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Naboth (Biblical Vineyard Owner - Kings)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 142

Nabuco, Joaquim (Brazilian Politician & Author, 1849-1910)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 27, 47

Nabuco, Sizenando (Brazilian Lawyer)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 47-50

Nachet, Camille (French Microscope Manufacturer, 1799-1881)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 177, 179

Naden, Constance (British Poet, 1858-1889)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 393

Nadir Shah (Turkmen Ruler, 1688-1747)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 219; "The Mystery of Jaisalmer" (Ted Riccardi) 280

Naga (Serpents in Hindu Mythology)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 63

Nagel, Conrad (American Actor, 1897-1970)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 198-199

Nakhtmin (Son of Ay)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 225

Nana (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
"The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 15

Nana (Coupeau) (Nana - Emile Zola)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 79; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 18

Nana Sahib (Indian Nationalist, 1824-?)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 111, 114; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 85; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 169; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 32, 51, 54-55, 100, 172; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 106

Nancy (Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens)
Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 105; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 74, 116; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 90; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 21

Nanki-Poo (The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 18, 80; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 452

Nanook (Nanook of the North - Movie)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 41, 66, 131

Nansal (Nansal - Tibetan Mystery Play)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 18, 112

Nansen, Fridtjof (Norwegian Explorer, 1861-1930)
"The Mystery of Dr Thorvald Sigerson" (Linda Robertson) 94

Naomi (Bible - Ruth)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 43

Napier, Sir Charles (British Soldier & Colonial Administrator, 1782-1853)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 116

Napier, John (Scottish Mathematician, 1550-1617)
Napier's Bones: Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 108-109

Napier, Lady Mary (2nd Wife of Lord Robert Napier)
"The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 32

Napier, Montague (British Automobile Designer, 1870-1931)
Napier Car: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 37, 161

Napier, Lord Robert, 1st Baron of Magdala (British Field Marshal 1810-1890)
"The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 32-35, 37-41, 46
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 7-10, 13-14, 69, 128-129, 204, 213, 229
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 63, 65, 78, 84, 87, 89; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 51; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 6

Napier, Robert William, 2nd Baron of Magdala (Son of Lord Robert Napier, 1845-1921)
"The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 32-33, 36-37, 39-40

Napoleâo, Artur (Portuguese Composer & Pianist, 1843-1925)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 89, 198-201

Napoleon II (Son of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1811-1832)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 199, 244

Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon) (French Emperor (1852-71), 1808-1873)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 148; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 181; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 107; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 79; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 212; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 26; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 89; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 87; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 2; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 27; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 241; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 36-37, 41-42, 47; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 114; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 12; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 236; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 19, 121; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 9; The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 34; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 207; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 141; "Introduction" (Larry Townsend) 21; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 339; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 87; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 153; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 91-92, 169, 221, 229
Napoleon III Style: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 83

Napoleon Bonaparte (French General & Emperor (1804-14) 1769-1821)

Napoleon, Louis: see Napoleon III

Narasimhavarman (7th Century Indian King)
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 186

Narayan (Hindu God)
"The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 102, 108

Narcissus (Handsome Youth in Greek Mythology)
"The Enchanted Garden" (H.F. Heard) 136; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 239
Narcissistic: Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 79; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 192; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 92; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 5; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 276; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 145
Narcissistically: Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 163

Nardini (Italian Violinist)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 274

Naser od Din (Shah of Persia (1848-96), 1831-1896)
The Shah of Persia: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 29; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 182-183

Nash, John (British Architect, 1752-1835)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 145; Moriarty (John Gardner) 71; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 239; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 151; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 176; "The Case of the Exalted Client" (June Thomson) 114

Nash, John Edward (Friend of Cora Crippen, Alerted Police to her Disappearance)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 219-220
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 70

Nash, Lillian (Friend of Cora Crippen, Alerted Police to her Disappearance)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 219-220
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 70

Nash, Richard "Beau" (Welsh Master of Ceremonies & Dandy, 1674-1762)
Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 169; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 48

Nasht (The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath - H.P.Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 22-24, 26

Nasr-ed-Din (Shah of Persia (1848-96), ?-1896)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 160, 167-168, 171, 173, 175, 178-179, 189, 204-205
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 162-163
The Shah of Persia: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 345

Nast, Thomas (American Cartoonist,1840-1902)
"The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 144-145
"Shady Sinners of the Styx"(Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 8; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 81

Nataraja (Hindu God - Aspect of Siva)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 73; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 55

Natas, Doctor (Doc Ardan: City of Gold and Lepers - Guy d'Armen)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 26-28, 32-35, 39, 41
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 63-73
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 39, 44

