Zabu (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 57

Zaccaro, John (American Businessman, 1933- )
"The Great Media Mystery" (Art Buchwald) 221

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

Zadig (Zadig - Voltaire)
Miss Zadig: "A Case of Facsimile" (Viola Brothers Shore) 86

Zadok (Bible - Chronicles)
"Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 170

Zagloba, Onufry (The Trilogy - Henryk Sienkiewicz)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 319

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

Zaharoff, Basil (Greek Arms Dealer, 1849-1936)
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 533-534, 541
Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 3-4, 7-8, 60-61, 85, 98-100, 131-133, 141-143, 150-151, 169, 173-174, 184, 194-196, 199-207, 209, 228-231, 256-260, 268-270, 272, 276-278, 280, 283, 291, 293, 297, 300-301, 306, 310, 323, 327, 329-331

Zahir ud-Din Muhammad: see Babur

Zaifeng, 2nd Prince Chun (Emperor of China (1908-12), 1883-1951)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 106-107

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

Zambaco, Demetrius (Greek Doctor)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 172

Zambra, Joseph (British Scientific Instrument Manufacturer, 1822-1897)
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

Zamorin of Calicut, 64th (Ruler of Calicut, ?-1339)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 11-12, 26-27, 265

Zamorin of Calicut, 65th (Ruler of Calicut, (1339-47), ?-1347)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 25-29

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

Zancig, Julius (1857-1929) & Agnes (1850s-1916) (Danish Mind Reading Act)
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 71; Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian (Val Andrews) 32; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 62

Zandonai, Riccardo (Italian Composer, 1883-1944)
"The Case of the Two Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 176, 179

Zangwill, Ellen (Mother of Israel Zangwill, 1843-1919)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 84

Zangwill, Israel (British Writer, 1864-1926)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 74, 79-80
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 81-93, 155, 231
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 7-23, 51, 56-57, 69, 148, 160, 162, 192, 238, 246, 312, 315
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 181-185, 187-192, 196
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 98-102, 115, 117, 119, 122, 146, 202, 204-210, 215, 221, 258, 271, 286
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 157

Zangwill, Louis (English Author, 1869-1938)
"A Nineteenth Century Debacle" (George Locke) 174-175

Zangwill, Moses (Father of Israel Zangwill, 1839-1908)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 84; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 8

Zani Chada (Kerry's Kid - Sax Rohmer)
"The Adventure of the Abu Qir Sapphire" (F. Paul Wilson) 18, 25

Zann, Erich (The Music of Erich Zann - H.P. Lovecraft)
"The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie" (P.H. Cannon) 53, 55-57, 59-64
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 231, 240, 425

Zanoni (Nick Carter series)
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 389, 391, 394, 427, 460-461

Zapata, Emiliano (Mexican Revolutionary, 1879-1919)
Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 166, 204, 223

Zappa, Frank (American Rock Musician, 1940-1993)
"A Triumph of Logic" (Gayle Lynds & John Sheldon) 191; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 141

Zapruder, Abraham (American Clothing Manufacturer, Filmed JFK Assassination, 1905-1970)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 92-93, 97-98, 161, 163

Zarate, Lucia (Mexican Sideshow Act, 1864-1890)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 217

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)
"The Adventure of the Ethical Assassin" (Matthew Baugh) 240; 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

Zechariah (Bible - Father of John the Baptist)
"Righteous Blood Is Red" (Len Bailey) 54

Zechariah ben Berechiah (Bible - Matthew)
"Righteous Blood Is Red" (Len Bailey) 49-51, 53-56, 58-62; "Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 169

Zechariah ben Jehoida (Bible - Zechariah)
"Righteous Blood Is Red" (Len Bailey) 43-46, 48-55, 59, 61
"The Devil’s Enterprise" (Len Bailey) 70, 83

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

Zeddmore, Winston (Ghostbusters series)
"Winston’s Diary: A Day in the Life of Winston Zeddmore" (Dan Abnett) 11-12

