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Pachacuti (Incan Emperor, (1438-71))
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 83

Pachelbel, Johann (German Composer, 1653-1706)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 222

Pack, Major General Sir Denis (British Soldier, Great-Uncle of Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 24, 164

Packard, William Doud (1861-1923) & James Ward (1863-1948) (American Automobile Manufacturers)
Packard Automobiles: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 267; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 41, 43, 58, 65, 147, 150, 169
Packard Twin Six: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 18

Packer, Matthew (Ripper Case: Greengrocer, sold grapes to Liz Stride)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 81-82; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 162-167, 273
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 268

Pac-Man (Video Game Character)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 197, 200

Pac-Man, Ms. (Video Game Character)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 230

Paddington Bear (Paddington series - Michael Bond)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 169; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 163, 204-206

Paderewski, Ignace (Polish Pianist, 1860-1941)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 101; "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 14; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 110; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 145

Padge, Mr. (Diary of A Nobody - George Grossmith)
"The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes" (Leslie Halliwell) 238

Padmasambhava (Indian Buddhist Master, 717-762)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 52-53, 55-56, 118-119, 199, 220; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 32-33

Paganini, Nicolo (Italian Composer & Violinist, 1782-1840)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 60; "The Tragedy at Saxon’s Gate" (Matthew Booth) 163; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 138; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 63; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 313; Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 6; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 10, 43; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 167; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 181-182, 201, 213, 401; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 231; "The Ciphered Message" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 109; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 274; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 55; "The Dynamics of an Asteroid" (John Peel) 186; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 14; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 36; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 23, 47; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 78-79, 247; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 219; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 4, 202; "The Flat-Top Desk" (Alan Stockwell) 30; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 42; Basil of Baker Street (Eve Titus) 7, 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 236; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 203; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 78; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 63

Page, Mistress (The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 162

Page, Walter Hines (American Diplomat, 1855-1918)
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 320

Paget, Sir Arthur (British General)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203

Paget, Lady Florence (English Court Beauty, 1842-?)
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 218

Paget, Lord George (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 209-210

Paget, Henry Marriott (British Artist, 1856-1936)
"Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 191

Paget, Sir James (English Surgeon, 1814-1899)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 91
Paget's Disease: Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 77

Paget, Sidney (British Artist, 1860-1908)
"Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 184, 191
"Raffles on the Trail of the Hound" (Barry Perowne) 105
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 84-85, 226, 250
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 222-224
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 141-142; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 62-63; "A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 8;"The Adventure of the Tired Captain" (Bob Byrne) 91; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 68, 73; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 171-172; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 32; "The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott) 58, 66; "The Finishing Stroke" (M.J. Elliott) 109; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 360, 362-363; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 74; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 109; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 141; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 127; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 264-265; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 36; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 286; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 72; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 52; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 53, 135; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) vii; "The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 108; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 69; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 131; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 509; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 7

Paget, Walter (British Artist)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 84-85, 250
Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 63; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 171; "The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott) 58, 66; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 109; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 69

Pagliacci (Pagliacci - Ruggiero Leoncavallo)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 62-63

Pain, Henry (American Pyrotechnics Display Designer)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 355

Paine, Lewis: see Lewis Payne

Paine, Ruth (Friend of Marina Oswald)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 51-53, 55, 58, 100, 174, 184-185, 193

Paine, Thomas (British-American Political Philosopher 1737-1809)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 68; A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 242

Painter, Miss (Secretary to Victoria Kaiulani)
The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 22

Paisley, Duchess of (Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Oscar Wilde)
"The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 23, 36-37; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 148
Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 170, 229

Palance, Jack (American Actor, 1919-2006)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 76, 79, 96, 107, 300; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 104; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 164

Paleologue, Maurice-Georges (French Diplomat, 1859-1944)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 20, 25, 32-36, 46, 59, 65-70, 74, 78, 90-91, 113, 146-148, 154, 156, 182, 189, 253, 261-265, 268-271, 273, 281, 283-284

Palestrina, Giovanni (Italian Composer, 1526-1594)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 114, 131

Paley, William (British Theologian 1743-1805)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 52

Pali, Dr. Charles: see Green Lama, The

Palin, Michael (British Actor, Presenter & Author, 1943- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 277

Palladino, Eusapia (Italian Spiritualist Medium, 1854-1918)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 264-280, 296, 301-302, 319, 321

Palladino, Eusapia's Parents
 Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 267

