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Văcărescu, Elena (Romanian Writer, 1864-1947)
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 122
Vaillant, Auguste (French
Anarchist, 1861-1894)
"The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L.
Hammer) 49
Vajda, Asa (Las Maschera Del Demonio -
movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67
Vajrabhairava (Peaceful Form of the Boddhisatva
Majushri)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex
Jack) 76
Val d'Orge, Duc de (The Suicide Club - Robert
Louis Stevenson)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 135
Valadon, Suzanne (French Artist, 1865-1938)
Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 20
Valance, Liberty (The Man Who Shot Liberty
Valance - Movie)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 37
Valens, Ritchie (American Singer,
1941-1959)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 181
Valentine (Faust - Gounod)
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 92, 201
Valentine (Twelfth Night - Shakespeare)
Valentine Feste: "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole
Nelson Douglas) 217-218, 221-223
Valentine, Basil (15th Century German
Alchemist)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 41
Valentine, Jimmie (Alias Jimmie Valentine - O.
Henry)
"The Rangoon Jade" (Frank Thomas) 45; Sherlock Holmes
and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 79
Valentine, George
(British Schoolmaster, M.J. Druitt's Employer)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard
J. Schaffer) 54, 200-201, 236, 267-270, 285-287, 341
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 64, 66;
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard
J. Schaffer) 54; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 155
Valentine, St (3rd Century Roman Martyr)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles
Brandreth) 333
A Valentine: Sherlock Holmes and the
Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 126, 157; Good Night, Mr
Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 88
Valentine's Cards: "Mrs Hudson at
the Christmas Hotel" (Paul Magrs) 119
St Valentine's Day: Shadowfall
(Tracy Revels) 32; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand
(M.J. Trow) 23, 118
Valentine's Day: The Secret of
Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 50; Sherlock Holmes and
the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 127, 143, 155; Castle
Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 198, 386; Chapel Noir
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 48; Sherlock Holmes and the
Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 8
Valentino, Rudolph (Italian-American Actor,
1895-1926)
They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 23, 25; Justice
Hall (Laurie R. King) 315-317; Pirate King (Laurie R.
King) 24, 39-40, 43, 47-48, 50; Creighton's Castle
(Miriam Lynch) 40; The Execution of Newcome Bowles
(Allan D. Mickle) 75-76; Watson's Choice (Gladys
Mitchell) 56; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 176; "Hounded"
(Stephen Volk) 23; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 34
Valentinus, Basilius (French Benedictine
Monk & Chemist, c.1394-1450)
"The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott)
68
Valerius,
Mother (The Phantom of the Opera -
Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 89, 98, 100-101, 106,
159-160, 216
Valerius, Professor (The Phantom
of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
"Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones
& Aldin Baroza) 22
Valerius's
Maid (The Phantom of the Opera -
Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 100, 159
Valery, Violetta: see Violetta Valery
Valiant, Prince (Comic Strip Character)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 381
Valiant-Cumming, Leslie Marian (Wife of Mansfield
Smith-Cumming)
The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 291
Valjean, Jean (Les Miserables - Victor Hugo)
The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 81; Rasputin's
Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 199-200; Art in the
Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 73; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted
Riccardi) 302
Valkyrie (Marvel
Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 80
Valladon, Gabrielle
(The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - 1970 Movie)
"The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 324, 326, 328-329,
331, 333-334, 337, 339-341, 349-350, 352, 366-367
Vallaury, Alexander (French-Ottoman
Architect, 1850-1921)
"The Last of His Kind"
(Barbara Nadel) 270
Vallee, Rudy (American Singer & Actor,
1901-1986)
“A Scandal in Manchuria” (Alan Coren) 139
Valmont, Eugene (The Triumphs of
Eugene Valmont - Robert Barr)
"The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" (Barbara Roden)
62
Vambery,
Arminius (Hungarian Philologist,
1832-1913)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora
Goss) 180, 511-512, 517, 522-525, 527, 550, 572-573,
584-585, 593, 602, 606, 612-613, 639-640, 643-644, 654,
660, 666
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford)
12-13, 15, 56-57, 78, 135, 143, 187-193, 195
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 234, 242
Vampirella
(Vampirella comics)
Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 17-21, 27-29,
32-40, 43, 51-60, 65, 75, 82-88, 94, 107, 109, 114-121,
123, 127, 131, 137, 139, 146-149
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 111
Vampires, Les
(Les Vampires - 1915 Movie Serial)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman)
235-236, 242
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 382,
393, 402, 423, 445-446, 462
"The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 319; "The Hound
of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 144
Van Aelst, Willem (Dutch Artist,
1627-c1683)
"The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 227
Van Amburgh, Isaac A. (American Animal Trainer,
1808-1865)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 76
Van Buren, Abigail (Psudonymous American Agony
Aunt)
Dear Abby: Killer
Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 157
Van Damme, Jean-Claude (Belgian Actor, 1960- )
Jean-Claude LeBec: Masterminds
of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 1-3, 35-38, 78, 85-86,
92-93
Van De Graaff, Robert (American Physicist,
1901-1967)
Van De Graaff Generator:
"A Scarletin Study" (Philip José Farmer) 202
Van de Velde (Husband of Hydeline Van de Velde)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 87
Van Der Linden, Maria Swanenberg (Dutch
Serial Killer, 1839-1915)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 24
Van der Stel, Simon (Governor of Cape Colony,
1639-1712)
Simonstown: The Siam Question (Timothy
Francis Sheil) 77
Van Diemen, Anthony (Dutch
Colonial Governor, 1593-1645)
Van Diemen's Land: "The Case of the
Rondel Dagger" (Mark Mower) 85, 89-90; Sherlock Holmes
and the Man from Hell (Barrie Roberts) 56,
60, 62, 64, 85, 135-137, 149-150, 168
Van Dine, S.S. (Willard Huntington Wright)
(American Author, 188-1939)
"Philo Vance's Last Mystery" (Anonymous) 14
Van Doren, Mamie (American Actress, 1931- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 54
Van Dusen, George (American
Grain Dealer, 1826-1915)
Strongwood (Larry Millett) 9, 22-23, 58-61
Van Dusen, Nancy
(Wife of George Van Dusen)
Strongwood (Larry Millett) 9, 20-25, 36, 39-40, 58, 60-61,
63, 70
Van Dusen,
Professor S.F.X.
(Thinking Machine series - Jacques Futrelle)
"The Secret of Grant’s Tomb" (Joe Gentile) 96-97, 99-104,
106-107
"The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 58-59,
61-62
"The Adventure of the Lost Baby" (Carolyn Wells) 12
"The Adventure of the Mona Lisa" (Carolyn Wells) 22-23, 25
"Cherchez la Femme"
(Carolyn Wells) 140, 147
"Sure Way To Catch Every Criminal. Ha! Ha!"
(Carolyn Wells) 106-108
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 207; "The
Adventure of the Dying Ship (Edward D. Hoch) 117-118;
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 60; The Magic
Bullet (Larry Millett) 169; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman)
108; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William
Seil) 58, 99, 150, 154, 157-158, 176, 231
The Thinking Machine: An East Wind Coming (Arthur
Byron Cover) 154-170, 236, 284
Van Dyck, Sir Anthony (Flemish Painter, 1599-1641)
Absolute Discretion (Grant Eustace) 167; "The
Canterbury Cathedral Murder" (Frederic Arnold Kummer
& Basil Mitchell) 327-328; The Adventures of
Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 71
Salle Van Dyck: The Revenge of Moriarty
(John Gardner) 162
Van Dyke: The House of Silk
(Anthony Horowitz) 13; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S.
Scullion) 29; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of
Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 76
Vandyke: "The Röntgen Ray-der" (Mr
M-) 233-234
Vandyke / Van Dyke Beard:
"The Adventure of
the Heroic Tobacconist" (Derrick Belanger) 208; "The
Case of the Vanished Killer" (Derrick Belanger) 243; The
Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 72; Good Night, Mr
Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 241; Irene's Last Waltz
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 382; "The Case of the Bearded
Baritone" (S.M. Ghatak) 14-15, 17; "The
Case of the Girl with the Gazelle" (Ken Greenwald)
174; "The Shocking
Affair of the Steamship Friesland" (Jack Grochot)
49; "The Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul
Jeffers) 178; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R.
King) 14; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 21,
121; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis)
131; Dead Man’s Confession (Cass Lewis) 181; Sherlock
Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 178;
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer)
58; "The Commercial Centre Mystery" (P. Nikitin) 185;
"The Curious Case of the Moondawn Daffodils Murder"
(Garth Nix) 71, 79; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano)
28; Sherlock Holmes and
the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 29;
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 76
Van Dyke Brown: Skullduggery (Peter
Marks) 25, 276
Van Eyck, Jan (Flemish Painter, 1390-1441)
"The Malady of the Mind Doctor" (Howard Halstead) 135;
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 79; "The Case of the Greek
Key (Donald Thomas) 133
Van Gogh, Theo (Brother of Vincent Van Gogh)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan,
M.D.) 64-65
Van Gogh,
Vincent (Dutch Painter, 1853-1890)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.)
62-65
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 118; A
Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 118; The Revenge
of Moriarty (John Gardner) 74; The Art of Deception
(Leonard Goldberg) 63; "The Brown Recluse" (Davis Grubb)
83; My Hero (Tom Holt) 286; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R.
King) 255; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart)
106; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 220;
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 19; W.G.
Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 231-232; Aunt Edna’s
Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 70-72, 74-75; "The
Pilfered Paintings" (Frank Thomas) 128; Sherlock Holmes
and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 22, 26,
101; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 33
Van
Helsing, Abraham (Dracula - Bram
Stoker)
"The Case of the Vanished Vampire" (Bill Crider) 240-253
The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 18-20, 71-89,
106-107, 109, 111-112, 117, 126, 136, 140, 145, 148, 154,
157, 164-170
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 102-118, 122-125,
133-136, 139, 153-161, 164-166, 168-170, 179-181, 183-190,
197-201, 207, 210, 212-218, 220-225, 243, 246-247,
249-254, 260
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 19-21,
86-103, 105, 111, 115, 119-120, 132, 175, 201, 205, 211
"MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 139
The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 43,
45, 62-63, 65, 68, 71, 76-78, 85, 87, 93, 101-102,
104-106, 108, 117-124, 145, 150-153
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora
Goss) 10, 20-21, 25, 37, 67, 75, 143, 157, 179-182, 195,
202, 219, 221-222, 236, 318, 321, 327-328, 338, 373-374,
377-378, 381, 384, 386, 389, 421, 423-424, 441-443,
448-449, 464-467, 476, 489, 510-520, 522-523, 527-528,
536, 546, 549-557, 559-560, 564, 570, 572-574, 584-587,
589-590, 593, 597, 601-603, 606-609, 612-614, 617,
622-623, 627-628, 630-633, 639-647, 654, 660, 665-666,
668-669, 673-674, 676, 679, 682, 687-688, 696, 702
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora
Goss) 144-146, 217, 234, 238-239, 246, 296, 393-394
"The Adventure of the Madman" (Nancy Holder) 71-72, 82
Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 167, 200,
204, 221-224, 226-227, 229-230, 232, 234, 243, 257,
260-274, 276, 283, 288-290, 293-295, 298-300, 303,
305-306, 308-311, 313-314, 321, 325, 330, 333, 336-337
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 10, 12, 14-15, 17-18,
21, 23-24, 27-28, 31-36, 43-45, 48-49, 51-61, 63-73, 78,
86, 90-91, 100, 102-103, 108, 110-111, 113-114, 119-121,
129-130, 134-143, 145-146, 150-151, 153-157, 161-165,
167-168, 170-171, 173, 175-177, 179, 185-186, 188-192,
206-224, 226-229, 232-239, 242-245, 249, 251-262, 271-272,
276-283, 285-293
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 6, 8-9, 14, 25, 62-63, 70, 73,
108, 111, 115-116, 118, 139-143, 145-147, 163-164, 166,
179, 221, 231, 276, 335, 397, 403, 416-417, 422, 439,
443-444, 461
Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v1:
8-10, 12-13, 18-23; 2: 10-12, 17-18, 27; v3: 8-13, 15,
24-28; v4: 2-3, 29; v5: 1-16, 24-27
Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen)
"And Such Small Deer"
(Chris Roberson) 61-77
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen
Seitz) 89, 92, 94-98, 102, 107, 113-115, 120-126, 167-168,
170, 172, 192, 208
Season of Madness (Aaron Smith) 7-8, 108
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 186-187,
192-197
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 841-851, 853-860, 935-944,
949, 951-952
The Island of Mad Scientists (Howard Whitehouse) 214, 224,
241, 256, 260
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson)
86; Sherlock Holmes and the Long Acre
Vampire (Val Andrews) 6, 19, 84, 123; The Baker Street
Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 144, 147, 163;
"The Locked Cell Murder" (Ron Fortier) 168; The
Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 234; The Sinister
Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 10, 16,
25-27, 87, 100, 159, 173, 183, 332, 391, 418, 420;
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 422; "The Adventure
of the Solitary Grave" (Christian Klaver) 16; Sherlock
Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 33, 38, 41, 64,
72-75, 77, 95, 101-102, 125-127, 205, 209-211, 291, 318;
"Red Sunset" (Bob Madison) 270; The West End Horror
(Nicholas Meyer) 121; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman)
18, 90, 247; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim
Newman) 385, 388, 393; "From The Tree of Time" (Fred
Saberhagen) 232; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen)
255; "The Silver Blade" (Michael A. Stackpole)
289
"The most noted authority on the supernatural
alive today": "The Heart of Evil" (William W.
Connors) III: 30
NOTE: In Tom Holland's Supping with Vampires,
Professor Huree Jyoti Navalkar (8, 11-14, 16, 21-22, 26,
29-30, 61, 65-81, 83, 88-95, 242, 250-251, 256, 266, 286,
291, 335-344, 346-350, 352, 359, 362, 364-371, 374-377,
379-400, 402-406, 408-409, 411-415, 420, 422, 425-431,
441, 445, 463, 467-471, 482, 487-488, 496, 498, 500-501)
is presented to us as the original of Stoker's Van
Helsing.
Van Helsing, Lawrence (The
Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires - 1974 Movie)
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 98-99
Van Helsing's Son (Dracula -
Bram Stoker)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 186, 257-258, 288-291
"And Such Small
Deer" (Chris Roberson) 62
Van Helsing's Wife (Dracula
- Bram Stoker)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 257-258, 275-276,
288-291
"And Such Small
Deer" (Chris Roberson) 62
Van Houten, Coenraad (Dutch Chocolate Maker,
1801-1887)
Van Houten's Cocoa: "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald
Thomas) 102
Van Keppel, Arnold Joost (William
II's Lover, c1670-1718)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles
Brandreth) 95
Keppel Corner: Oscar Wilde and a Death of No
Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 95, 165
Van Rensselaer Family
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 167
Van Ronk, Dave (American Folk Singer, 1936-2002)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 114
Van Ruisdael, Jacob (Dutch
Painter, c.16280-1682)
Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant)
160
Van Tromp, Martin (Dutch Admiral, 1597-1653)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 64
Van Veen (Ada - Vladimir Nabokov)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91
Van Winkle, Rip (Rip Van
Winkle - Washington Irving)
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1
"A Summer Day’s Outing" (Edwin Turnbladh) 10-11
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna
Waterhouse) 122; And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair)
9; "Dr Watson and Mr Holmes, or The Worm That Turned"
(J.W. Courtney) 252; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart
Davies) 177; Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 8; Most
Baffling, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 183; Holmes Coming
(Kenneth Johnson) 60, "The Irish Professor" (Eddie
Maguire) 75
A Rip Van Winkle: The Barker Street
Regulars (Susan Conant) 100
Van Wyck, Robert A. (Mayor of
New York, 1847-1918)
"The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 224
Vanbrugh, Sir John (British Playwright, 1664-1726)
Van Brough: The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 261
Vance,
Alfred "The Great Vance" (Alfred Peck
Stevens) (British Music Hall Entertainer, 1840-?)
Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 56
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 152-155, 162,
218
Vance, Jack (American Writer, 1916-2013)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 141
Vance, Philo
(Philo Vance series - S.S.Van Dine)
"Philo Vance's Last Mystery" (Anonymous) 14
"Help! Help! Sherlock!" (Edmund L. Pearson) 317-320
"The Last Detective
Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 67
Milo Pance: "Patients, Just Patients"
(H.S. Coldiron) 325-328
Violet Pants:
"Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 209
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini)
10; "Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171; Locked
Rooms (Laurie R. King) 230; "The Beast of
Bubble City" (William F. Nolan) 65-66, 69; "The Scarlet
Herring" (David Thomson) 3
Vanchinathan (Indian Tamil
Independence Activist, 1886-1911)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 142,
220
Vancouver, George (British Naval officer
& Explorer, 1757-1798)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan,
M.D.) 28
Vandeleur, Crofton Bury (British Soldier,
1867-1947)
A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 20
Vandeleur, Eric (Madame Sara - L.T. Meade &
Robert Eustace)
"Subliminal Deduction" (E. Patrick McQuaid) 1
Vandeleur,
John (The Suicide Club -
Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 133-38,
142-44, 146-55
Vandeleur, Major Thomas Burton (British
Soldier at Maiwand, 1836-1880)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 80-81
Vanderbilt, Alfred (American Sportsman,
1877-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 42;
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 60
Vanderbilt, Alice (Wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt
II, 1845-1934)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 418
Vanderbilt, Alva (American Socialite &
Suffragist, Wife of William K. Vanderbilt, 1853-1933)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 34-35, 41-42, 44,
65-69, 71-72, 78-80, 92, 351, 353-357, 383-384, 389, 391,
403, 412, 415-416, 418, 425, 438; "The Adventure of
Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 243, 245-254
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 137
Vanderbilt, Consuelo (Duchess of
Marlborough, 1876-1964)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 42, 350-361, 363,
367, 369-372, 374-375, 378-379, 383-384, 386, 391-392,
394, 410-413, 415, 419, 423-427, 438; Nevermore (William
Hjortsberg) 21; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the
Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 235-238, 251, 253-255; Lestrade
and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 87-90
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George)
74; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 30; The
Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 137
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
"Commodore" (American Financier,
1794-1877)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 62-63; Spider Dance
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 34, 72, 75-79, 92, 191, 279-281,
394, 398, 402-403, 414-417, 419, 421-422, 427
"The Victory Match" (Barry Perowne) 2, 9; "The
Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow)
242-243, 252, 254
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, II (American Railroad
Director, Son of William Henry Vanderbilt, 1843-1899)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77-78, 415-416;
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 45, "The Adventure of
Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 240, 253,
255
Vanderbilt, Cornelius Jeremiah (Son of
Commodore Vanderbilt, 1830-1882)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76-77
Vanderbilt, Frank Armstrong Crawford (Second Wife
of Commodore Vanderbilt, 1839-1885)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77
Vanderbilt, George Washington (Son of
William Henry Vanderbilt, 1862-1914)
"The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta
Rogow) 253, 255
Vanderbilt, Maria Louisa Kissam (Wife of William
Henry Vanderbilt, 1821-1896)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77; "The
Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow)
245
Vanderbilt, William Henry
(American Railway Magnate, Son of Commodore Vanderbilt
1821-1885)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 61-65; "The
Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow)
240, 242-254
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 72, 75-78, 191,
415-417, 419, 421-422; A
Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 174; Wilde About Holmes
(Milo Yelesiyevich) 219
Vanderbilt, William Kissam
(American Industrialist, Son of William Henry Vanderbilt,
1849-1920)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 34, 39, 43-45, 56-57,
65-82, 90, 92, 96, 98, 144, 191-193, 247, 250, 349-352,
354-357, 372, 383-384, 391, 411-416, 418-419, 421-425,
429, 438
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 137
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 31, 34; "The Adventure
of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 237, 240,
243, 245, 253, 255
Vanderbilt Family
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 33-35, 40, 57, 62,
66-68, 71-73, 75-78, 91-94, 98-99, 145-147, 149, 157, 173,
184, 186, 190-191, 195, 244, 250-251, 304, 311, 314, 321,
327-328, 344, 347, 356, 360, 392, 394, 403, 412, 414-415,
418-419, 423-424, 426-427; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 178;
"The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta
Rogow) 237-238, 240, 250-254
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 229; "Cross
of Gold" (Michael Collins) 343, 346; The Book of Changes
(R.H.W.Dillard) 89; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas)
268; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 333;
Fire in the Blood (P.N. Elrod) 134; The Holmes
Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 9, 58; The 6 Messiahs
(Mark Frost) 124; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson)
202 {The Vandergilts}; The Adventure of the Stalwart
Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 18, 59, 80; Copper Beeches
(Arthur H. Lewis) 52; The Disappearance of Sherlock
Holmes (Larry Millett) 113; A Study in Murder (Robert
Ryan) 174; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 71, 426;
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 334
Vanderbilt Mansion: The 6 Messiahs (Mark
Frost) 108; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 277, 280
Vanderbilt Row:
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 67, 92, 265, 412,
419; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 43
Vandermonde, Alexandre-Theophile (French
Mathematician, 1735-1796)
Vandermonde's Convolution: The Thinking
Engine (James Lovegrove) 232, 265
Vane, Harriet (Lord Peter Wimsey
series - Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 142
Vane, Inspector (The Man
with the Watches - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Girl and the Gold Watches" (Robert Ryan) 428, 450
Vane, Sybil (The Picture of Dorian Gray -
Oscar Wilde)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes
(Bernard J. Schaffer) 208
Vanek, Professor Josef (Hungarian
Magician, 1818-1889)
"The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 327,
330-331, 337
Vansittart, Lieutenant Coleraine
(British Soldier at Balaclava, 1833-1886)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 324-326, 335, 339-340, 356, 364-365
Vanstone, Magdalen (No Name - Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 48, 51, 91
Vardalek, Count
(The True Story of A Vampire - Eric, Count Stenbock)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 78-84, 135-138, 228, 231, 228,
231, 365
Vardans, The (The New Doctor Who
Adventures: No Future - Paul Cornell)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 103
Vardon, Harry
(British Golfer, 1870-1937)
Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson)
13, 67, 138, 142, 151, 154, 156, 158, 161-164, 172, 174
"The Adventure
of the Treacherous Traps" (Merrell Noden) 276; Lestrade
and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 180
Varden Overlapping Grip: Death of a
Scavenger (Keith Spore) 145
Varley, Cromwell (Kidnapped Son
of C.F. Varley)
Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 42
Varnell, Harry (Chicago Gambling Boss)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett)
142-143
Varney, Sir Francis (Varney The Vampire - Thomas
Prescott Prest)
"A Study in Brimstone" (G.S. Denning) 156; European
Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss)
466; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 33; "A Ballad of
the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 227; Anno Dracula (Kim
Newman) 66, 120, 164, 309, 331, 437; The Night Mayor
(Kim Newman) 138; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires
(Brian Stableford) 135
Varria (Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Most
Toys)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 295
Varro, Marcus Terentius (Roman
Scholar, 116-27BC)
Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 58-59
Vashnu (DC Comics)
"Hell Is for Heroes"
(Bob Haney, Ric Estrada & Dick Giordano) 10-12
Vasiliqia (Wife
of Ali Pasha of Albania)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas)
210-211, 214, 233-234
Vasques, Francesco Correia
(Brazilian Actor, 1839-1892)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 117-118, 238
Vassilleva, Nina (British Anarchist, Member of the
Houndsditch Bank Gang)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie
Roberts) 130
Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de (French Military
Engineer, 1633-1707)
Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall)
7
Vaudrey, Sulpice (Monsieur le
Ministre - Jules Claretie)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 57
Vaughan, Ellen: See: Ellen Gethin
Vaughan,
Helen (The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora
Goss) 702, 704-706
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora
Goss) 12, 32-33, 35-36, 40, 44, 57-58, 60-63, 65-67, 69,
81-92, 94, 96-100, 103-105, 107-113, 115-118, 120-121,
135-138, 142-145, 147-152, 156, 158, 178, 197-201,
203-209, 213-216, 218-220, 222, 224, 226-232, 234,
237-239, 242-243, 253, 262, 268-276, 278-282, 285, 295,
308, 318, 321, 327-339, 341, 343, 348, 353-354, 360-365,
370-371, 374-378, 380-381, 386, 388, 390-392, 394,
398-400, 408, 418-419, 421-422, 426, 428
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (Theodora
Goss)
Vaughan, Herbert
(British Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, 1832-1903)
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George)
75-79, 81
Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 59, 97, 246
Vaughan, Thomas (British Bodysnatcher)
"The Melancholy Methodist" (Mark Mower) 39
Vaughan, Thomas "Black" (British Nobleman,
?-1469)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 71,
77, 79, 94-100, 103, 134, 197, 223, 308, 310, 317,
323-324, 326, 331-333, 343, 355, 369-370, 431, 446, 454,
460, 465, 469-470, 472, 475-477, 479, 492, 495, 497,
500, 514, 526
Vaughan Family: "The Adventure of the Late
Orang Outang" (Gillian Linscott) 39
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (British
Composer, 1872-1958)
The Dead Can Wait
(Robert Ryan) 31; The Sign of Fear
(Robert Ryan) 64
Vautrin, Minnie
(American Missionary, 1886-1941)
The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 72, 85
Vedder, Elihu (American Artist, 1836-1923)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 233
Vedder, Jan (Jan Vedder's Wife - Amelia Edith
Huddleston Barr)
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1
Vedder, Margaret (Jan
Vedder's Wife - Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr)
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1
Veidt, Conrad (German Actor, 1893-1943)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 5; The Kentish Manor
Murders (Julian Symons) 86, 90, 184
Velasquez, Cora (The Flower
Beneath the Foot - Ronald Firbank)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91
Velasquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y (Spanish
Artist, 1599-1660)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 38; "Mrs.
Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 188; The
Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 34,
54, 132; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter
(Barry Grant) 9; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; The
House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 25; Inspector Ginkgo
Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 169; "The
Case of the Maplestead Magpie" (June Thomson) 82; Dr.
Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 87
Velie, Sgt. Thomas (Ellery Queen series - Ellery
Queen)
"The Final Problem" (Bliss Austin); "The Disappearance of
Mr. James Phillimore" (Ellery Queen)
Velvet, Nick
(Nick Velvet series - Edward D.Hoch)
"The Theft of the Persian Slipper" (Edward D. Hoch)
477-487
Venice, Duke of (The Merchant of
Venice - William Shakespeare)
"The Adventure of the Eccentric Inventor" (Eugene D.
