A listing of disguises donned by Sherlock Holmes in pastiches & parodies. Titles in regular type are those in which the disguise is actually worn. Titles in italics indicate that it is merely mentioned. Page numbers indicate the page on which the disguise appears or is mentioned.

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Academic, Elderly: "The Moriarty Engine" (Ray Girvan) 26

Accountant, Out-Of-Work: "The Adventure Of The Indiscreet Agent" (Peter Spielmann & Aaron Zelman) 30

Actor: "Holmes’ Untold Adventure" (Thomas J. Gray) 22

Ambassador, Spanish: The Mystery of the Conjured Man (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 153, 155, 157-158, 161-162, 166-167, 169-173

Ambrose Albano: Knife Edge (Andrew Lane) 293, 297-298, 301-310

Anarchist, Elderly Prussian: "The Tell-Tale Tea Leaves" (Keith Moray) 198

Andorian, Blue-skinned: "Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 37

Antiquities Smuggler: Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 218

Arab: The Case Of The Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 64-68; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 169, 171

Arab, Old: "The Curse Of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 69-70

Archaeologist, Old: "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 135-136, 139

Army Lieutenant: Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 63

Art Expert, French: "The Case of the Girl with the Gazelle" (Ken Greenwald) 172-175

Artisan: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 186-187
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 165

Artist: The Torment of Sherlock Holmes (Val Andrews) 95-103

Artist, Elderly: "The Sect Of The Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 95-96

Artist, French: The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 52, 282-303

Astrologer: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 296-298

Auction Gallery Official: "The Chandelier Bid" (Rose Biggin) 114-115

Claude Auriel: "The Case of the Boulevard Assassin" (June Thomson) 46-47, 55, 60, 64, 69

Aiustralian Tycoon: "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 64-79

Bahrashri Pilgrim: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 153, 156, 158

Bahrashri Tribesman: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 132

Bandleader, German: The Case of the Haunted Horrors (Anthony Read) 16, 55, 139, 145, 147

Banker: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 110

Banker, City: Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 217-224

Baptist Preacher: "The Adventure of the Child’s Perambulator" (Charles Loomis) 264

Bargee: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 23

Bargee, Unemployed: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 149-153

Barman: Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 127-131

Baronet with a Withered Arm: Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 456-457

Bearded Lady: The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 37

Bearded Man: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 113-115; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 15, 19

Bedouin: O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 26-272, 299-354

Beggar: Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 130-131; Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 56-59; "Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 71-73; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 93-95; "Our Common Correspondent" (Lyndsay Faye) 468-471;  The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 56; "The Case of the Amateur Mendicants" (Ken Greenwald) 51-52; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 83-84; Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 12-17, 49; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 162, 164-166; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 85; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 272-274, 277; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 133, 137
The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose (Irene Adler) 147; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 293; Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 39; "The Adventure Of The Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 375; "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 85

Beggar, Blind: The Secret Diary Of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 204; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 62-63, 65

Beggar, Decrepit: "The Adventure Of The Aluminum Crutch" (S.E. Dahlinger) 17

Beggar, Legless Veteran: Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 78, 81-82, 90, 98

Beggar, One-armed: "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 68-71, 79, 87

Beggar, One-legged: The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (Jake & Luke Thoene) 88-89

Beggar, Street: "Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 20; Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 23-26

Beggar with a Brooklyn Accent: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 107-110

Beggar with a Twisted Lip: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 163

Belgian Gen Broker: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 26

Sigerson Bell: Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 194-197

Bengalee Baboo: Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 180, 186-192

Arthur Benskin: "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (Ernest Dudley) 73-78, 94-103, 115

Bhotia Trader: The Mandala Of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 98-101

Billycock hat, mutton-chop whiskers and a big, thick moustache: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 36-37

Blind Irish Fiddler: A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 84-91, 95-112, 118, 125

Blind Man: "The Lady Downstairs" (Christopher Fowler) 64; "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 85

Bookseller, Bearded: A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 293

Bookseller, Itinerant: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 23

Bookseller, Old: Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 14-17; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 224; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 28; The Secret Diary Of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 245; "The Adventure of the Concert Pianist" (Margaret Maron) 248; Sherlock Holmes & The Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 128-131, 133; "The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 53-56, 60-61; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 202; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 20, 100-101
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 58; "Holmes on the Range" (John Connolly) 377; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 66; Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 125; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 107; "The Adventure of the Memento Mori" (Lindsay Faye) 196; "An Empty House" (Lindsay Faye) 173; "The Adventure of the Conscientious Constable" (Paul D. Gilbert) 178; Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M. Gregson) 51; "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 130; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 21, 292; "The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 132; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 158; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 80; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 424; "The Adventure of the Deadly Interlude" (James O’Keefe) 173-174; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 125; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227; "You See But You Do Not Observe" (Robert J. Sawyer) 355; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 142; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 76; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 335

Buddhist Ascetic: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 139

Buffalo Bill Cody: "The Adventure of the Copper Breechloads" (Zakariah Johnson) 44-45, 48-51

Buildings Inspector: The Back to Front Murder (Tim Major) 193

Bureaucrat, Tired: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 158

Business Executive: Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 25

Busker: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 136-138; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 57-58