Palladio, Andrea (Italian Architect, 1508-1580)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 195
Palladian: Necropolis (Basil Copper) 39; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 64, 82; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 186; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 13; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 96; Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 36; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 4; "The Case of the Open and Shut" (Douglas Moreton) 106; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 214; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 136; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 153; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 468; "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 161; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 443

Pallas Athene: see Athena

Palliser, Plantaganet (Pallisers series - Anthony Trollope)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 33

Palmer, Alexander Mitchell (American Attorney General, 1872-1936)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 61, 65

Palmer, Amelia (Friend of Annie Chapman - Ripper Case)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 84-98, 100-108, 111-114, 125-126, 141

Palmer, Bertha (Wife of Potter Palmer, 1849-1918)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 4, 10

Palmer, Colonel (British MP, Introduced Old Age Pensions)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 329

Palmer, Sir Eric (Felifax, the Tiger Man - Paul Féval, fils)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 10; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 112

Palmer, Mr. (Amelia Palmer's Husband)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 91, 107

Palmer, Potter (American Merchant & Real-Estate Promoter, 1826-1902)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 2, 4-5, 9-10
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 33; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 267; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 101
The Palmer House: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 245, 247, 253, 257, 276, 291

Palmer, Stuart (American Author, 1905-1968)
Pa Mr: "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 81

Palmer, Chief Inspector William (Corrupt Police officer, De Goncourt Affair)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 167, 185, 188, 204-205
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 29-40, 76-78, 84, 100, 106, 114-116, 120-125, 145, 151, 215, 217, 219
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 13, 16, 18

Palmer, Dr. William (British Poisoner, 1825-1856)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 65; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 54; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 77; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 288; "The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 35; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 107; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 30; "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 205

Palmerston, Third Viscount, Henry John Temple (British Prime Minister (1855-58, 59-65) 1784-1865)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 318; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 26; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 150, 154; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 24-26; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 67; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 249; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 15; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 57-59
The Prime Minister: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 90

Pampin (The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
"Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 14

Pan (Greek Wood God)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 24; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 44; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 86; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 321; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 68; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 131; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 451; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 170; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 116; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich)
Pan-ic: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 86
Pan-like: The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 53
Pan Pipes: "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne)
Pan Society: The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 101

Pan, Peter: see Peter Pan

Panchen Lama, Tenpe Wangchuk, The Eighth (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1855-1882)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 147; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 88, 146, 148

Panchen Lama, Chos-kyi Nyi-ma, The Ninth (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1883-1937)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 43, 74, 146-147, 149-154, 156
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 159-160

Pancras, St (Century Roman Martyr, c.290-304 AD)
St Pancras (district): Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 119, 124-125, 129, 180; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 17, 116; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 103; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 169, 171; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 105
St Pancras Church: "The Witch of Greenwich" (Gerard Dole) 150; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 14
St Pancras Hospital: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 89
St Pancras Hotel: "A Case of Mis-identity" (Colin Dexter) 99; "Victor Lynch the Forger" (Terry McGarry) 25, 35, 37; "The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 43-44, 50, 53-55, 59-60; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 242, 313-314, 317-318, 489, 526
St Pancras Station: The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 123; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 165, 246; "The Adventure of the Red Widow" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 254; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 178, 182, 188; "The Adventure of the Grand Old Man" (H. Paul Jeffers) 189; "The Grantchester Grimoire" (Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett) 162; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 357; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 127; "The Adventure of the Wrong Watson" (Michael Mallory) 134; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 50-51, 312; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 62; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 54; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 21; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 20; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 314; The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes is Missing! (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 81; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 94, 110, 179; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 11; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 94, 220; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 226; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 225; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 157; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 32; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 30-31, 45-46; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 51; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 103; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 85

Pandora (Greek myth)
"The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 43; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 145; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 63; The Final Solution (Walter J. Harmidarow) 97; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 59; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 160, 245; "All That Glitters" (Bill Paxton) 2; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 14, 167; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 425, 454
Pandora's Box: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 92; "The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 291; "The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 254; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 63; "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 63; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 142; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 199; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 163; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 241; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 50; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 206
Pandora's Delight: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 425
Pandorium: The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 160

Panhard, René (French Car Designer, 1841-1908)
Panhard Car: Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 141-142; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 125, 182

Panina, Varya (Russian Gypsy Singer, 1872-1911)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 115-117, 120, 279-280

Pankhurst, Christabel (British Suffragist, 1880-1958)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 513, 515-516, 530
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 67

