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Nabokov, Vladimir (Russian Author, 1899-1977)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 108, 121, 143-144, 155, 191, 239; "Half There / All There" (Glen Mehn) 233

Nabonidus (Rogues in the House - Robert E. Howard)
"The Baker Street Cimmerian" (Rhys Hughes)

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

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

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

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

Nada (Nada the Lily - H. Rider Haggard)
The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 139, 151

Nadar, Ernestine (Wife of Félix Nadar)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 118

Nadar, Félix (French Photographer, 1820-1910)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 100-103, 107, 116-120, 195-196
"The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 8; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 407

Nádasdy, Count Ferenc II (Hungarian Nobleman, 1555-1604)
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 38

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

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

Naga (Serpents in Hindu Mythology)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 379; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 63

Naga Baiga (The First Human in Indian Baiga Mythology)
"The Naga Baiga of Moogli Hills" (Vithal Rajan) 119, 123, 125-127

Nagant, Léon (Belgian Firearm Manufacturer, 1833-1900)
Mosin-Nagant Rifle: Sherlock Holmes and the Zombie Problem (Nick S. Thomas) 111, 145, 154

Nagaratnamma, Bangalore (Indian Scholar, 1878-1952)
"The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 39-44, 48-50

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

Nagorny, Klementy (Russian Sailor Companion of Tsarevich Alexei, 1886-1918)
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 90-91, 109-110, 121

Naidu, Sarojini (Indian Poet, 1879-1949)
"The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal Rajan) 83-84

Nain, Son of the Widow of (Bible - Luke)
"Dead Man Walking" (Len Bailey) 141

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

Nalle, Richard T. (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 216

Nalusa Chito (Choctaw Mythology)
A Scandal in Battersea (Mercedes Lackey) 137

Name, Billy (American Photographer, 1940- )
"Half There / All There" (Glen Mehn) 232, 237-238

Nana (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
"MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 140
"The Lost Boy" (Barbara Hambly) 15

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

Nana Sahib (Indian Nationalist, 1824-?)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 111, 114; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 85; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 282; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 22; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 169; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 32, 51, 54-55, 100, 172; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 106

Nancy (Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 288, 320, 350-351
Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 105; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 74, 116; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 90; Becoming Holmes (Shane Peacock) 131; The Dragon Turn (Shane Peacock) 21; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 21

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

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

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

Nansen, Eva (Norwegian Singer, Wife of Fridtjof Nansen, 1858-1907)
Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 57-65, 71, 74, 88, 91, 96-98, 102, 126-132, 142, 144, 146, 149-150, 185-191, 193-194, 200, 203-205, 213, 223-229, 231, 233-236, 245

Nansen, Fridtjof (Norwegian Explorer, 1861-1930)
Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 57-66, 68, 71, 74, 76-98, 107-108, 126-132, 137, 141-142, 144, 149-150, 183-191, 193-194, 200, 203-206, 213, 224, 228-231, 233-236, 240, 245, 252, 263
"The Mystery of Dr Thorvald Sigerson" (Linda Robertson) 94; Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 51

Naomi (Bible - Ruth)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 43; "The Fury" (Lyn McConchie) 78

Naorojee Mithaiwala, Dorabjee (Indian Businessman in Hong Kong)
"The Peculiar Adventure of the Paradol Chamber" (Jack Grochot) 113

Napier, Sir Charles (British Soldier & Colonial Administrator, 1782-1853)
"The Loss of Chapter Twenty-One" (Mark Hodder) 15, 31; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cviii, cxxxix; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 116

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

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

Napier, Montague (British Automobile Designer, 1870-1931)
Napier Car: A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 169; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 26, 41-42; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 37, 161

Napier, Lord Robert, 1st Baron of Magdala (British Field Marshal, 1810-1890)
"The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 32-35, 37-41, 46
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 7-10, 13-14, 69, 128-129, 204, 213, 229
"Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 203; "The Case of the Cannibal Club" (Carole Johnstone) 220; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 63, 65, 78, 84, 87, 89; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 51; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 6

Napier, Trevylyan (British Admiral, 1867-1920)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 162

