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Stockhausen, Karlheinz (German Composer, 1928-2007)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 100

Stockton, Frank R. (American Writer, 1834-1902)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 127

Stodare, Colonel (British Magician, 1831-1866)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 49; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 193

Stoddart, Andrew (British Sportsman, 1863-1915)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 16, 25, 91, 304, 315; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 208

Stoddart, Joseph Marshall (American Publisher, Lippincott's Magazine)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 4, 6-10, 14, 98, 107, 136, 327
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 273-274
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 111
Robert Townsend: Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 130-132
"The Prideaux Manuscript" (Cara Black) 277; The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 89; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 6; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 10, 29; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 279; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 79; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 88

Stoke, Simon (Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy)
"The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 139, 145, 150, 156, 180-182, 184, 212

Stoker, Abraham (Father of Bram Stoker, 1799-1876)
The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 24, 26, 66; The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 36; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 889

Stoker, Bram (Irish Author, 1847-1912)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 211, 215-216, 350
"The Case of the Vampire's Mark" (Bill Crider) 112-119, 123-124, 126
 "The Case of the Vanished Vampire" (Bill Crider) 240-253
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 205
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30-33, 35-37, 39-40, 42, 58, 113, 126, 161, 198, 258, 367-375, 286, 304-305, 308-319, 330, 332-345, 357-358, 373-374, 378, 380-381, 387, 405-412, 416-419, 427-436, 442-445, 447-459, 461-463, 466-469, 473, 476-483, 487, 491, 497-498, 501, 504, 518
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 56-, 83-87, 89-90, 113, 172-175, 177-191, 193, 195-200, 223, 257-258, 266, 283, 285-293, 401, 406, 420
"Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 21-22
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 48-49, 51, 55, 72-77, 79, 386
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 25, 27-31, 38, 40, 54, 80, 352
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76, 79-80, 82, 90, 93-96, 110, 114-115, 348, 359, 359
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 279-289, 291, 294-300, 303-306, 308, 318, 380
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 85, 93-96, 139
 The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 23-26, 28, 39-40, 68, 89, 91-92, 99, 103, 129-130, 147, 161, 165, 167-169, 182-183, 203, 206-207, 209-213
The Chess Queen Enigma (Colleen Gleason) 97, 116, 159-162, 187, 189, 257-25
The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 17, 46, 65-68, 73, 173-175, 183, 229, 231-235
The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 34, 36, 64, 187, 222-223, 272
The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 6, 11-12, 16, 29, 34, 84, 91-92, 119, 129, 178, 209, 286, 291-292
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 20-22, 42, 44, 48, 88-93, 113, 115, 127-131, 137-142, 147, 149, 171-173, 180, 183-184, 186-192, 196-197, 200-206, 208-211
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 3, 98, 129-214, 216, 225-229, 270, 273, 293-294, 300-304, 313-315, 318, 325-332, 341-342, 350-351, 357, 361, 363-364, 367, 374-375, 383, 385-422, 425, 434, 460, 469
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 223-224
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 58, 80-84, 95-96, 99-100, 107-111, 118, 120-125
The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 39-42, 50, 64, 76-86, 96, 131, 143-158, 165-178, 192-198, 202-207, 210, 235, 237-238, 246, 249-252, 265-272, 274, 276-284, 288-291, 299-302, 304, 309-317, 330-332, 338-340
Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen)
"A Singular Event On A Night In 1912" (Roman A. Ranieri) 175-178, 181
"The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 76-77, 80
"The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 13-14
"The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 129, 133-135
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 784-785, 889-891, 896-900, 902, 904-905, 907-929. 991-993, 1001, 1008
"The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 325-341
"The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 55-57, 71
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 370-375, 384
"The Vampire of the Lyceum" (Charles Veley & Anna Elliott) 407-418, 422-423, 425, 429-432
Sherlock Holmes and the Long Acre Vampire (Val Andrews) 2, 6, 12, 16, 28, 38, 42, 45-46, 51, 109, 111, 177, 185; The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 35, 115, 138, 143, 145, 149-150, 155, 158-159, 162-163; The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 161; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 103; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 22; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 157, 160; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 15-6, 19-21; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 130; "British Invasion of Transylvania" (Peter Hargitai) 158; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 105; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 212-213; My Hero (Tom Holt) 199; "The Greatest Mystery" (Paul Kane) 192; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 136; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 162, 174, 177; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 11, 19-21, 32, 38-39, 45, 96, 103; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 1, 38-39, 41, 60, 71, 102, 126, 408, 415; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 75, 83, 115, 174, 203-204, 215, 229, 260, 311; "The Case of the Cursed Angel Tears" (Ashley Lister) 72; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 67; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 25, 33, 64, 96, 101, 111, 124, 365; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 128, 130-131; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 329; Baskerville (John O'Connell) 36, 87, 93; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 6; "The Adventure of the Red Dress" (Ana Teresa Pereira) 145; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 197; "The House of Blood" (Tony Richards) 196; "The Singular Case of the Anemic Heir!" (Will Richardson, Kevin Duane & Anton Caravana) 54; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 168; "The Adventure of the Lost Specialist" (Christopher Sequeira) 291; "The Return of the Sussex Vampire" (Christopher Sequeira) 211; "The Scion of Fear" (Christopher Sequeira) 37; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 32; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 198; "The Adventure of the Indiscreet Agent" (Peter Spielmann & Aaron Zelman) 44; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 14-16, 56, 78, 135-137, 169-170, 191; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 141; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 88, 146; The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 46, 49; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 160

Stoker, Charlotte Thornley (Mother of Bram Stoker, 1818-1901)
The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 24, 26, 66; The Chess Queen Enigma (Colleen Gleason) 257; The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 65-66, 174-175; The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 36; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 889