Pankhurst, Emmeline (British Suffragist, 1858-1928)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 87
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 53, 92, 94-96, 98, 110
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 30, 34, 57, 62, 72, 95-98, 104, 168
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 413, 513, 515-516, 530, 540, 593
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 131; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 21; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 103, 116; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 71

Pankhurst, Richard (British Barrister, Husband of Emmeline Pankhurst, 1834-1898)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 85-86, 90
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 515-516

Pankhurst, Sylvia (British Suffragist, 1882-1960)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 513, 515-516, 530
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 67

Pankhurst Family (English Suffragists)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 106; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 155; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 5, 56; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 96

Pannini, Giovanni Paolo (Italian Artist, 1691-1765)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 291

Pantages, Alexander (Greek-American Theatrical Producer, 1876-1936)
The Pantages Circuit: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 55

Pantagruel (Pantagruel - François Rabelais)
Pantagruelian: Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 101; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 75

Pantalone (Commedia Dell' Arte Character)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 300
Pantaloon-like: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 287

Pao Tcheou (Pao Tcheou series - Edward Brooker / Sam P. Norwood)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 28
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 65, 68, 72

Papa Bear (Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 23

Paracelsus (German-Swiss Alchemist, 1493-1541)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 213; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 265; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 56;"The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 120; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 26, 186, 217

Pardoner, The (The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer)
"The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 114

Paris (Greek Mythology)
"Sure Way To Catch Every Criminal. Ha! Ha!" (Carolyn Wells) 107

Paris, Comte de (Father of Hélène d'Orléans)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 163

Paris, Matthew (Benedictine Monk & Chronicler, c.1200-1259)
"The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 84

Park, Mungo (British Golfer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 67

Park, Orlando (Sherlockian Author)
Orlando Park (estate): "The Adventure of the Mocking Huntsman" (M.J. Elliott) 23-25, 27

Park, Willie (British Golfer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 67

Parker (Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Oscar Wilde)
"The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 30

Parker, Bonnie (American Criminal, Bonnie & Clyde, 1910-1934)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 187

Parker, Charles (Witness at the Trial of Oscar Wilde)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 80

Parker, Charles (Lord Peter Wimsey series - Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 190-192

Parker, Charles Peter 'Peterkin' (Lord Peter Wimsey series - Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 43, 51, 79-80, 82-86, 95-97, 102, 104-108, 110, 128-129, 131, 152, 180, 187-192, 198-204

Parker, Charlie (American Jazz Musician, 1920-1955)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 108

Parker, Dorothy (American Writer, 1893-1967)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19

Parker, Eleanor (Actress, 1922- )
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 177

Parker, Gilman C. (Owner of the Mary Celeste)
"Celeste" (Neil Jackson) 144-145

Parker, John (American Police Officer)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 141

Parker, Dr Lyndon B. (Solar Pons series - August Derleth)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 191

Parker, Peter (Knight Errant Limited - TV series)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 43, 51, 79-80, 82-86, 95-97, 102, 104-108, 110, 128-129, 131, 152, 180, 187-192, 198-204

Parker, 'Colonel' Tom (Elvis Presley's Manager)
The Colonel: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 91, 93-96
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 224

Parkes, Alexander (British Inventor, 1813-1890)
Young Sherlock: The Adventure At Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 23
Parkesine: Young Sherlock: The Adventure at Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 23

Parkinson, James (British Neurologist, 1755-1824)
Parkinson's Disease: No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 60

Parkman, Dr George (American Murder Victim, 1790-1849)
"The Adventure of the Boston Dromio" (Matthew Pearl) 266

Parliament of Birds, The (The Conference of the Birds - Farid Al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Attar)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 55

Parmentier, Emilie (Aunt of Emlen Physick, Jr)
"The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 37-38, 43, 45, 54

Parnell, Charles Stewart (Irish Nationalist Politician, 1846-1891)
Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 22, 134-170
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 60, 62, 76-78
The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 244; "The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman" (Lillian de la Tour) 252; "The Matter of the Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (David L. Hammer) 55; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 77, 164, 214; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 278; "The Kidnapping of Mycroft Holmes" (Peter Tremayne) 216, 219, 224-226, 231-232; "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 255, 275; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 371; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 208; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 329
Parnellism: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 76, 78

Parr (Cricketer)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 13

Parry, Richard (English Historian)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 222

Parsee Guide (Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 43-44, 46-52, 59, 62-69

