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Piaf, Edith (French Chanteuse, 1915-1963)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 58-59, 61

Piatkow, Peter (British Anarchist, aka. Peter the Painter, Peter Straume, Peter Schtern, Gederts Eliass)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 21-25, 33; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 228, 232; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 127, 136; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 55-56, 119-120, 123, 132, 137, 158, 202, 206-208, 210-212, 226-227, 231-232, 239, 242

Piazzi-Smyth, Charles (British Astronomer, 1819-1900)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 35, 238

Picard, Jean-Luc (Star Trek: The Next Generation - TV series)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 118

Picasso, Pablo (Spanish Artist, 1881-1973)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 235-236, 247
Passo Picablo: "The Adventure of the Artist's Mottle" (Robert L. Fish) 59-60
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 50; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 36; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 91; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 160; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 393

Pickett, George (American General, 1825-1875)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 156, 218

Pickford, Mary (Canadian-American Actress, 1893-1979)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 201
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 12; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 138

Pickwick, Moses (English Landlord, Allegedly Dickens' Inspiration for Mr Pickwick)
Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 55

Pickwick, Mr. (Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 91, 119-123, 129, 133, 157, 159
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 98, 106, 162; "The Mary Queen of Scots Jewel" (William O. Fuller) 277; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 25; "The Shadows on the Lawn" (Barry Jones) 135; "The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech" (David Langford) 347, 351; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 55; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 297
Pickwick Club: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 117
Pickwickian: The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 30; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 20; "The Adventure of the Nefarious Nephew" (Michael Mallory) 128; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 24

Picot, Georges (French Diplomat)
Sykes-Picot Treaty: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 125

Picquart, Major Georges (Dreyfus Affair)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 43-407; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 114, 143-144, 158; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 298, 329

Pidgeon, Walter (Canadian Actor, 1897-1984)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 141

Pied Piper, The (The Pied Piper of Hamelin - Robert Browning)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 84; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 220; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 33; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 159; "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarters" (Robert L. Fish) 133; "The Adventure of the Pie-Eyed Piper" (Robert L. Fish); "The Case of the Devil's Spawn" (S.M.Ghatak) 96; "The Case of the Sumatran Rat" (June Thomson) 171-197; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 64

Pierce, Edward (British Train Robber)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 24

Pierce, Franklin (American President (1853-57), 1804-1869)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 142

Pierce, George N. (American Car Manufacturer, 1901-1938)
Pierce-Arrow: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 203; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 212, 233, 254; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 17, 173; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 32

Pierce, Mildred (Mildred Pierce - James M. Cain)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 138

Pierrepoint, Albert (British Hangman, 1905-1992)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 165

Pierrepoint, Thomas (British Hangman, 1870-1954)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 122-124; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 188, 222

Pierrot (Commedia Dell'Arte Character)
"Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 232; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 229, 236; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 168, 170-173, 184, 193; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 33; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 104, 106-107, 110, 112, 116-117; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 140
Un-pierrotlike: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 107

Pig Baby, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 84

Piggott, Lester (British Jockey, 1935- )
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 14

Piggott, William Henry (Ripper Case, Ship's Cook Arrested on Suspicion of being the Ripper)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 80-81

Piglet (Winnie The Pooh series - A.A.Milne)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 168-170, 175, 185-187

Pigot, Lord George (Governor of Madras, 1719-1777)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 209-210

Pigott, Richard (Irish Journalist)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 77-78

Pike, Dr. (Colleague of ACD)
The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 4-5, 202

Pike, James Albert (Bishop & Spiritualist)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 50

Pilate, Pontius (1st Century Roman Governor of Judaea)
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 95, 217-218
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 124; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 23, 169; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 126; "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 15; A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 62; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 62; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 132

Pile, Henry (English Railways Inspector, Witness to the Grantham Rail Disaster)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 19, 58

Pilgrim Fathers, The (Early American Settlers)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 97

Pillaji Temple Guards (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 67-68

Pillsbury Doughboy (Advertising Figure)
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 18

Pillsbury Family (American Flower Manufacturers)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 155, 167