Stoker, Florence Balcombe (Wife of Bram Stoker, 1858-1937)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 211
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 26-29, 31
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76, 78-81, 85-86, 93-97, 110, 113-115, 348
 The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 23-26, 28, 39-40, 68, 89, 91-92, 99, 103, 129-130, 147, 161, 165, 167-169, 182-183, 203, 206-207, 209-213
The Chess Queen Enigma (Colleen Gleason) 5, 76, 165, 243, 254, 256-261, 265, 267
The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 65-68, 73, 124, 164-166, 172-175, 177, 260
The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 34-37, 39, 53, 57, 161, 185, 189, 222-223, 225, 256-259, 261, 272, 298, 319
The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 6, 10-13, 16, 24, 34, 36, 83-84, 89-94, 108-109, 111, 119, 122-123, 129, 157-159, 164, 172-174, 178-179, 195, 209, 286, 291-294
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 131, 171, 294, 329, 331, 386, 414
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 23-29, 32-34, 65, 96-101, 122-124, 166, 171, 210, 363-367, 382, 387, 417, 443
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 32, 373, 407, 443-444; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 173-175, 180, 185, 196-197; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 74; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 199; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 299; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 96; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 58, 95, 100, 110; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 278; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 15, 136; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 889, 917, 928; "The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 327, 337; "The Vampire of the Lyceum" (Charles Veley & Anna Elliott) 412, 423, 431-432

Stoker, George (Brother of Bram Stoker)
"The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 71

Stoker, Matilde (Sister of Bram Stoker)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas)180

Stoker, Noel (Son of Bram & Florence Stoker, 1879-1961)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 26
The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 66-67, 173
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 314, 444; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 173, 180; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 95; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 299; The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 26; The Chess Queen Enigma (Colleen Gleason) 258; The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 34; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 92, 120; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 889

Stoker, Sir William Thornley (Brother of Bram Stoker, 1845-1912)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28-30
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 196-197; The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 65-66, 174-175; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 100, 108

Stokes, Doris (English Clairaudient, ?-1987)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 222

Stokes, George (Irish Mathematician, 1819-1903)
"The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 290

Stokes, Dr Lennard (English Rugby Player, 1856-1933)
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 168

Stokes, William (Irish Physician, 1804-1878)
Cheyne-Stokes: The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 70

Stokowski, Leopold (Anglo-American Conductor, 1882-1977)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 148

Stoll, Oswald (Australian-British Theatre Manager, 1866-1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 15; Dr Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 223

Stolypin, Pyotr (Russian Prime Minister (1906-11), 1862-1911)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 104, 175; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 23; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 142, 180-182; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 232

Stolz, Robert (Austrian Composer, 1880-1975)
The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 22

Stonborough-Wittgenstein, Margaret (Sister of Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1882-1958)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 149

Stone, Commodore (Star Trek - TV Series "Court Martial" episode)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 13-14
"A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 6-12

Stone, Douglas ("The Case of Lady Sannox" - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 65-77, 80, 84-85, 87-88

Douglas Stone's Valet ("The Case of Lady Sannox" - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 66-67, 73

Stone, Emma Constance (Australian Physician, 1856-1902)
"Shadows of the Dead" (Kaaron Warren) 59-61, 63, 66-67

Stone, Fred (American Actor, 1873-1959)
"Bibliographic Bones" (Frank Place) 49

Stone, Hannah (Harry Bosch series - Michael Connelly)
"The Crooked Man" (Michael Connelly) 5-6, 13

Stone, Lewis (American Actor, 1879-1953)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 127

Stone, Marcus (British Artist, 1840-1921)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 95

Stone, Melville (American Newspaperman, 1848-1929)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 99

Stone, P.M. (American Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60

Stone, Paul Steven (American Writer)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Inclination" (Paul Steven Stone) 163-166

Stone, Rodney (Rodney Stone - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 51; "How Sir Arthur Passed into the World He Created" (Dean Collins) 189; "Holmes on the Range" (John Connolly) 387

Stone, William J. (American Politician, 1848-1918)
"Intercepted Communications" (John Kendrick Bangs) 134-135; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 118

Stone of Scone, The (British Relic)
"Mrs Farintosh and an Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 188; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 135

Stone Roses (Rock Group)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 40-41, 275

Stonecraft, James D. (Dark Heart of Time - Philip José Farmer)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 72-73

Stoneman, Austin (Birth of A Nation - Movie)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 59

Stoneman, Elsie (Birth of A Nation - Movie)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 59

Stonemans, The (Birth of A Nation - Movie)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 58-59

Stoney, George Johnstone (Irish Physicist & Mathematician, 1826-1911)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 170

Stopes, Marie (British Social Reformer, 1880-1958)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 51; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 3-4, 20, 305, 354; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 41; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 195

Storey, George (Scotland Yard Police Constable, Quelled Wembley Stadium Riots, 1923)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 170-171, 174

Storey, Madame Rosika (Madame Storey series - Hulbert Footner)
"Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171, 173

Storioni, Lorenzo (Italian Violin Maker, 1744-1816)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 56

Storm, Iris (The Green Hat - Michael Arlen)
"The Rollo Boys with Sherlock in Mayfair" (Corey Ford) 583-587

Storm, John (The Christian - Hall Caine)
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1

Storm, Tempest (American Burlesque Artiste, 1928-2021)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 67

Stormtroopers, Imperial (Star Wars - movie)
Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 5-8, 11, 15-17, 19-22; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 89

Stormy Petrels of British Columbia, The (Canadian Sherlockian Society)
"The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 424-426

Storrs, Emory A. (American Lawyer & Politician, ?-1885)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 159

Storrs, Louisa (Sir Ronald Storrs' Wife)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 366

Storrs, Sir Ronald (British Diplomat, 1881-1955)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 243, 297, 309, 366

Stotesbury, Edward T. (American Banker, 1849-1938)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 7

Stott, Daniel (American Murder Victim, 1820?-1881)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 332

Stott, William (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 72

Stoughton, Thomas Wilberforce (British Publisher)
Hodder & Stoughton

Stout, Rex (American Author, 1886-1975)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 196; The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 14, 68, 196; "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 34; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 3; "Dr Blackadder’s Clients" (Arthur Porges) 63

Stowe, Calvin Ellis (American Biblical Scholar, 1802-1886)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 231

Stowe, Harriet Beecher (American Author, 1811-1896)
"The Humorist’s Curse" (Bill Peschel) 259-260
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 124; "Imaginary Interview with Sherlock Holmes" (Guisard) 22; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 21-22; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 256; A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 46; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 223, 230-232, 248-249, 255