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

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

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

Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon) (French Emperor (1852-71), 1808-1873)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 148; "Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 181; The Crack in the Lens (Darlene A. Cypser) 37; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 107; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 79; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 212; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 26; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 89; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 87; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 2; Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 65; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 27; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 241; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 55-56, 68, 117, 169; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 36-37, 41-42, 47; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 114; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 12; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 236; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 19, 121; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 178, 294; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 9; "The Enigma of the Serbian Scientist" (S. Andrew Swann) 213; The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 34; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 207; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 141; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 103, 180; "Introduction" (Larry Townsend) 21; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 339; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 87; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 153; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 7, 91-92, 169, 221, 229; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 403; "The Purloined Face" (Stephen Volk) 240
Napoleon III Style: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 83

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

Napoléon Bonaparte, Prince "Plon Plon" (Son of Jérôme Bonaparte, 1822-1891)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 236, 277-283, 288, 291-298, 302-303, 312-318, 320-321, 333, 336, 341-343, 345

Napoleon, Louis: see Napoleon III

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

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

Narbondo, Dr Ignacius (Homunculus - James P. Blaylock)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 94; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 942

Narcissus (Handsome Youth in Greek Mythology)
"The Enchanted Garden" (H.F. Heard) 136; "The Old Senator" (Steve Hockensmith) 75; Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 81, 255; The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Nancy Springer) 119; "Fleurs du Mal" (Brian Stableford) 152; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 239

Nardini, Pietro (Italian Violinist & Composer. 1722-1793)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 274

Naser od Din (Shah of Persia (1848-96), 1831-1896)
The Travels of Sherlock Holmes (John Hall) 198, 210; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 180
The Shah of Persia: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 29; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 182-183

Nash, Charles W. (American Automobile Manufacturer, 1864-1948)
Nash Automobile: Fire in the Blood (P.N. Elrod) 11, 42, 79, 81, 83, 89-90, 104, 123-124, 137, 145, 175, 191

Nash, John (British Architect, 1752-1835)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 145; Moriarty (John Gardner) 71; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 239; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 151; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 176; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 127; "The Case of the Exalted Client" (June Thomson) 114

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

Nash, Jolly John (British Music Hall Performer, 1830-1901)
The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 80

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

Nash, Richard "Beau" (Welsh Master of Ceremonies & Dandy, 1674-1762)
Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 169; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 48; The Shadow of Evil (Tim Pigott-Smith) 304-305

Nasht (The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath - H.P.Lovecraft)
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 215
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 22-24, 26

Nasr-ed-Din (Shah of Persia (1848-96), ?-1896)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 160, 167-168, 171, 173, 175, 178-179, 189, 204-205
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 162-163; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 261
The Shah of Persia: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 345

Nasser, Gamal Abdel (President of Egypt (1956-70), 1918-1970)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 12

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

Nataraja (Hindu God - Aspect of Siva)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 73; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 92; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 55

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

Nathan (Bible - Samuel)
"Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 174-175; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 143-144

Nathan, Dora L. (Mother of Frederic Dannay, c. 1879-?)
"The Boy and the Book" (Daniel Nathan) 70-71, 74, 76, 80

Nathan, Moore H. (Father of Frederic Dannay, c.1878-?)
"The Boy and the Book" (Daniel Nathan) 70-71, 73-75, 80

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

Nausicaa (The Odyssey - Homer)
"Ideal Interviews: Sherlock Holmes" (Anyhow) 97

Nautilus, The (20,000 Leagues Beneath The Sea - Jules Verne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 57, 87-88, 93-113, 120-141, 143-145, 150-153, 155, 159-160, 164, 169, 171, 178-181, 183-189, 193-217, 219, 224-225, 235, 238, 249-250, 260, 262, 264, 271, 275, 290-291, 293-294
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 80, 170-171, 179-199, 204, 207
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 34, 108-111
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 4, 10-15, 30-33, 35, 50-52, 63-65, 73, 93-94, 110-118, 123, 142
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 69-70, 75-79, 82-83, 88-89, 93, 95, 97-99, 129-130, 132, 144
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 267-270, 279
The Legend of Lady Yue (Don Bosco) 17; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 41; "The Witch of Greenwich" (Gerard Dole) 154; "The Musgrave Version" (George Alec Effinger) 17; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 217; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 274; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 237; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxli; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 17; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 136; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 156; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 392; The Island of Mad Scientists (Howard Whitehouse) 213