Piltdown Man (British Anthropological Hoax)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 10-13, 15-46, 48, 51, 59, 76-79, 140-164, 174-175, 177-183, 186-187, 191, 193-207, 211-216, 221-223, 234-235, 238-242, 244, 246, 250, 253-256, 259, 262, 265, 267, 269, 273-284; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) x-xi, 19, 58, 64-66, 69, 72, 77-78, 81-82, 86-88, 90-92, 95, 98, 103-105, 107-108, 126, 137, 146, 151-152, 157, 168-169, 174, 176
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 10; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 30
Piltdown Man Pub: Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 105, 174

Pim ("The Case of Lady Sannox" - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 66-67, 73, 75, 88

Pinel, Philippe (French Physician)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 184

Pinero, Arthur Wing (British Dramatist 1855-1934)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 115, 119; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 15; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 131; "The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger" (Michael Moorcock) 200

Pinhead (Hellraiser - Movie series)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 1-4, 7, 11-12, 21, 23, 138, 200, 205 {Captain Eliot Spenser}

Pink Floyd (Rock Band)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 132

Pink Panther, The (Cartoon Character)
P1I3N7K Panther Safe: "Zindernuff's Treasure" (Dana Martin Batory) 166

Pinkerton (Madame Butterfly - Puccini)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 21

Pinkerton, Allan (Scottish-American Detective, 1819-1884)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 21-23, 25, 28, 32, 34, 36; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 91-97, 100, 113, 221, 331; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 62, 129-143; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 225
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 97, 253, 368, 384; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 424; Moriarty (John Gardner) 204; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 52; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 148; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 235; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 155

Pinkerton, Mrs. (Allan Pinkerton's Wife)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 28

Pinkerton, Robert (American Detective, son of Allan Pinkerton, 185?-1907)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 28, 32-33
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 45, 239

Pinkerton, William (American Detective, son of Allan Pinkerton, 1850?-1923)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 28, 30-33
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 239; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 127-128

Pinkerton's Agency (American Detective Bureau)
"The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant" (Brian Ball) 33-40, 45-47; "The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant" (Brian Ball) 32-41, 45-47; "The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 14; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 8-9, 43, 46-47, 52, 54, 81, 84-86; "The Case of Vamberry, The Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 83; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 83-84, 122-123, 126; "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 34, 38; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 29, 59, 87, 92-97, 129, 144, 180, 214, 252-253, 265, 267, 318, 334, 395, 416, 440-441, 452, 454-455, 457; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 52-53, 56, 64, 66, 69, 82, 85-86, 111, 115-116, 172, 176; "Mesmerizing Bertie" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 277; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 66, 72, 133, 345, 351, 363-364, 371, 383, 391, 412, 415, 418-419, 421, 423-424; "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 219-220, 229; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 19-23, 32, 41-42, 56, 76, 108, 110, 115, 141, 154, 171, 178-181, 185; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 138, 140-141, 153; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 21-23, 28-37, 138; The Final Solution (Walter J. Harmidarow) 118-119, 124-127; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 155-156, 158-165, 167, 218, 319, 337, 349; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 52, 76, 79-83, 85-97, 105, 113, 119, 209-211, 218, 221-222, 246-247, 261, 331; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 170-171; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 7, 25, 288, 300; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 18-301; The Case of the Disappearing Detective (Anthony Read) 126-130, 135, 137-138; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 95-96, 108, 128, 154, 164, 167, 171, 173, 175, 184, 191, 200, 263-264, 266-267, 274, 289, 325, 354; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 19, 21, 61, 66; "The Adventure of the Barnegat Burglaries" (H.W. Starr & Orville Horwitz) 134, 138; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 119-222; The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 24-27, 32-33; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 69, 71, 74, 76; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 77-78, 80, 85-86, 90-91, 100, 105-106, 113-114, 118; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 120, 157; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 225
"The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 300; The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 46, 93, 95; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 160; "The Darlington Substitution Scandal" (David Stuart Davies) 88; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 3; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 31-32, 348; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 29, 51-52, 77, 161, 167, 227, 236, 293, 300, 363, 374-375, 389, 405, 431, 466; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 142; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 42; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 48; The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 65-66, 87-89, 94, 98; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 249; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 293; "A Slaying In Suburbia" (G. Kelly) 46-47; "The Adventure of the Japanese Sword" (Michael Mallory) 141; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 306; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 97; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 153; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 140; The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant (Anthony Read) 119-120; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 246; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 65-66; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 278; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow)19; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 104; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 49, 113, 150