Stowell, Dr Thomas E.A. (British Surgeon, 1885-1970)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 283

Strabo (Greek Historian, 63BC-AD24)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 571; "The Matter of the Furnival Curse" (David L. Hammer) 96; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 81-82, 149-150, 157-158

Strachan-Davidson, James Leigh (British Classical Scholar, 1843-1916)
"The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 138-143
"The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 88
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 180

Strachey, Lytton (British Biographer, 1880-1932)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v, 16, 26, 86, 102, 113-118, 134
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 187-190
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 532-533
A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 116; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 100

Stradivarius, Antonio (Italian Violin Maker, 1644-1737)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 19, 23-25, 38, 56-57, 80-81, 83-86, 117-118
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 30; A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 59; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 47; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 167; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 45; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 99; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 73; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 171; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 89, 104
Boissier Stradivarius: A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 59
Stradivarius Violin: Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 65; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 29, 32, 119; Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 175; "Dead Man Walking" (Len Bailey) 144; "Run for Your Life" (Len Bailey) 198; "A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 12; "At the St James’s Theatre" (Max Beerbohm) 43; "Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 179; "As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 25, 42; "Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 184; "Holmes Ex Machina" (Susan Casper) 240; A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 141, 218-220, 242; Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 19; "The Affair of the Politician, The Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant" (Howard Collins) 199; "The Curious Case of the Distressed Gentlefolk" (Alan Coren) 168; “A Scandal in Manchuria” (Alan Coren) 137; "The Adventure of the Purloined Bunyip" (Philip Cornell) 301; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 109; "The Adventure of the Aluminum Crutch" (S.E. Dahlinger) 20; The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 77; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 84; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 63; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 6; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 141, 187; "The Adventure of the Snitch in Time" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 61; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 43, 75; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 344; "The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 80; "The Adventure of the Sealed Room" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 138; "The Deadly Sin of Sherlock Holmes" (Tom English) 53-54; Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 99, 221; "The Adventure of the Lightless Maiden" (Lindsay Faye) 266; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 284; "The Song of a Want" (Lyndsay Faye) 251; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 110, 231; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 6, 273-274; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 261; The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 17, 24-25, 38-40, 59, 62, 85, 91, 98, 106, 115-117; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 13, 58; "The Perfect Crime or The Mystery of the Maligned Medic" (Marie Gibb) 70, 72; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul D. Gilbert) 12; "The Man on Westminster Bridge" (Dick Gillman) 391; "The Case of Missing Case" (Alan Gordon) 79-80; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 14; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 154; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 49-51; "Imaginary Interview with Sherlock Holmes" (Guisard) 22; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 56; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 235; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 167-168, 355; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 30, 34; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 321; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 29, 34, 36, 45, 48, 63; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 74; "The Adventure of My Ignoble Ancestress" (Nancy Holder) 238; The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 76, 294; "The Three Monarchs" (Anthony Horowitz) 290; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 210; "Sherlock Holmes and the Computer" (Thomas H. Hunter) 131; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 121; Sherlock Holmes and the Chilford Ripper (Roger Jaynes) 19; "The Clue of the Hungry Cat" (H. Paul Jeffers) 135; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 93, 139-140; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 27, 70; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 28; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 335; "File B., Case Number D.491: The Case of the Poisoned Fish Peddler" (Robert Kloss) 5; A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 287; Stone Cold (Andrew Lane) 1; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 7; Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 160; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 55; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 230; "The Ciphered Message" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 104; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 15; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 44; Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 221, 234; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 166; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 5; "Sherlock Holmes and the Butterfly Effect" (Cristina Macía with Ian Watson) 275; Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 30, 34-35, 67, 69, 202; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 22, 144, 200, 231; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 46, 67; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 106, 128; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 86; "The Fulham Strangler" (Keith Moray) 306, 321; "The Case of the Rising Ransom" (Douglas Moreton) 121; 141; "Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 169; Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 9, 11, 121, 130; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 10, 46-47, 51, 74, 97, 197, 215; "Elementary" (Matt Nesvisky) 23; "The Cultured Pearls" (Niblick) 9-10; Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 143; Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 110; "The Christmas Gift" (Anne Perry) 8-11, 18, 22, 30; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 1; "The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 111, 113, 115,117, 131; The Dragon Tattoo (Tim Pigott-Smith) 72; "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 181; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 19; "The Ignoble Sportsmen" (Josh Reynolds) 141; Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Governess (Barrie Roberts) 71, 79; Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell (Barrie Roberts) 35; "The Strange Case of the Violin Savant" (G.C. Rosenquist) 161, 173-175, 178, 180; The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 11; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 205; "The Adventure of the Haunted Showman" (Christopher Sequeira) 378; "The Scion of Fear" (Christopher Sequeira) 50; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 46; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 33; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 77-78, 279; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 8, 14-15, 20, 25, 30, 43, 63, 90, 106-108, 113-114, 130, 133, 135-136, 164-165, 200, 202, 222, 249-250, 252-254, 259, 261-263; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 94; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 14; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 21, 183; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 81, 93; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 14; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 32; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 71; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 582; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 196, 230; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 44, 173, 203, 221; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 79; "The Purloined Face" (Stephen Volk) 283; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 63, 93; "The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Ian Watson) 197; "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 265; "More Memoirs of Stirnot Homes" (Dr Whatson) 9; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 177; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 243; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 18, 31; "The Adventure of The Green Lady" (Vincent W. Wright) 322; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 41, 110
Stradivariusky: "The Flaming Goat" (Philip Weintraub) 72

Stradivari, Giacomo (Descendant of Antonio Stradivari)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 83

Strahan, Aubrey (British Geologist, 1852-1928)
Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 150

Strakencz, Marshal (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 56, 98, 131-132, 134-135

Strand, James (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 12-14, 26, 33-36, 39-40, 128

Strange, Dr (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6, 35, 80
"The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 116

Stranger, The (The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers)
"The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 227, 245

Strasser, Peter (German Zeppelin Commander, 1876-1918)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 306-308, 321-327, 329-330

