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Joachim, Joseph (Hungarian Violinist, 1831-1907)
"The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 14; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 165; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 25; "The Flat-Top Desk" (Alan Stockwell) 30; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 168, 213
Joachim Quartet: Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 109

Joan of Arc (French Military Leader & Saint 1412-1431)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 167; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 411, 444; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208, 224; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 18, 24-25, 65-66, 83; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 12; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 231; My Hero (Tom Holt) 22; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 129; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 167; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 168; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 175; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 17, 200, 441; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 46, 295; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 50; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 346; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 212; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 161; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 176

Joanna of Navarre (Queen of Henry IV, 1370?-1437)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 177

Jo‚o VI (Emperor of Portugal (1816-26), 1767-1826)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 101, 220

Job (Bible - Job)
"The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 57; Chronicles of the Lost Years (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 8; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 168; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 209
Job-like: "Xenolith" (Dana Martin Batory) 46
The Patience of Job: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 200; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 125

Joe (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 88-89

Joe Palooka (Joe Palooka comic strip - Ham Fisher)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 182

Joffre, Joseph (French Commander, First World War, 1852-1931)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 80; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 33, 40-41

Jogues, St Isaac (French Jesuit Missionary, 1607-1646)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 388

Johanen ben Zakkai (Palestinian Sage / Rabbi)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 45

Johanson, Donald (American Anthropologist, 1943- )
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 16

John (King of England (1199-1216), 1167-1216)
 "The Case of the Ruby Ring" (Judie Angell) 65, 108; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 57; "A Full Account of Ricoletti of the Club Foot & His Abominable Wife" (Ian Charnock) 154; "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 60; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 167; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 155; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 143; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 129; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 110, 220; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 131; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 100

John ("The Case of Lady Sannox" - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 84-85, 88

John I (King of Bohemia (1310-46), 1296-1346)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 186; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 326

John XXI (Pope (1276-77), 1215(?)-1277)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151

John, St (Gospel Writer)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 3; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 221; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 93; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 251; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 28, 65, 220; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 203
Knights of St John: Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 88
St John Havenchurch: The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 121, 239, 257-258
St John River: The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 239
St John Street: "A Case of Mis-identity" (Colin Dexter) 107; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 227
St. John's (port): "The First Mate's Jacket" (J.R. Campbell) 57
St. John's Ambulance Brigade: Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 84, 100
St John's Church: Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 153; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 49; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 48; "The Music of Christmas" (L.B. Greenwood) 145; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 64, 78, 87
St John's College: "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 7
St John's Eve: The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 150
St John's Fire: Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 149
St John's Hall: Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 115, 126, 128, 133, 142, 145-148
St. John's Hospital: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 183-184
St John's Wood: "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" (Peter Cannon) 41; "The Adventure of the Dog in the Nighttime" (Paula Cohen) 119, 126; Necropolis (Basil Copper) 6, 8, 20, 76-84, 115-118, 186, 244-246; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 49; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 225; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 195, 205-206, 326; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 303-304, 331, 353, 359; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 169, 189; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 111, 224; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 42, 87-89, 91, 93, 187, 261; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 25; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 22, 77, 94, 136, 141, 143-144; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 117, 126; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 112; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 7, 98; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 5, 47, 63; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 82; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 73, 89, 129-130; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 68; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 130; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 13; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 223; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 215; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 81, 131

John Barleycorn (Personification of Grain & Beer)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 39; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 222, 247; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 19; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 38-40, 77, 86, 104; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 284, 297

John Hyrcanus (High Priest & Ruler of the Jewish Nation)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 308

John Lateran Basilica, St.
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 409

John of Gaunt (British soldier & statesman, Duke of Lancaster, 1340-1399)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 39; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26

John O'London (British Newspaper Columnist)
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 225

John Paul II (Pope (1978-2005) 1920-2005)
 Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 132; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 155

John The Baptist (Jewish Prophet)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 116; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 135; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 373; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 163; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 74; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 162; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 54; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 218, 224-225; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 300; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 13-15, 116; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 112; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 12
Cathedral of St. John the Divine: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 31, 261
Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist: Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 270
Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 217-218; "The Adventure of the Rara Avis" (Carolyn Wheat) 74
Knights of St. John of Malta: "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 218
The Library of St. John The Beheaded: All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 6, 13-16, 120-121, 144-145, 270
Order of St. John: "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 220, 225
St. John The Beheaded: All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 21