Butcher: "The Mystery of the Wires" (L.F.E. Coombs) 207

Cab Driver: "The Case of the Anarchist’s Bomb" (Bill Crider) 172-181; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 238-240; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 199-200; "The Adventure of the Solitary Grave" (Christian Klaver) 9-10; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 18-19; "The Adventure of the Missing Princess" (Michael Mallory) 13, 15; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 107-108, 115-116, 119-120, 124; "The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 60-61; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 298; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 74, 78

Cabman: "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas)

Cabman, Bewhiskered: The Second War Of The Worlds (George H. Smith) 39-40, 46-48, 51, 54

Cabman, Elderly: "My Dear Holmes" (Michael Green) 42

Captain, Ship's: Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 346-351

Captain Basil: Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 232

Cardinal: The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 56-67, 72-74, 76-82, 90-91, 93, 102

Cardinal, Spanish: The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 150

Carol Singer: "The Adventure Of The Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 153-155, 159

Carpenter: "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 287
Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 57; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 282

Census Taker: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 185-186

Charwoman: "The Amazing Adventure of the Punctured Major General" (Cy Caldwell) 70
Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 140

Chestnut Vendor: The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose (Irene Adler) 92-103

Chimney Sweep: The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 120; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 236; Young Sherlock: The Adventure at Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 121-122; "The Strange Case of the Domino Lady and Mr Holmes" (Nancy Holder) 160-161; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 207-208; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 406-410; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 74-75, 80
"Fade to Black" (Michael Gregorio) 505

Chinaman: The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 5

Chinaman, Old: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 441

Chinese Coolie: The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 42, 53-56, 59, 61, 97

Chinese Man: "Curtain Call" (J. Scherpenhuizen) 272-273

Chinese Merchant: Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 192-197

Chinese Scoundrel: "The Dollmaker Of Marigold Walk" (Barbara Hambly) 36

Church Deacon: The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 5

City Gentleman: "The Case of the Stray Chicken" (June Thomson) 54

Clergyman: "The Case of the Christmas Star" (S.F. Bennett) 247-249, 253; "The Mystery of the Wires" (L.F.E. Coombs) 201-202; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 57; "The Importance of Porlock" (Amy Myers) 93; Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Governess (Barrie Roberts) 19-20, 38, 47; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 275; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 132-133, 142-143, 151-154
"Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 16; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 459; Irene At Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 169, 187-188; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 165; "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 129; "The Adventure of the Avid Pupil" (Alison Littlewood) 16; "The Case of the Harley Street Specialist" (June Thomson) 99

Clergyman, Drunken: "Fade to Black" (Michael Gregorio) 505

Clergyman, Elderly: "The Adventure of the Empty Throne" (Brad Mengel) 92-94

Clergyman, Nonconformist:The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 139, 144-147; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 376-379, 382, 388, 392; "Good Night, Mr Holmes" (Robert Loren Fleming & Ted McKeever) 6-7; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 9-14
"The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 287; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 106; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 326; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 42, 87-88, 91, 261; "The Adventure of the Stopped Clocks" (Lyndsay Faye) 15, 57; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 25; "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 157; "The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 132; The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 9; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 61; "Happy Birthday, Mr Holmes!" (Gary Lovisi) 95; "No Good Deed" (David Marcum) 174; "Mrs. Hudson Reminisces" (Linda Robertson) 216; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227; "The Adventure Of The Indiscreet Agent" (Peter Spielmann & Aaron Zelman) 30; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 76; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 71; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 274; "The Case of the Harley Street Specialist" (June Thomson) 101

Clergyman, Shabby: "The Baker Street Saboteur" (Miles Kington) 833

Clergyman, Simple-Minded: "The Final Toast" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 40

Clergyman, Unitarian: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 129

Cleric: "The Sign of Two: Sherlock Holmes and Dr Jekyll" (Philip Cornell) 61

Cleric, Elderly: Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 66-68, 72-73, 82, 113
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 92; "The Unfortunate Guest" (Iain McLaughlin) 121

Cleric, Elderly Anglican: "The Case of the Camberwell Deception" (June Thomson) 173-175

Cleric, Episcopalian: "The Case of the Murderous Numismatist" (Jack Grochot) 246-247

Clerk: "The Case of the Aluminium Crutch" (June Thomson) 49

Clerk, Elderly Lawyer's: "The Adventure of the Missing Fiancé" (Catherine Lundoff) 169

Clown: "The Adventure Of The Missing Countess" (Jon Koons) 313-319

Coachman: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 365-366, 374; "Victor Lynch the Forger" (Terry McGarry) 35

Coalman: "The Curious Affair of the Italian Art Dealer" (Sara Paretsky) 35
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227

Coalminer: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 115, 196

Colonel, Retired French: Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 235-237

Colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers: The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 21-45, 49-255

Colourman, Itinerant: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 178

Comic-Paper Gambler: "The Mystery Of Pinkham's Diamond Stud" (John Kendrick Bangs) 48

Commercial Traveller: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 182
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 247

Commissionaire: "The Adventure of the Greatest Gift" (Loren D. Estleman) 101-102

Common Loafer: Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 130
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 92; "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 129; "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 157; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 53; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227

Constable: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 74-75

Consumptive: "The Adventure of the Honest Wife" (Lindsay Faye) 82

Convict: Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 151-152, 155, 179

Coolie: "Curtain Call" (J. Scherpenhuizen) 271

Corcoran, Black Jack: The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 71-74, 95

Costermonger: The Improbable Prisoner (Stuart Douglas) 144-158; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 123-124
A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 274; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 106; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 77