Strathmorlick, Lord (The Courtship of Lord Strathmorlick - P.G. Wodehouse)
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 213

Stratton, Alfred (c.1883-1905) & Albert (c.1885-1905) (First British murderers to be convicted on fingerprint evidence)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 113; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 50-51; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 98; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 17
The Stratton Case: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 224; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 83

Stratton, Cynthia Thompson (Mother of General Tom Thumb)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 103

Stratton, Eugene (American Music Hall Artiste, 1861-1918)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 182

Stratton, Sherwood Edward (American Carpenter, Father of General Tom Thumb)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 103

Straume, Peter: see Piatkow, Peter

Straus, Isidor (American Politician & Banker, 1854-1912)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 18

Straus, Rosalie (Wife of Isidor Straus, 1849-1912)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 18

Strauss, Henry Harrison (American Teacher)
"The Mystery of the Hot Air" (One of the Burst Twins) 356

Strauss, Johann (Either of two Austrian Composers)
Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 177; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 94; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 413, 462; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 89, 129, 154, 161

Strauss, Johann, the younger (Austrian Composer, 1804-1849)
"Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 39; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 145; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 167

Strauss, Josef (Austrian Composer, 1827-1870)
Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 177

Strauss, Levi (Loeb) (German-American Clothing Manufacturer, 1829-1902)
Levi's: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 139; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 2, 147, 245, 290-291; Dead Man’s Confession (Cass Lewis) 62; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 56; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 83
Levi's Stadium: Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 321
Levi Strauss Pants: The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 29

Strauss, Richard (Austrian Composer, 1864-1949)
"The Case of the Two Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 173, 175-176, 184
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 154

Strauss Family (Austrian Composers)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 59; "The Adventure of the Verger's Thumb" (Basil Copper) 12; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 61, 70; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 200; The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 42, 214; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 131; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 224
Strauss Waltz: Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 34; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 55, 179; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 229, 308, 310; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 62; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 220; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 163; "The April Fool's Murder" (Ken Greenwald) 30; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 148; "A Scandal In Winter" (Gillian Linscott) 54; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 74; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 63; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 287; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 185

Stravinsky, Igor (Russian Composer, 1882-1971)
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 191, 194; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 86; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 176

Straw, Jack (Leader of the Peasants' Revolt)
Jack Straw's Castle: "The Adventure of the Lost World" (Dominic Green) 309; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 27, 34, 152, 215, 223; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 425, 469; Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 170, 192-193, 205; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 386; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 113-114; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 116

Streep, Meryl (American Actress, 1949- )
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 116

Street, Peter (British Carpenter, Built Globe Theatre)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 98, 101

Streeter, Edwin (British Jeweller, 1834-1923)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 183, 191, 205, 207-211, 214, 228
Streeter's: "Amanda" (Katharine Baker) 22-23

Streisand, Barbra (American Actress, 1942- )
"A Study in Harlots" (Fran Lebowitz) 157
My Hero (Tom Holt) 222; "The Walk-In" (Harley Jane Kozak) 30-31, 35

Strickland, Captain E. (Kim / Plain Tales from the Hills - Rudyard Kipling)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 8-13, 15-19, 22-30, 32, 37, 40, 45, 47-71, 73-74, 81, 96-97
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 45-46

Strickland Family (Owners of Boynton Hall, Bridlington)
Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 145

Stride, Elizabeth (Ripper Victim, 1843-1888)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 71, 73, 77-78, 86, 94
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 38, 147-149, 156, 330
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 94, 97, 105-107
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 46-47, 50, 55, 71, 73, 79-81, 101-102, 105, 127, 164, 180
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 71, 76
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77-85, 87-88, 97-99, 155, 287-288, 290
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 83, 87-90, 95-97, 100, 103, 119, 126, 128, 142-143, 145, 152, 158-159, 163-164, 166-169, 171-173, 207, 257, 259, 272-273, 278-280, 283, 290
"Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 38
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 102, 104, 127-130, 133, 137, 142, 155, 158, 178, 218, 229, 319
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 116-121, 128, 131, 133, 144, 150, 154, 159-160, 165-166, 172, 176, 186, 188-189
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 465
A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 424-426, 446, 453, 457
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 152, 189, 201, 207, 264
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 207, 217, 226
"The Singular Habits of Wasps" (Geoffrey A. Landis) 231
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 23, 32
"Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 171, 173, 175, 186
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 193-194, 196-197, 200-207, 219-221, 249, 261, 300, 329, 333, 415-416, 427
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 100-101, 103
"The Adventure of the Pearly Gates" (Mike Resnick) 371-373
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer)119-123, 136, 150-151, 154, 171, 225, 229, 269, 310, 342
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 166-171, 173, 177, 181, 183, 214-215, 230, 261, 275, 301, 315, 318
Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 35, 47-48
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 84, 86-89, 119, 222, 230, 250
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 144, 147-148, 154, 156, 165, 202, 216
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 11, 14, 32, 47, 51, 70, 73, 77, 110, 129, 139, 147-148, 150, 170-171, 176
The House at Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 224; The Women of Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 304; The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 54, 137; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 11; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 151, 153, 169, 171, 187, 243-245, 266-271, 279, 316, 407, 409; "The Case of the Choleric Cotton Broker" (Martin Edwards) 267; Moriarty (John Gardner) 86; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 61; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 98; "What the Dickens!" (Rhys Hughes) 146; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 10; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 263; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 107; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 94; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 35

Stride, John Thomas (Husband of Elizabeth Stride, ?-1884)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 169; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 142

Stringfellow, John (British Aviation Pioneer, 1799-1883)
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 650; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 164

Stringfellow, Peter (British Nightclub Entrepreneur)
Stringfellows: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 235

Strindberg, August (Swedish Dramatist, 1849-1912)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 58

Strogoff, Michael (Michael Strogoff - Jules Verne)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 176-206

Stroheim, Erich Von (Austrian-American Film Director, 1885-1957)
Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 155

Strohman, William (Servant at 4, Euston Square)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 7, 17-18, 48-49, 55, 65, 98, 169