Nathan (Bible - Samuel)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 143-144

Nattier, Jean Marc (French Painter)
"Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late" (Maurice Leblanc) 22

Nautilus, The (20,000 Leagues Beneath The Sea - Jules Verne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 57, 87-88, 93-113, 120-141, 143-145, 150-153, 155, 159-160, 164, 169, 171, 178-181, 183-189, 193-217, 219, 224-225, 235, 238, 249-250, 260, 262, 264, 271, 275, 290-291, 293-294
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 80, 170-171, 179-199, 204, 207
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 34, 108-111
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 4, 10-15, 30-33, 35, 50-52, 63-65, 73, 93-94, 110-118, 123, 142
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 69-70, 75-79, 82-83, 88-89, 93, 95, 97-99, 129-130, 132, 144
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 41; "The Witch of Greenwich" (Gerard Dole) 154; "The Musgrave Version" (George Alec Effinger) 17; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 274; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 17; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 136; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 156

Navier, Claude-Louis (French Engineer, 1785-1836)
Navier-Stokes Equations: "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 290

Nazareth, Ernesto (Brazilian Composer, 1863-1934)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 96, 125

Ndrangheta, The (Calabrian Criminal Society)
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 162

Nebuchadnezzar (Babylonian King)
"A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 190, 210, 213; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 125; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 143 ; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 230-231; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 150
Dead as...: The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 19
kneed....in the nebuchadnezzar: Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 28

Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylonian King (605-562BC))
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 222

Nechayev, Sergei (Russian Nihilist, 1847-1882)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 93, 126
Nechayev Group: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 124, 126

Necho II (Egyptian Pharaoh, 6th Century BC)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 140

Necronomicon, The (Cthulhu Stories - H.P. Lovecraft)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 78-79, 89, 93
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 423-425, 428, 430, 434, 437-438
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 162
"The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 272-276, 278, 280-281, 283-285, 288, 294
"The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone" (Poppy Z. Brite & David Ferguson) 143; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 90; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 171; "A Case of Insomnia" (John P. Vourlis) 339; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 173; "Death Did Not Become Him" (David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber) 418

Nectanebo I (Egyptian Pharoah (378-360/361BC))
"The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 62-63, 65-66, 70

Nectanebo II (Egyptian Pharoah (359/358-342/341BC))
"The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 60-63

Neferefre (Egyptian Pharaoh (c.2419-2416 BC))
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 84

Nefertiti (Egyptian Queen, Wife of Akhenaton)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 139; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 12

Negretti, Henry (British Scientific Instrument Manufacturer, 1817-1879)
Negretti & Zambra: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 86

Nehru, Jawaharlal (Prime Minister of India (1947-64), 1889-1964)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 78; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 43
Nehru Jacket: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 78

Nei, Paula (Brazilian Poet)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 53-54, 60-61, 63, 66, 69, 110, 124-125, 129, 131-135, 166, 239, 246

Neil, Detective-Inspector Arthur (British Police Officer, Brides in the Bath Case)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 54, 101-102

Neil, John (Ripper Case, Police Constable Who Found Polly Nichols's Body)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 88-89
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 25
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 118
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 30-31, 40-41
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 33-34
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 127

Nelly (The Insulted and the Injured - Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 262

Nelson, Reverend Edmund (Father of Horatio Nelson, 1722-1802)
"Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 34

Nelson, Lady Frances (Wife of Horatio Nelson)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 189

Nelson, Gene (American Actor)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 218

Nelson, Horatio (British Admiral, 1758-1805)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 28-30, 65, 100, 103, 175, 188-193, 212, 223, 233, 376, 383
 "The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 104; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 63; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 29, 180-181; Arthur and the Bellybutton Diamond (Alan Coren) 28; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren), 16, 20, 29-31, 38-40, 49; Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 76; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 19, 175; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 347; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 11, 13-16; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 99; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 54; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 176; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 140, 197; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 257; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 133; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 72; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 130; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 62; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 97-98, 103; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 122; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 246; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 22; The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 154; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 112; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 165; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 84; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 153; "The Butler's Footprints" (David Scott) 25; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 275; "The Darlington Substitution Scandal" (Henry Slesar) 11; "The Massachusetts Affair" (Aaron Smith) 12; "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 121, 124; The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (Jake & Luke Thoene) 47; "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 99, 108, 117; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 235; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 67; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 212; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 178; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 127, 177; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 19; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 38; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 18; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 235, 237; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 121; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 63; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 74; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 34; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 28; "Sherlock Holmes And The King of Siam" (Ronald C. Weyman) 102
Admiral Nelson Bicycle: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 14
Lord Nelson Pub: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 8
The Nelson Column: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 68, 82
The Nelson Monument: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 4; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 9
Nelson Street: Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 59
Nelsonian Eye: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 52
Nelson's Column: Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 23-24, 26, 28-29, 43, 53; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 271, 286; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 19; Moriarty (John Gardner) 295; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 264; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 69, 94; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 140; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 268; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 437; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 189; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 74, 94; "The North Walk Mystery" (Denis O. Smith) 290; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 23; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 29
Nelson's Eye: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 53
Nelson's Monument: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 70
Nelson's Pillar: "The Kidnapping of Mycroft Holmes" (Peter Tremayne) 220
Nelson's Time: "The North Walk Mystery" (Denis O. Smith) 283

