; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 15; "Sherlock Holmes to the Rescue" (E.E. Heiman) 202; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 53, 325; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 12; ; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 102; The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 44; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 333; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 156; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 151; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 106, 284; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 87; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 231
Nilats!: "Xenolith" (Dana Martin Batory) 46, 49
Stalinesque: Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 164
Stalingrad: Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 12
Stalinist: Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 106
Staln: "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 80

Stalker, John (English Police Officer, 1940-2019)
Constable Stalker: Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 15, 18, 20-21, 23, 43, 89, 126, 131-136, 139, 162, 205, 207, 211, 222

Stalky & Co. (Stalky & Co. - Rudyard Kipling)
"The Book of 1900" (Edgar Turner) 14-16, 21-22

Stallone, Sylvester (American Actor, 1946- )
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 172; "The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 300; "The Adventure of the Speckled Hand" (Robert Walton) 307

Stambolov, Stefan (Bulgarian Premier (1887-94), 1854-1895)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 95

Stamfordham, Lord: see Arthur Bigge

Stanfield, Clarkson (British Artist, 1793-1867)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 32

Stanford, Edward (English Map Seller, 1827-1904)
Stanford's: Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 81; "The Adventure of the Midnight Bell" (David James) 22; "The Case of the Addleton Tragedy" (June Thomson) 88

Stanford, Leland (American Statesman, 1824-1893)
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 347-348; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 75; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 80
Stanford University: Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 124

Stanford, Sally (American Madam and Mayor, 1903-1982)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 64

Stanford Family
Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 333; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 24

Stanhope, Lord (British Politician)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 84

Stanislaus II (King of Poland (1764-95), 1732-1798)
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 27-28

Stanislaus, Saint (?-1079)
Chapel of St. Stanislaus: Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 149
Order of St Stanislaus: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 59, 131; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 69

Stanislavski, Konstantin (Russian Actor & Director, 1863-1938)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 56; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 107

Stanley, Aileen (American Singer, 1897-1982)
Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 122

Stanley, Arthur (Dean of Westminster, 1815-1881)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 131

Stanley, Edward (Bricklayer, Ripper Case Witness)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 142; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 47

Stanley, Edward, Lord (British Foreign Secretary (1866-68 & 74-78), 1826-1893)
The Foreign Secretary: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 190-191

Stanley, Frederick Trent (American Industrialist)
Stanley Knife: Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 100; My Hero (Tom Holt) 17

Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (British Journalist & Explorer, 1841-1904)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian (Val Andrews) 106; Sherlock Holmes and the Tomb of Terror (Val Andrews) 5; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 132; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 102; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 65; "The Manor House Case" (Edward D. Hoch) 264; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 165; "The Case of the Cannibal Club" (Carole Johnstone) 228; The Mystery Surrounding Watson’s Lost Dispatch Box (Gary Lovisi) 18; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 16; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 52, 76

Stanley, Major-General (The Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan)
Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 50; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 14, 28, 33, 38, 42, 49, 52, 57, 71, 75, 80, 97-98, 100, 128, 145, 157, 165, 173-174, 177-178, 181, 193-197, 210, 222, 242-243; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 201

Stanley, Thomas (Rector of Eyam Plague Village)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 121

Stanley, Venetia (British Socialite, 1887-1948)
Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 255

Stanmore, Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron (English Colonial Administrator, 1829-1912)
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 54, 134, 148-154, 215-218, 248

Stant, Shane (Nancy Kerrigan Assailant)
The Great Shelby Holmes and the Coldest Case (Elizabeth Eulberg) 98

Stanton, Daniel (High Sheriff of Bristol (1826))
The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 280

Stanton, Edwin M. (US Civil War Union War Minister, 1814-1869)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 62, 70-71, 138-139, 156-157, 182, 200-201, 203, 207, 235-236, 240, 293-294, 297, 319
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 114-116; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 299-300, 327; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 51; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 120; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 323