Countryman: "The Case of the Genus Vespa" (Jean Bryett) 535

Countryman, Bluff: "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 287

Matthew Craig, Contortionist: Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 97, 99

Cultist: "The Adventure of the Counterfeit Martian" (Ralph Vaughan) 156

Curate: A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 143, 149-152

Curate, Unemployed: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 80

Curate, Young American: The Adventure of the Dorrington Ruby Seal" (John Kendrick Bangs) 30-31, 37

Cypriot Olive Oil Merchant: An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 210

Daily Mail Correspondent: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 44

Dance Hall Performer: "Sherlock’s Opera" (Lou Kemp) 248

Charles Darwin: "The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (John L. Breen) 191-195

Deaf Old Man: Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 73-81, 135

Dean, Rural: "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 287

Deformed Man: Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 9-13, 15

Deliveryman: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 122-125; "The Case of Anton Furer" (Ted Riccardi)

Derelict: No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 255

Derelict, Old: The Instrument of Death (David Stuart Davies) 167-170

Destitute Man: The Improbable Prisoner (Stuart Douglas) 287

Diplomat, French: "The Enigma of the Serbian Scientist" (S. Andrew Swann) 223-224, 230

District Messenger: "Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 18; "The Lady on the Bridge" (Mike Hogan) 347-349

Dock Worker: "The Adventure of the Alicia Cutter" (Clive Brooks) 94; "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 44; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 104-121; "Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 190; "The Adventure of the Innsmouth Whaler" (Christian Klaver) 13-14; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 159, 161

Dockyard Scully: Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 292, 299-300

Doctor: "The Sign of Two: Sherlock Holmes and Dr Jekyll" (Philip Cornell) 58-59
The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 14

Dosser, Old: The Dragon Tattoo (Tim Pigott-Smith) 48, 53, 106, 137, 139-142, 145-146, 150

Dowager Duchess: "The Strange Case of the Displaced Detective" (Roy Gill) 169

Doxy: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 77-78, 85, 160, 172, 221

Dracula: Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 407-409

Drainpipe: "The Episode of the Bold Bad Undergraduate and the Postage Stamps" (P) 99-100

Driver: "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 85

Drudge, Round-shouldered: "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 57

Drunk: "A Family Resemblance" (Simon Bucher-Jones) 302-303; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 58-59; "The Bell Rock Light" (Guy Haley) 199-200; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 224, 226; "Nor Hell a Fury" (Cavan Scott) 166, 169, 173

Durance, Arthur: "Curtain Call" (J. Scherpenhuizen) 277

Dustman: "Blood Brothers" (Kim Krisco) 338-339; Becoming Holmes (Shane Peacock) 72-77, 79-89

East End Rough: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 169

Egyptian Workman: "The Mystery of the Scarab Earrings" (Thomas Fortenberry) 366, 368-371

Elderly Man: "The Adventure of the Misquoted Macbeth" (Derrick Belanger) 61; The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 58, 72, 74-75; Sherlock Holmes & The Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 163-164; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 76, 96; "Sherlock Holmes in Perth: The Case of the Straw-Street Boarding House" (Watson’s Under-study) 338
The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 37

Elderly Woman: The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 205, 209-210, 215-216, 228-230
Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 241

Engineer: "The Strange Case of the Displaced Detective" (Roy Gill) 162-166, 174

Engineer, Norwegian: Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Nine (Barrie Roberts) 115-126

Escapologist: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 102-109

Farmer: The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 25-27; "The Strange Affair of the Vourdalak" (Gordon Derry & Dan Day) 19-20; Time For Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 3-4, 161; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts)175, 179

Fat Man: Becoming Holmes (Shane Peacock) 64-66, 71-72, 89, 127

Father Christmas: The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 369-371

Fiacre Driver: "Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 17-18
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 158

Father Finley: Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 119-129

Fireman: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 198, 200

Fisherman, Breton: "The End of Sherlock Holmes" (A. Boukhov) 124

Fisherman, Drunken: The Waters Of Death (Kel Richards) 81-82

Flatland Woman: The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 285-293

Flower-Seller:"The Adventure Of The Unique Holmes" (Jon L. Breen) 105-106; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 145
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 105; O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 282

Footman: "A Christmas Goose" (C.H. Dye) 127-130; "The Two Footmen" (Michael Gilbert) 197-198, 200-201, 204-206; "A Matter of Murder in Hampstead" (David L. Hammer) 34; Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 168-184; Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 141-145, 213-215, 221

Footman, Out-of-Work: "The Adventure of the Richmond Horror" (Denis O. Smith) 18-19

Fortune Teller, Chinese: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 63-67, 71, 75-76, 141, 319

French Onion-seller: "The Case of the Missing Postmen" (Anonymous) 44

Frog Footman: Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 87-88, 91-94, 98

Fu Manchu: Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 410-413

Furniture Remover: "The Case of the Uneasy Easy Chair" (Ken Greenwald) 107-109

Nicholas Furnival: "The Matter of the Furnival Curse" (David L. Hammer) 99-100

Gardener: "A Trifling Affair" (H.R.F. Keating) 205; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 178, 182-186, 215, 285-286

Gardener, Park: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 129

Gas Company Supervisor: "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 253

Gas Inspector's Assistant: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 153-160, 169, 175

Gasman: "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 202-204; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 305-308

Gendarme, Tall Moustachioed: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 200