Goodwin) 107
Venice, Duke of (Othello - William Shakespeare)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 207
Venn, Diggory
(Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy)
"The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 148,
186-187, 189-195, 198-208, 217
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 399
Venn, John (British Logician, 1834-1923)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman)
254
Venn Diagram: Who Killed
Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 178; Island of the Mad
(Laurie R. King) 134
Venner, Elsie (Elsie Venner -
Oliver Wendell Holmes, sr)
"Sherlock Holmes’ Daughter" (H.H. Ballard) 36
Venus
(Roman Goddess of Love)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 41, 44-45
"The Mystery of Pinkham's Diamond Stud" (John Kendrick
Bangs) 51; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr)
64, 146; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas)
230; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 175;
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 247; Druid's
Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 35, 82, 160; The Clockwork
Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 159; The Art of Deception
(Leonard Goldberg) 282; Faction Paradox: Erasing
Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 93; The Revenge of the Hound
(Michael Hardwick) 58-59 160; Supping with Panthers (Tom
Holland) 440; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 57,
195, 401; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 136; "The
Bride and the Bachelors" (Vincent Kovar) 178; Gub-Gub’s
Book (Hugh Lofting) 796; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon
Louvish) 47; What Child Is This? (Bonnie MacBird) 131;
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 98, 101, 224;
"The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" (William Patrick
Maynard) 111; "The Adventure of the Eminent Collector"
(Tony Reynolds) 135; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William
Rushton) 233; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard"
(Crighton Sellars) 456-457, 459; The White Worm (Sam
Siciliano) 101; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 72; A Samba
for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 53; "The Case of the Portuguese
Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 141, 166; Death on a Pale Horse
(Donald Thomas) 238; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg
Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 146; "The Sect of the Salamander"
(Ron Weighell) 104; Wilde About Holmes (Milo
Yelesiyevich) 301
Mount of Venus: Lestrade and the Sawdust
Ring (M.J. Trow) 205
Plis de Venus: Wilde About Holmes (Milo
Yelesiyevich) 152
Pocket Venus: "A Ballad of the White
Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 218; Dr Mortimer and the Barking
Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 33, 40, 56, 66, 73, 79,
82, 98, 105, 110-111
Regions of Venus: Sherlock
Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 149
Throne of Venus: An East Wind Coming
(Arthur Byron Cover) 102
Venus de Watkins: "The Mystery of the
Stolen Statue" (Anonymous) 131
Venus Flytrap: An East Wind
Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 104; The Holmes Inheritance
(Brian Freemantle) 247; "The Adventure of the Unknown
Worm" (Daniel McGachey) 67; "The Adventure of Exham
Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 388; Everybody's
Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 92
Venus in...: Druid's Blood (Esther M.
Friesner) 139
Vep, Irma (Les
Vampires - 1915 Movie Serial)
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 383,
388, 393-395, 409-410, 427, 445-446, 460-462
"The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 321; Seven Stars
(Kim Newman) 91
Vercingetorix (Gaulish Chieftain, ?-46BC)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini)
375; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow)
117-118
Verdi, Giuseppe (Italian Composer, 1813-1901)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 146-147, 235;
"Sherlock Holmes
Investigates" (Peter Cook & Dudley Moore) 87; Sherlock
Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 27, 32,
34, 40, 59; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders
(Barry Day) 192; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas)
120; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 338; San
Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 99, 102; "The
Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 81;
"The Missing Don Giovanni" (Paul D. Gilbert) 71; The
Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 359;
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 75; The Private
Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 85; The
Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 241; Island of
the Mad (Laurie R. King) 254; The Great Game (Michael
Kurland) 21; Stone Cold (Andrew Lane) 295; "The Silver Lining"
(Bonnie MacBird) 12-13; Sherlock Holmes and
the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 22; The
Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 55, 57, 167;
"The Worcester
Enigma" (James Miles) 340; The Adventure of
Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (Gilbert Pearlman);
"The Case of the Plangent Colonel" (Ted Riccardi) 85;
"The Case of the Two Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 178, 180; "A
Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 247; "The
Two Umbrellas" (Martin Rosenstock) 384; The Angel of the
Opera (Sam Siciliano) 213; Deathly Relics (Sam
Siciliano) 192; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano)
173-174, 200, 220; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 179,
184; "The Case of the Remarkable Worm" (June Thomson)
71; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 34, 56, 58
Vere, Horace, Baron Vere of Tilbury / Horatio de Vere
(English Military Leader, 1565-1635)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E.
Garcia) 57
Verges (Much Ado About Nothing - William
Shakespeare)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 60-61
Verinder, Sir John (The Moonstone - Wilkie
Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 147
Verinder, Lady Julia (The Moonstone - Wilkie
Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 147
Verinder, Rachel (The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 11, 21, 41, 59,
62
Veritas (Roman Goddess)
Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim
Major) 35, 39, 46, 69, 152, 255, 257-260, 270
Verlaine, Paul (French Poet, 1844-1896)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; "The Case of the Exalted
Client" (June Thomson) 103
Verloc (The Secret Agent -
Joseph Conrad)
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 678-679, 695-698, 708
Vermeer, Jan (Dutch Artist, 1632-1675)
"The Booby’s Bay
Adventure" (O’Neil De Noux) 118-120; The
Albino’s Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 63; Absolute
Discretion (Grant Eustace) 167; The Revenge of Moriarty
(John Gardner) 74; The Art of Deception (Leonard
Goldberg) 210; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder
(Daniel Gracely) 137; The Game's Afoot Mrs. Hudson
(Sydney Hosier) 111; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson
(Anita Janda) 204; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 175;
Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 184; Art in the Blood (Bonnie
MacBird) 270; "The Adventure of the Purloined Paget"
(Phillip Margolin & Jerry Margolin) 66; The Firebird
Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 325; "The Adventure of the
Pirates of Devil’s Cape" (Rob Rogers) 365; Sherlock
Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 138; "The
Case of the Conk-Singleton Forgery" (June Thomson)
33-34; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow)
81; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 85
Vernandois, Louis, Count of (Son
of Louis XIV, 1667-1683)
"The Resources of Mycroft Holmes" (Charlton Andrews)
221
Verne, Berthe Meslier de Montarand (Wife
of Paul Verne)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 95-96, 98
Verne, Gaston (Son of Paul
Verne, 1860-1916)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 7-12, 20-22, 24, 33-36, 38-44, 46-59,
66-67, 74-75, 78, 80-81, 85-86, 88, 90-91, 95-102,
107-108, 111-127, 130, 133, 136, 139, 145, 149, 155, 164,
167, 170, 177, 187, 207, 219
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 411
Verne, Georges, I (Son of Michel Verne, 1886-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead)
Verne, Honorine (Wife of
Jules Verne, 1829-1910)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 37-39, 41-43, 46-47, 58-59, 68, 70,
89-94, 101, 107, 109, 111-113, 133-137, 139, 146, 174-176,
186-187, 189-192, 194-196, 220
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 391-392, 397
Verne, Jeanne "Maja" Raboul
(Wife of Michel Verne, 1876-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 71, 220
Verne, Jules
(French Author, 1828-1905)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 5-14, 21, 23,
29-35, 38-42, 44-47, 57, 80, 83-84, 86, 89-91, 133, 215,
271-272
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 1-2,
5-6, 8, 11, 13, 18, 22, 26, 28-29, 33, 35, 41-44, 48,
63-68, 70, 72, 78-80, 82-83, 107-108, 113, 116, 118,
123-129, 153-154
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 7, 17-19, 25-27, 33-47, 51-56, 58-59,
66-73, 80, 89-120, 128, 130-131, 133-142, 144-145,
147-148, 151-161, 164-165, 167, 169-176, 183-197, 199-200,
206, 219-220
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 83, 210, 218, 250
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 269-270, 275-278
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 36, 88, 159-165, 167-173,
178-179, 181, 185, 191, 197, 228, 230, 251, 262-270
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 370, 374,
382, 390-400, 406, 409, 411-413
Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews)
24; Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery
(Val Andrews) 63; Sherlock Holmes and the Tomb of Terror
(Val Andrews) 144; "The Adventure of the Russian Grave"
(William Barton & Michael Capobianco) 31;
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 14;
"The Tattooed Arm" (Marc Bilgrey) 154; The Martian
Menace (Eric Brown) 112; "The Case of the Flying
Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 114; "The Case of the Martian
Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 120; "Three Cases of Relative
Jealousy" (Colin Bruce) 128, 130; Pulptime (P.H. Cannon)
71; "The Sycamore Seed" (L.F.E. Coombs) 128, 134; "The
Tenth Jar" (L.F.E. Coombs) 78; Solar Pons Versus the
Devil's Claw (Basil Copper) 42; "The Adventure of the
Unidentified Flying Object" (Michael G. Cornelius) 256;
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 93; The Lazarus Machine
(Paul Crilley) 34; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly
Sins Murders (Barry Day) 156; From Prussia with Love
(John DeChancie) 36, 52, 80, 208; Castle Rouge (Carole
Nelson Douglas) 343; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas)
285; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217; Good
Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 190, 260, 324;
"Orchids in the Night" (Jean-Claude Dunyach) 50;
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 28; "The
Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose
Farmer) 51; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn)
187; The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 80; The
Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 53, 167; The
Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 217;
Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 122; "The
Disappearance of the Cutter Alicia" (John Hall) 88; Exit
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 48, 233; The King
Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 155; The Zenda Vendetta
(Simon Hawke) 14; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 284;
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 260-261, 266,
269-270; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In
the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve
Hockensmith) 53; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel &
Sean M. Wright) 179; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To
Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 201; Holmes Coming (Kenneth
Johnson) 23, 185; "The Greatest Mystery" (Paul Kane)
192; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul
Kane) 206 ; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 44; "E=mc2" (Ted
Kuzminski) 197-199; "The Disembodied
Assassin" (Andrew Lane) 200; All-Consuming Fire (Andy
Lane) 105, 129; "A Nineteenth Century
Debacle" (George Locke) 177; Sherlock Holmes and the
Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 253; The Stuff of
Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 149, 228-229, 249, 294; The
Baron’s Revenge (Gary Lovisi) 70; Art in the Blood
(Bonnie MacBird) 42, 57; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie
MacBird) 85, 260-261; The Three Locks (Bonnie MacBird)
216; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 101, 144, 175,
253; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N.