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (American Social Activist, 1815-1902)
The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 267; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 223

Staples, Isaac (American Lumber Baron, 1816-1898)
Isaac Staples Firm: Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 76

Star of India (Sapphire in the American museum of Natural History)
The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 12; "The Worcester Enigma" (James Miles) 346

Starfleet (Star Trek)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 17, 24, 27, 45-47, 53, 91, 93, 100, 106-107, 128, 145, 148, 179, 190, 203, 239-241, 244, 251, 268, 314, 358, 361

Stark Munro, J. (The Stark Munro Letters - Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 7-9, 13, 104

Starkweather, Charles (American Murderer, 1938-1959)
The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 174

Starr, Brenda (Brenda Starr, Reporter - Comic Strip)
"The 2-D Problem" (Jody Scott) 56

Starr, Ringo (British Drummer, 1940- )
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 251

Staunton, Harriet (British Murder Victim, ?-1877)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 35

Stanwyck, Barbara (American Actress, 1907-1990)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 43, 67-69
They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 72

Staples, John (Lord Mayor of London (1885-86))
The Mayor: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 162

Starbuck (Moby Dick - Herman Melville)
The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 170

Starkey, Gentleman (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 34-35

Starnes, Professor (Star Trek - TV series "And The Children Shall Lead" episode)
"Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 27

Starr, Belle (American Outlaw)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 65-73, 75, 83-94, 96-102, 104, 107-109, 113, 121, 124, 127-130, 132-134, 137, 141, 150-162, 165-173

Starr, Ellen (American Prostitute)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 189

Starr, H.W. (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 7, 9, 11-12, 213, 217-219, 221; "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60

Starr, Ringo (British Musician, 1940- )
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 220

Starrett, Vincent (American Sherlockian Writer, 1886-1974)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 12, 20
Vincent Christopher Smith: The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 150, 175-181, 190, 198-199
Vincenzo Starretti: Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 37, 39, 48, 61 Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 21-23, 55, 82; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 77
Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 38; Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 172; "The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 146; "The Brown Recluse" (Davis Grubb) 81; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 4; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 27; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 15; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 254; "Daydream" (Basil Rathbone) 497; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 77
Start: "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 81

Starry Wisdom Cult, The (The Haunter of the Dark - H.P.Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of the Ancient Gods" (Ralph Vaughan) 20-23, 26-33
Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 194

Stashower, Daniel (American Author)
The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 31-32; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 88

Status Quo (British Rock Band)
Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 199

Staunton, Howard (British Chess Player, 1810-1874)
"The Puzzling Adventure of the Misunderstood Monkey Business" (Maxwell Bukofzer) 66; "The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 297; "The Case of the Choleric Cotton Broker" (Martin Edwards) 267
Staunton Chess Set: "The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 302; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 13

Staveley, Sir Charles (British Army Officer, 1817-1896)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 7-10, 188-190, 206-209, 211-215, 219, 224-230, 232, 235-236, 239

Staveley, Lady Susan (Wife of Sir Charles Staveley)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 210-212, 215-216, 225-230, 235, 239

Stavlokratz (The Three Sailors' Gambit - Lord Dunsany)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 78-79

Stead, Charles F. (British Tanner)
Charles F. Stead & Co.: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 205

Stead, William.T. (British Publisher, 1849-1912)
"The Doll Who Talked to the Dead" (Nev Fountain) 122, 147
The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 34, 82, 153, 225, 232, 243, 249
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 47-49, 222, 244
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 9-10, 15-16
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 141, 168, 175-177, 179-189, 193-194, 199-200, 227, 250-252
The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 23, 25
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 148; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 30, 170; "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 9; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 18, 24; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 231; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 106, 310; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 41, 59; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 231-232; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 227; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 208; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 84

Steadman, Ralph (British Artist, 1936- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 312

Stearns, John Goddard, Jr. (American Architect, 1843-1917)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 125

Steed, John (The Avengers - TV series)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 43-44

