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Iago (Othello - William Shakespeare)
"The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 172; "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; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 29, 46; "By a Hair" (Jean Giraudoux) 326; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 92; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 79; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 113; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 19, 21-22; Call the Turn (Zeke Masters) 88; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 52; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 245; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 276; "The Case of the Stray Chicken" (June Thomson) 47; "The Book of 1900" (Edgar Turner) 17

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

Ianthe (The Vampyre - John Polidori)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 569

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

Ibn Battuta (Moroccan Explorer, 1304-1369)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 24-31, 54-66, 69-75, 77-83, 85, 92, 117-118, 141, 149-155, 158, 161, 165, 167-168, 171, 181-183, 186-187, 281, 286-287, 290
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan), 172

Ibn Battuta's Mother
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 57

Ibn Battuta's Son
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 59, 63, 155

Ibn Juzayy (Andalusian Scholar, 14th Century)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 28, 56, 59, 61-64, 69-71, 77

Ibn Khaldun (Tunisian Historian, 1332-1406)
Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 256; O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 27; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 231

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)
"The Draugr of Tromsø" (Carole Johnstone) 447-456, 459, 463-464, 466-467, 469, 471-474, 476
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 61;
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 147; "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; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 380; 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; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 354; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 26; "Why Musical Comedy Has No Plot" (C. O’M) 343; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 397; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 19-20, 22; "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; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 94
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 Executioner" (Lawrence C. Connolly) 111; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 644; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 35; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 134, 236; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 161, 171, 268; The Back to Front Murder (Tim Major) 75-76, 117; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 151
Captain Icarus
: "The Phantom of the Airport" (Richard J. Needham) 61

Icarus Category: "The Innocent Icarus" (James Lovegrove) 204-205, 210

Ice Warriors (Doctor Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 56-57, 151-154, 156-159, 162-163, 165, 174-176, 178-179, 204, 206, 218-219, 225-226, 228, 238, 252-253, 260, 274, 281

Iceman (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 79

Ida, Princess (Princess Ida - Gilbert & Sullivan)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 203

Iddo (Bible - Chronicles)
"Righteous Blood Is Red" (Len Bailey) 60

Idh-yaa (The Xothic Legend Cycle - Lin Carter)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 194

Idiot Boy, The (The Idiot Boy - William Wordsworth)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 187

Idle, Florence (Second Wife of Walter Dew)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 2

Idris I (Sultan of Morocco (788-91), 745-791)
Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 184

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 Antioch, St. (Bishop of Antioch, c.35-c.117)
Order of St Ignacious: Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania (Gerry O’Hara) 6

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, Herbert A. "Hype" (American Sports Writer, c.1878-1945)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 174-175

Igor (Frankenstein movies)
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 23, 55, 228-230
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 51; 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

Igor of Kiev (Varangian Ruler (914-45), ?-945)
"The Adventure of the Turkish Cipher" (Deanna Baran) 48

Ikhnaton: see Akhenaton

Ilbert, Courtenay (British Lawyer, 1841-1924)
The Ilbert Bill: "Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 197

Ileana of Romania, Princess (Daughter of Ferdinand I, 1908-1991)
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 13-15, 17-19, 22, 31-32, 35, 63-64, 67, 85-86, 89-92, 136-137, 140-152, 156, 163, 168, 170, 173, 175, 177, 196-197, 207, 210-215, 217-218, 225, 229, 233, 236, 240, 245, 265, 269, 293, 305, 332-333, 335-338, 340-344, 356

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

Illiam Dhone / William Christian (Manx Nationalist Politician, 1608-1663)
The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 90, 97, 99

Illica, Luigi (Italian Librettist, 1857-1919)
"The Case of the Two Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 169

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

Illingworth, Lord (A Woman of No Importance - Oscar Wilde)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 32-33, 36, 45, 47-48, 50, 74-75, 89, 94, 121, 127, 156, 158-168, 174, 177-180, 193-194, 205-216, 219-221, 229-230, 233-234, 239, 341, 252-253, 255-256, 258-260, 264, 277-279

Illuminati, The (Secret Society)
"The Curious Case of the Moondawn Daffodils Murder" (Garth Nix) 80, 82
Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 83; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 123, 134; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 187

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

Indianapolis Indians (American Baseball Team)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 52, 57, 62-63

Indiana Pacers (American Basketball Team)
The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 53, 245; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 25, 52

Indians, The (The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 11, 41

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; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 37

Infeld, Leopold (Polish Physicist, 1898-1968)
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
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 32-33