Navarro, Ramon (Mexican Actor, 1899-1968)
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 84, 90

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

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

Nazgûl, The (The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien)
"The Girl in the Key of C" (Weston Ochse) 190

'Ndrangheta, The (Calabrian Criminal Society)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 236; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 162

Nebuchadnezzar (Babylonian King)
"Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 167, 169; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 190, 210, 213; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 125; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 217; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 159; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 143 ; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 230-231; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 150
Dead as Nebuchadnezzar: The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 19
kneed....in the nebuchadnezzar: Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 28

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

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

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

Necronomicon, The (Cthulhu Stories - H.P. Lovecraft)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 78-79, 89, 93
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 423-425, 428, 430, 434, 437-438
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 160-163, 166-170, 179, 188-189, 197, 252-253, 271, 288-291, 326, 331-333, 337, 342, 355, 385, 391, 398-399, 412, 423-424, 455
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 265-268, 274, 277, 291-292, 296, 303-304, 376, 385-389, 398, 403-405, 427, 429, 436, 440
Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 34-35, 57-59, 62-64, 71, 73-75, 90, 117-118, 126, 137, 149
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 162
"The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 272-276, 278, 280-281, 283-285, 288, 294
"The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone" (Poppy Z. Brite & David Ferguson) 143; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 90; "Confidence Game" (Jim Harmon) 143; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 171; "A Case of Insomnia" (John P. Vourlis) 339; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 173; "Death Did Not Become Him" (David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber) 418

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

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

Neebe, Oscar (American Anarchist, 1850-1916)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 285

Neele, Nancy (Mistress of Archibald Christie)
The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 163

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

Neferkare Shabaka (Egyptian Pharaoh (705-690BC))
The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 228

Nefertari (Egyptian Queen, Wife of Ramesses II)
"The Adventure of the Mummy’s Curse" (Cavan Scott) 308

Nefertiti (Egyptian Queen, Wife of Akhenaton)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 139; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 81-82, 190, 238; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 2; "The Adventure of the Rounded Ocelot" (Larry D. Sweazy) 187; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 188; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 12

Negretti, Henry (British Scientific Instrument Manufacturer, 1818-1879)
Negretti & Zambra: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 86

Negroponte, Nicholas (American Architect, 1943- )
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 135

Nehru, Jawaharlal (Prime Minister of India (1947-64), 1889-1964)
"Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 149, 162
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 78; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 43
Nehru Jacket: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 78

Nehru, Motilal (Indian Politician, 1861-1931)
"Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 143-149, 151, 161-162
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 223

Nehushta (Bible - Kings)
"Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 169, 171, 173

Nei, Paula (Brazilian Poet, 1858-1897)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 53-54, 60-61, 63, 66, 69, 110, 124-125, 129, 131-135, 166, 239, 246

Neil, Detective-Inspector Arthur (British Police Officer)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 54, 101-102
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 242, 244-245

Neil, John (Ripper Case, Police Constable Who Found Polly Nichols's Body)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 88-89
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 25
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 118
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 30-31, 40-41
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 37-38
A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 135, 156
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 33-34
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 48-51
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 127

Neill, John R. (American illustrator, 1877-1943)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 4, 111

Neitenstein, Frederick (Australian Prison Reformer, 1850-1921)
"The Last of Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Governor’s Message and the Missing ----" (A.B. “Banjo” Paterson) 16

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

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

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

Nelson, Gene (American Actor, 1920-1996)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 218