Steel, Danielle (American Author, 1947- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 244

Steel, R. (British Chess Player)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 299

Steele, Dr. (Charles Dickens' Doctor)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 391, 419

Steele, Frederic Dorr (American Artist, 1874-1944)
"The Adventure of the Murdered Art Editor" (Frederic Dorr Steele)
"The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarters" (Jon L. Breen) 304

Steele, Joel Dorman (American Educator, 1836-1886)
Steele Memorial Library: "The Boy and the Book" (Daniel Nathan) 74

Steele, Sir Richard (British Writer & Statesman, 1672-1729)
"The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 147

Steele, Sir Samuel Benfield (Canadian Mounted Police officer, 1849-1919)
"The Mystery of Headless Valley (Ronald C. Weyman); "The Lady of the Camellias" (Ronald C. Weyman)

Steeleye Span (British Folk-Rock Group)
Steel Eye Span: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 89

Steenstrup, Johannes (Danish Historian, 1844-1935)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 176

Steerforth, James (David Copperfield - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 81-82

Steffens, Lincoln (American Journalist, 1866-1936)
"The Case of the Strange Erasures" (Stefan Kanfer) 339; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 15; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 2

Steichen, Edward (American Photographer, 1879-1973)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 147

Stein, Gertrude (American Writer, 1874-1946)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 26; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 296; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 14; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 393; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 73-74; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 38
Lace Stein: The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65

Stein, Sir Marc Aurel (Hungarian-British Explorer, 1862-1943)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 20-21
Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 60; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 48, 55

Steinbeck, John (American Author, 1902-1968)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 77

Steinbrunner, Chris (American Author, Broadcaster & Sherlockian, 1934-1993)
Cliff Brownglass: Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 12-15, 19, 29-30, 32-35, 40, 49-50, 55-59, 63, 65-66, 73, 75-77, 80-81, 87-89, 91, 97-98, 102, 104, 106-107, 109, 112, 114-117, 119, 123, 127, 133-140, 143, 145-147, 152, 156, 158-161, 164, 167, 169, 171

Steinhart, Sigmund & Ignatz (Bavarian-American Philanthropists)
Steinhart Aquarium: Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 96

Steinheil, Adolphe (French Artist, Husband of Marguerite Stenheil, 1850-1908)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 123, 145-149, 151-153
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 248

Steinheil, Marguerite (Mistress of Félix Faure, 1869-1954)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 121-135, 137-139, 141-143, 145-150, 152-153, 155-157
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 248

Steinheil, Marthe (Daughter of Marguerite Steinheil, 1891-?)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 121-122

Steinitz, Wilhelm (German Chess Master, 1836-1900)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 300
"The Adventure of the Knighted Watchmaker" (Derrick Belanger) 76, 83-84

Steinmann, Oskar (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Just War - Lance Parkin)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 250

Steinway, Henry (German Piano Maker, 1797-1871)
Steinway Baby: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 314, 317
Steinway Grand: "A Triumph of Logic" (Gayle Lynds & John Sheldon) 198; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 123
Steinway Piano: The Final Solution (Michael Chabon) 3; "The Case of the Musical Butler" (Martin Edwards) 152

Stella Androids (Star Trek - I, Mudd)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 155-161, 184-185, 369

Stem, Allen H. (American Architect, 1856-1931)
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 40, 105, 149-151, 153, 259, 262-264, 275, 323

Stenbock, Count Eric (German Poet, 1858-1895)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 79-80, 151

Stengel, Casey (American Baseball Player, 1890-1975)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 230, 292

Stent (The War of the Worlds - H.G.Wells)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 27, 30-32; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 275-282, 285-317; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 44-47, 54-56, 97-100, 113, 142, 154, 190
"The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 323; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 424; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 37

Stéphane, Théodore (French Actor, Father of Inessa Armand)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 175

Stephen, Harry Lushington (British Barrister, J.K.Stephen's Brother)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 246, 261
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 261