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

Zeeman, Pieter (Dutch Physicist, 1865-1943)
Zeeman Effect: "The Case of the Chemist’s Cache" (Thomas R. Dulski) 88

Zeffirelli, Franco (Italian Director, 1923-2019)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 70

Zeglen, Casimir (Polish Engineer, 1869-1910)
Zeglen Principle: The Ripper Legacy (David Stuart Davies) 206

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: The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 589
Zeiss Binoculars: "The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 84; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 129
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
Zeiss Microscope: "The Case of the Chemist’s Cache" (Thomas R. Dulski) 84; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 153
Zeiss Pocket Glass: The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 33, 110

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

Zelig, Jack (American Gangster, 1888-1912)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 97, 99-100, 103-105, 117-119, 150-153, 159-163, 165, 180, 182, 193, 197

Zelin, John (Rosen) (British Anarchist)
Fedoroff: "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 238

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

Zemo, Baron (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 11

Zender, Ludovico Hurwitz-y- (Peruvian Spy, 1878-1916)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 124

Zenger, John Peter (American Publisher, 1697-1746)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 246

Zenith the Albino (Sexton Blake series - Anthony Skene)
The Albino’s Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 25, 84-88, 129, 132, 134, 149-153, 155-158, 160, 162-163, 168, 170-173, 187, 189, 196, 204-205, 207-223, 225-226, 228-231, 233-240, 242-245
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 87

Zeno (Roman Emperor (474-491), 426-491)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 130; The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 87; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 126

Zeno of Elea (Greek Philosopher, 495-425BC)
"A Bauble in Scandinavia" (James Lovegrove) 293; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 313-315, 318

Zenobia (Syrian Queen, c.240-c.274)
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 171

Zenovitch, Samuel (American Restaurateur)
Sam's Grill: The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 94

Zephyrus (Greek God of the West Wind)
"The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 16

Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand Von (German Inventor, 1838-1917)
Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 190-194, 202-203, 307
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 14; "The Adventure of the Orkney Shark" (Simon Bestwick) 305; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 353; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 157; "The Folly of Flight" (Matthew P. Mayo) 161, 165; 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; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 53; Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 1, 53; "The Prideaux Manuscript" (Cara Black) 270; "The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 102; Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 14, 21; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 139; The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 28, 33, 61-64; The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 255; "Jacques the Giant Slayer" (Vanessa de Sade) 179, 181, 183-184; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 116; Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 24; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 86, 109, 112-113, 115, 118; "The Gargoyles of Killfellen House" (Cate Gardner) 163; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 141-142, 144, 151, 224, 235, 247-248, 251, 260, 263, 265-266; The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 220; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 35; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 42; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 62; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 26; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 71, 97, 159; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 194; "Murder Games" (Michael Kurland) 20; The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 186; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 256; The Spirit Box (George Mann) 9, 18, 55-56, 58, 62, 69; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 62, 64; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 35, 151; 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 Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 16, 54, 122, 165-170, 174, 183-186, 214, 237, 241, 304, 307-308, 340; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 226-227, 231, 313, 330; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 5, 10, 35, 37, 50, 61, 131, 210, 218, 250, 265, 346; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 67, 189, 353; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 15, 117, 142-143, 229, 281; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 102
Zeppelin-Staaken: The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 32
Zeppelinwerks: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 323

Žerajic, Bogdan (Bosnian Assassin, 1886-1910)
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 537

Zerlina (Don Giovanni - Mozart)
"The Well-Educated Young Man" (William P. Coleman) 86-87; The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 74; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 45

Zerubabbel (Bible - Ezra)
"Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 170

Zeruiah (Bible - Samuel)
"You Miss, You Die" (Len Bailey) 133

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

Zeus (Greek God)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 37-39, 41, 43, 45-47
"Ideal Interviews: Sherlock Holmes" (Anyhow) 97; "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; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 239; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 378; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 84; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 34; "The Cuckoo’s Hour" (Mark A. Latham) 15, 18, 36; Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 148; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 69, 139, 218; "The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 225; Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 251; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 90; Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 80; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 63; Thrice Burned (Angela Misri) 149; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 368; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 222; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 145; "The Aristotelian" (Steve Poling) 42; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 88; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 88; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 214, 218, 254; 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