Ghillie: The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 2-4

Ghost of Oscar Leyland: "Sherlock Holmes and the Ghost of Christmas Past" (David Stuart Davies) 327-329

Gillette, William: Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian (Val Andrews) 87-91, 99

Girl: "The English Señor" (Marta Randall) 277-279

Golden Dawn Initiate: "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 44-45

Golf Caddie: Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M. Gregson) 33-36, 49-52, 163, 165, 168

Gravedigger: Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 134

Grice Paterson, Henry: "The Case of the Scottish Tragedy" (June Thomson) 450

Groom: "The Adventure of the Avid Pupil" (Alison Littlewood) 16; "The Mystery of the Red City" (Alison Littlewood) 112

Groom, Disreputable Young: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 159

Groom, Drunken: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 139
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 219-220; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 165; "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 129; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 25; "The Final Toast" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 40; "The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 132; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 29; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227

Groom, Out-Of-Work: "My Silk Umbrella" (Darryl Brock) 56-57; "Good Night, Mr Holmes" (Robert Loren Fleming & Ted McKeever) 5; "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 157; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 81-84, 106, 109-110
The Secret Diary Of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 155; "The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 122; "Mrs. Hudson Reminisces" (Linda Robertson) 216

Guinea Sack: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 140

Gypsy: The Giant Rat Of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 144-145, 231; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 105-114, 116-161; "The Fury" (Lyn McConchie) 72-73; "The Adventure of the Gypsy Girl" (Tony Reynolds) 43-45
O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 45, 282

Gypsy Musician: "The Case of the Bibulous Bulldog Owner" (S.M. Ghatak) 7, 10

Gypsy Woman: "Subliminal Deduction" (E. Patrick McQuaid) 1; "Mrs Hudson at the Christmas Hotel" (Paul Magrs) 114-115, 128-131; A Samba For Sherlock (Jô Soares) 42

Hansom Driver: Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 149-157, 160, 164; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 221

Harden, Colonel John Vincent: Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 85-87

Hardy, Sir John: "Sherlock Holmes and Charles Babbage" (Ian Malcolm Earlson) 134-137

Hasidic Jew: The Case of the Stolen Sparklers (Anthony Read) 124, 131-135, 141, 144-145

Head of State: The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 37

Hebrew Scholar: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 6-8

Highlander: "Purple Peanut" (Anonymous) 132

Homeless Woman: Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 276-277, 281, 287

Horse Dealer: The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 185-189, 200-202, 214-218, 221, 229-231, 269, 271, 293, 328-329, 348, 399

Hobo: "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 25

Homeless Person: The Soprano’s Last Song (Irene Adler) 41-45, 57

Horseman: Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 39

Hospital Porter: "The Mystery of the Mumbling Duellist" (Paul D. Gilbert) 214-218, 220; "The Pharaoh’s Curse" (Robert V. Stapleton) 393, 395-396

Hostler: The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 5

Household Servant: "The Mystery of the Wires" (L.F.E. Coombs) 206-207

Housepainter: "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 282

Humphries, Mark: "The Case of the Demon Barber" (Ken Greenwald) 79-81

Imam: "The Fairy Thieves" (Dana Martin Batory) 154

Indian: The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 93-104, 125-127, 180

Indian, Deaf & Dumb: The Case Of The Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 152, 154-155, 161, 167, 184

Indian Bearer: "The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 246-247

Industrialist, American: Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 21

Inspector: "The Adventure of the Second William Wilson" (Daniel D. Victor) 68-69

Insurance Broker: "The Adventure Of The Indiscreet Agent" (Peter Spielmann & Aaron Zelman) 31, 47

Irving, Sir Henry: Sherlock Holmes and the Long Acre Vampire (Val Andrews) 78-79, 90-128

Old, Red-haired Irishman: The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 122-125

Ironsmith: "The Adventure of the Mad Baritone" (Lindsay Faye) 315

Iroquois: "The Startling Events in the Electrified City" (Thomas Perry) 137

Italian: "The Startling Events in the Electrified City" (Thomas Perry) 133-134

Italian, Aged: "The Final Toast" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 40

Italian Count: "Sketches" (George Howe) 269

Italian Tout: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 79

Itinerant Worker: "Sherlock Holmes and the Tandridge Hall Murder" (Eddie Maguire) 18-20

Janitor: "The Allegro Mystery" (Luke Benjamen Kuhns) 168, 171

Journalist: Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 115-176, 180, 362-365

Journalist, Lady: "The Case of the Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Spencer Holst) 18-20

Kashmiri Brahman: "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 48-81; "The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 94-118

Knife Grinder: The Case of the Racehorse Ringer (Anthony Read) 108, 168; "The Jet Brooch" (Denis O. Smith) 41-48

Knife Sharpener: The Counterfeit Detective (Stuart Douglas) 150-151

Knight in Shining Armour: "The Cats of Erstwhileshire" (Bob Skinder) 6

Korvetten Kapitan: "The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 72-75

Labourer: The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 120-135; "Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 342; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 280; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 144-146, 149; Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 54-55; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 314-317; Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 31-33; "A Gentlemanly Wager" (William Meikle) 142-145; "The Elusive Gang" (P. Nikitin) 125; "The Railroad Thieves" (P. Orlovetz) 63-68, 72; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 124, 133; "Colonel Warburton's Madness" (Norman W. Ward) 65