Stromboli, Baron (Baron Stromboli series - Jose Moselli)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 87, 125, 134, 151, 154

Strong, Captain D.M. (British Soldier, Second Afghan War)
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 74, 76-77

Strong, Doctor (David Copperfield - Charles Dickens)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 104

Strong, Sir Thomas Vezey (Lord Mayor of London (1910-11), 1857-?)
The Lord Mayor of London: Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 171

Strong, William (American Jurist, 1808-1895)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 25

Strongman (British Police Constable, Killed during Houndsditch Bank Robbery, ?-1911)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 130

Stroud, William (British Physicist, 1860-1938): see Archibald Barr

Struldbruggs, The (Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift)
"The Struldbrugg Reaction" (John Sutherland) 294
Struldbrugg Reaction: "The Struldbrugg Reaction" (John Sutherland) 285-286, 294

Strüwwelpeter (Strüwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman)
 "The Mystery of Pinkham's Diamond Stud" (John Kendrick Bangs) 51; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 27, 98, 123, 157, 176, 193; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 487, 529; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 177; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 177

Stuart, Andrew (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 12-18, 20, 22, 29, 31-32, 35, 39-41, 51, 65, 102, 129

Stuart, Lady Arbella (British Noblewoman, 1575-1615)
The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 251

Stuart, James Emmanuel Brown 'Jeb' (American Civil War Cavalryman, 1833-1864)
The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 22; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 85, 190

Stuart, John Sobieski & Charles Edward (Scottish Historians)
Czernowski-Stuart Brothers: Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 28, 74, 162

Stuart, Leslie (British Composer, 1863-1928)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 188

Stuarts, The (British Ruling Dynasty)
Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 8, 42, 64, 78-79, 96, 162, 170
"The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires" (Darrell Schweitzer) 22
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 199
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 75; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 175; "The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 414, 418, 421, 423, 427-428; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 10; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 218; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 194-195; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 66; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 18, 21; 211; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis); The Baron’s Revenge (Gary Lovisi) 61; "Inga Sigerson Weds" (Richard A. Lupoff) 24; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 134-135; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 3; "The Adventure of the Russian Anarchist" (Tony Reynolds) 106; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 38; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 130; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 105; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 78; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 333

Stubbins, Mr (Plants vs Zombies comics)
"The Adventures of Sherlock Brains: The Case of the Purloined Pop Smarts!" (Paul Tobin, Chris Sheridan & Steve Dutro) 73

Stubbins, Tommy (Doctor Dolittle series - Hugh Lofting)
Gub-Gub’s Book (Hugh Lofting) 781-786, 788-789, 781, 805, 827, 842-843

Stubbs, George (English Artist, 1724-1806)
Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 16, 64, 121, 158, 163; The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 20

Studebaker, Henry & Clem (American Blacksmiths)
Studebaker Buggy: The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 214, 257
Studebaker Car: The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 235; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 293
Studebaker Coach: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 115
Studebaker Lark: The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 439, 453; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 586

Student of Metaphysics (The Music of Erich Zann - H.P. Lovecraft)
"The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie" (P.H. Cannon) 60

Studley, Duane (American Educator)
"The Crawfordsville Case" (Dr Watson) 173-174

Stukeley, William (British 1687-1765)
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 237

Stuller, Nicklaus (German Serial Killer ?-1577)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 18

Stumpy (Rio Bravo - movie)
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 9

Sturgeon, Lizzie (American Performer)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 269

Sturges, Jonathan (American Writer, 1864-1911)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 18

Sturmey, Henry (British Inventor, 1857-1930)
Sturmey-Archer: East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 168

Sturt, Alexandrina Sale (Wife of Lt John Sturt, ?-1857)
Watson’s Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 35-36

Sturt, Lt John Leigh Doyle (British Military Officer, 1811-1842)
Watson’s Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 35-37, 41

Stutz, Harry C. (American Automobile Manufacturer, 1876-1930)
Stutz Automobile: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 57, 59-60, 132, 140
Stutz Bearcat: Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 30; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 335

Styles, James (Witness in the Neill Cream Case)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 227-228, 249-251

Stymphalian Birds (Greek Mythology - Labours of Hercules)
"A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 245

Sub-Mariner, The (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6, 65-66, 80

Suetonius (Roman Historian & Biographer, 69-140)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 127; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 60; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 36-37, 41-42, 44-45, 175, 194; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 196; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 252; In Search of Watson (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 41; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 302

Suetonius Paulinus, Gaius (Roman General, 1st Century)
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 68

Suffolk, William De La Pole, Duke of (Henry VI - William Shakespeare)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 313

Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 353; Reply Paid (H.F. Heard) 132

Suger, Abbot (12th Century French Ecclesiastical Administrator)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 233

Suicide Club, The (The Suicide Club - Robert Louis Stevenson)
"The Questionable Parentage of Basil Grant" (R. Bostoun Cromer) 59

Sukhomlinov, Ekaterina Viktorovna (Vladimir Sukhomlinov's Wife)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 32-34, 78-79, 81-82, 85-86, 118, 120, 129-130, 135-137, 139, 146, 160, 219-220, 265

Sukhomlinov, Vladimir (Russian Minister of War, 1848-1926)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 21-25, 27, 29, 32-36, 60, 70, 78-79, 82-86, 114, 118, 128-130, 136-137, 139, 158-163, 171, 177, 189, 204-205, 208-209, 216, 219-220, 230, 243, 253, 265
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 93-95, 97-99

Sukhotin, Sergei (Russian Soldier, Involved in Rasputin Assassination)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart)Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 264, 274-275

Suleiman I (Ottoman Emperor, "The Magnificent" (1520-66), 1494-1566)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 241; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 218, 223-224, 226-227, 232, 235; "The Adventure of the Crimean Opening" (David Smith) 10; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 88; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 164; "The Adventure of the Rara Avis" (Carolyn Wheat) 73-74

Suleyman Keita (Mansa of Mali (1341-60), ?-1360)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 25, 29-30

Sulis Minerva (Celtic-Roman Goddess)
"The Climbing Man" (Simon Clark) 210; "The Petrifying Well" (Martin Gately) 65; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 505; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 111