Stephen, Herbert (British Barrister, J.K.Stephen's Brother)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 261; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 261

Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames (British Jurist, 1829 -1894)
"The Case of the Choleric Cotton Broker" (Martin Edwards) 261-262
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 23, 261, 302-303
"The Case of the Rondel Dagger" (Mark Mower) 77
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 277; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 189; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 38; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 228

Stephen, James Kenneth (British Poet, Tutor to the Duke of Clarence, 1859-1892)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 208-209, 220, 249, 251, 266, 276-285, 292-293, 329-332, 340, 342-350, 353
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 23-312
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 70, 78-80, 120-123, 125, 129-131, 222, 227-234, 238-239, 251, 275, 287
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 232-239, 261
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 280

Stephen, Julia Duckworth (Mother of Virginia Woolf, 1846-1895)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 113-116
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 118

Stephen, Sir Leslie (British Writer, 1832-1904)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 113-116
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 118; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 261; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 393

Stephen, St (Christian Martyr ?-c.35)
 "Run for Your Life" (Len Bailey) 202

Stephen, St (Pope (254-57), 200(?)-257)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 151; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 179; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 159
Feast of Stephen: Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 102; "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 107
St Stephen's Cathedral: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 105-106, 133, 135, 313, 323; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 109, 117
St Stephen's Chapel: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 3
St Stephen's Club: The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 337
St Stephen's Day: "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 52; "The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 224; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 159
St Stephen's Green: "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 74, 78; "The Kidnapping of Mycroft Holmes" (Peter Tremayne) 221
St Stephen's Hall: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 274
St Stephen's Home for Boys: The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 142
St Stephen's Parish School: "The Sinister Cheesecake" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 444
St Stephen's Porch: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 270
Treaty of San Stefano: "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 32, 34

Stephen I, St (Istvan) (King of Hungary (1001-38), c.967-1038)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 658
Order of Istvan the Good: Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania (Gerry O’Hara) 6
St Stephan Hospital: Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania (Gerry O’Hara) 142, 160

Stephen, Thoby (Brother of Virginia Woolf, 1880-1906)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 114-116

Stephen, Vanessa; see Bell, Vanessa

Stephen, Virginia: see Woolf, Virginia

Stephen of Blois (King of England (1135-54), c.1097-1154)
"A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 59

Stephens, Andrew (British Cabman, Testified in Leon Beron Murder Trial)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 137

Stephens, Edwin (English Crewman of the Mignonette)
"The Dark Carnival" (Andrew Lane) 284

Stephens, Henry (British Ink Manufacturer)
Stevens' Mucilage: Sherlock Holmes and the Tomb of Terror (Val Andrews) 17

Stephens, Robert (English Actor, 1931-1995)
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 31

Stephenson, George (British Railway Pioneer, 1781-1848)
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 84; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 947; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 70; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 82; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 83; "Miss Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (M.J. Trow) 354

Stephenson, Mrs (Wife of Roslyn Donston Stephenson)
Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 109

Stephenson, Robert (English Railway Engineer, 1803-1859)
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 84

Stephenson, Dr Roslyn Donston (British Doctor, Suspect in Ripper Murders, 1841-?)
Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 76-86, 88-91, 95-96, 98-99, 102, 107-109

Stephenson, Sir William "Intrepid" (Canadian-British Spy, 1896-1989)
The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective (Ralph E. Vaughan) 5

Steptoe, Albert (Steptoe & Son - TV Series)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 103

Sterling, Alan (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) xi

Stern, Sir Albert Gerald (British Banker, 1878-1966)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 201

Stern, Isaac, Louis & Benjamin (American Retailers)
Mr Stern's Emporium: Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 149

Sterne, Laurence (British Author, 1713-1768)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 422

Sternwood, Carmen (The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler)
Carmen: The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 25-27, 144, 222-223

