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Pomba Gira (Umbanda Demon)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 235-237

Pomfret, Duke of (The Lost World - Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 109-111, 140

Pompadore, Madame Du (French Lover of Louis XV, 1721-1764)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 111

Pompey the Great (Roman Statesman & General, 106-48BC)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 164
Pompeian: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 109

Ponchielli, Amilcare (Composer)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 123

Pond, Major J.B. (Arthur Conan Doyle's American Tour Manager)
Major Rolando Pepperman: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 101-102, 107-111, 125, 187, 215-217, 244, 253, 257, 278-280, 284, 291-292
Captain Pushcart: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 96, 98-99

Ponselle, Rosa Melba (American Soprano, 1897-1981)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 33; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 97

Ponsonby, Sir Frederick, 1st Baron Sysonby, (Royal Equerry to Edward VII, 1867-1935)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 128-130, 190, 193, 196, 203, 217, 222-223, 230, 248; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 482, 496-497, 608-612, 616-618

Ponsonby, Sir Henry (British Major General & Secretary to Queen Victoria, 1825-1895)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 388, 390-391; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 7-8
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 110-111; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 89-90; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 121

Pontellier, Edna (The Awakening - Kate Chopin)
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 364, 366

Poole (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 43, 89-92, 94, 112, 134-135, 204-205, 207, 217, 223, 231, 243-244; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 56-57; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 226-227; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 119, 121-124, 181, 183, 185-186, 199, 275-276, 281-285

Poor Jo (Bleak House - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 80, 127

Poor Student, The (Amerika - Franz Kafka)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 330

Pope, Alexander (British Writer, 1688-1744)
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 37; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 86, 95; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 127; "The Problem of the Sussex Scalping" (David N. Cisler) 127; "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 169; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 99; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 103; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 15; "The Adventure of the Mendicant's Face" (M.J. Elliott) 28; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 24; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 85, 118; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 148; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 120; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 157

Pope, Harry M. (American Gunsmith)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 103

Popeau, Hercule (Popeau Intervenes - Marie Belloc Lowndes)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 9-422

Poppins, Mary (Mary Poppins series - P.L. Travers)
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder) 454

Porchester, Lord Teddy See: Carnarvon, Henry George Alfred Marius Herbert, 6th Earl of

Porlock, Person From (Interrupted Coleridge Writing "Kubla Khan")
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 138, 167; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 9, 93; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 219; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 15-16

Porsche, Ferdinand (German Automobile Engineer)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 111
A Porsche: The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 86
Porsche Engine: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 84

Porter (Macbeth - William Shakespeare)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 90

Porter, Cole (American Composer 1891-1964)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 32, 176, 193-194; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 17, 166

Porter, Edwin Stanton (American Cinema Pioneer, 1869-1941)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 466-467

Porter, General George (American Ambassador, 1837-1921)
Shady Sinners of the Styx (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 13, 15-17

Porter, Jane (Tarzan series - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 125
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 30; "The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 70-126; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 241; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 309

Porter, Sir Joseph, KCB (Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 51-52, 64

Porter, Nikki (Ellery Queen series - Ellery Queen)
"The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore" (Ellery Queen)
A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 44

Porter, Professor (Tarzan series - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 76

Porthos (The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 44, 165-166, 216, 222, 239; "Mrs. Farintosh and the Opal Tiara" (James R. Stefanie) 139
See also: The Three Musketeers

Portia (The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 55-56, 58-60, 65-66, 71, 93-94, 99, 147-150, 152, 154, 168, 191, 194-196, 198, 201
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209-210; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 230; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 104; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208, 224; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 60; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 188; "The Adventure of the Nefarious Nephew" (Michael Mallory) 135; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 255; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 179

Portland, William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of (British Eccentric, 1800-1879)
 The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby (Anthony Read) 54-55, 126; "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 15-16

Portman, Edward Berkeley (English Businessman, 1771-1823)
"The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 147-148

Portmore, David Colyear, 1st Earl of (Governor of Gibraltar, 1657-1730)
"The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 31

Poseidon (Greek Sea God)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 193
Poseidon Club: A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 213