Labourer, American: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 82-83, 88-110

Labourer, Common: "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 38-39, 44; "Happy Birthday, Mr Holmes!" (Gary Lovisi) 96, 102-104

Labourer, Common Irish: "A Most Diabolical Plot" (Tim Symonds) 297-298

Labourer, Dockland: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 201-202, 211, 216, 242

Labourer, Irish: "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 97, 109; "Recalled To Life" (Paula Cohen) 203-204

Labourer, Itinerant: The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 149, 157, 168

Labourer, Rough: "A Certain Notoriety" (David Stuart Davies) 496-497

Labourer, Scottish: Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 207-212

Labourer, Unemployed: "The Adventure of Marcus Davery" (Arthur Hall) 327-328

Ladakhi: The Mandala Of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 115

Lady of the Night: "Curtain Call" (J. Scherpenhuizen)

Lama, Tibetan: "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 43, 47-48

Lascar: Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 70-88; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 231-243, 279; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 214-215; The Vampire Serpent (Kel Richards) 46-47, 52; "The Adventure of the Night Hunter" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 112; "The Long Suffering Landlady" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 101; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 25-29, 62
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 140; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 106; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 59; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 139; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 114; "The Adventure of the Counterfeit Martian" (Ralph Vaughan) 156

Laundryman's Slow Son: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 120, 150

Lawyer: The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose (Irene Adler) 185-189, 192

Lawyer's Clerk, Elderly: Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 48-50, 52-53, 55, 66

Lean and hungry looking bloke: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 58

Lieutenant-Colonel: O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King): 281-283, 287-299, 353-362, 366-367

Loafer: "Lord Sheffield’s Mascot" (A.R.B.) 200; "The Long Man" (Rafe McGregor) 123, 126; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 99-102, 115
"The Mystery of the Red City" (Alison Littlewood) 112

Lounger: Sherlock Holmes & The Adler Papers (John Hall) 147-149

Magician, Indian: The Game (Laurie R. King) 104-161, 239-243, 250-251, 253-265, 272, 276-278, 282, 291-297, 308-317

Magma Tender: Time For Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 161

Maid: "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 282

Major of Rifles: "The Adventure of the Lost World" (Dominic Green) 303

Man of Commerce: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 110

Marabout: Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 149-151, 177-191, 211, 245

Market Supervisor: "The Saviour of Cripplegate Square" (Bert Coules) 281-288

Martian: The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 109-116

Master Mariner, Elderly: The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 264

Master Mariner, Old Asthmatic: "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 129; "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 157; The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 9

Match Worker: "The Adventure of the Lost World" (Dominic Green) 307

Matchseller, Old: The Case of the Disappearing Detective (Anthony Read) 36-40, 44-46, 49, 54-56, 90, 102

Matchwoman, Old: "The Adventure Of The Left-Behind Wife" (Michael Mallory) 11-14

Medium: "Sherlock Among the Spirits" (Anonymous) 179-181; "The Adventure Of The Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 138-139

Medium, East Indian: Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 52-55, 162

Mendicant: "The Adventure of the Counterfeit Martian" (Ralph Vaughan) 156; The Singular Case of the Duplicate Holmes (Jan Walker) 59

Mendicant, Elderly: "The Case of the Addleton Tragedy" (Jack Grochot) 98

Merchant: "The Commercial Centre Mystery" (P. Nikitin) 178

Merchant Seaman: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 150; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 177; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 105

Methodist Preacher: "The Adventure of the Sinister Chinaman" (Barbara Hambly) 138-139

Military Officer, German: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 205

Millionaire, American: Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 57-77

Minister, Church of England: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 76

Minstrel, Blind: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 71-74

Mohammedan: "Curtain Call" (J. Scherpenhuizen) 271; "The Adventure of the Counterfeit Martian" (Ralph Vaughan) 156

Monk: The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 189, 202; "The English Señor" (Marta Randall) 286-287, 289; "A Case of Criminal Madness" (Ted Riccardi) 42-44

Moran, Colonel: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 3-8

Moriarty, Professor: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 602-603, 605

Moroccan Man, Old: Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 88-90

Mountain Climber, French: Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 26-30

Municipal Surveyor: "The Adventure Of The Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 88

Murdoch, Ian: Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 16-23, 29-34, 41-42

Musician, American: Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 113-114, 117, 127-129, 164

Mycroft Holmes: "A Game of Illusion" (Jeremy Branton Holstein) 380-392, 401; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 226-228; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 90-103

Naval Officer: Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies)

Naval Officer, Disengaged: Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 120

Navvy, Out-of-work: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 23

Newsboy, Elderly: A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 189

Nobleman, Italian: Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 21

Nomad: Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 92

Nun: A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 189

Nurse, Elderly Practical: "The Adventure of the Sinister Chinaman" (Barbara Hambly) 138-139

Office Worker: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 177

Officer of Detective Police: "The Last of Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Governor’s Message and the Missing ----" (A.B. “Banjo” Paterson) 14

Old Abrahams: "The Case of the Shopkeeper's Terror" (June Thomson) 122, 124, 131

Old Crone: Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 12
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 61

Old Man: "The Downfall of Our Old Friend Sherlock Holmes" (Anonymous) 286; Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 42-65; "The Adventure of the Swaddled Railwayman" (Richard Dinnick) 241-246; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 80, 144-146; Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 152-158, 169; "A Bauble in Scandinavia" (James Lovegrove) 297-298; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 25-44, 46; Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Nine (Barrie Roberts) 262; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 93-94, 109; The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (Nancy Springer) 120-123, 131, 138, 144-145; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 54; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 141