McIntyre) 66; Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of
Christmas (Tim Major) 79; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson
& Nicholas Utechin) 107; The League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 67; Sherlock
in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 105; The Bloody Red Baron
(Kim Newman) 37; "The Adventure of the Treacherous Traps"
(Merrell Noden) 272; Death in the Air (Shane
Peacock) 22; Evolution (John Peel) 174; "Sherlock Holmes
in the Lost World" (Martin Powell) 139; The Monster of
the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 53; The Year of High
Treason (Vithal Rajan) 182; "The Adventure of the Arab's
Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 289; The Dead Can Wait (Robert
Ryan) 195; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 123;
A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 221; "You See But You Do
Not Observe" (Robert J. Sawyer) 347; Believe (William
Shatner & Michael Tobias) 129; "The Case of Vittoria
The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 343; The Web Weaver
(Sam Siciliano) 77; "The Bride of the Moon" (Alan
Stockwell) 89; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen)
141; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 688, 794; Sherlock
Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 88
Verne Cannon: From Prussia with Love
(John DeChancie) 27
Verne, Marie (Sister of
Gaston Verne, 1842-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 12, 96
Verne, Mathilde (sister of Gaston Verne,
1839-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 96
Verne, Maurice (Brother
of Gaston Verne, 1862-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 96
Verne, Michel (French
Writer, Son of Jules Verne, 1861-1925)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 40, 71, 108-117, 119-120, 137, 159, 169,
171, 174-176, 185, 187-190, 194, 196, 214-217, 220
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 182; "The
Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 394, 397
Verne, Michel (Grandson of
Jules Verne, 1885-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 71, 113, 220
Verne, Mme (French
Actress, First Wife of Michel Verne)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 71
Verne, Paul (Brother of
Jules Verne, 1829-1897)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 41, 46-47, 92-99, 121, 125, 139
Verne, Pierre (Father of
Jules Verne, 1799-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 69, 104
Vernet, Antoine (French Artist, 1689-1753)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick
Rennison) 5
Vernet, Carle (French Artist, 1758-1836)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 32; "A Ballad of
the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 217, 230; Art in the
Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 43; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen
Petrie) 134; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R.
Spencer) 169
Vernet, Claude-Joseph (French Artist,
1714-1789)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 67;
Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 52-53; Sherlock Holmes: The
Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 5
Vernet, Emilie (Chalgrin) (Sister of Carle
Vernet, ?-1794)
Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 43
Vernet, (Emile-Jean-Horace) Horace (French
Artist, 1789-1863)
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna
Waterhouse) 212; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 98;
"Art in the Blood" (Laura Caldwell) 109, 120; "The Book
of Tobit" (Carla Coupe) 121; The Curse of the Nibelung
(Marcel D'Agneau) 75; "The Reichenbach Secret" (David
Stuart Davies) 393; "The Case of the Choleric Cotton
Broker" (Martin Edwards) 265; Sherlock Holmes Vs.
Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 13; Absolute Discretion
(Grant Eustace) 42, 125; The Evil in Pemberley House
(Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 62; Young
Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow)
52; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 87, 228; I,
Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 10; Enter the Lion
(Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 24; "A Ballad of
the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 217; Inspector Ginkgo
Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 72; "The
Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers)
26; "The Book of Tobit" (H. Paul Jeffers) 106; Sherlock
Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 109; The
Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 54, 383; A
Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 67, 239;
Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 14, 203, 209; Death
Cloud (Andrew Lane) 52; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 184;
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James
Lovegrove) 327; Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 43-44;
Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 430; "The Adventure of
the Three Verners" (Michael Mallory) 161; The Childhood
of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 63, 275; The Dorking
Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 134; "The Mystery of the
Missing Child" (Christine Poulson) 245; Sherlock Holmes:
The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 5-6, 9; "The
Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 91; "The
Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his
abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow) 149; W.G. Grace's Last
Case (William Rushton) 198; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902
Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 93; The Fifth Heart (Dan
Simmons) 84; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R.
Spencer) 169; "Art in the Blood Revealed" (Regina
Stinson) 27; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel
Theroux) 146; "The Case of the Manor House Mystery"
(June Thomson) 89; "The Magic of Africa" (Kevin P.
Thornton) 198
Vernet Family (French Artists - References
to unspecified family members)
"Mrs Farintosh and an Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 198;
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 142; Irene's
Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 298; "The Adventure
of the Poison Tea Epidemic" (Carl L. Heifetz) 371;
Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 38; Death by
Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 14, 203, 209; Night Break
(Andrew Lane) 285; The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove)
47; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James
Lovegrove) 453; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas
Meyer) 140; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 492; "The
Adventure of the Missing Necklace" (Daniel D. Victor)
54; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 69
Vernon, Lady Susan
(Lady Susan - Jane Austen)
"Drama in the Library!" (The Onlooker) 5
Vernon-Smith, Herbert "The
Bounder" (Billy Bunter series -
Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val
Andrews) 16-106
Verneuil, Auguste (French
Chemist, 1856-1913)
"The Matter of the Pigeons-Blood Ruby" (David L. Hammer)
68
Veronese, Paolo (Italian Artist, 1528-1588)
The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 80-81,
116-117, 278-280, 285; Island of the Mad (Laurie
R. King) 140
Veronica, St (Gave Christ her veil as he walked
to Calvary)
St Veronica's Hospital:
"The Adventure of the Second Round" (Mark Wardecker)
67-68
Verrocchio, Andrea del (Florentine Sculptor &
Painter, 1435-1488)
The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 83, 92, 263,
278-284, 287-290, 293-295, 299-301; "The Case of the
Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 160
Vervoids (Dr. Who: Terror of the Vervoids - TV
series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 222
Verwoerd, Hendrik (South African
Prime Minister (1958-66), 1901-1966)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 104
Very, Edward (American Naval Officer,
1847-1910)
Very Flare: Dead Man’s Land (Robert
Ryan) 437, 449
Very Light: "Narpoo Rum"
(Anonymous) 215; "The Scarlet Drop" (Fibulous) 159;
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 262-263
Very Pistol: Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania
(Lorraine Daly) 161-163; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King)
287, 295
Vesalius, Andreas (Belgian
Physician, 1514-1564)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
(Theodora Goss) 478; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of
Hell (Paul Kane) 136; The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan
Scott) 157
Vespasian (Roman Emperor (69-79), 9-79)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 138
Vespucci, Amerigo
(Italian Navigator, 1452-1512)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 125
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 26, 45-46, 170-171, 174-177,
207, 235, 286
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 358, 414, 457, 566, 618;
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 761, 787, 795, 797-798,
916, 925; "The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie
Tidhar) 326, 333
Vespuccia: The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar)
110, 170, 284, 286, 290-291; Camera Obscura (Lavie
Tidhar) 470, 481, 493, 551-552, 560-561, 570, 582, 588;
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 787, 815, 823, 835, 849,
869, 890, 892, 916, 976
Vespuccian: The
Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 23, 53 , 99, 103, 205, 234,
243, 283; Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 346, 348, 389,
606, 613, 615, 648, 651-652; The Great Game (Lavie
Tidhar) 808, 814, 817, 820, 872, 876, 878, 884, 941
Vest, George Graham (American
Politician, 1830-1904)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 78, 81
Vesta (Roman Goddess of the Hearth)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini)
378
Vestal Virgin: Good Night, Mr Holmes
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 75, 95
Vestimenti (Hellbound
Hearts cover painting - Clive Barker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 261
Vetterli, Johann-Friedrich (Swiss Riflemaker,
1822-1882)
Vetterli M1881: Sherlock Holmes and the
Zombie Problem (Nick S. Thomas) 202
Vetsera, Baroness Mary (Lover of Crown Prince
Rudolf, 1871-1889)
"Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller)
193
Vholes, Mr. (Bleak House - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert
F. Fleissner) 128
Vi, Auntie (Kate
Shugak series - Dana Stabenow)
"The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 304
Viala, Dr Pierre (French
Scientist, 1859-1936)
Dr Paul-Édouard Janvier:
Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 48-52, 55-56, 65-66,
68-90, 94, 143, 145, 222, 227, 229, 237, 259, 264,
285-286, 389, 407, 485, 490-4915, 450, 468
Viardot-Garcia, Pauline (French Opera Singer &
Composer, 1821-1910)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 86, 135
Vicars, Sir Arthur
(English Genealogist & Ulster King of Arms, 1862-1912)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 52-55, 57,
61-63, 65-89, 91-92, 94-99, 102, 104-105, 107
Vicars, Lady Gertrude
(Wife of Sir Arthur Vicars, ?-1946)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 52-53
Vicars, Jane Gun-Cunningham (Mother
of Sir Arthur Vicars, 1821-1873)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 83
Viccars, George (Tailor of Eyam Plague Village,
?-1665)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy
Templeman) 116-117, 121, 123-124
Vicious, Sid (Bristish Punk Musician, 1957-1979)
"The New Messi"
(Nick Sweet) 85
Vick, Dr Joshua (American Drug
Retailer)
Vicks Vap-O-Rub:
"The Rich Man’s Hand" (Joan de la Haye) 74; The Book of
Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 120
Vickers, Edward (British Steel Manufacturer,
1804-1897)
Vickers: "Sherlock Holmes to the
Rescue" (E.E. Heiman) 202; Gods of War (James
Lovegrove) 235; The
Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 54; A Study in
Murder (Robert Ryan) 120; The Demon Device (Robert
Saffron) 213, 229
Vickers gun: "E=mc2" (Ted Kuzminski) 204;
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 204;
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 164; The Sign of Fear
(Robert Ryan) 135, 307
Vickers, Joan, Baroness Vickers (British
Politician, 1907-1994)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Underground Car Park" (Alan
Watkins) 309
Vickers, Thomas (British
Steel Manufacturer, 1833-1915)
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 534, 538
Vickery, Jim
(Assistant To Houdini)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews)
74-75, 87-89, 92, 99-100, 113; Nevermore (William
Hjortsberg) 3, 80, 103-104, 109-115, 156-161, 165-168,
179, 181-182, 187, 192, 202, 204, 215, 223, 226, 267,
275-276, 278
Victor, Daniel D.