Ingalls, Mary (Sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1865-1928)
Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 104

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 Modern Hawkshaw" (Frank Bill) 93; “Shylock Bones, M.A.” (H.A. Phillips) 44; "The Adventure of the Missing Group" (A.S. Reeve) 155
Pocket Ingersol: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 35

Ingestre Necklace, The (Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber - Thomas Prest)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 226

Inglefield, Sir Frederick (British Naval Officer, 1854-1921)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 102, 166-167, 176-178

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

Ingraham, Colonel Prentiss (American Soldier & Author, 1843-1904)
"The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 178

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 Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 28; Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 44; 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, John (British Philanthropist, 1829-1904)
John Innes Compost: Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 24

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 III (Pope (1198-1216), c.1160-1216)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 44

Innocent IV (Pope (1243-54), c.1195-1254)
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 182

Innocent VIII (Pope (1484-92), 1432-1492)
"The Matter of the Vatican Cameos" (David L. Hammer) 22; "Blood Brothers" (Kim Krisco) 336

Innocentius, St
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 121

Inquisition Officer (Punch and Judy Show)
The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 66

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

Intrepid: see Sir William Stephenson

Invisible Man: see Griffin

Invisible Woman (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 5

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

Ipanov, Count Loris (Fedora - Umberto Giordano)
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 387

Ireland, John (American Archbishop, 1838-1918)
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 2; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 72

Ireland, William Henry (British Literary Forger, 1777-1835)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 39, 183; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 126; "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; Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 39; The Case of the Missing Marquess (Nancy Springer) 206; The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Nancy Springer) 119

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

Irish Host (A School Story - M.R. James)
"The Manor House Ghost" (S. Subramaniam) 231, 233-234

Iron Fist (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6, 79

Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6, 79-80
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 131

Ironcastle, Hareton (Ironcastle - J.H. Rosny & Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 35; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 139

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

Irulan, Princess (Dune series - Frank Herbert)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 141

Irvin, Vivian R. (Mayor of St Paul, Minnesota (1916-18))
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 57, 120-123, 128, 130, 249-252, 255, 257, 279, 281, 284, 286, 290-291, 339

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, Harry Brodribb (British Actor, Son of Sir Henry Irving, 1870-1919)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 135-140
Sherlock Holmes and the Somerset Hunt (Rosemary Michaud) 3; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 130, 136

Irving, Sir Henry (British Actor, 1838-1905)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 2, 9, 28, 49, 55, 86, 117, 121, 128, 132, 178-182, 190, 212, 290-291, 298, 332-333, 381
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
"The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 312-314
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
"Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 274, 277, 281
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 25-28, 30, 33, 36-37, 68, 144
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 366-367, 369-371, 374-375, 405
"The Vampire of the Lyceum" (Charles Veley & Anna Elliott) 408-409, 412-414, 416, 422, 424-432
Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 135, 159-162
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 57; 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; Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 6, 15; Sherlock Holmes and the Tomb of Terror (Val Andrews) 32; The Torment of Sherlock Holmes (Val Andrews) 38, 97; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 291, 313; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 74, 128, 195, 209, 221, 224-225, 278, 332; "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 Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 65; The Instrument of Death (David Stuart Davies) 168; 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; "By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 205; 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 Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 204, 234; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 61, 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; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 590, 597; 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; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 116; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 206; "The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 228-229, 239; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 15; In Search of Watson (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 12; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 21; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 36, 167The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 166; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 40-41, 76, 166, 266; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 25; "The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 205; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 64; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 99; Baskerville (John O’Connell) 77, 93; "The Sleuth of Christmas Past" (Barbara Paul) 22, 34; The Shadow of Evil (Tim Pigott-Smith) 56; The Case of the Stolen Sparklers (Anthony Read) 144; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 142; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 94; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 355; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 110, 549; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 15; "The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 12; "The Spurious Ambassador" (Alan Stockwell) 237; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 19; "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; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 287; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 159, 162-163; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 179; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 890, 915-916, 929; "The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 326, 338; "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 Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 82-83, 140; 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 Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 225; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 128; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 63; 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; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 304, 323

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)
"Catskill Interlude" (Raymond Barrett) 415; "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

Irwin, Agnes (American Educator, 1841-1914)
Agnes Irwin School: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 23

Irwin, Herbert Carmichael (Irish Airship Commander, 1894-1930)
"The Adventure of the Orkney Shark" (Simon Bestwick) 294-295