Sulla (Roman General, 138-78BC)
"Elementary, My Dear Watson" (Anonymous) 1541

Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour (British Composer, 1842-1900)
"Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 189-190, 194
Arthur and the Great Detective (Alan Coren) 32-36, 39-40, 51-60
"Mesmerizing Bertie" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 283
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 84-86, 88, 284
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 47, 62, 66-67, 71, 73, 76, 80, 83-95
The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 10, 89, 221, 233
"The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 452-454, 459
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 298-300, 302, 341
"Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 232-253
Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 14; "Recalled To Life" (Paula Cohen) 202; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 179; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 48-49, 51, 54, 230, 386; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 6; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 170-171; "The Lady on the Bridge" (Mike Hogan) 339; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 1; Black Ice (Andrew Lane) 82; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 33, 54, 192; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 100; "The Worcester Enigma" (James Miles) 340; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 92; Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Nine (Barrie Roberts) 103; "Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 172; "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 201, 204-205, 207; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 890, 916; "The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 326; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 62-63, 76
see also: Gilbert & Sullivan

Sullivan, Bridget (Andrew Borden's Irish Maid, 1866-1948)
Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy (Owen Haskell) 25, 42-43, 51-57, 72, 76-81, 87, 89-90, 92-94, 105-106, 113, 115, 122, 128-146, 150-151, 162-163, 169-170, 172
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 10-13, II: 9, III: 11-13, 15
"The Adventure of the Stainless Spinster" (Dixie J. Whitted) 110, 113, 117
Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 164

Sullivan, Ed (American Television Host, 1901-1974)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 382; The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 108

Sullivan, Harry (Dr. Who - TV series)
The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 13-15, 18, 23, 38, 51-54, 57-58, 60-64, 90, 92-98, 100-102, 104

Sullivan, John (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 12, 14-15, 17

Sullivan, John L. (American Boxer, 1858-1918)
"Mr Dooley Discusses College Athletics" (Earl Derr Biggers) 46; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 112; Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 20; The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 42, 71-72; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 153; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 110, 202; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 152, 185
Pull a John L. Sullivan: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 209

Sullivan, Big Tim (American Politician, 1862-1913)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 100, 106-107, 161, 163, 165-166, 171, 188, 200

Sullivan, Little Tim (American Lawyer, 1869-1909)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 106

Sully, Thomas (British-American Artist, 1783-1872)
The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 112

Sulpice, St.
Hospital of St. Sulpice: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 91; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 334; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 208-217

Sultana, The (The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
"Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 32

Sulu, Hikaru (Star Trek - TV series)
"Attuclac" (David Gomm) 1-2, 4, 9-10, 19-20, 24
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 7, 9, 186, 190
Soulou: Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 21

Sumatran Rat Monkey (Dead Alive - 1992 Movie)
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul D. Gilbert) 115, 123, 125-126, 164-165, 196-197, 204

Summerfield, Professor Bernice (The New Doctor Who Adventures series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 8-10, 12-16, 19-25, 28-35, 38-40, 44-50, 52-54, 56-61, 63-71, 74-80, 83-84, 90-94, 96-109, 113-117, 119, 126, 132, 134-143, 145-162, 164-166, 168-171, 173-179, 181-185, 192-194, 197-207, 209-212, 214-224, 226-227, 231-233, 235-277, 281-282, 284-285, 287-289
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 1-4, 150-178, 180-181, 185-190, 192-202, 204-209, 211-213, 215-225, 233, 235, 249-256, 259-266, 268-279, 281-282, 287-288, 290-300, 302-304

Summerfield, Claire (Doctor Who: Good Night Sweet Ladies - Audio Drama)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 67

Summerfield, Admiral Isaac (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Return of the Living Dad - Kate Orman)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 67, 210, 288

Summerlee, Professor (Professor Challenger series - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Case of the Deserted Beach" (Colin Bruce) 191-195, 197-206
"The Case of the Disloyal Servant" (Colin Bruce) 182-186, 188-189
"The Case of the Energetic Anarchist" (Colin Bruce) 157-159, 161, 164-165, 167
"The Case of the Faster Businessman" (Colin Bruce) 145-147
"The Case of the Flying Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 82-83, 86, 91, 100, 113-114
"The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 4, 11-14
"The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat" (Colin Bruce) 210-211, 220-221, 223-226
"Three Cases of Relative Jealousy" (Colin Bruce) 125-127, 129, 133
"The Adventure of the Lost World" (Dominic Green) 305
The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 19-22, 24-25, 27-28, 32-33, 40, 44-56, 62, 70-76, 81-88, 91, 99, 121-130, 139, 145, 148-150, 153, 155, 157, 165, 170-197, 199-200, 205-209, 213-215, 219-221, 223-224, 227, 230, 232, 236, 240-246, 249-253
Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 125-128, 141, 145-149, 183-185, 196-198, 200-203
The Island of Mad Scientists (Howard Whitehouse) 213-215, 241, 257
"The Case of the Lost Worlds" (Colin Bruce) 228, 246; "The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 23, 44, 46; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 41, 45, 58, 102-103, 106, 150, 180; "The Adventure of the Challenging Professor" (James Lovegrove) 203, 217; "Challenger’s Titanic Challenge" (Gary Lovisi) 29; "Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World" (Martin Powell) 135

Summers, Reverend Montague (British Occultist, 1880-1948)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 139-152, 156

Summerskill, Joey (Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth - movie)
Josephine Summersby: Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 91-92, 157-162, 166-167, 171, 194-196, 220

Summerson, Esther (Bleak House - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 127; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 221

Sun Tzu / Sun Zi (Chinese Military Author, c.544-496BC)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 52; Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 159; Night Break (Andrew Lane) 72-73; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 99

Sun Yat-Sen (Chinese Revolutionary Leader, 1866-1925)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 98, 108, 110-112, 116, 125-128, 133
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 220

Sundance Kid, The, Harry Longabaugh (American Outlaw, 1870-1909)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 30

Sunday, Billy (American Baseball Player, 1862-1935)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 84

Sundheim, Orville (The Glass Cage - Colin Wilson)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91

Sunlight, John (Doc Savage series - Kenneth Robeson)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 69