Zeuxis (Greek Painter, 5th Century BC)
"Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 186-187

Zhang Zhidong / Chang Chih-tung (Chinese Politician, 1837-1909)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 105

Zhen, Consort (Concubine of Emperor Kuang Hsu, 1871-1908)
"The Curse of Guangxu" (Sam Stone) 250, 255-257, 259-260, 262, 267-277

Zheng He (Chinese Mariner, 1371- c.1433)
Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 194-195

Zhenwu (Chinese God)
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 150

Zhu Youjian (Last Ming Emperor, 1611-1644)
The Adventure of the Three Dragons (Luke Steven Fullenkamp) 68

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 Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 193, 209-210, 225-226, 234, 240-241, 250, 255, 258-278, 280-282
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) lxviii, lxxi- lxxiii, cxvii, 5-6, 10, III, V
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

Zimmer, Justin O. (American Manufacturer, 1884-1951)
Zimmer Frame: "The House of Blood" (Tony Richards) 203

Zimmermann, Arthur (German Diplomat, 1864-1940)
"Intercepted Communications" (John Kendrick Bangs) 131-137
Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 33, 96, 121-122, 132, 135, 143, 204, 229, 246-247, 249-250, 253-254, 258-259
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 271, 273, 277-283, 285, 290, 292, 296
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 105-109, 111, 119, 266

Zimmermann, Robert (Czech-Austrian Philosopher, 1824-1898)
"The Adventure of the Lost Theorem" (Julie Novakova)324-328, 330-336, 338-340, 342

Zinovyev, Grigori (Soviet Politician, 1883-1936)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 106
Zinoviev Letter: Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 325

Zip the What Is It? (American Sideshow Act, 1840s-1926)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 217

Zoe of Rome, St (Roman Noblewoman, ?-c.286)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 126

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

Zoffany, Johann (German Artist, 1733-1810)
Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 26, 63, 69, 93, 95-98, 114, 116-118, 134, 145-146, 155, 158, 169, 175, 178, 208, 210-211, 222
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 176

Zola, Arnim (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 8, 12

Zola, Emile (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; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 50, 98; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 79; Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 130-131; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 399; "The Bride and the Bachelors" (Vincent Kovar) 173; Baskerville (John O’Connell) 111; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 73; 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

Zomboss, Dr Edgar (Plants vs Zombies comics)
"The Adventures of Sherlock Brains: The Case of the Purloined Pop Smarts!" (Paul Tobin, Chris Sheridan & Steve Dutro) 73-74

Zoogs (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) 10, 25-28, 48
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 167

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; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 42; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) cxxiii; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 71; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 60
Zoroastrianism: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 233

Zorro (Zorro series)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 5; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 2; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 248-250, 256, 264, 267, 284, 288; Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 14, 141; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 96

Zosimos of Panopolis (3rd-4th Century Greek or Egyptian Mystic)
"The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" (William Patrick Maynard) 112

Zoth-Ommog (Xothic Legen Cycle - Lin Carter)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 194

Zucco, George (British Actor, 1886-1960)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 5; "Rosenlaui" (Conrad Williams) 196

Zukertort, Johann (Polish Chess Player, 1842-1888)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 300, 305
"Run for Your Life" (Len Bailey) 186

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

Zuni Fetish, The (Prey - Richard Matheson)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 221

Zuo Zongtang (Chinese Statesman, 1812-1885)
General Tso's Chicken: Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 79

Zuvembies (Pigeons from Hell - Robert E. Howard)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 360
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 134

Zwarte Piet (Companion of St Nicholas)
The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 84, 123

Zweig, Stefan (Austrian Writer, 1881-1942)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 3

Zylberberg, Régine (Belgian-French Singer, 1929-2022)
Régine's: "A Study in Harlots" (Fran Lebowitz) 153