Sternwood, General (The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler)
Lord Steynwood: The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 50, 62-63, 65, 69, 71-72, 75, 77, 80, 84, 87, 96-98, 112, 132, 137, 147, 152-160, 164, 173, 182, 190, 200, 205, 209, 211-213, 215-217, 221-222

Stetson, John Batterson (American Hat Manufacturer, 1830-1906)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 23, 103
Stetson Hat: The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 23, 33, 38, 86, 94; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 8; Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 139; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 2, 9, 35, 76, 95, 221, 253-254, 289; My Hero (Tom Holt) 10; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 107, 125; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 71; The Shadow of Evil (Tim Pigott-Smith) 20-21; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 292; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 83, 127, 129, 159; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 211-212

Steunenberg, Frank (Governor of Idaho, Assassinated, 1861-1905)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 301

Stevens, Alfred (Belgian Artist, 1823-1906)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 199

Stevens, Alfred Peck: see Alfred Vance

Stevens, Frederick (Jack the Ripper Case Witness)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 6-7

Stevens, Colonel Holman (British Railway Owner)
"The Wealden Pullman Blackmailer" (Richard Stannoy) 1-5, 9-10, 12-13, 15-16, 19-21, 23-26

Stevens, Joshua (American Gunsmith, 1814-?)
Stevens Arms Co: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 102
Mr Stevens: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 103, 118, 247, 259

Stevens, Mary (Victim of Spring Heeled Jack)
Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 31-32

Stevens, Wallace (American Poet, 1879-1955)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7

Stevens, William (Witness in Annie Chapman Ripper Murder)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 40

Stevenson, Adlai (American Politician, 1835-1814)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 281-283, 286-293, 422, 452-455, 494

Stevenson, Adlai (American Politician, 1900-1965)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 88; "My Dear Uncle Sherlock" (Hugh Pentecost) 11-12; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 294

Stevenson, Alan (Scottish Lighthouse Engineer, 1807-1865)
"The Adventure of Bell Rock Light" (Rick Boyer) 81; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 45

Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne (Wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1840-1914)
"The Stagecoach Detective" (Linda Robertson) 303-305, 309, 313-318, 324, 330-344

Stevenson, Margaret Balfour (Mother of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1829-1897)
"The Stagecoach Detective" (Linda Robertson) 330

Stevenson, Robert (Scottish Engineer, 1772-1850)
"The Adventure of Bell Rock Light" (Rick Boyer) 50, 81; "The Bell Rock Light" (Guy Haley) 189; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 78

Stevenson, Robert Louis (Scottish Author, 1850-1894)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 22-23, 245-249
"The Stagecoach Detective" (Linda Robertson) 303-344
Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 36, 60-62, 76-78, 98, 100, 127-129, 138-139, 144-146, 148
Louis D'Or Stiverson: "The Fête and Fortune of Funnilla" (Anonymous) 84 (Written in the style of)
"An Adventure in Three Courses" (Guy Adams) 205; The Dark Lady (Irene Adler) 135; Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 84; "Repercussions" (Dwight Baldwin & J.M. DeSantis) 37; "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 215; The Women of Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 305; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 22; The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 2, 19, 85-86, 115, 137; "The Adventure of Bell Rock Light" (Rick Boyer) 81; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 177, 185, 350; "A Family Resemblance" (Simon Bucher-Jones) 288; The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 25; "The Adventure of the Haunted Rectory" (Basil Copper) 23; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 7-8; "The Questionable Parentage of Basil Grant" (R. Bostoun Cromer) 59; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 82; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 16; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 132; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 3, 97; The Improbable Prisoner (Stuart Douglas) 36; "The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 399; "The Adventure of the Handsome Ogre" (Matthew J. Elliott) 478; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 165; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 155; "The Adventure of the Final Problem " (Robert L. Fish) 99; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 136-137, 422; Moriarty (John Gardner) 206; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 35; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 33, 138, 280; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 39, 160; "The Bell Rock Light" (Guy Haley) 189; "The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes" (Leslie Halliwell) 238; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 17; "The Christmas Card Mystery" (Narrelle M. Harris) 266; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 18, 112; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 33; "The Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul Jeffers) 168-169; "The Blackheath Collapse" (Bruce Kilstein) 113; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 115-116; "The Singular Habits of Wasps" (Geoffrey A. Landis) 230; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 219; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 32; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 81; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 67; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 117; "Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 170; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 139; The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 76; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 173; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 368; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 205; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 162; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 119; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 246;  A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 221; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 37, 47; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 398; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 77, 158; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 160, 164; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 141; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 82; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 88; "Miss Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (M.J. Trow) 354; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 290-291; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146
Prince Louis Stevenson: The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65
Stevensonian: Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 327

