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Baal (Semitic God)
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 135; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 181
Baal-fire: The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 89
Temple of Baal: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 139, 143

Bab, The: see Mirza Ali Muhammad

Babbage, Charles (British Mathematician, Inventor of first "Computer", 1792-1881)
"The Adventure of the Second Scarf" (Mark Aronson) 98;"The Case of the Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 119, 134; "The Reichenbach Secret" (David Stuart Davies) 394; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 23, 30, 220-221; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 151-152; "The Ciphered Message" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 109-110; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 276; "Moriarty By Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 291; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 17, 145, 147, 154; "The Future Engine" (Byron Tetrick) 219-222
Babbage Calculator: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 131
Babbage Day: All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 143
Babbage Engine: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 48, 50, 244-245; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 218

Babbage, Henry Prevost (Son of Charles Babbage, 1824-1918)
"The Final Programme" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 209-210, 214, 216-217; "The Future Engine" (Byron Tetrick) 218-225, 232

Babbitt (Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitts: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 201

Babcock, George Herman (American Inventor, 1832-1893)
Babcock & Wilson [sic]: "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 151

Baber: see Babur

Babes in the Wood (British Folk Story Characters)
"Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 43; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 112; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 154; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 172; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 328; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 212; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 185; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 173; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 73
Babes in the Bohemian Woods: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 99

Babeuf, Francois-Noel (French Journalist & Political Activist, 1760-1797)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 247

Babington, Anthony (English Conspirator, 1561-1586)
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 262

Babur / Baber (Zahir ud-Din Muhammad) (First Mughal Emperor of India (1526-30), 1483-1530)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 115; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 184

Baby, The (Punch & Judy Show)
The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 66

Babylon, Whore of: see Whore of Babylon

Bacall, Lauren (American Actress, 1924- )
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 70, 80; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 67-68, 74

Bacchus (Greek God of Wine & Vegetation)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 38; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 123; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 249; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 36; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 163; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 1; The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 44; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 54; "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 121; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 50; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 110
Bacchanal: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 77, 86
Bacchanalia: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 259; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 104
Bacchanalian: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 146; "The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson" (Gary Lovisi) 32; "Eleemosynary, My Dear Watson" (Barbara Paul) 54
Bacchantes: The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 140-141
Bacchic: "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 134
Bacchus (yacht): San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 144, 188
Children of Bacchus: The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 139, 141
HMS Bacchante: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 278

Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (German Composer, 1714-1788)
"The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 93

Bach, Johan Sebastian (German Composer, 1685-1750)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 64; "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 80 {Bakh}: "Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 254; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 257; The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 6; "The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch" (Ian Charnock) 115; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 70; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 22-23; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 6, 9; "The Case of the Last Battle" (L.B.Greenwood) 491; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 114; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 31; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 121; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 247; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 141; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 188; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 348; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 188-189; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 190, 203; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 28; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 203; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 72, 143; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 275; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 74, 96, 219; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 12; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 35; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 140; "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 180; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 138; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 67; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 115; "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 73; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 228; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 199; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 80-81, 93; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 273

Bacharach, Burt (American Composer, 1928- )
Bacharach of Criminal Records: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 33

Backhouse, Sir Edmund (English Fraudster, 1873-1944)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 87-106, 109, 111-129, 138-140, 144, 154, 211, 216-229, 231-241, 260; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 245-246

Bacon, Francis (British Artist, 1909-1992)
The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 154; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 149

Bacon, Sir Francis (English Philosopher & Writer, 1561-1626)
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 8; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 23; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 64; "The Case of the Borderland Dandelions" (Howard Engel) 46; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip José Farmer) 190, 206-207; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 15, 144; Moriarty (John Gardner) 201; "The Case of the Baconian Cipher" (Ken Greenwald) 119; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 238; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 88; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 177; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 16; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 97; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 443; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 15
Baconian: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 40
Bekn: "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 81

Bacon, Roger (British Philosopher, 1214-1292)
Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 11, 100; "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" (Mack Reynolds) 184-185