Old Man, French: "The Strange Adventure of Mary Holder" (Nancy Holder) 147-151

Old Man, Impoverished: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 76

Old Salt: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227

Old Tom: Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 167-170

Old Woman: "The End of Sherlock Holmes" (A. Boukhov) 124; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 167, 174; "The Dollmaker Of Marigold Walk" (Barbara Hambly) 34, 38-39, 41; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 178-179, 183-185, 187, 198-201, 203; The Bartered Brides (Mercedes Lackey) 2, 8-9; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 282-284, 286, 288, 300; "The Case of the Limping Storeman" (John Tavner) 21; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 193; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 82-84
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 92; "The Allegro Mystery" (Luke Benjamen Kuhns) 154; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 455-456; What Child Is This? (Bonnie MacBird) 10; Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 39; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227; "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 85; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 227; "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 203; "The Case of the Harley Street Specialist" (June Thomson) 101

Old, Wrinkled Brown-Faced Fellow: "The Adventure Of The Suffering Ruler" (H.R.F.Keating) 329-330, 338

Opium Addict: "Jack El Destripador" (Anonymous) 193; Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper (Anonymous) 28-48; The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 155, 166-167;Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 105-122; "The Men with the Twisted Lips" (S.J. Rozan) 57
"In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 25; "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 157; "The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 132; "The Adventure of the Avid Pupil" (Alison Littlewood) 16; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 29; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227

Ostler: Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 7-9, 67-75

Ouvrier, French: A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 92; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 86; "The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 132; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227

Overweight Man: The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 59, 72-74

Painter: Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 57

Painter & Decorator: Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 26-27, 29, 43

Parson: "The Mystery of the Red City" (Alison Littlewood) 112

Parson, Nonconformist: "The Adventure of the Second Generation" (Ken Greenwald) 20-23, 26

Parson, Poor: "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 97

Parson, Provincial: Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 140

Pauper: "The Abergavenny Adventure" (Clive Brooks) 17-23

Pavement Artist: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 61-66

Peasant: "The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes" (H. Paul Jeffers) 118; "A Case of Criminal Madness" (Ted Riccardi) 44-46

Peasant Violinist, Norwegian: Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 231, 236, 264

Peddler: "The Ball of Twine" (Miles Elward) 63; The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 37

Peddler, Irish: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 144-145, 244, 250

Peddler, itinerant Toggle-Bolt: "A Saw Screams at Midnight: The Adventure of the Purloined Pants" (G.A. Mills) 46

Pencil Seller: A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 77

Persian Silk Merchant: An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 143-145

Peter the Painter: "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 221-223, 228-229, 258-259; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 278

Petty Thief: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 77

Phillips, David Graham: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 160-165, 168

Physician: "The Singular Case of the Anemic Heir!" (Will Richardson, Kevin Duane & Anton Caravana) 55

Langdale Pike: Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 371-441

Pimp: "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 44

Pirate: "Matilda Briggs and the Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Ian Charnock) 226-228, 233; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 13-19

Plate-Maker, Irish: "The Riddle of the Rideau Rifles" (Peter Calamai) 191-192

Plumber: The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 200-212
The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 138; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton)

Police Inspector: A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 125, 128

Policeman: The Bartered Brides (Mercedes Lackey) 308-309; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 127-129; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 207-208, 251
"Peeler" (Nick Kyme) 348

Postman: "The Lady on the Bridge" (Mike Hogan) 349-350
A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 274; "The Adventure Of The Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 375

Prelate, Elderly: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 158

Prendergast, Baron Fritz: Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 129-189

Priest: "The Revenge of the Fenian Brotherhood" (Carole Buggé) 138, 141; Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 132, 136; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 260, 262, 264-265, 267-268, 273, 276; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 270273, 276, 278; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 78-87, 89; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 131-133; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 265-268, 273, 279-283, 300-302, 304, 308-312
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 370

Priest, Anglican: The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 61-87, 137

Priest, French: Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 191-197, 201-202, 205

Priest, Italian: Chronicles Of The Lost Years (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 19-20; Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 270-279; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 209-210; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 99; The Secret Diary Of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 200, 202, 205; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 218; The Final Meeting (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 73; "No Good Deed" (David Marcum) 171-176; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 29, 143; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 141; Sherlock Holmes and the Zombie Problem (Nick S. Thomas) 38-39
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 92; Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 125; Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 5; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 144; "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 129; "The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 132; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 165; The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 9; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 61; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227; "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 203

Priest, Old: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 324-338; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 354, 359-363

Priest, Reformed Anglican: The Second War Of The Worlds (George H. Smith) 53-55

Priest, Roman: Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 197-198

Prime Minister: "The Duke and the Sleuth" (Fred Johnson) 29

Prison Guard: The Improbable Prisoner (Stuart Douglas) 194-202, 213-216, 225-229, 245; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 240-242

Prisoner: Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 142-153, 157-178, 181, 183-186, 189-197, 200-202, 205-213, 219-220, 225-231, 236-239, 242-249, 251; The Improbable Prisoner (Stuart Douglas) 240, 243-247; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 261

Professor, Stout: Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 35-43

Professor of Philosophy: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 23

Prospector, Moustachioed San Pedran: "The Case of the Devil’s Door" (James Goss) 122-124