Pinkham, Lydia (American Businesswoman, 1819-1883)
Lydia Pinkham's Compound: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 67

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

Pinocchio (Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi)
Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
 Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 404; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 18; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 164

Pinzon, Martin Alonso (Spanish Navigator, 1440-1493)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 125

Pip (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 24

Piper, Leonora (American Medium)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 23, 76 {named as 'Gladys Piper' on p.23}

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian Artist, 1720-1778)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 11; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 135

Pirate King, The (Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) {Richard D'Oyly Carte} 39-40, 42-47, 50-52
"Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 158, 165, 171

Pirates, The (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 8, 15, 21, 33, 35-37, 64, 134-135, 153, 164, 209, 229, 246

Pissarro, Camille (French Painter, 1830-1903)
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 32; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 130; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 130; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 92

Pistol (Henry V - William Shakespeare)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 112

Pistrucci, Benedetto (Italian Engraver, 1784-1855)
Pistrucci Sovereigns: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 47

Pitcairn, Robert (Author)
Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 93

Pitikwahanapiwiyin / Poundmaker (Native American Leader, 1842-c.1887)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 49

Pitman, Isaac (British Educator, Inventor of Shorthand System, 1813-1897)
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 74; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 253
Pitman Shorthand: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 23;"How A Hermit Was Disturbed In His Retirement" (Julian Symons) 256

Pitman, Herbert John (Third officer Aboard the Titanic)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 223, 244

Pitt, William (Either of two British Prime Ministers)
Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 35; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 25; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 104; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 187; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 99

Pitt, William, The Younger (British Prime Minister (1783-1801, 1804-06), 1759-1806)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 170; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 109; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 116; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 138; "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 207

Pitt-Rivers, Augustus (British Archaeologist & Army Officer, 1827-1900)
"The Long Man" (Rafe McGregor) 119

Pittsburgh Steelers (American Football Team)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 16

Pius IX (Pope (1846-78), 1792-1878)
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 76; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 113, 196; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 264; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 182; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 193; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 12
The Pope: The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 120

Pius X (Pope (1903-14), 1835-1914)
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 73; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 172; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 136
The Pope: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 194

Pius XI (Pope (1922-39), 1857-1939)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 167
The Pope: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 213

Pizer, Gabriel (Brother of John Pizer)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 58, 60

Pizer, John (Ripper Suspect, Known as "Leather Apron")
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 92; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 33-35; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 70-71, 79-80, 112; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 54-60, 86, 109, 111, 120, 231
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 80-81; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 242-243; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 176, 190; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 108, 119, 207

Pizer, Mrs (Mother of John Pizer)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 58, 60

Planchet (The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas)
"The Adventure of the Glass House" (Michael Mallory) 60, 62-63

Planck, Max (German Physicist, 1858-1947)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 18; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective" (Ralph Vaughan) 15; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 98

Plançon, Pol (French Opera Singer, 1851-1914)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 125, 180-182, 221

Plantaganets, The (British Ruling Dynasty)
"Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 175, 205
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 75; "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 59-60; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 168; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 93

Plato (Greek Philosopher, 427-347BC)
"The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost" (Jon L. Breen) 21-22, 35; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 4, 6, 70;"The Case of the Faster Businessman" (Colin Bruce) 145; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 23; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 53; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 52; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 56; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 217; My Hero (Tom Holt) 278; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 90; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 48, 60; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 300; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 238; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 352; Evolution (John Peel) 21; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 201; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 47; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 69-70; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 115, 120; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 13, 32
Neo-Platonic: "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 120
Platonic: A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 78; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 47, 65; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 213; "The Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul Jeffers) 176; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 238; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 19; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 123; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 91; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 120