Baddeley, Wilfred (British Tennis Player)
"The Sporting Gent" (Alan Stockwell) 74

Baden-Powell, Lord Robert (British Soldier, Founder of the Boy Scouts, 1857-1941)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 8-10; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 197; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 28-31, 140-141, 147-156, 171, 199-208, 219
"The Adventure of the Ukrainian Foundling Orphans" (Robert L. Fish) 241-242; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 73;"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 148; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 182; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 26

Bader, Douglas (World War II Air Ace, 1910-1982)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 32-34

Badger, Mr. (The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 105, 112-115
My Hero (Tom Holt) 136

Badía-y-Leblich, Domingo (Spanish Traveller, 1766-1818)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 166

Badly-Drawn Boy (British Rock Musician)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 242, 245

Baedeker, Karl (German Publisher, 1801-1859)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 20
Baedeker Map: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 124; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 34
See also: Baedeker Guides

Baer, Arthur "Bugs" (American Journalist, 1886-1969)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 64, 292

Baeyer, Adolf Von (German Chemist, 1835-1917)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 68

Bagehot, Walter (British Journalist & Economist, 1826-1877)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 60; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 87

Baggins, Bilbo (The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 329

Bagheera (The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 149, 165

Bailey, David (British Photographer, 1938- )
PC Bailey, the Police Photographer: Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 130-131; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 177-179; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 172

Bailey, Joseph W. (American Politician, 1862-1929)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 118

Bainbridge, Lieutenant Absalom R. (Led John Wilkes Booth to Garrett's Farm)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 165-166, 168-169, 205, 259

Baird, George Alexander "Mr Abingdon" (British Race Horse Owner)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 63

Baird, John Logie (British Engineer, 1888-1946)
Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 112

Baird, Spencer Fullerton (American Ornithologist & Ichthyologist, 1823-1887)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 36

Baker, Wee Bonnie (American Singer, 1913-1990)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 224

Baker, Sir Edward (English Baronet after whom Baker Street was named, c.1763-1825)
"The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 147-148

Baker, Johnny (American Sharpshooter, 1869-1931)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 131

Baker, Josephine (American-French Dancer & Singer, 1906-1975)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 155

Baker, Kenny (American Singer & Actor, 1912-1985)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 224

Baker, Luther Byron (American Secret Service Officer, Hunted John Wilkes Booth, 1830-1896)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 69, 169

Baker, Phil (American Composer & Entertainer, 1896-1963)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 224

Baker, Sir Samuel White (British Explorer, 1821-1893)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 89, 96-101, 104, 106
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 43; Most Baffling, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 55

Baker, Stanley (British Actor, 1927-1976)
Captain Joshua Baker: The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 85-86, 88, 95

Baker, Valentine (British Colonel, Accused of rape by Hannah Dickenson, 1827-1887)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 26-27, 43-48; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 89-100, 105-107, 125, 144, 216-217, 219, 223
Colonel Constantine Butler: "The Matter of the Cashiered Colonel" (David Hammer) 26-29
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 84

Baker Street Irregulars, The (American Sherlockian Society)
"The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 339-344, 349; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 11-252; "The Man Who Read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" (William Brittain) 227; "Holmes Ex Machina" (Susan Casper) 237; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 8-9; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 108-109; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 3-170; "Codeine (7 Per Cent)" (Christopher Morley) 422; "The Baker Street Irregulars Murder Case" (Henry T. Parry); "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 57-73
The Manhattan Deerstalkers: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 143-144
"The Final Problem" (Bliss Austin) 356; "The Case of the Elderly Actor" (John Ball, Jr.)210-211; The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 24-25, 104; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 13; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 11; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 2-4, 49, 119; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 16; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 187; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 45, 121; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 1, 3-5, 11, 14, 18, 21, 104-105, 126; "The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 146-147; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 26-27, 150, 175, 177