John the Evangelist, St (Apostle)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 285

Johnny Head-In-The-Air (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 151, 168, 172, 180; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 189

Johnson, Andrew (American President (1865-69), 1808-1875)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 46, 62-63, 66, 134-135, 196, 232, 288-289
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 85; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 115

Johnson, Bill (American Jazz Bassist, 1872-1972)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 242-245

Johnson, Claudia 'Lady Bird' (Wife of Lyndon B. Johnson)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 88

Johnson, Dr. (Attended Ellen Donworth)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 229, 231

Johnson, Dr. (Family Physician of Lord Carnarvon)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 39, 79

Johnson, Edward R. (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 16-216

Johnson, Herbert (British Hatter)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 134

Johnson, Jack (American Boxer)
 "Five Rings In Reno" (R.L.Stevens) 96-99, 101-102, 109
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 9; The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 84

Johnson, Lyndon B. (American President (1963-69), 1908-1973)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 88

Johnson, Magic (American Basketball Player, 1959- )
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 25

Johnson, Nicely Nicely (Guys & Dolls - Damon Runyon)
"The Sinister Cheesecake" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 444

Johnson, Ruth (Wife of Groucho Marx)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 21, 171, 185, 219

Johnson, Dr. Samuel (British Editor, Writer & Lexicographer, 1709-1784)
 The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 4, 6-9, 11-12, 26-27, 31, 49, 128-130, 135-136, 138, 174, 178-179, 188
"The Phantom Pistol" (Jack Adrian)488; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 2, 52, 97; "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (E.F.Benson & Eustace H. Miles) 15; "The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 186; "The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 166, 169, 171, 174; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 37; "The Unmasking of Sherlock Holmes" (Arthur Chapman) 230; Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw (Basil Copper) 8; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 253; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 147; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 59; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 112; "The Matter of the Solitary Cellist " (David L. Hammer) 74; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 1, 3; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 52; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 24; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 102; My Hero (Tom Holt) 256; The Game (Laurie R. King) 21; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 30; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 11; "Holmes In Scotland (W.R.Duncan Macmillan) 128; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 79; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 19; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 253; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 120; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 163; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 44; "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 69; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 187; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 37; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 14; "The Adventure of the Silver Buckle" (Denis O. Smith) 125; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 101; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 169; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 261; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 298; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 154; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 16; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 39; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 61; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 103; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 79; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 144
The Johnson Club: "The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 169

Johnston, Ames (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 10

Johnston, Patricia (Les Millards d'Arsène Lupin - Maurice Leblanc)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 30

Jolly Roger, The (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 7-8, 31-38, 46, 64, 135

Jolson, Al (American Singer & Actor, 1886-1950)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 296; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 24

Jonah (Biblical Prophet - Jonah)
 The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 47-48
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28, 448; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 300; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 147; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 62; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 128; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 185; The Thundering Underground (Jake & Luke Thoene) 84; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 153; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 14; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 64-65
HMS Jonah: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 154, 156, 167
A Jonah: "The Adventure of Zolnay The Aerialist" (Rick Boyer) 21; "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 126; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 153; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 153
Jonah Ltd.: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 80, 89-90, 92, 102, 110, 142

Jonah's Whale (Bible - Jonah)
The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 47-48; The Thundering Underground (Jake & Luke Thoene) 84; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 64-65

Jonathan (Bible - Samuel)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 70, 170; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 13

Jones, Casey (American Railwayman, 1863-1900)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 120

Jones, Cyrano (Star Trek - TV series "The Trouble With Tribbles" episode)
"The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 127, 132-133, 135

Jones, Davy (Character in Sailors' Folklore)
Evolution (John Peel) 5, 158

Jones, Gullivar (Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation - Edwin L. Arnold)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 1-8, 13, 15-21

Jones, Sir Harold Spencer (English Astronomer, 1890-1960)
"The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial (Mack Reynolds) 165

Jones, Henry Arthur (British Playwright, 1851-1929)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 131; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 98, 101