Nelson, Horatio (British Admiral, 1758-1805)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 28-30, 65, 100, 103, 175, 188-193, 212, 223, 233, 376, 383
"The Victory Match" (Barry Perowne) 2-3, 5, 13-15, 17-18
 The Dark Lady (Irene Adler) 28; "Pain, Locks and Romans" (Len Bailey) 104; "Run for Your Life" (Len Bailey) 186; "Six Cups of Tea" (Len Bailey) 227; The Case That Time Forgot (Tracy Barrett) 6, 8; "The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 104; "Should a Public Monument Be Erected to Sherlock Holmes?" (J.H. Brearley) 58; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 63; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 29, 180-181; "The Tiptree Typewriter" (L.F.E. Coombs) 173; "The Royal Arsenal Affair" (Leslie F.E. Coombs) 137; Arthur and the Bellybutton Diamond (Alan Coren) 28; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren), 16, 20, 29-31, 38-40, 49; Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 76; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 19, 175; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 347; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 11, 13-16; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 99; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 54; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 173; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 176; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 140, 197; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 257; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 133; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 72; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 130; The Game’s Afoot, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 34; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 62; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 97-98, 103; "The Adventure of the Admiral" (David James) 76; "Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 204; "Bad Habits" (Magda Jozsa) 224, 231; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 104; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 122; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 246; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 22; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 55; The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 32; Black Ice (Andrew Lane) 42; Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 212; The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 39; The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 154; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 112; "The Case of the Maltese Catacombs" (William Meikle) 47; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 256; Jewel of the Thames (Angela Misri) 27; The Secret Fiend (Shane Peacock) 48; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 165; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 84; "By Jove, Holmes!" (Elizabeth Rogers) 37; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 153; "The Butler's Footprints" (David Scott) 25; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 275; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 227; "The Darlington Substitution Scandal" (Henry Slesar) 11; "The Massachusetts Affair" (Aaron Smith) 12; "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 121, 124; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 51, 222; The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (Jake & Luke Thoene) 47; "The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 9; "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 99, 108, 117; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 235; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 67; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 212; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 178; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 127, 177; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 19; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 38; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 18; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 235, 237; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 121; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 63; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 74; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 34; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 28; "Sherlock Holmes And The King of Siam" (Ronald C. Weyman) 102; "The Adventure of the Abu Qir Sapphire" (F. Paul Wilson) 8
Admiral Nelson Bicycle: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 14
Lord Nelson Inn: "The Victory Match" (Barry Perowne) 2, 10, 13
Lord Nelson Pub: The Torment of Sherlock Holmes (Val Andrews) 100; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 8
Nelson (Airship): The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 197
The Nelson Column: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 68, 82
Nelson Eye: "The Matter of the Royal Varietal" (David L. Hammer) 43
The Nelson Monument: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 4; The Secret Fiend (Shane Peacock) 60, 140; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 9
Nelson Railway Engine: Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 206
Nelson Street: Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 59
Nelson Term: "The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 33
Nelsonian Eye: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 52
Nelson's Column: "Dead Man Walking" (Len Bailey) 147; The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 23; "The Tragic Affair of the Martian Ambassador" (Eric Brown) 227; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 23-24, 26, 28-29, 43, 53; The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 100; The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 104; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 271, 286; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 19; Moriarty (John Gardner) 295; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 264; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 96-98, 108-109, 154, 166, 169, 173, 175, 180; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 69, 94; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 140; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 111; "Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 204; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 268; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 181, 234; The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 26; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 52; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 437; Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 162; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 189; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 26; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 74, 94; "The Two Umbrellas" (Martin Rosenstock) 387; "The North Walk Mystery" (Denis O. Smith) 290; "Everything Flows and Nothing Stays" (John Soanes) 35; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 23; The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (Jake & Luke Thoene) 47; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 293; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 29
Nelson's Eye: The Shadow of Evil (Tim Pigott-Smith) 99; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 53
Nelson's Monument: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 70
Nelson's Pillar: "The Kidnapping of Mycroft Holmes" (Peter Tremayne) 220
Nelson's Time: "The North Walk Mystery" (Denis O. Smith) 283

Nelson, Jenny Yellow Elk (Oglala Wife of John Nelson)
The Raven League: Buffalo Bill Wanted (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 198

Nelson, John (American Trapper and Scout, 1826-1903)
The Raven League: Buffalo Bill Wanted (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 198

Nelson, John's Children
The Raven League: Buffalo Bill Wanted (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 198

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

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

Nelson, Nels (American Journalist, 1923?-1996)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 104, 106, 109-111, 149