Isaac (Bible - Genesis)
"Righteous Blood Is Red" (Len Bailey) 58; The Women of Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 319; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 330; The Albino’s Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 134, 140, 225; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 75, 234, 333; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 218; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 48, 262

Isaac (16th-17th Century Armenian Merchant)
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 36-37

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
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 17-18; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 102; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 267
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; The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 200

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

Isabey, Jean-Baptiste (French Painter, 1767-1855)
Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 43

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; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 46; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 8, 31; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller)
58; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 6, 150

Isatu (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Transit - Ben Aaronovitch)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 84

Iser, Wolfgang (German Literary Scholar, 1926-2007)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 112

Isham, Charles (Husband of Mamie Lincoln)
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 163-165, 243-245, 247-252, 254

Ishbi-Benob (Bible-Samuel)
"You Miss, You Die" (Len Bailey) 133

Ishi (Name of God - Hosea)
The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 184

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
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 20
"Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Matthew Dennion) 58, 60
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; "Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 161; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 105; Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 141; The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 172; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 571-572, 637, 664, 670, 684-685; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 4-8, 113-114, 116, 146-147, 163-169, 172, 176-177, 220-221, 223, 228, 230, 264, 273, 276, 379-380, 384-385; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 4, 120; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 26-27, 30-31, 36-37, 199, 211; "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 42; "Me, or The Strange Episode of the Reincarnated Greek" (E.V. Knox) 206-207, 211-212; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 261; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 54, 80; 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, 89, 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; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 114; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 150
Temple of Isis-Urania: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 136

Isley, O'Kelly, Jr (American Singer, 1937-1986)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 41-43, 50, 61, 108, 118, 126, 157, 161, 165-166, 175-177, 191, 201, 219-220, 242-244, 272-274, 287

Isley, Ronald (American Singer, 1941- )
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 41-43, 50, 61, 107, 118, 126, 157, 161, 201, 219-220, 242-243, 272-273

Isley, Rudolph (American Singer, 1939- )
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 41-43, 50, 61, 107, 118, 126, 157, 161, 201, 219-220, 242-243, 272-273

Isley Brothers, The (Rock Band)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 39, 50, 107, 118, 126, 161, 165, 175, 201, 219-220, 242-243, 272-273
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 193

Ismail ibn Sharif, Moulay (Moroccan Ruler (1672-1727), c.1634-1727)
Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 112, 121, 145, 181, 193-195

Ismail Pasha (Khedive of Egypt (1867-79), 1830-1895)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 111; The Travels of Sherlock Holmes (John Hall) 264; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 128; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 256; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 74; 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
"Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle" (Len Deighton); "The Adventure of the Dying Ship (Edward D. Hoch) 115-116, 123

Isolde (Arthurian Legend)
"The Adventure of the Jersey Girl" (Bill Peschel) 363; "A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 153; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 320
see also: 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; "The Memoirs of Silver Blaze" (Michael Sims) 37-38

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)
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 63; "The Devil’s Enterprise" (Len Bailey) 76, 80; "Humpty Dumpty" (Len Bailey) 216; "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; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 14; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 5-7, 51-52; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 217

Israelite Spies (Bible - Joshua)
"Humpty Dumpty" (Len Bailey) 210, 213, 218-219

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

Istvan the Good: see St Stephen I

Ithaqua (ithaqua - August Derleth)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 309

Ittai (Bible - Samuel)
"The Hanging Man" (Len Bailey) 8

Itzamna (Mayan God)
Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 41, 50, 53-54, 61, 75, 79-81, 87, 94

Ivan The Terrible (Russian Czar (1547-84) 1530-1584)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 348; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas)
131; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 7; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 223; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 264; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 163

Ivanhoe (Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318-319
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

Ivanovna, Alyona (Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky)
"A Study in Evil" (Gary Lovisi) 72

Iveagh, Edward Cecil Guinness, Lord (British Philanthropist, 1847-1927)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 70, 94-95, 107, 150, 154, 189, 289

Ivory, James (American Director, 1928- )
Merchant Ivory: Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 100

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

Ixion (Mythological King of the Lapiths)
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 136

Iyengar, Puchi Srinivasa (Indian Composer, 1860-1919)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 220

Iyengar, Seshadri Srinivas (Indian Politician, 1874-1941)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 223

Izanagi (Japanese Deity)
The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 212, 303, 308, 357
Izanabi: The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 111-112, 152, 211, 307

Izanami (Japanese Deity)
The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 110-112, 152, 211, 303-304, 308, 349, 357