Jones, Herbert (British Royal Jockey)
"The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost" (Jon L. Breen) 35; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 57, 62-63, 66, 74, 150

Jones, Indiana (Raiders of the Lost Ark etc. - Movies)
"Something-or-other Jones, a lunatic who carried a bullwhip and fancied himself an archaeologist": "The Adventure of the Death Fetch" (Darrell Schweitzer) 470
"Tomb robbers from nearby Indiana IV...Jones was the worst": "Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 29

Jones, Sgt. J. (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 211

Jones, John Paul (Scottish-American Naval officer, 1747-1792)
"Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 13, 15-17
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 124

Jones, Thomas (Confederate Agent, Aided John Wilkes Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 164, 249

Jones-Machen, John Edward (British Clergyman, Father of Arthur Machen)
"The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 117-118

Jonson, Ben (British Dramatist, 1572-1637)
"The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 173; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 97; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 336; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 127, 140; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 92; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 34; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 169; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 61

Joplin, Janis (American Rock Singer, 1943-1970)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 179; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 219, 284

Joplin, Scott (American Composer 1868-1917)
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 188; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 29

Jordan, Michael (American Basketball Player, 1963- )
Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 188

Jordan, Sgt. T. (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 211

Jorgensen, A.D. (Danish Historian)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 176

Josef (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 12, 15

Joseph (Old Testament - Genesis, & Koran)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 277; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 120; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 104; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 218

Joseph (Husband of the Virgin Mary - New Testament)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 124; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 216; "The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 36-38, 40-41; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 57, 62; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 60
Hospital of St Joseph & Ste Marie: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 24, 40, 132
Jesus, Mary & Joe-seppie!: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 84
Jesus, Mary & Joseph!: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 208; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 15, 285
Mary & Joseph!: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 144

Joseph's Pharoah (Old Testament - Genesis, & Koran)
Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 120; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 104

Joseph: see William Sokolow

Joseph, Père (Francois le Clerc du Tremblay, French Priest & Statesman, 1577-1638)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 113

Joseph of Arimathea (New Testament - Disciple who buried Christ)
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 212, 221
"The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 167; "The Strange Affair At Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 31; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 193; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 80; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 135

Joseph of Cupertino, St. (Italian Priest, 1603-1663)
Missionary Society of St. Joseph of Cupertino: Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 94

Josephine (French Empress, Wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1763-1814)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 4; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 108; Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 33; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 153

Josephine (HMS Pinafore - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 56-58, 87

Josephine, Kaiserin (Supposed Hungarian Noblewoman, Part of the Houdini Myth)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 95-96

Josephus, Flavius (Jewish General & Historian, 37-100)
The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 60; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 206; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 141, 308, 324

Josh (Sabrina The Teenage Witch - TV Series)
Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 60-63, 65, 93, 109-110, 124, 130-133

Joshua (Bible - Joshua)
Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 275; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 130; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 23; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 51; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 56-57, 81; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 184

Joule, James Prescott (British Physicist, 1818-1889)
"The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 22-23, 29, 33

Journalist, The (The Time Machine - H.G. Wells)
"The Richmond Enigma" (John DeChancie) 180

Journalist (Narrator), The (The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 30
The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 61-64, 83; "The Adventure of the Ancient Gods" (Ralph Vaughan) 23; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 196, 205-208

Journalist's Brother, The (The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells)
The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 61-63

Journalist's Neighbour, The (The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 30