(American Teacher & Author)
The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 6-9
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) xiii-xv
Victor Emmanuel II (King of Italy (1861-78),
1820-1878)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 15; "Sons of
Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 168; "The Adventure of the
Dying Gaul" (Paul D. Gilbert) 205; All-Consuming Fire
(Andy Lane) 12; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie)
264; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 52; The
Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 182
Victor Emmanuel III (King of Italy (1900-46),
1869-1947)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 16; Island
of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 123; Sherlock Holmes and the
Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas
Utechin) 4; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 156;
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman)
265, 268
Victoria (Dr Who): see Victoria Waterfield
Victoria, The
(Five Weeks In A Balloon - Jules Verne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore &
Kevin O'Neill) 118, 124, 127-130, 139-143
Victoria Alexandra Olga,
Princess (Daughter of Edward VII,
1868-1935)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203, 219
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 47-48,
50-55, 58-60, 68, 70, 72-73, 75, 83-88, 91-92, 97,
100-104, 107, 109, 111, 125-127, 134-137
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 176
Victoria of Prussia, Princess (Sister of
Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1866-1929)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison)
114, 126
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess (Daughter
of Queen Victoria, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1840-1901)
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy
Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 81; Sherlock Holmes and the
Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 62; The Revenge of the Hound
(Michael Hardwick) 132; "The Importance of Porlock" (Amy
Myers) 86; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac
(Barrie Roberts) 48; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush
(Barrie Roberts) 130
Victoria Eugenie Julia of
Battenberg (Wife of Alfonso XIII of
Spain, 1887-1969)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 72, 87,
91-99, 101, 104-106, 130
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie
Roberts) 114
Victor-Smythe, The Hon. Mrs (The
Flower Beneath the Foot - Ronald Firbank)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91
Vidal, Aurélio
(Brazilian Hotelier)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 11-13, 25 û
Vidocq, François Eugène
(French Detective, Founder of the S ûreté)
"The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 59, 61
"The Adventure of the Lost Baby" (Carolyn Wells) 12
"Cherchez la Femme" (Carolyn Wells) 140, 144
"Philo Vance's Last Mystery" (Anonymous) 14; Good
Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 71; "The
Adventure of the Seven Unnatural Women" (Stephen
Gallagher) 150; "The Adventure of the Child’s
Perambulator" (Charles Loomis) 265; The Stuff of
Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 82; "The Incident of the
Impecunious Chevalier" (Richard Lupoff) 20; Art in the
Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 73-74; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie
MacBird) 54; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 49, 141;
What Child Is This? (Bonnie MacBird) 55; The Pandora
Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 83; "Father of the Man"
(Stephen Volk) 93-94; "Water from the Moon" (Carolyn
Wheat) 46; "The Glennon Falls" (Sam Wiebe) 142
Vienna Boys' Choir, The
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 38
Viereck, George Sylvestre (German Author,
1884-1962)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 24, 88, 136,
146-148, 155-157, 173
Vieuxtemps, Henri (Belgian Violinist &
Composer, 1820-1881)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 275;
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 107; Sherlock
Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 314
Vigar-Harris, Henry (British
Writer)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown)
13
Vigée Le Brun, Elisabeth (French
Artist, 1755-1842)
Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 163, 165
Vigènere, Blaise de (French Cryptographer,
1523-1596)
The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 38; The Dark
Water (David Pirie) 262
Trithemius-Vigenere Cipher: "The
Adventure of the Turkish Cipher" (Deanna Baran) 43
Vigènere Cipher: The Albino’s
Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 202; A Study in Silks (Emma
Jane Holloway) 279; "Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi)
333-334, 338
Vigilius of Trent, St (Roman
Bishop, C353-405)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 116
Vigne, Godfrey (English
Traveller, 1801-1863)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 28
Vikar-ul-Umrad, Sir (Prime
Minister of Hyderabad (1893-1901), 1856-1902)
"The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal
Rajan) 78
Vilella, Giuseppe (Italian Bandit)
"Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles"
(Barbara Roden) 256
Villa, Pancho (Mexican Revolutionary, 1877-1923)
"Intercepted Communications" (John Kendrick Bangs)
136; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 242; Nevermore (William
Hjortsberg) 209; The Game (Laurie R. King) 274; Sherlock
Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 34,
162-163, 166, 169, 176, 204, 223, 246-247, 253, 260; The
Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 142; "The Case of the Zimmermann
Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 301; Lestrade and the
Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 200
Villanueva, Sebastian (The Black Castle -
Les Daniels)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66
Villemin, J.A. (French Army Doctor, Discovered
Tuberculosis could be spread from humans to animals)
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 219
Villon, François (French Poet, 1431-1463)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 213; Ten Years
Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 244
Vincent, Dr
(Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz)
114-115
Vincent, Harry (The Shadow series - Maxwell Grant)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306
Vincent, Howard
(British Founder of the CID)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 147, 124-125,
147, 149
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 13-18, 33, 48,
53-61, 91, 188, 231-234
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 140; Lestrade
and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 71; Lestrade and the
Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 19; Lestrade and the Ripper
(M.J.Trow) 13; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow)
19, 202
Vincent de Paul, St (French Priest, 1581-1660)
The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 250; A Samba
for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 161
Cape St Vincent: "The Case of a Boy’s
Honour" (Donald Thomas) 22
St Vincent's Home: The Adventure of
the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 78, 81
Vincenzo, Tony (Kolchak -
The Night Stalker - TV Series)
Cry of Thunder (Joe Gentile, Andy Bennett & Carlos
Magno) 2-6, 90-91
Anthony:
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 173
Vincey (She
- H. Rider Haggard)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent
Miller) 5
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora
Goss) 173
Vincey, Leo
(She - H. Rider Haggard)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora
Goss) 571, 589-590, 594, 600-603, 611, 635, 644, 654, 660,
668-669, 681-682, 684-688
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora
Goss) 159-160, 166-167, 169, 171, 173-176, 178-179, 185,
423-424
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent
Miller) 1, 4-56, 65-73
"Me, or The Strange Episode of the Reincarnated Greek"
(E.V. Knox) 207, 213; The Great Detective at the
Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 27
Vincy, Rosamond (Middlemarch - George Eliot)
The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 161
Viola (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
(Theodora Goss) 434; "The Old Senator" (Steve
Hockensmith) 73, 79; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin"
(Dorothy B. Hughes) 212; The Game (Laurie R. King) 274;
Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 202; "Sherlock
Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B.
Smith) 223
Viola DeVere: "The Thief of Twelfth Night"
(Carole Nelson Douglas) 213-214, 217-219, 223-229
Violetta Valery
(La Traviata - Verdi)
"Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 6, 12; Sherlock
Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 30, 32,
36, 40, 51, 53, 77, 86, 132, 180; A Study in Sable
(Mercedes Lackey) 201, 203, 206; Sherlock Holmes and the
Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 128; "The Worcester
Enigma" (James Miles) 340; The Devil and the
Four (Sam Siciliano) 200-201; "The Purloined Face"
(Stephen Volk) 239, 246-248, 256, 263, 265-266, 277, 283
Vionnet, Madeleine (French Fashion Designer,
1876-1975)
Vionnet Costume: The Demon Device
(Robert Saffron) 82
Viotti, Giovanni (Italian Violinist, 1755-1824)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 275
Viqar-ul-Muluk (Indian
Politician, 1841-1917)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan)
221-223
Virahanka (Indian Prosodist, c.6th Century)
Stone Cold (Andrew Lane) 58
Virchow, Rudolph (German Pathologist, 1821-1902)
The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 335;
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 346; Murder at
Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger)
112; "The Curse of Guangxu" (Sam Stone) 268
Virgil (Roman Poet, 70-19 BC)
"The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor" (Hugh Ashton)
491; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs)
163; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles
Brandreth) 63; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard
M. Caplan, M.D.) 26; The Case of the Missing
Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 73; The Revenge of the
Hound (Michael Hardwick) 47; The Notched Hairpin
(H.F.Heard) 74, 140; "The Italian Sherlock Holmes"
(Reginald Hill) 236; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of
Hell (Paul Kane) 246; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie
R. King) 5, 22; The Language of Bees
(Laurie R. King) 8, 72; The Moor (Laurie R.