Platt: see Langham & Platt

Platt, Thomas C. (AmericanPolitician, 1833-1910)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 126

Plautus (Roman Playwright, 254-184BC)
The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 89; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 225

Player King, The (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 282; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 423

Players, The (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 411; My Hero (Tom Holt) 51-52; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 191-192

Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich (Russian Minister of the Interior)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 126; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 65

Pleiades, The (Seven Daughters of Atlas & Pleione in Greek Mythology)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 224; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 162
Bridge of the Pleiades: Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 27

Plessis, Alphonsine (Mistress of Alexandre Dumas, Fils)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 57

Plimsoll, Samuel (British Politician, 1824-1898)
Plimsoll Line: "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 11

Pliny (Either the Younger or Elder, Unspecified)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151

Pliny The Elder (Roman Scholar & Naturalist, 23-79)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 133; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 206; "The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech" (David Langford) 350; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 229; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 82, 157-158, 218, 222; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 133
Modern Pliny: Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 190

Pliny The Younger (Roman official, 62-113)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 127; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 36-37; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 204

Plug Uglies, The (New York Gang)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 184

Plumpick (Le Roi De Coeur - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 197-198

Plutarch (Greek Historian, 46-120)
"The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk" (Barbara Hambly) 32; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 11; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 96; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 122-123

Po Chü-i (Chinese Poet & Government official, 772-846)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 272

Pobedonostev, Constantine (Russian Churchman)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15

Pocahontas (Native American Heroine, 1595-1617)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 86-87

Podmore, Frank (British Psychic Researcher)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 141-144, 146-150, 196

Poe, David (American General, Grandfather of Edgar Allan Poe, 1742-1816)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 84

Poe, Edgar Allan (American Author, 1809-1849)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 102, 151; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 16, 49, 63-64, 70, 73, 82-84, 96-101, 106-108, 118-119, 122-123, 125-127, 144-148, 153-154, 165, 170-173, 190, 192, 199, 202, 210, 216-217, 222-225, 228-229, 231-233, 238, 242, 247, 249-250, 252, 264, 272, 275, 277-279, 283-284, 289, 293-295, 299-301; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 57-58; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 32-40, 79-88, 215-221, 227-233, 240-245, 253-256, 263-268, 276-282, 312-314, 340-343
 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 42; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 23, 49; "The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 343; "Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 21; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 23, 45; "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 11, 38; "The Unmasking of Sherlock Holmes" (Arthur Chapman) 231-232; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 221; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 257-258, 343; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 55-56, 64, 159, 459; "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 29; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 68, 76, 104, 226; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 40, 102, 190, 257; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 65, 257, 310, 369; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 399; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 4; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 99, 116; Young Sherlock: The Adventure At Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 33; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 6; "The Mary Queen of Scots Jewel" (William O. Fuller) 278, 290; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (John Hall) 98, 110, 134; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 11, 36; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 52; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 16; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 36; My Hero (Tom Holt) 255; The Game's Afoot Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 69; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 203; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 91; "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 36; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 170; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 21, 129; Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 83; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 72, 149; The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 62, 151, 160; "The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier" (Richard Lupoff) 7; "The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Richard A. Lupoff) 220, 222; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 129; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 22, 126; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 83; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 175; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 295; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 47; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 67; "The Case of the Rising Ransom" (Douglas Moreton) 123; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 56; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 74, 150; The Adventures of the Five Puce Map Tacks (Paul Nizza) 19; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 95; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 100; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 15, 128, 143; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 34, 52, 82, 149, 186, 188; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 21, 205-206; A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 11; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 22; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 145; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 277; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 52; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 13; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 379; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 107-109, 218; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 9; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 151; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 5; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 166; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 83; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 205; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 17; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 21; The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 11; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor)80, 146-147; Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 69, 114, 117, 119; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 115-116, 119, 138, 142; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 174; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 65

Poe, Virginia (Virginia Clemm, Wife of Edgar Allan Poe, 1821-1847)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 108, 126, 225, 300; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 34, 37, 84-85, 132-133