Prostitute: "Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper" (Tony Frank & John Severin) 6; "The Singular Habits of Wasps" (Geoffrey A. Landis) 240-242; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 67-76, 84, 88

Prussian Officer: "The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Richard A. Lupoff) 225-226, 228

Queen Victoria: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 168-170, 177-179, 181

Rabbi, Aged: Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 102-104

Racing Gentleman: "The Gong" (L.F.E. Coombs) 64

Rag-Picker, Old: Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 323, 328-329, 335

Ragamuffin: "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 161, 169, 171

Railway Porter: "The Lady on the Bridge" (Mike Hogan) 352, 354

Rat catcher: Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 73; The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 196-198, 200-210; "The Affair of Lady Westcott’s Lost Ruby" (Gary Lovisi) 55-64, 66

Basil Rathbone: "The Case of the November Sun-Tan" (Alastair Cooke) 180

Religious Fanatic: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 135-139

Reporter: "Peeler" (Nick Kyme) 346-347; Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 53-71; "Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) III: 10

Road-sweeper, Little Old: Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 140

Rollerskater: "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 191-192

Roué, Aging: O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 282

Rough Sleeper: "The Docklands Murder" (Dan Watters) 46-47

Roustabout: "The Adventure of the Haunted Showman" (Christopher Sequeira) 376-377, 380

Ruffian: "The Politician, the Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 112-113; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 328-329, 332-352

Ruffian, Bucolic: "The Adventure of the Regular Passenger" (Paul D. Gilbert) 53-54

Russian Peasant: "The Case of the Old Russian Woman" (June Thomson) 123-138

Sadhoo: Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 147-154, 209

Safe-cracker: Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 142-153, 157-178, 181, 183-186, 189-197, 200-202, 205-213, 219-220, 225-231, 236-239, 242-249, 251

Sailor: "The Strange Case of the Haunted Freighter" (Carole Buggé) 56-69; Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 131-132, 136; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 244-252, 283; "The Disappearance of the Vatican Emissary" (Jack Grochot) 64; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 165, 201, 209, 211, 274, 278; "The Adventure of the Admiral" (David James) 72, 75-76; "The Pearl of the Emir" (P. Nikitin) 155-161; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 50-57
The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 37

Sailor, Breton: "The Pressed Carnation (or A Scandal in London)" (Saviour Pirotta) 48, 57

Sailor, Drunken: "The Case of Missing Case" (Alan Gordon) 82

Sailor, French: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 164

Sailor, Old: The Giant Rat Of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 29-30, 32-33, 42-43; The Ripper Legacy (David Stuart Davies) 81, 87, 113-114; "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 309-312, 319-321, 329-330; Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 103-105, 227; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 139-142; "Our American Cousins" (Roberta Rogow) 397-398; A Samba For Sherlock (Jô Soares) 182-190
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 29

Sailor, One-Eyed: The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 170-172, 187, 189

Salesman, Young: The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 120, 122-123, 125-127, 129-131

Salvation Army Officer: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 59

Santa Claus: "The Adventure of the Two Santa Clauses" (Bert Leston Taylor) 145-147

Scarecrow: "The Case of the Moving Scarecrows" (S.M. Ghatak) 82-88

Scholar, Elderly: "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 287

Scene-Shifter: "Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 41

Scotland Yard Detective: "The Mystery of the Wires" (L.F.E. Coombs) 196

Sea Captain: Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 137

Sea Captain, Asthmatic: "The Adventure Of The Indiscreet Agent" (Peter Spielmann & Aaron Zelman) 30

Sea Captain, Retired: "The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 75

Sea Dog, Old: "The Adventure of the Cutter Alicia" (Paul D. Gilbert) 152, 159

Sea Dog, Retired: Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 93-96

Seaman: "The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 49; "The Adventure Of The Suffering Ruler" (H.R.F.Keating) 335-336; Sherlock Holmes & The Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts)120; "The Case of the Vanishing Barque" (June Thomson) 161; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 2-3
The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 5

Seaman, Decrepit: Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 61

Seaman, Old: Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 88-89

Secretary, Young: Time For Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 156-158

Senior Clerk: The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 31-90

Servant: The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 245

Servant, Italian: Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 124-133

Sewer Scavenger: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 58; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 214

Sexton: A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 91

Shepherd: Young Sherlock: The Adventure at Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 101, 103

Shop Worker: Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 45-48, 60

Sikh: "The Strange Case of the Domino Lady and Mr Holmes" (Nancy Holder) 163

Singer Midget: "The Affair Of The Politician, The Lighthouse, & The Trained Cormorant" (Howard Collins) 200-203

Slaughterhouse Butcher: "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 44

Southern Gentleman: "Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Anexationist Conspiracy" (Jack Batten & Michael Bliss) 72-73, 77-78

Space Veteran, Grizzled Old: Time For Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 134-136, 138, 147

Spanish Peasant: "The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 41, 43

Spirit Photographer: The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 10

Sporting Man: Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 456

Sporting Man, Old: "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 157

Squire, Retired English: Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 24

Stable Boy: "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 335

Stage Doorman: Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 86-87

Stagehand: The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 236-237, 244-245

Royston Steel: Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 104-111

Street Loafer: "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 134

Street Musician: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 101, 106, 109, 125, 214, 219

Street Musician, Elderly, Bespectacled: Sherlock Holmes & The Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 125-128, 131