King) 131; "The Adventure of the First Class Carriage"
(Ronald Knox) 51; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 147;
"The Persian Slipper" (Steve Lockley) 279; Your Monkey’s
Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 38; The Labyrinth of Death (James
Lovegrove) 177, 226; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore)
153; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 414; The Mandala of
Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 260; The Dragon Turn
(Shane Peacock) 64; Masters of Lies (Philip
Purser-Hallard) 27; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway
Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 180; The Angel of the Opera (Sam
Siciliano) 62; Deathly Relics (Sam Siciliano) 211; Some
Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 13; "The Adventure of the
Docklands Apparition" (Mark Wardecker) 50; "The House
That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 279; "The Case of the
Rival Queens" (Carolyn Wheat) 286; "The Glennon Falls"
(Sam Wiebe) 138; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard
Wincor) 4; A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger
Zelazny) 166
Virot, Madame (French Milliner)
The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs)
101
Visconti, Filippo Maria (Duke of
Milan (1412-47), 1392-1447)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 50
Visconti, Gian Maria (Duke of Milan (1402-12),
1388-1412)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 50
Visconti, Luchino (Italian Film Director,
1906-1976)
The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel
Pinkwater) 364
Vishnu (The
Pervader, Hindu Deity)
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 78-83
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson)
88; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul
D. Gilbert) 55, 121. 210; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat
To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 153, 155, 173; The Shadow
of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 142; The Game
(Laurie R. King) 263; The Empress of India (Michael
Kurland) 138, 191; Predator: Nemesis (Gordon Rennie
& Colin MacNeil) 15; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost"
(Ted Riccardi) 58, 63, 76; "The Case of the French
Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 99, 111-113, 116-117; "A Singular
Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 237; The
Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 314; Lestrade and the
Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 208
Vaisnava: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat
To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 173
Vision, The (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 19
Vitruvius (Roman Architect & Engineer,
90-20BC)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151
Vetruvius: Justice Hall (Laurie R. King)
87
Vitruvian: "The Case of the Fiery
Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 8, 16-17
Vittorio Emanuele (Prince of Savoy & Count of
Turin, 1870-?)
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George)
74-75
Vitus, St (Italian Martyr, ?-303)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright)
208
St Vitus (ship): "Mary of the Prairie,
or, Should She Have Let Him?" (Anonymous) 124
St Vitus' Cathedral:
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 197-198; Irene's
Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 161, 166; Shadowblood
(Tracy Revels) 81
St Vitus' Dance: "The Witch of
Greenwich" (Gerard Dole) 138; Arrowood (Mick Finlay) 23;
"The Doll Who Talked to the Dead" (Nev Fountain) 128;
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 38; The God of the
Hive (Laurie R. King) 44; Pirate King (Laurie R. King)
212; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 280; The Thinking
Engine (James Lovegrove) 102; Art in the Blood (Bonnie
MacBird) 81; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp)
162; The Deeds of Doyly McPurr (Lawrance Smith) 11; A
Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 167-168; The Adventures
of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 166-167
St Vitus-Where-He-Danced: "The
Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" (Poul Anderson &
Gordon R. Dickson) 91
Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio (Italian Composer,
1675-1741)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 29; The Curse of
the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 85; "The Lost Boy"
(Barbara Hambly) 20, 36; Island of the Mad (Laurie R.
King) 254-255; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 199;
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P.
Turnbloom) 39, 43, 79, 81, 112, 115, 176; The
Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 9; The Jewel of Covent
Garden (Wayne Worcester) 75-76
Vivekananda, Swami
(Indian Religious Leader, 1863-1902)
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 198, 201
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan)
217
Vivet, Louis (French Mental Health Patient,
1863-?)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
(Theodora Goss) 699
Vivian, Sir Walter (The Princess - Alfred, Lord
Tennyson)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 217
Vivien (Arthurian Legend)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo
Yelesiyevich) 20
Vizayanagaram, Maharajah of (Indian
Nobleman, Chess Tournament Sponsor)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 299
Vizetelly, Henry (English
Publisher, 1820-1894)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 85
Vlad II Dracul (Voivode of Wallachia, Father of
Vlad Tepes, c1390-1447)
Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen)
v4: 11; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian
Stableford) 190
Vlad Tepes, The Impaler (Voivod
of Wallachia, c.1431-c.1476)
The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 74-75, 156
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 5-8,
10-19, 21, 24, 27-28, 31-32, 37, 41, 49, 51, 55, 67, 69,
74, 76-77, 79, 85, 87, 89, 94, 97, 109, 114, 125, 129,
139, 141, 151, 153
Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v4:
6-24
"A Singular Event On A Night In 1912" (Roman A. Ranieri)
175-181
The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 181-183, 232
The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 261; "The Case of
the Vampire's Mark" (Bill Crider) 114, 126;
"The Case of the Vanished Vampire" (Bill Crider) 242;
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders
(Barry Day) 57; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas)
131, 185, 410-411, 518; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson
Douglas) 165; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas)
235-236; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman)
99; "A Study In Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 12; A Study in
Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 76; The Dracula Caper (Simon
Hawke) 36, 48, 92-93, 98, 122, 128-129, 139-140; Castle
Shade (Laurie R. King) 45, 48, 96, 103; Riviera Gold
(Laurie R. King) 150-151; Death By Gaslight (Michael
Kurland) 257; Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 265;
Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 141; Seven
Stars (Kim Newman) 329; Sherlock Holmes and the Affair
in Transylvania (Gerry O’Hara) 70; The Hunger and
Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 190; The Great
Game (Lavie Tidhar) 923; "The Stoker
Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 332, 334-335; Brigade
(M.J.Trow) 375
Vlad the Impostor: And Then There Was No
One (Gilbert Adair) 239
See also: Dracula
Vladimir, St (Grand Prince of Kiev,
956-1015)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 163, 166
Vogt, Alfred (Swiss Ophthalmologist, 1879-1943)
"The Strange Case
of Lady Nicotine and John Barleycorn" (Louis H.
Schwartz) 64
Voight,
Jon (American Actor, 1938- )
"A Study in
Harlots" (Fran Lebowitz) 157
Voigtländer, Johann Christoph
(German Optical Manufacturer)
Voigtländer Night Sight:
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 203
Voigtlander Portrait: "Fade to Black"
(Michael Gregorio) 515
Voisin, Gabriel (1880-1973) & Charles (1882-1912)
(French Aircraft Manufacturers)
Voisin Plane: Sherlock Holmes and the
Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 56-61, 63, 90, 111
Voisin, Jules (French Alienist,
1844-1920)
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 368
Volcana (Killraven Comics)
"Only the Computer
Shows Me Any Respect!" (Don McGregor & Craig
Russell) 17
Volk, Magnus (British Electrical
Engineer, 1851-1937)
"The Brighton Clown" (L.F.E. Coombs) 36
Volk's Electric Railway: The Problem of the
Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 32, 89
Volkoff, Boris (Russian Ballet Master, ?-1974)
"The Case of the Smiling Buddha" (Ronald C. Weyman)
124, 135
Vollard, Ambroise (French Art Dealer,
1867-1939)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 234
Vollum, Edward (American Author)
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 213
Volodyovski, Michael (Pan
Michael - Henryk Sienkiewicz)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318
Volpi, Count Giuseppe (Italian Politician,
1877-1947)
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 215, 219
Volpone (Volpone - Ben Jonson)
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 127
Volstead, Andrew (American Politician,
1860-1947)
Volstead Act: "The
Imitator" (Jan Burke) 339; Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 43,
74; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 140; Locked
Rooms (Laurie R. King) 91, 155, 270
Volta, Alessandro, Count (Italian Physicist,
1745-1827)
"The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch" (Ian
Charnock)120, 129, 131; The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver
Twit (Daniel & Jill Pinkwater) 69-70; "The Adventure
of the Eminent Collector" (Tony Reynolds) 140
Volta Prize: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô
Soares) 21
Voltaic: "The House that Jack
Built" (Edward Wellen) 277
Voltaire (French Philosopher & Writer,
1694-1778)
"Peter Sims"
(Maurice Baring) 185; "The Coole Park Problem"
(Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 171; "My Silk Umbrella"
(Darryl Brock) 42; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson
Carr) 178; "The Richmond Enigma" (John DeChancie) 183;
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 51;
The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (Leonard Goldberg) 139;
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora
Goss) 101, 439; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare
Letter (Barry Grant) 72; The Strange Return of Sherlock
Holmes (Barry Grant) 32; The King Edward Plot (Robert
Lee Hall) 241; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael
Hardwick) 236; The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas
Brace Haughey) 87; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 111;
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 43; "Half There / All
There" (Glen Mehn) 245; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S.
Scullion) 28; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith
Sharp) 7; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay
Sheckley) 314; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 123, 126;
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 121;
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman)
194; "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 204
Quai Voltaire: The Year of High Treason
(Vithal Rajan) 27
Voltranons (The New Doctor Who
Adventures: Set Piece - Kate Orman)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 37
Volumnia (Coriolanus
- William Shakespeare)
"Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 181
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 549; "The Adventure of
the Second Round" (Mark Wardecker) 66
Von Berlichengen, Gottfried "Gotz" (German
Knight, 1480-1562)
Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 83-85, 89, 92-94, 103
Von Bernhardi, Friedrich (German Soldier &
Author, 1849-1930)
The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 93-94, 163
Von Bleichröder,
Gerson (German Banker, 1822-1893)
"The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 3
Von Bülow
Eva (Daughter of Richard
Wagner, 1867-1942)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 116-117, 119, 124, 127,
131, 136-139, 151
Von Bülow, Hans (German Conductor, 1830-1894)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 116, 123, 140, 151,
158; Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile &
Robert Greenberger) 176
Von Bülow,
Isolde (Daughter of Richard
Wagner, 1865-1919)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 116-117, 119, 124, 127,
131, 136-139, 151
Von der Vogelweide, Walther (Die Meistersinger von
Nûrnberg - Richard Wagner)
"A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 284
Von
Dobeneck, Ludwig
(German Court Counselor)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E.
