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Zacharias, St. (Greek-Italian Pope (741-752), 690(?)-752)
Monastery of St. Zacharias :The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 51

Zaghlul Pasha, Sa'd (Egyptian politician, 1857-1927)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 61, 63-69, 119-120, 123-133, 135, 138-139, 142-151, 153-155, 161, 167, 226, 231

Zahir ud-Din Muhammad: see Babur

Zaleska, Countess Marya (Dracula's Daughter - Movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 55

Zaleski, Prince (Prince Zaleski - M.P. Shiel)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 151

Zambra, Joseph (British Scientific Instrument Manufacturer, ?-1877)
Negretti & Zambra: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 86

Zambra, Sebastian (Sebastian Zambra series - Headon Hill)
 Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 42

Zan Degolà, S.: see John the Beheaded, St.

Zangwill, Israel (British Writer, 1864-1926)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 74, 79-80; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 98-102, 115, 117, 119, 122, 146, 202, 204-210, 215, 221, 258, 271, 286

Zapruder, Mr. (Filmed JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 92-93, 97-98, 161, 163

Zarlino, Gioseffo (Italian Musical Theorist, 1517-1590)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 28

Zarmi, the Eurasian (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 96, 128-139, 141, 145, 155, 168-170, 174-178, 190, 258-259, 304, 322-323, 370-385, 387-388, 397, 400, 403, 431

Zaroff, General (The Most Dangerous Game - Richard Connell)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 344

Zasulich, Vera (Russian Activist, 1849-1919)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 92; "The Case of the Old Russian Woman" (June Thomson) 120

Zayat Kiss, The (The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 106, 108

Zeck, Arnold (Nero Wolfe series - Rex Stout)
"Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 304, 306-310, 314, 317-318, 320-327, 329-330

Zedekiah, King (Bible - Kings, Chronicles, Jeremiah)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 308

Zeffirelli, Franco (Italian Director, 1923- )
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 70

Zeiss, Carl (German Optical Instruments Manufacturer, 1816-1888)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 107
Carl Zeiss Works: Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 65
Zeiss Binoculars: "The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 84
Zeiss Field-glasses: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 5
Zeiss Glasses: "The Adventure of the Barnegat Burglaries" (H.W. Starr & Orville Horwitz) 132
Zeiss Lenses: "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 322

Zelda (Spellman), Aunt (Sabrina The Teenage Witch - TV Series)
Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 2, 10-12, 19, 21-27, 32-43, 45, 47-48, 54-55, 59, 64-65, 73-85, 87-91, 96-99, 117, 121-125, 131-132

Zeller, Carl (Austrian Composer, 1842-1898)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 240; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 131

Zenith the Albino (Sexton Blake series - Anthony Skene)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 87

Zeno (Roman Emperor (474-491), 426-491)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 130

Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand Von (German Inventor, 1838-1917)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 14; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 353; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 157; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 306, 321; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 117
Zeppelins: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 14-15, 18-19, 117-118, 242; "The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 102; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 139; Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 24; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 86, 109, 112-113, 115, 118; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 35; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 42; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 194; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 62, 64; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 174-175; "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 119; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 114, 141; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 15, 117, 142-143, 229, 281; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 102
Zeppelinwerks: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 323

Zerlina (Don Giovanni - Mozart)
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 45

Zetarians (Star Trek - TV series "The Lights of Zetar" episode)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 17

Zeus (Greek God)
"The Missing Coppertop" (J.R. Campbell) 39;"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 21; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 170; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 138, 320; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 60; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 360; Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 148; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 90; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 63; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 368; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 222; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 145; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 179; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 297
By Zeus!: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 195
Great Zeus!: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 166

Zhu Yuanzhang (First Ming Emperor, 1368-1398)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 255

Zhuangzi (Chinese Thinker, 369-286BC)
Chuang Tzu: The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 237

Ziegfeld, Florenz (American Theatrical Producer, 1869-1932)
Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 38; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 26; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 173-174
Ziegfeld Girls: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 63, 88

Zijlker, Aeilko (Dutch Industrialist)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 24-26, 62, 89

Zikali (Allan Quatermain series - H. Rider Haggard)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 49-57, 61, 79, 81-83, 143-144, 154, 178, 198, 206-207, 212

Ziminar (Demon)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 125

Zimmermann, Arthur (German Diplomat, 1864-1940)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 105-109, 111, 119, 266

Zinovyev, Grigori (Soviet Politician, 1883-1936)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 106

Zoëga, G. (Religious Scholar)
"The Case of the Two Coptic Patriarchs" (John A. Wilson) 77

Zoffany, Johann (British Artist)
Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 26-222

Zola, Émile (French Author, 1840-1902)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 406; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 219, 239
"Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 229; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 79; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 56; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 213; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 112, 114

Zoogs (The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath - H.P.Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 10, 25-28, 48

Zoroaster (Persian Prophet, 630-550BC)
"The Case of the Surprise Heir" (Colin Bruce) 48; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 64; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 56; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 160; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 30
Zoroastrian: The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 152; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 175; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 12, 189; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 22; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 65; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 71

Zorro (Zorro series)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 5; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 96

Zucco, George (American Actor)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 5

Zukertort, Johann (Polish Chess Player, 1842-1888)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 300, 305

Zulbazan (Djinn named in Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 144