Street Peddler: "The Abernetty Mystery" (Paul D. Gilbert) 73-75; "The Adventure of the Reluctant Spirit" (Paul D. Gilbert) 148, 157-158
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 189

Street Ruffian: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 158

Street Sweeper: "The Duke and the Sleuth" (Fred Johnson) 29; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 181-183

Street Tough: "The Strange Case of the Displaced Detective" (Roy Gill) 169

Street Vendor: A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 260

Suffragette: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 129

Sunburned Old Colonial Gentleman: The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 27, 36

Surgeon: "The Adventure of the Anatomy Attendant" (F.W.J. Wood) 46

Swiss Farmer: Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 64

Szgany Gypsy: Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 281-282

Tatterdemalion: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 42

Thibadeau, Jean-Baptiste: "The Adventure of the Deadly Interlude" (James O’Keefe) 164,-165, 168, 174, 179-181

Thug: Becoming Holmes (Shane Peacock) 126-140

Tibetan Monk: "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 151

Ticket Seller: "The Adventure Of The Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 377-378

Tipster, Indian: The Case of the Racehorse Ringer (Anthony Read) 154-155, 163, 165-167

Tough: "Curtain Call" (J. Scherpenhuizen) 282

Trader: Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 89-101, 105-160

Tramp: "The Mystery of the Wires" (L.F.E. Coombs) 205; The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 99; The Counterfeit Detective (Stuart Douglas) 135, 140; The Case of the Spellbound Child (Mercedes Lackey) 260-261, 267, 280; The Headless Monk (Kel Richards) 2-3; The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 41-63, 349; Deathly Relics (Sam Siciliano) 226-228
"The Lady Downstairs" (Christopher Fowler) 64; The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 75

Transport Driver: Time For Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 161

Transvestite: "The Pressed Carnation (or A Scandal in London)" (Saviour Pirotta) 56-57

Tree: "The Cats of Erstwhileshire" (Bob Skinder) 6

Trinket Salesman: The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 15

Turk: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 197-199

Undertaker: Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper (Anonymous) 18-25, 27; "The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 329-331

Uzbek Merchant, Old: Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 144-

Vagabond: "The Pilot Fish" (Stuart Douglas) 259-269; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 57-60
"The Mystery of the Red City" (Alison Littlewood) 112; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 129

Vagrant: "The Commercial Centre Mystery" (P. Nikitin) 181-185; "The Aristotelian" (Steve Poling) 25, 33, 64-66

Valet: "The Procurator of Justice" (Stephen Barr) 118-124

Veterinary Surgeon: "The Case of the Gifted Amateur" (J.C. Masterman) 95

Vicious Criminal: "The Adventure of the Conscientious Constable" (Paul D. Gilbert) 178-180

Violinist: "The Phantom Of The Barbary Coast" (Frank M. Robinson) 124-125; "The Adventure Of The Parisian Gentleman" (Robert Weinberg & Lois H. Gresh) 253

Wagoner, Itinerant: The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 90-114, 129-137, 158, 177-178

Waiter: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 137-138, 141, 144-145, 152, 160-162; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 280, 306-307; The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 60, 72-74; "The Resuscitation of Sherlock Holmes" (James MacArthur) 85, 87; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 88-89; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 111; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 236

Waiter, Head: "The Rollo Boys with Sherlock in Mayfair" (Corey Ford) 587

War Veteran: "The Lady Downstairs" (Christopher Fowler) 64

Washerwoman: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 46

Watson, Mrs.: "The Adventure Of The Other Woman" (Michael Mallory) 24-27

Welsh Villager: Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 136-137

Widow: "The Adventure of the Avid Pupil" (Alison Littlewood) 17-22, 30

Wilcox, Sir Arthur: "Sherlock Holmes and the Belgravian Letter" (Roger Jaynes) 129-131

Window-cleaner: "The Case of the Harley Street Specialist" (June Thomson) 99-105

Winters, Jonas: Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian (Val Andrews) 85, 98

Woman: Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper (Anonymous) 90-95; "The Quality of Mercy" (William Meikle) 71, 73-74; "A Study in Ha Ha" (Colin Mochrie) 5, 19; "The Adventure of the Campaign Issue" (Bert Leston Taylor) 297
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 3, 11

Woman, Rotund: "Sherlock’s Opera" (Lou Kemp) 248

Worker, Poor Revolutionary: "The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 76-77

Working Man: "The Adventure of the Locked Carriage" (Stuart Douglas) 189-195, 200; "The Dead Tree" (Alan Stockwell) 155; "The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 10

Workman: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 373-374, 450-451, 457; Time For Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 67, 71-72, 77-84; The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 235-242, 250-251, 328, 366-388, 405; "The Singular Habits of Wasps" (Geoffrey A. Landis) 228; "The Adventure of the Voice in the Smoke" (Daniel McGachey) 96; In Search of Watson (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 146, 158-159, 163-168; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 136; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 97-100; "The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 229-230; "The Case of the Watchful Waiter" (June Thomson) 267; "The Case Of The Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 19-20
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 227

Workman, Common: "A Certain Notoriety" (David Stuart Davies) 498-499

Workman, French: Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 61; "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 203

Workman, Irish: Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 135-140, 145

Workman, Moustachioed: "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 85-86

Writer: The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 57-60, 119-123

Zoologist, Russian: Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 21