Bakunin, Michael (Russian Political Theorist & Anarchist, 1814-1876)
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 337; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 83, 91-94, 126, 151; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 176; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 405-406; "The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 47-48; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 138, 246; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 9
Bakuninist: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 52, 95, 129, 134, 139, 159

Balaam (Biblical Prophet - Numbers)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 22
Bahram: The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 109

Balboa, Vasco de (Spanish Explorer, 1475-1519)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 29

Baldwin, Stanley (British Prime Minister (1923-29, 1935-37), 1867-1947)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 153
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 84; The Game (Laurie R. King) 5, 149; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 155, 164, 182, 187

Balfe, Michael (Irish Composer, 1808-1870)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 95

Balfour, Arthur James, Lord (British Prime Minister (1902-5), 1848-1930)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 388-398; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 31, 40, 45, 48, 79, 166-169, 239; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 281; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 62, 232
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 42; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 132; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 93, 96; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 105; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 81; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 102; "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 256; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 183-184; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 528, 630; "Dudley Jones, Bore-Hunter" (P.G. Wodehouse) 245
Balfour Declaration: "The Adventure of the Illegal Alien" (Anthony R. Lewis) 331
The Prime Minister: Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 13

Balfour (Sidgwick), Eleanor (Sister of Arthur Balfour, Psychic Investigator, 1845-1936)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 23-24; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 145-148

Balfour, Gerald William, 2nd Earl of (British Politician, 1853-1945)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 144-146

Balfour, Jabez Spencer (British Radical Politician, 1843-1916)
The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 210

Balincourt, Comte de, Viscount Montmorency, Margrave of Hesse
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 152-154, 156

Ball, Albert (British First World War Air Ace, 1896-1917)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 6, 8, 24, 138-139, 144, 174-175, 182-184, 187-189, 193-199, 206-212, 228-230, 235, 253-254, 256, 261, 269-270, 279, 285-286, 288, 290, 299-300, 302, 323, 335, 344, 347

Ball, Friar John (British priest, Leader of the Peasant's Revolt, ?-1381)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 7, 56

Ball, John (British Golfer, 1862-1940)
Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 67, 96

Ball, Miss (Married Thomas Bodley)
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 212

Ballet Rambert (British Corps de Ballet)
Ballet Rambo: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 100, 226

Baloo (The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 149, 165

Balsamo, Josephine: see Countess Cagliostro

Balthazar (Three Wise Men - Bible)
"The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 35, 43, 47-49, 52

Balzac, Honoré de (French Author, 1799-1850)
"The Case of the Elderly Actor" (John Ball, Jr.) 221; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 64; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 159; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 70; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 299; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 136; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 219; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 108; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 143; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 16, 29, 249; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) xiv; The Tale Not Told (Constance Wilder-Wokoun) 79

Bambi (Bambi - Felix Salten)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 144

Bancroft, Marie Effie Wilton, Lady (British Actress, 1839-1921)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 27-28, 128-133; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 138, 140-144, 178, 224-225, 237

Bancroft, Squire Bancroft (British Actor, 1841-1926)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 137-144, 147-150, 155-156, 178, 224, 232
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 79; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 27-28, 129

Bancroft, George Pleydell (Son of Squire Bancroft, 1868-1956)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 129

Bangs, Elizabeth & Mary (America Psychic Mediums)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 23

Bangs, John Kendrick (American Author, 1862-1922)
"Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 9, 11-12

Banister, Guy (American Private Investigator, JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 112

Bank of England Principal Cashier (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 13

Bankes, Isabella (Victim in Smethurst / Bankes Murder Case, 1815(?)-1859)
"The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 21-35, 37-41, 43-44, 48-51
The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 210

Banks, Iain M. (Scottish Author, 1954- )
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 278

Banky, Vilma (Hungarian Actress, 1898-1991)
They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 24

Banquo (Macbeth - William Shakespeare)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 118; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 334; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 235; "The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 133; "The Adventure of the Global Traveler" (Anne Lear) 74; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 129; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 83; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 369; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 165; Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)