Sunny (Paws & Claws: A Three Dog Mystery - Ralp E. Vaughan)
"The Dog Who Loved Sherlock Holmes" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 168, 172, 176

Supayalat (Burmese Queen, Wife of King Thibaw, 1859 or 1860-1925)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 418; "Water from the Moon" (Carolyn Wheat) 53-54

Superman / Superboy (Superman series)
"The Great Superboy Doublecross" (Otto Binder & John Sikela) 3-15
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 87
My Hero (Tom Holt) 138, 179, 244
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33; Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 82-83, 115, 279; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 40; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 50; Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 127; Sherlock Sam and the Sinister Letters in Bras Basah (A.J. Low) 25; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 100; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 155; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 166; The Tulpa (J.N. Williamson) 219
See also: Clark Kent

Suppé, Franz Von (Austrian Composer, 1819-1895)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 240; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 131

Surak (Star Trek - TV series "Savage Curtain" episode)
"The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 124; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 42

Surbiton, Lord (Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Oscar Wilde)
"The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 22

Surefoot (British Racehorse, 1887-1904)
"The Adventure of the Found Finger" (Sally Morgan) 52

Surface, Charles (The School for Scandal - Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
"A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 63

Surface, Joseph (The School for Scandal - Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
"A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 63

Surin, Jean-Joseph (French Mystic, 1600-1665)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91

Surprise, HMS (Maturin-Aubrey series - Patrick O'Brian)
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 86; Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 191

Surratt, John (Alleged Co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, 1844-1916)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 64-65, 71-72, 126-130, 153, 159, 230-231, 240, 250
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 116, 121

Surratt, Mary (Alleged Co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, 1820-1865)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 65, 67-68, 70-71, 133, 152, 156-157, 205, 240, 255, 257, 288
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 116, 120

Surtees, Robert (British Antiquary, 1779-1834)
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 200

Susan (Black-Eyed Susan - Douglas Jerrold)
"The Adventure of the Witanhurst Ghost" (Peter Swanson) 174

Susan (Dr Who - TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 1-2, 128, 303

Susan, St (Susanna) (Roman Martyr)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 83

Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart)
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 45

Susanna and the Elders (Bible - Daniel)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 104, 268; "Slaves of Silver" (Gene Wolfe) 275

Susanoo (Japanese God)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 212

Susie (Lord Carnarvon's dog)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 40

Sutekh (Dr Who: The Pyramids of Mars - TV series)
Evolution (John Peel) 23

Sutherland, Donald (Canadian Actor, 1935- )
Donald Sutherland Swanson: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 153

Sutherland Clan
 Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 20

Sutley, Melvin L. (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 15-16

Sutro, Adolph (Mayor of San Francisco, 1830-1898)
The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 15

Sutter, John (German-Swiss-American Pioneer, 1803-1880)
Call the Turn (Zeke Masters) 31

Sutton, Charles (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Toy Soldiers - Paul Leonard)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 259

Sutton, Manda (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Toy Soldiers - Paul Leonard)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 258-259

Svaars, Fritz (British Anarchist, Killed in the Sidney Street Siege, ?-1911)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 290, 298, 300, 308, 315
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 21-22
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 231-232
"The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 238, 243
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 56, 132, 136
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 136-137

Svarog (Slavic Supreme Deity)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 142, 145-146

Svasti (Siamese Prince, 1865-1935)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 249, 251-252, 257, 292-293, 339, 603

Svejk (The Good Soldier Svejk - Jaroslav Havel)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 185, 187-189, 195, 197-199

Svengali (Trilby -George Du Maurier)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 163; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 518; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 319, 391, 397; "Mesmerizing Bertie" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 285; "The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 116; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 197; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 152, 162; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 144; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 18; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 334
A Svengali: A Scandal in Battersea (Mercedes Lackey) 167; "The Affair of Lady Westcott’s Lost Ruby" (Gary Lovisi) 46
Svengalis: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 62

Sverdlov, Yakov (Russian Politician, 1885-1919)
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 116-118, 124
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 55

Sverdrup, Otto (Norwegian Explorer, 1854-1930)
Henrik Gylling: Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 63-64, 77-98, 126-132, 142-145, 149-150, 167, 185-186, 188-192, 194, 203-205, 226-236, 240

Swaim, David G. (American Army Officer, ?-1897)
Judge Advocate General: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 178

Swain, Inspector Alfred (Inspector Swain series - Donald Thomas)
"The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 222-224, 233-239, 241, 243-254, 256-257, 259, 262-264, 266-267
"The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 149-154, 157, 160-162

Swainson, Donald (Canadian Historian, 1938-1998)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Anexationist Conspiracy" (Jack Batten & Michael Bliss) 79

Swales, Mr (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 113

Swan, The (Lohengrin - Richard Wagner)
The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 121

Swan, Anna (Canadian Giantess, 1846-1888)
Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 7

Swan, Mr (British Draper, ?-1821)
Swan & Edgar

Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson (British Chemist & Inventor, 1828-1914)
A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 221; "The Wandering Corpse" (John Taylor) 7
Edison & Swan: "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 11, 22
Swan & Edison: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 50; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 97, 162; "The Holmes Team Advantage" (Gary Alan Ruse) 197
Swan (electrical) System: Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 79

Swann, Oswell (American Tobacco Farmer, Aided John Wilkes Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 163

Swanson, Donald (British Police Officer, 1848-1924)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 35, 37, 374
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 27, 29, 38, 40, 44-45, 75, 77-83, 137, 139, 143-145, 158, 164, 167-169, 179-180, 211-213, 216-217, 239, 257, 284-289, 302, 313, 321-322
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 153-158, 180, 198-200
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 47, 150, 176; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 251; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 59

Swanson, Gloria (American Actress, 1897-1983)
"The Embers of Truth" (Adrian Wright) 78
 Donald Sutherland Swanson, 'Gloria' to his friends: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 153-154, 157-158

Swarbrick, Dave (British Folk Musician, 1941-2016)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 319

Swartz, Maud (Irish-American Labour Organiser, 1879-1937)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 153-156