Nelson, Ricky (American Singer, 1940-1985)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 181

Nemesis (Greek Goddess of Revenge)
The House at Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 246; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 84; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 444; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 226; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 383; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 83-84; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 233-234; "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 251; "The Adventure of the Green Skull" (Mark Valentine) 54
a nemesis: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 77; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 3; A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 220; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 116; "The Folly of Flight" (Matthew P. Mayo) 165; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 250; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 113, 122, 208, 218
his / her / my nemesis: Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 81, 258; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 172, 286; "The Adventure of the Russian Grave" (William Barton & Michael Capobianco) 31; "The Case of the Lugubrious Manservant" (Rhys Bowen) 129; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 236; "The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 141; "As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 40; The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 122; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 219; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 26, 301; "A Certain Notoriety" (David Stuart Davies) 495; "The Reichenbach Secret" (David Stuart Davies) 391; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 220; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 171; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 106, 166; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 161; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 123, 182; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 159; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 57-58, 104; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 310; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 172; "The Sherlock Solution" (Craig Shaw Gardner) 249-250; Moriarty (John Gardner) 106; "Baron Maupertuis" (Paul D. Gilbert) 40, 52; The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 334; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 222; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 15, 211; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 24; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 159; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 293; "Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 306; "Sherlock’s Opera" (Lou Kemp) 251; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 26; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 76; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 5, 241, 270; Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 60; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 67; Rasputin’s Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 238; No Place Like Holmes (Jason Lethcoe) 39; Dead Man’s Confession (Cass Lewis) 46; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 298, 301; "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 307, 326-327; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 163; "Obsession" (Russel D. McLean) 149, 158; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 165; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 91; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 34; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 23; The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 341; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 269; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 270-271; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 116; "The Case of the Open and Shut" (Douglas Moreton) 104; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 275, 282, 317; "Moriarty by Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 290, 298-299; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 196; "Commonplaces" (Naomi Novik) 360; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 232; "The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" (Steve Perry) 57; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 30; "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 77; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 74; "The House of Blood" (Tony Richards) 213; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 243; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 83; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 565; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 160, 166; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 22; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 194; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 68; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 154; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 390
Nemeses: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 151
Nemesis of Neglect: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 193
The Nemesis: "The Jamesian Conundrum" (Jan Edwards) 384; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 13, 83, 178, 236; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 266
Worst Nemesis: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 109

Nemesis, Doctor (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Conundrum - Steve Lyons)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 253

Nemo (Bleak House): see Hawdon, Captain

Nemo, Captain (20,000 Leagues Beneath The Sea - Jules Verne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 43-49, 52-75, 78-82, 85-88, 92, 94-96, 98-100, 103, 105-110, 112, 120-122, 127, 130-131, 136-139, 144-146, 151-156, 159-161, 164, 168-171, 179, 181-189, 193-194, 196-200, 205-217, 221-222, 224-226, 235-240, 243-244, 248-250, 260-263, 271-272, 275-277, 279-282, 284-285, 292-294
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 59-60, 62-65
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 80, 171, 179-201, 204, 207-208, 260
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 12, 22-23, 41-43, 46-47
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 9-10, 18, 34, 55-56, 58, 61, 66, 72-78, 80, 83-89, 91-92, 95-112, 114, 119-120, 124, 126, 128, 131-155
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 265, 274-275
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 3, 7, 11-16, 30-33, 35-47, 49-51, 63-65, 73, 94, 110-118, 124, 128-135, 139, 141-144
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 23, 25-28, 30-38, 41-43, 49, 51-55, 57-60, 66-71, 78-79, 82-83, 87-89, 93, 97-99, 107, 116-119, 131-134, 138, 142-145
"The Case of the Missing Submarine" (J.R. Ryrie) 100
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 165-168, 171-172, 178-180, 185, 197-198, 267-270
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 654, 656
The Legend of Lady Yue (Don Bosco) 17; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 156 {Professor Nemo}; "The Witch of Greenwich" (Gerard Dole) 154; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 324; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 217; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 55; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 228, 237; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 66; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxli; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 38; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 40; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 136; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 156; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 392, 398; The Island of Mad Scientists (Howard Whitehouse) 213