Banting, William (English Undertaker & Dietician, 1797-1878)
Banting (Dieting): "The Case of the Bespoke Bee Sting" (Douglas Moreton) 62

Baphomet (Deity of the Knights Templar)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 201

Baptistin (French Criminal)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 154

Bara, Theda (American Actress, 1885-1955)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 44

Barabbas (Bible - Matthew)
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 168

Barabus (The Jew of Malta - Christopher Marlowe)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 115

Barbara, St. (Turkish Martyr, ?-235)
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 178; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 201
Cathedral of St Barbara: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 187
Santa Barbara: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 227-228, 231, 261

Barbarella (Comic Strip Character)
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 13-14

Barbarossa (Khair-ed-Din, Red Beard, Pirate, ?-1546)
"The Adventure of the Rara Avis" (Carolyn Wheat) 73, 75

Barbicane, President (From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne)
"Be Seeing You!" (Xavier Mauméjean) 123; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 188

Barbie (Doll)
 "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 206
Barbée: "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 173

Barboas, Rui (Brazilian Abolitionist, 1849-1923)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 243

Bard, Wilkie (British Music Hall Performer, 1874-1944)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 35, 61
Wilkies: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 35, 112, 127

Bardeleben, Curt Von (German Chess Player, 1861-1924)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 299

Mrs Bardell (Sexton Blake series - Harry Blyth)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 11

Bardell, Mrs. Martha (Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 126-127, 129-131, 133-135, 153, 161, 173
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 162; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 25

Bardolph (Henry IV, Part 1 - William Shakespeare)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 90

Barford, N.F. (British Naturist)
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 70

Baring Family (Bankers)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 19
Baring (&) Brothers: Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 42, 136, 139; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 125
Barings Bank: The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 15, 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 78, 83, 167; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 147

Baring-Gould, Arthur (Sabine Baring-Gould's Half-Brother & Curate, 1865-?)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 104

Baring-Gould, Edward (Father of Sabine Baring Gould, 1804-1872)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 19-20, 43, 103, 192

Baring-Gould, Captain Edward (Ancestor of Sabine Baring-Gould)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 275

Baring-Gould, Grace (Wife of Sabine Baring-Gould, 1850-?)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 17, 104, 120, 200, 246, 285

Baring-Gould, Margaret 'Daisy' (Sabine Baring-Gould's Daughter, 1870-?)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 18-19, 183

Baring-Gould, Mary (Sabine Baring-Gould's Daughter, 1869-?)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 43, 182

Baring-Gould, Reverend Sabine (British Writer & Cleric, 1834-1924)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 1, 9-28, 33-43, 45, 51-52, 54, 56, 64, 67, 71, 78, 81-88, 90-91, 96, 99, 101-107, 113-120, 122-129, 132, 140-142, 145, 149, 159, 168-170, 175, 179-200, 202-203, 205-207, 213, 215-216, 223-232, 234, 236-238, 243-247, 252-256, 261, 264, 268-275, 279, 283, 285, 297-301
The Game (Laurie R. King) 18; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 174; "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 40

Baring-Gould, Sabine's Children
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 19, 43, 91, 184, 200

Baring-Gould, Sabine's Uncle (Vicar of Lew Trenchard)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 20

Baring-Gould, Sophia (Mother of Sabine Baring-Gould, ?-1863)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 103, 183

Baring-Gould, William S. (American Sherlockian, 1913-1967)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60
Ethan Cage Remarque: Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 12-163
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 4; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 11; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 14; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 59, 215, 217; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 5

Barjis Qadir (Maharani of Oudh)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 316

Barker, Reginald L. (Second Purser Aboard the Titanic)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 86

Barlow, Ken (Coronation Street - TV series)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 110

Barlow, Kurt (Salem's Lot - Stephen King)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67

Barnaby & Burgho (Bloodhounds Used In Ripper Case)
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 27; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 157-160, 167-168, 221, 247
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 100; "The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 61; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 181, 304; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 7