Sweatman, Wilbur (American Jazz Bandleader, 1881-1961)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 85

Swedenborg, Emmanuel (Swedish Scientist, 1688-1772)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 5; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 699; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 213, 295
Swedenborgians: The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 78

Sweeney, Thomas William "Fighting Tom" (Irish Soldier, 1820-1892)
"The Reluctant Assassin" (Peter Tremayne) 216-217

Sweet, Clinton E. (American Publisher)
Sweet's Catalogue: Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 46

Sweet Medicine, Robert (Black Hills - Dan Simmons)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 328

Sweet Poll (Black-eyed Sue and Sweet Poll of Plymouth, taking leave of their lovers who are going to Botany Bay - Satirical Print, 1794)
"The Glennon Falls" (Sam Wiebe) 145

Sweetings, John S. (English Fishmonger)
Sweeting's: "The Fête and Fortune of Funnilla" (Anonymous) 68

Swierczynski, Duane (American Writer, 1972- )
The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 4-12, 61, 70-71

Swift Family, The (American Meat Dealers)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 33

Swift, Hugh (American Travel Writer, 1943-1991)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 2

Swift, Jonathan (British Author, 1667-1745)
"My Silk Umbrella" (Darryl Brock) 42; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 426; The Crusader’s Curse (Stuart Douglas) 122; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 92; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 195; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 37; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 251; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 97; "The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 40; "The Glennon Falls" (Sam Wiebe) 146; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 131
Swiftian: "The Adventure of the Half-Melted Wolf" (Marcia Wilson) 439

Swift, Tom (Tom Swift series - Victor Appleton)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 174
Tom Swiftian:The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 48

Swinburne, Algernon (British Poet, 1837-1909)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 26, 47-49
"The Loss of Chapter Twenty-One" (Mark Hodder) 11-20, 22, 26-27, 33-34
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 255-260
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 119
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 142-143, 162, 174, 185
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 50-52, 54-55, 57
Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 17, 22, 82; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 97-98, 153; "The Vault Mystery" (Gene Fowler) 124-125; "The Doctor's Case" (Stephen King) 312-313; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 56; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171, 173-174, 184; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 13; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 44; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 286

Swinburne, "Cherub" (The Club of Queer Trades - G.K. Chesterton)
"The Questionable Parentage of Basil Grant" (R. Bostoun Cromer) 60

Swinburne, Lady Jane (Mother of Algernon Swinburne, ?-1896)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 143
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171, 173-174

Swinburne, Admiral Sir John (Father of Algernon Swinburne, ?-1877)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 143
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 49; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171, 173-174

Swinscow, Charles / Thomas ("Delivery Boy" at Cleveland Street)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 114
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 171-173, 179, 181
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 113-115; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 86

Swinton, Major-General Ernest (British Army Officer, 1868-1951)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 85, 95, 140, 143, 147, 149-162, 200-201, 203, 215, 221-222, 229, 237, 246-249, 269, 285-287, 291-295, 334-335, 343, 362, 367-369, 400

Swinton, T. Anna (Procurer of Babies for Eva Hamilton)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 174, 267-269, 273, 330

Swiss Family Robinson  (Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss)
"Kid Eternity: Great Heroes of Fiction" (Joe Millard) 47

Swiss Gatekeeper (Goldfinger - movie)
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 60

Swithin, St. (English Bishop, ?-862)
St. Swithen Lane: Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 42, 50, 90, 174, 285
St Swithin's Church: Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 96, 116
St. Swithin's Hospital: Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 131
St. Swithin's Lane: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 82

Switzler, Beverly (Howard the Duck - Marvel Comics)
"Howie’s Minute Adventure" (Steve Skeates, Pat Broderick & Armando Gil) 37-39
“The Maltese Cockroach” (Bill Mantlo, Gene Colan & Dave Simons) 5, 10

Swiveller, Dick (The Old Curiousity Shop - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 94

Swope, Herbert Bayard (American Journalist, 1882-1958)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 138-143, 148, 156

Sword in the Stone (Arthurian Legend)
The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 49

Sydenham, Thomas (English Physician, 1624-1689)
Sydenham's Chorea: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 167

Sydney, Dudley Alexander Sydney Cosby, Lord (Irish Politician, c.1730-1774)
Thrice Burned (Angela Misri) 191, 199

Sydney Ducks, The (Australian-American Gang)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 115-116

Syed Ahmed Khan, Sir (Indian Educator & Politician, 1817-1898)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 222

Sykes, Christopher (Crony of Edward VII)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 261

Sykes, Sir Mark (British Diplomat, 1879-1919)
Sykes-Picot Agreement: O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 86
Sykes-Picot Plan: Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 30, 32, 41
Sykes-Picot Treaty: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 125

Sylva, Carmen: see Elisabeth of Wied

Sylvester (Warner Brothers cartoon)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 151

Alfred Sylvester: see The Fakir of Oolu

Sylvester, James Joseph (British Mathematician & Poet, 1814-1897)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 50, 81

Sym, William G.  (Scottish Ophthalmologist, 1864-1938)
 "The Strange Case of Lady Nicotine and John Barleycorn" (Louis H. Schwartz) 64

Syme, Dr G.A. (Australian Physician)
"The Mysterious Drowning at St Kilda" (Steve Cameron) 207, 212

Syme, James (Scottish Surgeon)
The Night Calls (David Pirie) 131

Symonds, John Addington (English Poet & Critic, 1840-1893)
"The Well-Educated Young Man" (William P. Coleman) 92, 110

Symons, Arthur (British Poet & Critic, 1865-1945)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 210
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 194

Syn, Dr. (Dr. Syn series - Russell Thorndyke)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 47; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 54; "The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 344; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 400; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 140

Syng, Philip (American Silversmith, 1703-1789)
"The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 38

Synge, J.M. (Irish Playwright, 1871-1909)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 181

Szalasi, Ferenc (Hungarian Prime Minister (1944-45), 1897-1946)
Satojay: The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 94

Szechenyi, Count Bela (Hungarian Explorer)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 207

Szigeti, Joseph (Hungarian Vioinist, 1892-1973)
"The Case of the Mental Detective" (William Hartston) 26