Stevenson, Thomas (Scottish Lighthouse Engineer, Father of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1818-1887)
"The Adventure of Bell Rock Light" (Rick Boyer) 81; "The Stagecoach Detective" (Linda Robertson) 330

Stevenson, Dr. Thomas (British Home Office Pathologist)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 206
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 249-251, 258, 296-297
"The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 77

Stewart, Alan Breck (Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318-319

Stewart, Alexander Turney (Irish-American Entrepreneur, 1803-1876)
Alexander T. Miller Department Store: Love Is the Winner (Janet Templeton) 48

Stewart, David (Scottish Criminal Officer)
"The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 147-154, 156, 160, 162-172, 174

Stewart, Sir Donald (British Field Marshal, 1824-1900)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 259

Stewart, James (American Actor, 1908-1997)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 108, 121; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 137

Stewart, Richard (American Doctor, John Wilkes Booth Sought His Help)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 165

Stewart, William M. (American Politician, 1827-1909)
"The Humorist’s Curse" (Bill Peschel) 261

Stewart-Murray, John, Marquess of Tullibardine, 8th Earl of Atholl (Scottish Soldier, 1871-1942)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 153-160

Stewer, Jan (Widdecombe Fair - Song)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 168, 233, 238

Steyne, Lord (Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318-319

Stheno (Gorgon in Greek Mythology)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Gorgon’s Head" (Margaret Paulus) 19

Stieglitz, Alfred (American Photographer, 1864-1946)
"The Adventure of the Misplaced Eyeglasses" (Robin N. Campbell) 68

Stift, Wilhem (Austrian Vehicle Manufacturer)
Gräf & Stift: Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) x

Stileman, Admiral Harry (British Naval Officer, 1860-1938)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 85

Stilicho, Flavius (Roman General, 359-408)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 379

Stillman, Marie Spartali (British Artist, 1844-1927)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 310

Stillson, Daniel Chapman (American Inventor, 1826-1899)
Stilson Spanner: "The Curious Case of the Distressed Gentlefolk" (Alan Coren) 171

Stingaree (Stingaree - E.W. Hornung)
"The Dirranbandi Station Mystery" (Christopher Sequeira) 268, 270-271, 277, 290-292

Stinson, Eddie (American Aviator, 1894-1932)
Stinson Aircraft: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 255

Știrbey, Barbu (Romanian Prime Minister (1927), 1872-1946)
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 25-26, 32, 92, 174-178, 182-184, 189-191, 206-208, 335-337, 339-343

Știrbey, Nadeja (Wife of Barbu Știrbey, 1876-1955)
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 26, 175, 177, 190, 206-207, 342-343

Stirner, Max (German Philosopher, 1806-1856)
"The Adventure of the Ethical Assassin" (Matthew Baugh) 235

Stisted, Georgiana M. (British Biographer, 1847-1903)
"The Case of the Cannibal Club" (Carole Johnstone) 215, 219, 236

Stisted, Sir Henry William (British Soldier, 1817-1875)
"The Case of the Cannibal Club" (Carole Johnstone) 219, 236

Stivey, William (Office Messenger, Irish Crown Jewels Affair)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 67-70, 76, 78-82, 95-96

Stix, Thomas L., Sr. (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 217, 219-220