Jove (Greek God)
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 260; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 109
'By Jove': Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 91; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 52-53; "The Case of the Disappearing Despatch Case" (Brian Ball) 89; The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 152; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 24, 153; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 45; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 70, 219, 227; "The Adventure of Bell Rock Light" (Rick Boyer) 63; "The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 134, 136; "The Adventure of Zolnay The Aerialist" (Rick Boyer) 28;"The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" (Peter Cannon) 49; "The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber" (John Dickson Carr) 50; "The Adventure of the Fallen Star" (Simon Clark) 177; "The Case of the Vampire's Mark" (Bill Crider) 110; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 26, 121, 203, 234; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 99, 206, 214; "The Darlington Substitution Scandal" (David Stuart Davies) 82; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 72, 75; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 180; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 191; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 35, 82, 97; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 255, 264, 295; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 350; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 17; "The Adventure of the Two Women" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 194; "The Adventure of the Gold Hunter" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 42; "The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 79, 89, 93, 101; "The Adventure of the Seven Clocks" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 21, 33; "The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 58, 75; "The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 417; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 43-44, 111, 121;"The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 396; "The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott) 80; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 64; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 313, 329; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 142; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 31, 251; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 76; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 65; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 78; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 33, 84; "The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes" (O. Henry) 255; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 49, 57, 192, 221, 268, 273, 275; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 194; Murder, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 51; "The Case of the Bewildering Alibi" (Ned Hubbell) 241-242; "The Case of the Scientific Recluse" (Ned Hubbell) 56; "The Incriminating Glove" (Ned Hubbell) 158, 171; "The Murder of the Enigmatic Husband" (Ned Hubbell) 235; "The Problem of the Purple Maculas" (James C. Iraldi) 383; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 54; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 80; "A Slaying In Suburbia" (G. Kelly) 46, 50; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 145; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 107; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 101; "The Hound of the Basketballs" (Harvey Kurtzman & Bill Elder) 54, 63, 66, 69; "A Scandal In Winter" (Gillian Linscott) 70; "The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 33; "The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Richard A. Lupoff) 228; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 26; "Holmes In Scotland (W.R.Duncan Macmillan) 142; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 59; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 60; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 22; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 27, 113; "The Case of the Hoodwinked Harriers" (Douglas Moreton) 66; "The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 83; "Mentioned in Dispatches" (Douglas Moreton) 137;"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 8; "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 119; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 367; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 16, 111; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 8, 13, 80, 93, 101, 121, 200, 216; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 181, 186; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 111, 196; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 16, 112, 145, 158; The Werewolf Club Meets The Hound of the Basketballs (Daniel & Jill Pinkwater) 56; The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 97; "The Mystery of the Addleton Curse" (Barrie Roberts) 243; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 223; "The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 264, 266; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 25, 39, 58, 97; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 164; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 13; "The Adventure of the Barnegat Burglaries" (H.W. Starr & Orville Horwitz) 129; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 53, 58; "Sherlock Holmes and the Trophy Room" (Roy Templeman) 164; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 156; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 4; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 53, 203; Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 48; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 138; "The Case of the Cardinal's Corpse" (June Thomson) 105; "The Case of the Exalted Client" (June Thomson) 121; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 79; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 73, 150; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 10; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 44, 174, 219; The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 103, 130; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 6, 125; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 32; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 286; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 88; "Colonel Warburton's Madness" (Norman W. Ward) 71; "Sherlock's Dilemma" (Watson, Jnr.) 140; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 31, 38, 55, 62, 129; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 69; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 20, 22
For Jove's Sake: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 138, 148
'in the Name of Jove': "The Adventure of the Turned Worm" (Anatole Chujoy) 180; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 209
'Jove!': The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 11, 21, 67, 122, 167; Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 94
'Jove's Ballocks!': From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 250

Jowett, Dr. Benjamin (British Educator & Greek Scholar, 1817-1893)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 5, 48-50, 52-53, 61, 105
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 76; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 229; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 11

Jowett, Gregory (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 208-209

Joyce, James (Irish Writer, 1882-1941)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 22

Joyce, Peggy Hopkins (American Socialite)
"Lord Camembert Smudged?" (Earle Ennis) 126

Joynes, Reverend James Leigh (Eton Schoolmaster, 1853-1893)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 31, 48

Ju·rez, Benito (Mexican President, 1806-1872)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 71

Jubela, Jubelo & Jubelum (Biblical Masons)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 157; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 221-222, 254; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 50, 68, 72