Poelzig, Hjalmar (The Black Cat - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 81

Pogo (Pogo Cartoon Strip - Walter Kelly)
"The Adventure of the Snitch In Time" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 67

Poincaré, Henri (French Mathematician, 1854-1912)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 136; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 154, 180
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 171

Point, Jack (The Yeoman of the Guard - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 72-73, 76, 79, 90, 109-110, 136, 150

Pointdextre, Alexis (The Sorcerer - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 109

Poiret, Jules (Jules Poiret series - Frank Howel Evans)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 161

Poiret, Paul (French Fashion Designer, 1879-1944)
Poiret Hat: "The Finger Print Failure" (A. Conning Goil) 110

Poirot, Hercule (Hercule Poirot series - Agatha Christie)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 80-82, 95; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 3-423; "Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171, 173; My Hero (Tom Holt) 188, 207-208; "Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule -?" (Julian Symons) 167-168
Hercules Something or Other: "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 117, 119-120, 122
Aristide Nemo: Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 141, 145-146, 148-150, 153, 155-159, 161-162, 165, 173, 175, 180-183, 185-186
Hercula Parrot: "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 205-206, 208-211
Hercule Parrot: "Jack The Ripper" (Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie) 72
Poirolmes: "The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 127
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 146; "The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 340; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 78, 107; "Dogs, Masques, Love, Death: Flowers" (Barry N. Malzberg) 340; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 278; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 156-161; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 119; Shirlick Holmes and the Case of the Wandering Wardrobe (Jane Yolen) 16
NOTE: Arséne Pupin, the French detective, in "The Four Detectives" (Frank Thomas) (138, 141, 145-148, 155-164, 166) & Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) (129) appears to be derived, in part, from Poirot, making frequent references to "little grey cells".

Poker (The Sapsea Fragment of the Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 387

Pokingham, Lord & Lady (Lady Pokingham, Or They Do It All - Anonymous)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 43

Pol Pot (Cambodian Dictator, 1928-1998)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 99

Poldark Family (Poldark series)
The Headless Monk (Kel Richards) 54, 57, 104, 109

Policeman, The (Punch & Judy Show)
The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 227; The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 65-66

Polidori, Dr. John (English Physician & Author, 1795-1821)
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 148-149, 162-165, 167, 172, 180-182, 189-198, 213, 222, 231-232, 260, 262, 264, 269-272, 276-277, 282, 288-290, 310-311, 314-317, 337, 341-342, 346, 352-355, 358, 366-368, 383, 421, 432, 434, 437-439, 458-462, 468-469, 476, 483-485, 491-494
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 227; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 65; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 135, 173; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146-147

Poligny, Monsieur (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 47, 49, 58, 60, 71, 74-79, 92-98, 115-119, 139, 181-182
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 21, 51-52, 184

Polk, James Knox (US President (1845-49), 1795-1849)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 107

Pollock, Sir Frederick (British Legal Scholar, 1845-1937)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 23

Pollux: see Castor & Pollux

Polly, Aunt (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 85, 107

Polly, Mr. (The History of Mr. Polly - H.G.Wells)
Mr Polly (H.G.Wells' Cat): Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 131

Pollyanna (Whittier) (Pollyanna - Eleanor Porter)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 39-43

Polo, Marco (Venetian Explorer, 1254-1324)
"A Full Account of Ricoletti of the Club Foot & His Abominable Wife" (Ian Charnock) 151, 162; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 14; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 125; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 73; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 218; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 50, 56, 62; "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 74; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 43, 195; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 163

Polonius (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 32, 51-52, 112, 165-166
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 112, 157; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 67, 74, 113, 155, 161, 320; Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 42; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 58; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 101; "Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 316; "The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 137; "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 96
Polonian: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 15

Polton, Nathaniel (Dr. Thorndyke series - R. Austin Freeman)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 128; "Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 172-173

Polyhymnia (Muse of Sacred poetry)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 240

Polyphemus (Cyclops in The Odyssey - Homer)
"A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 216; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 136; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 25