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Iago (Othello - William Shakespeare)
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 91; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 318; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 136; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 27, 33, 35-37; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 113; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 19, 21-22; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 52; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 245

Iamblichus of Chalcis (Greek Philosopher, c.AD245 - c.325)
"The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 120

Iansan (Yoruba Deity of the Wind & Cemeteries)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 233

Ibbetson (The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - Movie)
"The Adventure of the Honourable Cracksman" (M J Elliott) 29

Ibrahim, Hannibal (Russian General, Grandfather of Pushkin, 1696-1781)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 320

Ibrahim Pasha (Viceroy of Egypt, 1789-1848)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 212; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 185, 208-209

Ibsen, Henrik (Norwegian Playwright, 1828-1906)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 61; "The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 76; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 61, 69, 127; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 20, 45-46, 53, 55, 58, 60-62, 65, 140-141, 148; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 237; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 186; "The Manor House Case" (Edward D. Hoch) 268; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 257-258; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 12; "The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger" (Michael Moorcock) 200; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 26; "The Hoax" (Frank Thomas) 93; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 112
Ibsenism: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 107, 141
Ibsenite: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 65, 67, 141

Icarus (Greek Myth)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 143, 194; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 151

Ice Warriors (Doctor Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 56-57, 61, 153-283

Iemanjá (Yoruba Deity of the Ocean)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 233

Iggy Pop (American Rock Singer, 1947- )
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 160

Ignatius of Loyola, St. (Spanish Founder of the Jesuit Order, 1491-1556)
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 87; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 206; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 129
The St. Ignatius Loyola Home for Only Partially Responsible Officers: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 181, 223

Igoe, Hype (American Sports Writer)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 174-175

Igor (Frankenstein movies)
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 23, 55, 229-230
My Hero (Tom Holt) 94; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 32-34, 166-167
Igor Braithwaite: My Hero (Tom Holt) 182-184, 188-190, 216-218

Ikhnaton: see Akhenaton

Ilinot (Son of King Arthur)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 116

Illingworth, Dr. James (The Lost World - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 187

Illuminati, The (Secret Society)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 123, 134

Ilona of Szigaly (Sister of Mathias Corvinus of Hungary, Wife of Vlad Tepes)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 60

Im-Ho-Tep (The Mummy - 1932 film)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 50
Sons of Im-Ho-Tep: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 51

Imagination (Personification of the Imagination)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 110

Immelmann, Max (German Air Ace, 1890-1916)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 27, 256
An Immelman Turn: The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 29; "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 121; The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 59

Incitatus (Caligula's Horse)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 407

Incredible Hulk, The (Marvel Comics Character)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 109; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 185

Indians, The (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 8, 15, 21, 34, 64, 85, 124, 134-135, 144, 208-209, 229-230, 246, 249
"The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 15, 23, 26, 37

Indra (Vedic God of Storms & Battle)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 255

Infeld, Leopold (Polish Physicist)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 229

Inga (Rinkitink In Oz - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 431-434, 436-437, 440

Ingelow, Jean (British Writer, 1820-1897)
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 74

Ingersoll, Robert G (American Politician & Bible Critic, 1833-1899)
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 87

Ingersoll, Robert & Charles (American Watchmakers)
Ingersoll Watch: "The Adventure of the Missing Group" (A.S. Reeve) 155
Pocket Ingersol: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 35

Inglis, Arthur (Caterpillars - E.F. Benson)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 161

Ingoldsby, Thomas (Richard Harris Barham, British Author, 1788-1845)
"The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 144

Ingram, Blanche (Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 197

Ingres, Jean (French Painter 1780-1867)
"The Adventure of the Captive Forger" (Philip J. Carraher) 118, 128; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 69

Injun Joe (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 109

Ink Spots, The (American Singing Group)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 59

Inky (Pac-Man Video Game Character)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 198

Inky Boys, The (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 81-82, 100, 103, 107, 156, 175, 194

Inman, William (British Shipping Magnate, 185-1881)
Inman Liner: The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 122

Innes, David (Pellucidar series - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 303-308, 311-312

Innes, Michael (British Author, 1906-1994)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 134

Innkeeper (Nativity Plays)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 11-12

Innocent VIII (Pope 1484-92)
"The Matter of the Vatican Cameos" (David L. Hammer) 22

Insull, Samuel (American Investor, 1859-1938)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 141

Intrepid: see Sir William Stephenson

Invisible Man: see Griffin

INXS (Rock Band)
Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 38

Iolanthe (Iolanthe &Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 300

Iorga, Count (Count Iorga, Vampire - Movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66, 274-276, 292-293, 295, 305-309, 311, 354, 458-460

Ireland, John (American Archbishop, 1838-1918)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 72

Ireland, William Henry (British Literary Forger, 1777-1835)
"The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 96

Irene (Greek Goddess)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 29; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 60, 391; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 338

Ireton, Henry (Cromwell's General, 1611-1651)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 57-62, 88, 238, 272, 280, 297

Iris (Greek Goddess of the Rainbow)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 170; The Case of the Missing Marquess (Nancy Springer) 206

Iris (Antony & Cleopatra - William Shakespeare)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 209

Iron Man (Marvel Comics Character)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 131

Ironcastle, Hareton (Ironcastle - J.H. Rosny & Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 35

Ironside (Ironside TV series)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 96