Barnard, Dr. Christian (South African Surgeon, 1922-2001)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 137

Barnardo, Dr. Thomas (Irish Philanthropist, 1845-1905)
Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 92; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 178; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 346; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 23; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 333
Dr Banrnardo's: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 99

Barnato, Barney (English Comic & Diamond Trader, 1852-1897)
 Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 75-76, 78, 83, 89-90

Barnes, Jake (The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 222-225

Barnes, John (British Soccer Player, 1963- )
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 41

Barnett, Henrietta (Rev. Samuel Barnett's wife, 1851-1936)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 171-178
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 63

Barnett, Joseph (Ripper Case, Lived with Mary Kelly)
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 225, 253; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 230
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 101, 113; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 170-171; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 260; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 226

Barnett, Reverend Samuel (British Clergyman, Founded Toynbee Hall, 1844-1913)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 63-64; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 171, 173-179, 319
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 19, 190-191

Barney, Natalie (American Author, 1876-1972)
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 394

Barnum & Bailey (American Circus Owners)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 217; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 185
See also: Barnum, P.T.

Barnum, P.T. (American Circus Entrepreneur, 1810-1891)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 128; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 81; "A Baker Street Irregular" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 256, 261;"Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 32, 38; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 19, 157, 377; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 174; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 36, 165, 204; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 17, 22; The Adventure of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Edward D. Hoch) 69, 71; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 57; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 16; "The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 192; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 239; "The Horror of Hanging Wood" (John Taylor) 139; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 126; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 177; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 297
P.T. Barnum-like: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 4
P.T.Barnworm: "The Case of the Missing Butterfly" (William Kotzwinkle) 4-6, 31
See also: Barnum & Bailey

Baron Cemetaire: see Baron Samedi

Baron Crois: see Baron Samedi

Baron Samedi (Voodoo God, also known as Baron Crois & Baron Cemetaire)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127, 236; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 142

Barr, Archibald (British Engineer, 1855-1931)
Barr & Stroud: "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 268; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 324

Barrett, Syd (British Musician, 1946- )
Lieutenant Syd Barrett: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 235-236

Barrett, Sir William (British Founder of the Society For Psychical Research, 1844-1925)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 149

Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (The Barretts of Wimpole Street - movie)
The Wimpoles of Barrett Street: "The Adventure of the Ascot Tie" (Robert L. Fish) 5

Barrie, James M. (British Author, 1860-1937)
"The Adventure of the Two Collaborators" (James M. Barrie) 41-43; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 7, 133-136, 148, 222, 248, 251
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 131; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 10; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 77, 310; "Be Seeing You!" (Xavier Mauméjean) 122; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 138; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223

Barrow, Eliza (Murdered by Frederick Seddon, 1860-1911)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 78-79, 178-179, 190-191, 195-196
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 9

Barry, Sir Charles (British Architect, 1795-1860)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 226; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 155; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 8; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 534

Barry, Edward (American Train Driver)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 261

Barrymore, Ethel (American Actress, 1879-1959)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 93-95

Barrymore, John (American Actor, 1882-1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 144; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 234; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 3, 109; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 76, 120

Barth, Alice (British Opera Singer)
"The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 242

Barth, John (American Writer, 1930- )
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65

Bartholdi, Frederic (French Sculptor of Statue of Liberty, 1834-1904)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 143
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 78; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 79; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 118-119

Bartholdi, Mme. (Frederic Bartholdi's Mother, Model for the face of the Statue of Liberty))
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 143

Bartholomew, St. (Apostle)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 105; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 146
Church of St. Bartholomew The Great: Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 9; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 206
See also: Bart's

Bartleby (Bartleby The Scrivener - Herman Melville)
The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 95

Bartlett, Adelaide (British Murderess, 1863-1886)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 91-92
"The Adventure of the Gold Hunter" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 51, 54; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 340; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 23

Bartlett, Eddie (The Roaring Twenties - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 120, 122, 125, 296-297, 306