Postlethwaite, Pete (British Actor, 1945- )
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 24

Potemkin (Russian Battleship)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 15, 78

Potter, Beatrice (Webb) (British Social Reformer, 1858-1943)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 25, 30, 32, 48, 57, 77, 99, 106, 108, 111, 125-133, 145, 149; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 28, 42-44
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 106, 435; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 152-153

Potter, Beatrix (English Writer & Illustrator, 1866-1943)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 160; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 200

Potter, Harry (Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 183-184, 186, 188, 191, 193-195, 289

Potter, Henry Codman (Bishop of New York, 1835-1908)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 168-171, 175-185, 187, 194, 197, 200-201, 205, 211, 282-285, 337, 362, 364-366, 403

Potter, Horatio (Bishop of New York, 1802-1887)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 167-169, 171, 175, 182

Potter, Richard (Father of Beatrice Potter)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 129-130

Pouchet, Félix-Archimède (French Biologist, 1800-1872)
M. Pauchet: "The Case of Vamberry, The Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 62

Pound, Ezra (American Poet & Critic 1885-1972)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 73; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 229

Poundmaker: see Pitikwahanapiwiyin

Poussin, Nicolas (French Painter, 1594-1665)
The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 137

Powell, Dick (American Actor)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 28, 61-62, 87

Powell, Eleanor (American Actress)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 218

Powell, Dr. Ellis (British Spiritualist)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 131

Powell, Evan (British Medium)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 77, 82

Powell, Frederick Eugene (American Magician)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 131

Powell, William (American Actor, 1893-1984)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 175; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 81; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 112

Power, Tyrone (American Actor, 1914-1958)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 83

Powys, John Cowper (British Writer, 1872-1963)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65, 221

Poynter, Sir Edward John (British Artist, 1836-1919)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 95

Praetus (King in Greek Mythology)
Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 236

Prancer (Santa's Reindeer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 160

Prater, Elizabeth (Ripper Case, Heard Kelly scream "Oh, Murder!")
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 124;
Elizabeth Praten: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 304, 310
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 106, 171; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 80, 114

Pratt, Fletcher (American Historian & Sherlockian, 1897-1956)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 59
"The Baker Street Irregulars Murder Case" (Henry T. Parry) 77

Praxiteles (Greek Sculptor, c400-330BC)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 34

Prempeh I (King of Ashanti (1888-96 / 1926-?))
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 49, 148

Prendrick, Teddy (The Island of Dr Moreau - H.G. Wells)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 81, 84-87, 115

Presley, Elvis (American Singer, 1935-1977)
The Mature Eternal Child: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 91-105, 110, 130, 242, 247
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 82; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 10; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 62; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 15, 84

Prest, Thomas Peckett (British Author, 1810-1859)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 33; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 227; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146-147

Prester John (Legendary Eastern King)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 202-204, 214, 236, 238-239

Preston, Charles (Ripper Case: Witness in Stride Murder)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 80
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 267

Prevost, Augustus (Governor of the Bank of England (1901-03))
Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 4-8, 17, 20, 54, 58, 65-67, 72-73, 83, 93

Priam (King of Troy in Greek Mythology)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 163

Price, Vincent (American Actor, 1911-1993)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 74, 82, 92

Pride (One of the Seven Deadly Sins)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 39, 105; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 59

Priest all Shaven and Shorn (The House that Jack Built - Nursery Rhyme)
"The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 279, 283-284, 291, 298

Prince, Richard (British Actor)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 28-29

Prince Charming (Fairy Story Character)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 375; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30, 163; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 251, 405; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 195; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 118; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 34-36; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 149; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 226; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 79; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 11; "The Great Flea Mystery" (Snowshoe Al) 227; "The Struldbrugg Reaction" (John Sutherland) 286, 290
A Prince Charming: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 64
Prince Not Very Charming: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 206

Princes in the Tower see: Edward V & Richard, Duke of York

Princess (and the Pea), The (Fairy Tale Character)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 206; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 155

Princip, Gavrilo (Serb Nationalist, Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 74; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 269; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 276; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 18-19; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 149; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 79; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 148