Garcia) 46-47
Von Dobeneck, Magdalena (Helene)
(German Writer & Composer, 1808-1891)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia)
46-48, 56-57, 59, 61-62, 79, 113, 118-119
Von Eckardt, Heinrich
(German Diplomat, 1861-1944)
Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas
Meyer) 155, 174, 187, 190, 194-195, 203-204, 210, 236
Von Ehrenfels, Christian (Austrian
Philosopher, 1859-1932)
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 259
Von Einsiedel, Ernst Rudolf (Father of
Nathalie Planer)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 145
Von Erlach, Johann Bernhard Fischer (Austrian
Architect, 1656-1723)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 8-9
Von Erlach, Joseph Emanuel Fischer (Austrian
Architect, 1693-1742)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 8, 128
Von Fleischl-Marxow, Ernst (Austrian Physician,
Friend of Sigmund Freud, 1846-1891)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 52, 115
Von Frisch, Karl (Austrian Ethologist, 1886-1982)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel
E. Garcia) 17-18; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 293
Von Harrach, Count Franz (Archduke
Franz Ferdinand's Bodyguard, 1870-1934)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes &
David Whitehead) 223
Von Hartmann, Eduard (German Philosopher,
1842-1906)
"The Malady of the Mind Doctor" (Howard Halstead) 131
Von Hasenauer, Karl (Austrian Architect,
1833-1894)
Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 18
Von Hatfeldt, Paul (German Ambassador, 1831-1901)
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 232-233, 240, 263
Von Helmholtz, Hermann (German
Physicist, 1821-1894)
Knife Edge (Andrew Lane) 28
Von Hildebrandt, Johann Lukas (Austrian
Architect, 1668-1745)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 8, 128
Von Hipper, Franz (German Admiral,
1863-1932)
"The Adventure of the Orkney Shark" (Simon Bestwick)
306
Von Hoffmannsthal, Ilse: see Gabrielle Valladon
Von Hofmann, August Wilhelm (German
Chemist, 1818-1892)
"The Post-Modern Prometheus" (Nick Kyme) 88-89
Von Hopstein, Dr Otto (The
Silver Hatchet - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Dr Everett Ackroyd: "The Adventure of the
Double-Edged Hoard" (Craig Janacek) 95-98, 102-109,
111-115
Von Hötzendorf, Count Franz Conrad (Austrian
Military Leader, 1852-1925)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 149; Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 269
Von Junzt, Friedrich Wilhelm (The Black Stone -
Robert E. Howard)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 79;
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James
Lovegrove) 100, 102, 158; Sherlock Holmes and the
Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 76, 220, 424;
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James
Lovegrove) 186, 188, 194, 266; Sherlock Holmes and the
Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 81-82, 351
Von Karajan, Herbert (Austrian Conductor
1908-1989)
The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace
Haughey) 23
Von Kempelen, Wolfgang (Hungarian
Inventor, 1734-1804)
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 261
Von Kluck, Alexander (German
Military Leader, 1846-1934)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 44
Von Knipping, Hubert (German
Diplomat, 1868-1955)
Sherlock Holmes and the
Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 101
Von Knobelsdorf, Konstantin Schmidt (Prussian
Military Officer, 1860-1936)
A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 54
Von Kühlmann, Richard (German
Diplomat & Industrialist, 1873-1948)
The Dead Can Wait
(Robert Ryan) 183
von Neumann, John (Hungarian-American
Mathematician, 1903-1957)
Von Neumann Ordinals: "A to Z Theory"
(Toh EnJoe) 66
Von Otter, Anne Sofie (Swedish Mezzo-Soprano,
1955- )
"The Walk-In"
(Harley Jane Kozak) 45
Von Papen, Franz (German
Politician, 1879-1969)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 10-13,
16-17
"Porlock’s Demise" (Ted Riccardi) 102
Von Recklinghausen, Friedrich (German
Pathologist, 1833-1910)
Von Recklinghausen Disease: Gods of War
(James Lovegrove) 28
Von Ribbentrop,
Joachim (German Diplomat, 1893-1946)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 118-120;
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 154
Von Rintelen, Franz
(German Naval Intelligence Officer, 1878-1949)
Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas
Meyer) 88, 100, 118, 127-128, 140, 151, 248
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly)
10-11, 109, 187-188
Von Sanders, Otto Liman (German Military
Commander, 1855-1929)
The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 135
Von Schleich, Eduard
(German Air Ace, 1888-1947)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 67, 165-166
Von Schlieffen,
Count Alfred (German Chief of Staff,
1833-1913)
The Seven-Per-Cent
Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 163, 169-170, 212
Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 240
Schlieffen Plan: Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle)
254; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 157
Von Schulling, Graf (The
Silver Hatchet - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Earl of Chesterfield: "The Adventure of the
Double-Edged Hoard" (Craig Janacek) 95, 104-106, 108,
114-115
Von Schulling's House Steward
(The Silver Hatchet - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Neal Scott: "The Adventure of the Double-Edged
Hoard" (Craig Janacek) 95, 105
Von Schwartzkoppen,
Colonel Maximilian
(German Diplomat, 1850-1917)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 236, 254, 334,
392, 395
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 111-112,
119, 141, 143-144, 158
Von Seyffertitz, Gustav
(German Actor, 1862-1943)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 889-93
Von Slatin, Rudolf Carl (Anglo-Austrian
Soldier & Colonial Administrator, 1857-1932)
"A Commission to the Sultan of Turkey" (Frank J. Eustace)
6
Von Stade, Frederica (American Singer, 1946- )
"The Walk-In"
(Harley Jane Kozak) 38
Von Stolzing,
Walther (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Richard
Wagner)
"A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 284
Von
Strofzin, Countess Helga (The Prisoner of
Zenda - Anthony Hope)
The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 93, 118, 123-124, 131,
133
Von Tersch, Gary (American Writer)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos.
Kent Miller) 111, 117
Von Thun, Johann Ernst (Archbishop of Salzburg,
1643-1709)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 8
Von Tirpitz, Alfred (German
Admiral, 1849-1930)
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 535
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day)
44; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 94;
The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 155; "The Case of the
Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 100-101, 107, 115, 117, 158,
163-164; "The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June
Thomson) 189; "The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald
Thomas) 6; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald
Thomas) 275, 282, 290, 317; Lestrade and the Leviathan
(M.J.Trow) 241; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara
(Alan Vanneman) 107
Von Uexküll, Jakob (German Biologist, 1864-1944)
"The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 45
Von Wassermann, August (German Bacteriologist,
1866-1925)
Wassermann Test: "The Strange Case of
Lady Nicotine and John Barleycorn" (Louis H. Schwartz)
58
Von Welsbach, Carl Auer (Austrian
Scientist, 1858-1929)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 100-101
Von Wolff, Isabella Freiin (Wife
Of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin)
Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 193
Vonderahes, Frank (Cousin of Eliza Barrow)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 190
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr (American Author, 1922-2007)
A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 184
Vordenberg, Baron (Carmilla
- J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora
Goss) 478-481, 483
"The Stake and the Sickle" (Brian Gallagher) 99; The
Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 16,
40
Vorpal Sword ("Jabberwock" - Lewis Carroll)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 257,
261
Voss, Madame (Garth comic strip - Steve Dowling)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 98
Vowles, Emma (Emma Phillips)
(British Landlady, Neill Cream Case)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 276-280,
302, 324, 329
Voyager (American Space Probe)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 335
Voyager (Star Trek: Voyager)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 47, 239
Voysey, Charles (British Architect,
1857-1941)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 169
Vril, The (The Coming Race -
Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 69
Vucetich, Juan (Argentinian Police
Official, 1858-1925)
"The Abergavenny
Adventure" (Clive Brooks) 19, 28, 31; "The
Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 174
Vuillard, Edouard
(French Artist, 1868-1940)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 231
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 184
Vuillaume, Jean-Baptiste (French Violin Maker,
1798-1875)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E.
Garcia) 26, 83; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 89
Vuitton, Louis (French Baggage
Manufacturer, 1821-1892)
Vuitton Luggage: The
League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 245; The Siam
Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 542
Vukcic, Marko (Nero Wolfe series - Rex Stout)
"The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul
Jeffers) 34
Vulcan
(Roman God of Fire)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 37-38, 45
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane)
71; The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 196; Shadowfall
(Tracy Revels) 15; Sherlock
Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds)
218
Temple of Vulcan: The Stuff of
Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 142
Vulcan (Tugboat): The Seventh Bullet
(Daniel D. Victor) 173-174
Vulcana / Kate Roberts (Welsh Strongwoman,
1874-1946)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 266
Vulcans
(Star Trek - TV series)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 13,
15-18, 25
"The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 129-130, 132,
134, 137-138
"A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 5,
10-12
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 8, 10, 14-17, 33-34, 41-42,
45, 73-74, 81, 104, 109, 124-125, 134-135, 140, 151, 157,
162-163, 171, 174-176, 178-181, 183, 188, 195, 202,
209-210
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 68, 73,
77-78, 80-81; "The Chalice of Skorr" (Dana Martin
Batory) 99-100; "The Color of Death" (Dana Martin
Batory) 51, 55; "The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin
Batory) 92; "A One Pipe Problem" (Dana Martin Batory)
60; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 59, 69; "Attuclac"
(David Gomm) 9-10
Vulkan (They Thirst - Robert McCammon)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66
Vyrubova, Anna (Russian
Lady-in-Waiting, 1884-1964)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 29, 31, 37-39, 49,
54, 63, 118-119, 170, 180-181, 211, 215-216, 219, 273
Vyver, Bertha (Companion of
Marie Corelli)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 347