Parsifal (Arthurian Knight)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 68, 97; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 170
Parseval (Zeppelin): The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 117
Percival: "The Mystery of Avalon" (Paul D. Gilbert) 38

Parsons, Charles (British Inventor, 1854-1931)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 221

Parsons, Louella (American Gossip Columnist, 1881-1972)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 91
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 112, 136

Parsons, Nicholas (British TV & Radio Personality, 1923- )
"Dr Watson" (Charlie Adams, Gareth Hale & Norman Pace) 153

Parvati (Hindu Goddess, Consort of Shiva)
"The Adventure of the Gowanus Abduction" (Joyce Harrington) 175; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 157, 159-160, 167, 171; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 45

Parvus, Alexander (Helphand) (Russian Revolutionary, 1867-1924)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 77-84, 105-110, 118, 229, 283

Pascal, Blaise (French Mathematician & Philosopher, 1623-1662)
"Three Cases of Good Intentions" (Colin Bruce) 270; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 68; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 171

Paschal II (Pope (1099-1118), 1050(?)-1118)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 217

Pascoe, Insp. Peter: see Dalziel & Pascoe

Pasiphaë (Queen of Crete, Wife of Minos in Greek Mythology)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 1; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 149

Passengers on American Train (Around The World In Eighty Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 116-118, 121

Passepartout (Around The World In Eighty Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 3, 5-7, 10, 18, 20, 22-29, 32-34, 36-54, 56-65, 68-74, 76-80, 82-86, 88-93, 95-97, 99-101, 104-109, 111-113, 116, 118-119, 121-124, 126-139, 141-155
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 258-277
"The Adventure of the Russian Grave" (William Barton & Michael Capobianco) 32

Passepartout's Great-Grandfather (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 37

Passmore, Walter (British Operetta Performer, 1867-1946)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 64-65

Passos, Guimarães (Brazilian Poet, 1867-1909)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 10-11, 13-14, 53, 55, 60, 62-63, 67, 69, 72, 126, 132, 134, 138-141, 151, 209, 239-241, 244, 246

Pasteur, Louis (French Chemist, 1822-1895)
 "The Case of Vamberry, The Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 60-63, 65-70
"A One Pipe Problem" (Dana Martin Batory) 64; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 270, 296; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.)34, 64, 96; "The Adventure of the Two Women" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 200; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 144; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 33; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 227; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 158; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 162; The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (Jake & Luke Thoene) 82; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 102; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 36; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 64; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 47

Pastor, Tony (American Actor and theatre Manager, 1837-1908)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 4

Patchwork Girl, Scraps, The (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 437

Pater, Walter (British Writer, 1839-1894)
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 216; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 48, 286-287

Patey, Janet (British Contralto, 1842-1894)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 222

Patiala, Maharajah of (Indian Ruler)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 185

Patmore, Coventry (English Poet, 1823-1896)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 12

Patou, Jean (French Fashion Designer, 1880-1936)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 36

Patrick, Ellen: see The Domino Lady

Patrick, St. (Patron Saint of Ireland, 389-461)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 113; "The Adventure of the Blarney Stone" (H. Paul Jeffers) 78, 80; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 80; "Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 162; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 56, 62-64, 70, 77, 86, 106-107; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 143; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 5, 80, 173
St. Patrick's Avenue; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 243
St. Patrick's Breastplate: The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 458
St. Patrick's Cathedral: Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 285; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 124, 264, 277
St. Patrick's Church: Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 11, 285, 325; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 17; "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 257
St. Patrick's Day: "The Adventure of the Blarney Stone" (H. Paul Jeffers) 75, 82-83, 85, 88
St. Patrick's House: Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 93

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

Patrocinio, José do (Brazilian Abolitionist & Journalist, 1853-1905)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 53, 60, 62, 244-245

Patroclus (Warrior in Greek Mythology - Trojan War)
"The Musgrave Version" (George Alec Effinger) 9

Patterson, George S. (American Cricketer)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 12

Patti, Adelina (Spanish-Italian Soprano, 1843-1919)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 293
"The Unmasking of Sherlock Holmes" (Arthur Chapman) 232; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 91; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 393; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 95
Angelina Patti: "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 21

Pattison, Mark (English Author, 1813-1884)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 393

Patton, George S. (American General, 1885-1945)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 174

Paul I (Russian Tsar (1796-1801), 1754-1801)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 112

Paul, Alice (American Social Reformer, 1885-1977)
"The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost" (Jon L. Breen) 32