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

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

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

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

Nepean, Sir Evan (British Politician, 1751 or 53-1822)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 231

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

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

Neptune (Roman Sea God)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 41, 45-46
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 136; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxcix; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 32; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 221, 242; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 42; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 421; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 9; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 101, 114
Neptune (Planet): My Hero (Tom Holt) 278
Neptune (Street): Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 13
Neptune Tavern: Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 8-9, 12-13, 23, 26, 28-29, 31-32, 37, 40, 45, 60, 62
O, Neptune!: Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxcvii

Nerio (Roman War Goddess)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) clxii

Nerissa (The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare)
Thrice Burned (Angela Misri) 90

Nero (Roman Emperor (54-68), 37-68)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318
"Hell Is for Heroes" (Bob Haney, Ric Estrada & Dick Giordano) 17-19, 33
"The Arrival" (Harry Wood) 19
"Run for Your Life" (Len Bailey) 197, 204; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 9; "The Missing Leek" (Casey) 243; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165; Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 108; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 149; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 20; "The Adventure of the Stuttering Ghost" (H. Paul Jeffers) 127; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 331; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 134; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 40; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 55; "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow) 137; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 194; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 185; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 197; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 273; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 18; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 181; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 32
Neronian: The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 165; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 187; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 162
Nero of Naughtiness: "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 275

Nesbit, Edith (English Author, 1858-1924)
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 206
"The Last of Sheila-Locke Holmes" (Laura Lippman) 224

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

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

Nestlé, Henri (German-Swiss Pharmacist, 1814-1890)
Nestlés: Brigade (M.J. Trow) 305
Nestlé's Milk: Moriarty (John Gardner) 79; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 117; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 202; The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye (Nancy Springer) 45; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 126

Nesterov, Pyotr (Russian Aviation Pioneer, 1887-1914)
Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 135

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

Nestorius (Patriarch of Constantinople, c.386-450)
Nestorian: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 60

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

Netley, John Charles (English Cab Driver & Ripper Suspect, 1860-1903)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 284-285
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 431-432, 438, 440
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 254, 268-272
Charles Netley: "His Last Arrow" (Christopher Sequeira) 51
John Slade: Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 55-56, 108-109, 156-162, 166, 169, 174-180, 185-186
"Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 43; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 120-121

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

Nettleship, Edward (English Ophthalmologist, 1845-1913)
"The Strange Case of Lady Nicotine and John Barleycorn" (Louis H. Schwartz) 62

Neumann, Carl Gottfried (German Mathematician, 1832-1925)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 68-69; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 199

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

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

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

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

New, Elisabeth (English Tailor)
New & Lingwood: Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 91

New Model Army (British Revolutionary Army, 1645-1660)
The Albino’s Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 240

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

New York Detective (The Man with the Watches - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Girl and the Gold Watches" (Robert Ryan) 442

New York Giants (American Football Team)
"Holmes’ Untold Adventure" (Thomas J. Gray) 22

New York Knicks (American Basketball Team)
The Great Shelby Holmes and the Coldest Case (Elizabeth Eulberg) 70

New York Mets (Baseball Team)
Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 76

New York Yankees (American Baseball Team)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 91

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

Newbury, Sir Maurice (Newbury & Hobbes series - George Mann)
"The Case of the Night Crawler" (George Mann) 142-157, 159-165, 173-174
The Spirit Box (George Mann) 65-76, 88-89, 93, 95-101, 103, 106-115, 146, 159, 161, 163, 165-169, 173-174, 176-181, 183-184, 201-202

Newcastle, Henry Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of (English Nobleman, 1834-1879)
The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 150

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

Newcomb, Simon (British Mathematician)
"The Case of the Perfect Accountant" (Colin Bruce) 243; "Rosenlaui" (Conrad Williams) 196

Newcomen, Inspector (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 106-109, 112, 123-124, 126-132, 218-221, 247-248
"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Holmes" (Steven Philip Jones & Seppo Makinen) 11-13
"The Sign of Two: Sherlock Holmes and Dr Jekyll" (Philip Cornell) 55-57, 59-60, 62-63, 69