Prinn, Ludwig (Cthulhu Mythos stories - H.P. Lovecraft)
 All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 32; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 171-172

Prisoner of Zenda: see Rudolf V

Pritchard, Edward William (British Doctor & Murderer, c1825-1865)
"The Matter of the Poisoned Bridegroom" (David L. Hammer) 3

Pritchard, Ted (British Boxer)
"The Sporting Gent" (Alan Stockwell) 73

Probyn, Sir Dighton Macnaghten (British General & Royal Equerry, 1833-1924)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203, 250; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 174-176, 181
Probyn's Light Horse: "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 68

Proctor, Colonel Stamp (Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 114-119, 123, 126
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 270

Proctor's Duelling Second (Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 118

Prodigal Son, The (Bible - Luke)
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 55-56; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 387
The prodigal: Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 238; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 122; "The Beast of Guangming Peak" (Michael Mallory) 16

Prokofiev, Sergey (Russian Composer 1891-1953)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 76

Prometheus (Stole Fire from the Gods in Greek Mythology)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 203; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 223; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 46; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 156; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 232; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor)109; "Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 229
Promethean: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 98

Pronzini, Bill (American Author, 1943- )
Pronzini and Wilcox: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 119

Propter's Nicodemus Pills (Incidents In The Life Of My Uncle Arly - Edward Lear)
"The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 258, 265-266, 273-276, 280, 282

Prospero (The Tempest - William Shakespeare)
The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 256; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 353; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner)71-73; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 144; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 10

Proteus (All-Knowing Son of Poseidon in Greek Mythology)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 68
Protean: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 56

Proudhon, Pierre (French Writer & Anarchist, 1809-1865)
"The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Kathleen Brady) 78; "The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 48
Proudhonist: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 112

Proust, Joseph Louis (French Chemist, 1754-1826)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 150

Proust, Marcel (French Author, 1871-1922)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 168; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 136
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 79; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 25-26

Prout, Paul Pontifex (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 29-30

Pry, Paul (Pseudonym of British Artist William Heath)
Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 14; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 226

Pryce-Jones, Colonel Edward (Welsh Politician)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 56, 83, 96-97, 250-251, 379

Pryce-Jones, Sir Pryce (Welsh Businessman)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 83, 95-98, 109-110, 251

Pryderi (Welsh King in Celtic Legend)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 88

Prynne, Hester (The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 24

Przhevalsky, Nikolai (Russian Explorer, 1839-1888)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 151; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 75-76, 163, 207

Psammitichus (Psamtik I, King of Egypt, (664-610BC))
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 140

Psyche (Greek Mythology)
"Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 198
Psyche Knots: Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 11

Psychologist, The (The Time Machine - H.G. Wells)
Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 4

Ptolemy (Astronomer & Mathematician, 100-170)
"The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 9; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151
Ptolemaic: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 44

Ptolemy I (Egyptian Pharoah, 367(?)-283(?) BC)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 140; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 69

Ptolemy II (Egyptian Pharoah, (285-246BC), 309-246BC)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 69

Ptolemy V (Egyptian Pharoah, 210-181BC)
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 110; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 112

Puccini, Giacomo (Italian Composer, 1858-1924)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 101-102; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 203; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 6; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 85; "Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 113; "The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes" (H. Paul Jeffers) 113; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 241; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 194; "The Phantom of the Barbary Coast" (Frank M. Robinson) 109

Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 89-90, 97, 132-133
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 60; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 457; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 74; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 221; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 195; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 205; "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost" (John Whitman) 89
Puckish: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 44; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 450; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 17

Puffer, Princess (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 35, 235, 238-239, 260, 265, 326, 328, 394 {Lascar Sal}; "Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 162; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 114-122, 167 {Princess Puffa}; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 218, 220, 224-225
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 57

Pugin, Augustus Welby (British Architect, 1812-1852)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 31; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 144; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 533-534

Pulitzer, Joseph (Hungarian-American Journalist, 1847-1911)
 Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30-33, 112, 116-117, 255
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 152, 438, 451; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 45; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 197; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 8
Pulitzer Papers: "The Case of the Notorious Practitioner" (Jane Rubino) 84
Pulitzer Prize: My Hero (Tom Holt) 311; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 11; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore)198