Nelson, Knute (American Politician, 1843-1923)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 119

Nelson, Nell (American Reporter)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 185, 191, 474; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 31

Nelson, Nels (American Journalist)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 104-106, 110-111

Nelson, Rick (American Singer)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 181

Nemesis (Greek Goddess of Revenge)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 84; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 226; "The Adventure of the Green Skull" (Mark Valentine) 54
a nemesis: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 77; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 3
his / her / my nemesis: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 172, 286; "The Adventure of the Russian Grave" (William Barton & Michael Capobianco) 31; "The Case of the Lugubrious Manservant" (Rhys Bowen) 129; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 236; "The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 141; The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 122; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 219; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 26, 301; "The Reichenbach Secret" (David Stuart Davies) 391; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 220; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 171; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 106, 166; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 161; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 123, 182; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 159; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 57-58, 104; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 310; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 172; "The Sherlock Solution" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 249-250; Moriarty (John Gardner) 106; "Baron Maupertuis" (Paul D. Gilbert) 40, 52; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 222; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 15, 211; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 24; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 293; "Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 306; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 26; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 76; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 5, 241, 270; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 67; Rasputin’s Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 238; "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 307, 326-327; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 163; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 165; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 34; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 269; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 116; "The Case of the Open and Shut" (Douglas Moreton) 104; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 275, 282, 317; "Moriarty by Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 290, 298-299; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 196; "Commonplaces" (Naomi Novik) 360; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 232; "The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" (Steve Perry) 57; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 30; "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 77; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 74; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 243; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 565; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 22; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 194; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 68
Nemesis of Neglect: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 193
The Nemesis: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 266
Worst Nemesis: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 109

Nemo (Bleak House): see Hawdon, Captain

Nemo, Captain (20,000 Leagues Beneath The Sea - Jules Verne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 43-49, 52-75, 78-82, 85-88, 92, 94-96, 98-100, 103, 105-110, 112, 120-122, 127, 130-131, 136-139, 144-146, 151-156, 159-161, 164, 168-171, 179, 181-189, 193-194, 196-200, 205-217, 221-222, 224-226, 235-240, 243-244, 248-250, 260-263, 271-272, 275-277, 279-282, 284-285, 292-294
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 80, 171, 179-201, 204, 207-208, 260
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 12, 22-23, 41-43, 46-47
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 9-10, 18, 34, 55-56, 58, 61, 66, 72-78, 80, 83-89, 91-92, 95-112, 114, 119-120, 124, 126, 128, 131-155
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 265, 274-275
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 3, 7, 11-16, 30-33, 35-47, 49-51, 63-65, 73, 94, 110-118, 124, 128-135, 139, 141-144
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 23, 25-28, 30-38, 41-43, 49, 51-55, 57-60, 66-71, 78-79, 82-83, 87-89, 93, 97-99, 107, 116-119, 131-134, 138, 142-145
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 156 {Professor Nemo}; "The Witch of Greenwich" (Gerard Dole) 154; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 324; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 66; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 40; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 136; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 156

Nemo's Child (20,000 Leagues Beneath The Sea - Jules Verne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 238; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 111-112; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 144

Nemo's Wife (20,000 Leagues Beneath The Sea - Jules Verne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 238; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 111-112; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 144

Nemor (The Disintegration Machine - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 66

Nennius (Welsh Chronicler)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 118, 169

Nepenth (Mythological Greek Drug)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 240; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 221

Nephilim, The (Bible - Genesis)
Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 235; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 115-116, 125-126

Neptune (Roman Sea God)
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 136; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 32; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 42; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 421; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 9; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 101, 114
Neptune (Planet): My Hero (Tom Holt) 278
Neptune (Street): Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 13
Neptune Tavern: Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 8-9, 12-13, 23, 26, 28-29, 31-32, 37, 40, 45, 60, 62