Newcomen, Thomas (English Inventor, 1664-1729)
Newcomen Engine: "The Adventure of the Missing Bit" (B. Conan Doyle) 57-58, 60

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

Newlands, John (British Chemist, 1837-1898)
"A Study in Chemistry" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 146; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 324

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

Newman, Christopher (The American - Henry James)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 397

Newman, Cardinal John Henry (British Theologian, 1801-1890)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 53; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 196-197; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 142; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 60; "A Volume in Vermilion" (Kim Newman) 69; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 166; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 304

Newman, Sam (American Property Owner)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 118

Newmark, Craig (American Entrepreneur, 1952- )
Craigslist: A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 193

Newnes, Sir George (British Publisher, 1851-1910)
"Authors at Bow Street" (Anonymous) 334
"The Resuscitation of Sherlock Holmes" (James MacArthur) 86-87
"The Adventure of the Second Swag" (Luke Sharp) 238-245
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 145; Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons (James Lovegrove) 278; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 8, 46; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 112, 228; The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 167; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 8; The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 67-68; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 163-164; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 80-81, 83-84, 161
George Newnes Ltd: The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 82

Newnham-Davis, Major Nathaniel (British Journalist, 1845-1917)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 62-64, 148-153, 156-158, 161-163, 170
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 118

Newsholme, Sir Arthur (British Physician, 1857-1943)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 482

Newton, Sir Alfred James (Lord Mayor of London, 1849-1921)
Baskerville (John O’Connell) 17

Newton, Arthur (British Solicitor)
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 221-224, 226-227, 233, 241
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 4, 6-7
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 115

Newton, Curtis: see Captain Future

Newton, George (British Murderer, c.1891-1911)
"The Monster of the Age" (Paul Finch) 374-375

Newton, Sir Isaac (British Scientist 1642-1727)
"The Gravity of the Situation" (Paul Morse) 115-116
"The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 346, 348, 350; "The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor" (Stephen Baxter) 263; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 33; "The Case of the Deserted Beach" (Colin Bruce) 195; "The Case of the Flying Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 101; "The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 27; "The Case of the Sabotaged Scientist" (Colin Bruce) 80; "Three Cases of Unfair Preferment" (Colin Bruce) 141; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 151; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 14, 42, 88; The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 32; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 5; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 221; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 91; "The Case of the Chemist’s Cache" (Thomas R. Dulski) 88; "The Lost Case of the Past Catching Up with the Future" (Maxwell Eden) 23; "The Case of the Borderland Dandelions" (Howard Engel) 46; "The Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 209; The Great Shelby Holmes and the Coldest Case (Elizabeth Eulberg) 42; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 169; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 40, 50, 71, 141, 144; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 48; Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 47; Moriarty (John Gardner) 171; The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (Leonard Goldberg) 38; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 3, 16-17; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 49; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 44; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 68; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 288; My Hero (Tom Holt) 172; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 145, 194; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 155-156; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 138; Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 55; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 64, 202; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 272; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 23, 30, 63, 95; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 42, 93; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 19; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 44-45; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 140; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxx; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 103; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 240, 281; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 231; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 276; "Moriarty By Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 299; "The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 238; The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 328; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 213; "A Case of Criminal Madness" (Ted Riccardi) 31; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 125, 175; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 27-30, 50, 54, 111-112, 211, 215, 226, 239; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 26; The Case of the Smith-Mortimer Succession" (June Thomson) 189; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 149; "The Mystery of Ogham Manor" (Stan Trybulski) 25; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 388; "Dead Man's Manuscript" (I.A. Watson) 161; "The Glennon Falls" (Sam Wiebe) 138; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 185
Newtonian: "The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 348, 351; “The Case of the Energetic Anarchist” (Colin Bruce) 157; "The Case of the Flying Bullets" (Colin Bruce) 103; "The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat" (Colin Bruce) 210; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 18; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 295; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 43; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 171
Newton's 5th Law: The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 60
Newton's Third Law: "Libretto by Esau" (Norman Hinton) 495

Newton, John (British Clergyman, 1725-1807)
The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 57; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 263

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

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

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