Irving, Florence (Wife of Henry Irving, ?-1914)
"The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 130-131, 136-144
"The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch" (Ian Charnock) 130

Irving, Henry Brodribb (British Actor, Son of Sir Henry Irving, 1870-1919)
Sherlock Holmes and the Somerset Hunt (Rosemary Michaud) 3; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 130, 136

Irving, Sir Henry (British Actor, 1838-1905)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 20-22, 34, 41-42, 89, 98, 137-138; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 129-130, 133-134, 152, 175, 177, 181, 293, 295-296, 325, 341; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 19-22, 29, 43, 45, 228; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 36, 58, 67, 80-87, 100, 108, 124; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen); Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 27-30, 56, 125, 181, 201-202; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 171; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 129-144; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 366-367, 369-371, 374-375, 404; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 135, 159-162
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 102; Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 27, 153; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 104; "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 13; "The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch" (Ian Charnock) 122, 129-131; "The Case of the Vampire's Mark" (Bill Crider) 113-116, 123, 126; Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 147; The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 56; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 26; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 48, 54, 136; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 29; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 176; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 36, 38; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 31-32, 39-40, 258, 274, 313, 343, 443-444; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 85, 173-175, 180-184, 186, 190, 266, 287, 291, 404; "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 21; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 27; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 60, 77, 82; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 124, 127; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 13; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 61, 136; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 280; "The Mary Queen of Scots Jewel" (William O. Fuller) 277; The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 93, 98; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 5-6; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 54-55; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 125, 176; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 71; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 79; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 82; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 59; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 15; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 21; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 166; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 25; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 64; "The Sleuth of Christmas Past" (Barbara Paul) 22, 34; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 142; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 94; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 15; "The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 12; "The Spurious Ambassador" (Alan Stockwell) 237; "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 250; "The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 133; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 297; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 179; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 237, 239; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 138, 224; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 109; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 603; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 108; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 167; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 128; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 60; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 192; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 67; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 79

Irving, Laurence (British Actor, Son of Henry Irving, 1872-?)
"The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 130-132, 136, 140-144

Irving, Washington (American Author, 1783-1859)
"The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 167; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 116; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 215; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 221

Isaac (Bible - Genesis)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 330; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 75, 234, 333; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 218; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 48, 262

Isaacs, Sir Rufus (British Politician, Viceroy of India (1921-25), 1860-1935)
 The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 79; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 160, 164-166; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 48-49, 161-162, 167-170, 172, 181, 186-189
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 102
The Viceroy: The Game (Laurie R. King) 148, 305, 313

Isabel, Lady (Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight folk song)
Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 15-16

Isabel (Brazilian Princess Regent, Countess D'Eu, Daughter of Pedro II, 1846-1921)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 135, 161, 193, 197, 201, 211
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 118, 120, 123

Isabella I of Castile (Queen of Castile and Leon (1474-1504), 1451-1504)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 1

Isabella II (Queen of Spain (1833-68), 1830-1904)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 161; "The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier" (Richard Lupoff) 11-12, 15

Isaiah (Biblical Prophet - Isaiah)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 367; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 22, 111, 114; Moriarty (John Gardner) 19; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 60; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 31; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 58

Ishmael (Biblical Son of Abraham - Genesis)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 156; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 75; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 154
Ishmaelite: Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 49

Ishmael (Moby Dick - Herman Melville)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 54, 56-57, 94, 103, 107-108, 120-121, 131, 143-144, 151, 155, 159, 164, 169, 178-180, 183-187, 194, 196, 199; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 73, 124; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 77-79, 88, 99, 144

Ishtar (Babylonian Goddess)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 166; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 371

Isis (Egyptian Goddess of Fertility)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 138; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 4, 120; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 26-27, 30-31, 36-37, 199, 211; "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 42; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 6; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 169; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) ix-x, 40, 202; The Curse of the Pharoahs (Kel Richards) 20; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 56; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 14; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 177; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 150
Temple of Isis-Urania: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 136

Isley Brothers, The (Rock Band)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 50-286
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 193

Ismail Pasha (Khedive of Egypt (1867-79), 1830-1895)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 111; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 128; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 256; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 9

Ismay, J. Bruce (Owner of the White Star Line)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 53, 74, 125-131, 199-201, 222-223, 234, 238-240
"The Adventure of the Dying Ship (Edward D. Hoch) 115-116, 123

Isolde: see Tristan & Isolde

Isolde (Le Frisson Des Vampires - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 72-77, 90-91, 115, 172, 197, 209, 335

Isonomy (Race Horse)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 72; "The Matter of the Poisoned Bridegroom" (David L. Hammer) 2

Israel, Martin (British Priest & Pathologist)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 85

Israel, Mennaseh ben (Dutch Rabbi, 1604-1657)
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 49

Israelites, The (Bible - Exodus)
"The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 285; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 72; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 104; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 147

Issa, Saint (Tibetan Saint Identified With Jesus)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 44-46, 57-73

Ivan The Terrible (Russian Czar (1547-84) 1530-1584)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 131; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 264; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 163

Ivanhoe (Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 135

Ivanov, I.I. (Russian Recusant, Murdered by Sergei Nechayev)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 126

Iveagh, Edward Cecil Guinness, Lord (British Philanthropist, 1847-1927)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203

Ixaxar Stone (The Novel of the Black Seal - Arthur Machen)
"The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 117, 122, 134, 137-138