Pulitzer Family
Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 333

Pulleine, Colonel Henry (British Soldier at Isandlwana, 1839(?)-1879)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 297

Pullman, George (American Inventor of Pullman Car, 1831-1897)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 44; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 42
Pullman Car: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 103; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 203; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 179, 191, 233-234, 240; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 162, 164; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 240, 275; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 114; The Seventh Bullet ( Daniel D. Victor) 13
Pullman Limousine: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 218, 224
Pullman Railroad Strike: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 138

Pumphrey, James W. (American Livery Stable Owner, 1832-1906)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 133

Punch, Mr. (Punch & Judy Show)
"Death in the Christmas Hour" (James Powell) 323, 327-333, 335
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 60; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 193; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 216; "Missing Parsons" (Douglas Moreton) 147; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 227; The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 65-67, 70, 95; The Thundering Underground (Jake & Luke Thoene) 14; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 73; "But Our Hero Was Not Dead" (Manly Wade Wellman) 147 {Dr. Punch}
Pleased As Punch: "The Adventure of the Celestial Snows" (George Alec Effinger) 329
Punch-Faced: "But Our Hero Was Not Dead" (Manly Wade Wellman) 148
see also: Punch & Judy Show

Punchinello (Commedia Dell'Arte Character)
Pleased as Punchinello: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 55

Puppet Master, The (Fantastic Four Comics)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127

Purcell, David (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 208

Purcell, Henry (British Composer, 1959-1695)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 116; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 247; "The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 232; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 221-222

Purdey, James (British Gunsmith)
Purdy Elephant Gun: "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Orville Horwitz & H.A. Schroeder) 24
Purdey 12-bore: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 119
Purdey's: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 234, 236, 240; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 159
Purdey Shotgun: Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 245, 275, 281-282

Purdey, James, the younger (British Gunsmith, 1828-1909)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 159

Purdom, Charles B. (British Town Planner)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 48-51

Purishkevich, Vladimir (Russian Politician, Assassinated Rasputin, 1870-1920)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 272, 274-275

Purkinje, Johannes Evangelista (Bohemian Physiologist, 1787-1869)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 115; Moriarty (John Gardner) 201; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 155

Pusey, Edward (British Theologian, 1800-1882)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 181; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 96, 222

Pushkin, Alexandr (Russian Writer, 1799-1837)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 320; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 214; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 272; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 91, 97; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 147

Puss in Boots (Puss in Boots - Folk Story)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 114

Putnam, James Jackson (American Neurologist, 1846-1918)
"The American Ambassador" (David Scott) 9

Puysegur, Marquis de (French Hypnotist, 1751-1825)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 119, 205

Pwyll (Legendary Welsh King)
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 189

Pyle, Howard (American Illustrator, 1853-1911)
Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 154

Pyle, Joseph G. (American Editor & Author)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 232, 238-239, 249; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 10-19, 32, 34, 49-52, 54-55, 60-65, 67, 72-74, 90, 101, 108-110, 140, 151-158, 160-163, 165-167, 169-172, 212, 214-218, 220-226, 228, 230-231, 234-235, 245, 247, 249, 251, 274-277, 282-283, 285-286, 289, 296, 298-299, 303; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 3-292; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 17-21, 26, 59, 194-195, 227-228, 275, 292; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 17-282

Pym, John (English Parliamentarian, 1583-1643)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 70

Pyramus & Thisbe (A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 55

Pyrrhus (King of Epirus (307-272BC), 318?-272BC)
Pyrrhic Pride: Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 157
Pyrrhic Victory: "The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 42; "The Witch of Greenwich" (Gerard Dole) 137; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 299; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 161, 588

Pythagorus (Greek Philosopher & Mathematician)
"The Case of the Faster Businessman" (Colin Bruce) 145; "The Case of the Flying Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 112; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 221; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 45; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 9;"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 149; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 224; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 136; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 327; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 149; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 120; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 29
Pythagorean: Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 251; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 50, 114; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 139
Pythagoreanism: "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 149

Pythias: see Damon & Phinteas