Paul, Les (American Guitarist, 1915- )
Les Paul Guitar: The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 4-5

Paul, Robert W. (British Cinema Pioneer, 1869-1943)
Paul A. Robert: "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 283, 312-314
"The Adventure of the Unique Holmes" (Jon L. Breen) 101

Paul, Robert (Ripper Case, Carman Who Discovered Nichols' Body)
John Paul: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 30, 41

Paul, St (Apostle - New Testament)
 "The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 286, 288-289, 291; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 37; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 322-323; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 61-62; The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 120; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 149-150, 152; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 113; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 195, 313; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 79; "The Highland Intrigue" (Steve Leadley) 131; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 65; Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 176; "The Adventure of the Command Performance" (J.W. Sovine) 26; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 173; "The Final Solution" (Larry Townsend) 228; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 181
Cathedral of St Paul: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 141
Fortress of Peter & Paul: Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 60, 113, 208, 235; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 261
St Paul, Minnesota: The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 180; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 103, 105, 144, 231-232, 264, 304-305, 309; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 1, 5-6, 9-304; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 11, 17-18, 25-26, 56-59, 80, 90, 112, 115, 118, 124, 141, 162, 183, 194, 198, 227, 235, 249, 260, 275, 284, 286, 292, 295; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 333
St Paul Printing Company: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 93-94
St Paul's: Moriarty (John Gardner) 75; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 17
St Paul's Cathedral: "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" (Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson) 87; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 151; The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 217; "The Revenge of the Fenian Brotherhood" (Carole Buggé) 152-153, 155; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 42-58; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 52; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 169; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 193; "The Spy's Retirement" (John Courtenay Grimwood) 274; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 82; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 34, 46, 140, 171; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 226; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 25; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 173; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 68, 198, 228; "The Adventure of Maltree Abbey" (H. Paul Jeffers) 227-228; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 119, 150; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 65-66; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 62, 246; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 80, 84, 86; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 119-120; "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 32; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 375; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 134; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 48, 127, 130; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 54; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 303-304; The Case of the Limehouse Laundry  (Anthony Read) 14, 149; The Case of the Stolen Sparklers (Anthony Read) 121; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 157; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 15; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 16, 147; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 5, 146; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 273; "The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires" (Darrell Schweitzer) 22; The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes is Missing! (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 106; The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 19; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 79; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 24; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 319, 324, 337; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 87, 129; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 75, 79; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 17, 199; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 117, 122; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 32; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 165; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 192; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 110
St Paul's Chapel: The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 1-7, 91, 114-116, 141, 143-158, 162, 171, 180, 184-185, 187-188, 197, 201-204, 207, 210, 213-214, 225, 306, 309
St Paul's Church: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 20; The Thundering Underground (Jake & Luke Thoene) 11
St Paul's Churchyard: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 144, 150; "Sherlock Holmes and the Trophy Room" (Roy Templeman) 153
St Paul's Road: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 211-212
São Paulo: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 204, 230
S.S. St Paul: The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 62, 73, 84-86, 88, 94-95, 97, 99

Paulding, Hiram (American Rear-Admiral, 1797-1878)
Admiral Russell: The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 22

Pavie, Auguste (French Diplomat, 1847-1925)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 226-227, 229-230, 232-233, 236-239, 281-282, 285-286, 292, 296-297, 300, 348-351, 353, 363, 371-373, 382-383, 412, 448, 465

Pavlov, Ivan (Russian Physiologist, 1849-1936)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 76
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 133
Pavlovian: Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 194

Pavlova, Anna (Russian Ballerina, 1882-1931)
Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 264

Pavlovich, Grand Duke Dmitry (Assassinated Rasputin, 1891-1941)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 264, 274-275

Pawnee Bill: see Gordon William Lillie

Paxinou, Katina (Greek Actress, 1900-1973)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 96

Paxton, Sir Joseph (English Architect, 1801-1865)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 22; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 19; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 28

Payne, Cynthia (English Madam, 1932- )
"A certain Mrs Payne": Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 150, 198, 206, 279

Payne, Lewis (Powell) (American Charged as Conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, 1844-1865)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 65-67, 70, 126-127, 133-134, 151, 157, 231-232, 234-236, 238, 240, 250, 255, 258, 262, 286-289, 292-293
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 116; Ghosts and the Machine (Lloyd Rose) 29

Pays, Marie Marguerite (Mistress of Marie-Charles Esterhazy)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 414