Judah (Bible - Genesis)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 217

Judas Iscariot (Disciple Who Betrayed Christ - New Testament)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 46-47; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 10, 133; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 61; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 213; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 215; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 167; The Adventure of the Three Dragons (Luke Steven Fullenkamp) 30; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 90; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 139; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 289; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 92; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 113; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 211; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 135; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 93; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 290; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 135; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 111; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 115; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 132; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 164; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 243; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 177, 179; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 120; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 94; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 193; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 122, 264; "The Case of the Barton Wood Murder" (June Thomson) 212; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 232
Judas!: "The Disappearing Prince" (Edmund Hastie) 27; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 28-29
A Judas: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 59; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 163; "Mentioned in Dispatches" (Douglas Moreton) 133; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 151, 159; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 264
Judas Doors: "The Case of the Open and Shut" (Douglas Moreton) 112
Judas Hole: Moriarty (John Gardner) 92
Judas Goat: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 91; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 154; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 13; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 56-57, 59-60; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 83
Judas Kiss: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 438
Judas Lantern: Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 9-10
Judas Slits: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 128
Judas Squints: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 137
Judas Window: The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 24; "The Adventure of the Green Skull" (Mark Valentine) 51; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 255-256
Play Judas: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 165
The Judas: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 51
This Judas: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 216

Jude, St.
Church of St Jude: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 167
St. Jude's: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 175; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 190

Jude Thaddeus, St. (Apostle)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 113

Judex (Judex - Louis Feuillade)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 77; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 3

Judith (Bible - Judith)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 393; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 128; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 294-295; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 398; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 140

Judith's Maid (Bible - Judith)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 294

Judson, Whitcomb (American Inventor, 1836-1909)
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 145

Judy (Punch & Judy show)
"Death in the Christmas Hour" (James Powell) 323, 327-332, 334-336; The Thundering Underground (Jake & Luke Thoene) 14
"Missing Parsons" (Douglas Moreton) 147; The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 66

Juggernaut (Avatar of Vishnu)
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 171

Jugurtha (King of Numidia (113-104BC), ?-104BC)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 375

Jukes, Bill (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 37, 64

Jules & Jim (Jules et Jim - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 186-187, 194

Julia (Daughter of Augustus Caesar, 39BC-AD14)
"Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 196

Julian & Sandy (Round The Horne - Radio series)
Jacquilian & Sanki: Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 98-272

Juliana of Norwich (English Mystic, 1342-1416)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 141

Juliet (Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 79; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 37-38, 46; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 69; "The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 308; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 223; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 28; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 91
My Juliet: Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 9
see also: Romeo & Juliet

Juliet's Nurse (Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 37

Julius II (Pope (1503-13), 1443-1513)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151

Julius, Dr. (Testified In Smethurst / Bankes Murder Trial)
"The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 25, 28, 31, 34, 36

Jumbly Girl, The (The Jumblies - Edward Lear)
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 85

Jumbo (Elephant in Barnum & Bailey's Circus)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 52; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 377; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 36, 421; "The Manor House Case" (Edward D. Hoch) 270

Jumbo Elephant (Tiger Tim comics)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 105, 112-114

Jung, Carl (Swiss Psychiatrist, 1875-1961)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 138-139, 188, 204
"And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 363; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 51; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 5; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 322; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 17; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 38
Jungian: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 20

Jung Bahadoor, Prince (Nepalese Diplomat, 1816-1877)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 136

Jungle Jim (Jungle Jim series)
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 40; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 24

Juno (Roman Goddess)
 The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 144; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 170; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 207; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 79; "The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 109; "The Case of the Ferrers Documents" (June Thomson) 118
Junoesque: "The Case of the Incumbent Invalid" (Claire Griffen) 47; "The Adventure of the Barnegat Burglaries" (H.W. Starr & Orville Horwitz) 120

Jupiter (Roman God)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 144; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 34; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 381; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 136; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 118
By Jupiter!: Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 170

Justice (Personification of Justice)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 156; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 58; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 110
Dame Justice: Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 183

Justin Martyr, St. (Philosopher and theologian, 100(?)-165(?))
St. Justin's Church: Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 54

Justice League of America, The (Justice League of America series)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 166, 169

Justin II (Byzantine Emperor (565-578), ?-578)
"Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer" (Darrell Schweitzer) 129

Justinian (Byzantine Emperor (527-565), 483-565)
"The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 29; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 90; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 69-70; "Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer" (Darrell Schweitzer) 129

Juvenal (Roman Poet, 60-140)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 193; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 259; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 86; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) xxiii; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 9
By Juvenal!: Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 255