Nero (Roman Emperor (54-68), 37-68)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 9; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 20; "The Adventure of the Stuttering Ghost" (H. Paul Jeffers) 127; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 134; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 40; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 55; "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow) 137; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 194; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 197; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 273; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 181; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 32
Neronian: The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 165; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 162
Nero of Naughtiness: "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 275

Nesbitt, Evelyn (Wife of Harry Kendall Thaw, Mistress of Stanford White)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 39; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 95

Nessus (Centaur in Greek Mythology)
Shirt of Nessus: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 282

Nestlé, Henri (German-Swiss Pharmacist, 1814-1890)
Nestlé's Milk: Moriarty (John Gardner) 79; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 126

Nestor (King of Pylos in Greek Mythology)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 25

Nestroy, Johann Nepomuk (Austrian Playwright & Actor, 1801-1862)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 55

Netley, John Charles (Ripper Suspect)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 284-285
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 431-432, 438, 440
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 254, 268-272
Charles Netley: "His Last Arrow" (Christopher Sequeira) 51
John Slade: Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 55-56, 108-109, 156-162, 166, 169, 174-180, 185-186

Neto, Coelho (Brazilian Writer, 1864-1934)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 60, 64, 66, 69-70, 131

Neumann, Carl Gottfried (German Mathematician, 1832-1925)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 68-69

Neumann, John Von (Hungarian-American Mathematician, 1903-1957)
"Moriarty By Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 295

Neve, George (Police Constable, Ripper Case)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 51

Neve, Margaret Ann (British Centenarian, 1792-1903)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 27

Nevison, "Swift Nick" (British Highwayman)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 184

New Templars, The Order of the (Secret Occult Society)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 117-130, 136-138, 141-142, 146-147, 149, 152-164, 169-170

Newbolt, Sir Henry (British Writer, 1862-1938)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 15
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) xxi, The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 85

Newcastle, Sebastian (Yellow Fog - Les Daniels)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 85

Newcomb, Simon (British Mathematician)
"The Case of the Perfect Accountant" (Colin Bruce) 243

Newcomen, Inspector (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 106-109, 112, 123-124, 126-132, 218-221, 247-248
"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Holmes" (Steven Philip Jones & Seppo Makinen) 11-13

Newdigate, Sir Roger (British Politician, 1719-1806)
Newdigate Prize: Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 71

Newlands, John (British Chemist, 1837-1898)
"A Study in Chemistry" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 146

Newlove, Henry ("Delivery Boy" at Cleveland Street)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 115-116
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 171-173, 179, 181
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 104

Newman, Cardinal John Henry (British Theologian, 1801-1890)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 53; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 196-197; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 60; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 166; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 304

Newnes, Sir George (British Publisher, 1851-1910)
"The Adventure of the Second Swag" (Luke Sharp) 238-245
Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 8

Newnham-Davis, Major Nathaniel (British Journalist, 1845-1917)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 62-64, 148-153, 156-158, 161-163, 170

Newton, Arthur (British Solicitor, Cleveland Street & Crippen trials)
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 7
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 115

Newton, Curtis: see Captain Future

Newton, Sir Isaac (British Scientist 1642-1727)
"The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 346, 348, 350; "The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor" (Stephen Baxter) 263; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 33; "The Case of the Deserted Beach" (Colin Bruce) 195; "The Case of the Flying Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 101; "The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 27; "The Case of the Sabotaged Scientist" (Colin Bruce) 80; "Three Cases of Unfair Preferment" (Colin Bruce) 141; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 151; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 14, 42, 88; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 5; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 221; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 91; "The Case of the Borderland Dandelions" (Howard Engel) 46; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 169; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 40, 50, 71, 141, 144; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 48; Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 47; Moriarty (John Gardner) 171; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 44; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 68; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 288; My Hero (Tom Holt) 172; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 155-156; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 138; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 64, 202; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 42, 93; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 19; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 44-45; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 140; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 103; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 231; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 276; "Moriarty By Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 299; "The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 238; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 125, 175; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 26; The Case of the Smith-Mortimer Succession" (June Thomson) 189; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 149; "Dead Man's Manuscript" (I.A. Watson) 161; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 185
Newtonian: "The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 348, 351; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 18; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 171
Newton's 5th Law: The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 60

Newton, John (British Clergyman, 1725-1807)
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 263

Newton, Sir Louis (Lord Mayor of London (1923-24))
The Lord Mayor: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 203

Newton, Robert (British Actor, 1905-1956)
The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 98

Ney, Michel (Marshal of France, 1769-1815)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 145; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 117