Bartlett, Thomas Edwin (Murdered Husband of Adelaide Bartlett, ?-1886)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 91
"The Adventure of the Gold Hunter" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 51

Bartok, Bela (Hungarian Composer, 1881-1945)
"Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher" (Arthur Porges) 97

Barton, Clara (Founder of American Red Cross, 1821-1912)
"The Adventure of the Glass Room" (Philip J.Carraher) 147; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 19

Barton, Elizabeth (English Nun, The Holy Maid of Kent, 1505?-1534)
The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 157; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 68

Barton-Wright, E.W. (Martial Arts Instructor)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 127; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 136-137

Barye, Antoine (French Sculptor, 1795-1875)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 124

Bascom, Lieutenant George N. (American Soldier, responsible for Cochise's disillusionment with US Government)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 103

Basho, Matsuo (Japanese Poet, 1644-1694)
"Sherlock Holmes & Basho" (A.A.Attanasio) 47-52

Basie, Count (American Jazz Musician, 1904-1984)
The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 34

Basil Brush (Children's TV Character)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 93, 186

Baskerville, Harry (English Coachman)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 87-90, 165, 170
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 21; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 88

Bassanio (The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 58, 149-151; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 163; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 104; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 179

Bast (Egyptian Cat-Headed Goddess of Love & Fertility)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 107, 110, 134; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 295-296

Bastos, Coelho (Brazilian Police Chief)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 135-137, 151

Bateman, H.L. (Hezekiah Linthicum) (American Actor-Manager, 1812-1875)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 20

Bates, Henry Walter (British Entomologist, 1825-1892)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 176

Bathory, Countess Elizabeth (Transylvanian Noblewoman, "Countess Dracula", 1560-1614)
"The Case of the Vampire's Mark" (Bill Crider) 114, 126; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 518; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 36; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67, 277; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 65

Bathsheba (Bible - Samuel)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 142-143

Batman (Batman Comics)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 22; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 140; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 7

Batory, Dana Martin (American Geologist, Cabinetmaker & Writer)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 22

Battle, Superintendent (Superintendent Battle series - Agatha Christie)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 36, 106, 232-233, 235, 239, 370, 377, 381, 395, 403

Baucis (Wife of Philemon in Roman Mythology)
"The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 58

Baudelaire, Charles-Pierre (French Author, 1821-1867)
"Eve Times Four" (Poul Anderson) 163; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 18; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 299, 307; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 177; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 213; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 119; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 155; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 199; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 379; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 47; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 5; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 12; The Tale Not Told (Constance Wilder-Wokoun) 79
Baudelaire-ian: Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 20

Bauer, Bruno (German Philosopher, 1809-1882)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 22, 102

Bauer, Louis (Gaslight - Patrick Hamilton)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 145-146

Bauer, Dr. Max (Writer on Precious Stones)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 183-186, 190, 205, 207, 228
"The Rangoon Jade" (Frank Thomas) 44

Baum, L. Frank (American Author, 1856-1919)
"A Scarletin Study" (Philip José Farmer) 203, 205

Baumer, Paul (All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 85-86

Bausch, John Jacob (German Optician, 1830-1926)
Bausch & Lomb: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 78

Bavarian Countess (Pictures From Italy - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 372-374, 400

Bavarian Countess's Murderer (Pictures From Italy - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 372-374

Bavarian Countess's Murderer's Wife (Pictures From Italy - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 372-374

Bax, E. Belfort (British Socialist, 1854-1926)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 46, 115

Baxter, Wynne E. (British Coroner)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 32, 34; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 49, 51-52, 54-58, 70
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 62; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 197; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 95

Bayes, Nora (American Vaudeville Star, 1880-1928)
Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 122

Bayes, Thomas (British Mathematician, 1702-1761)
"The Execution of Andrews" (Colin Bruce) 174-175

Bayne, Thomas Vere (Tutor at Chist Church College, Oxford)
"Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 84

Bazalgette, Joseph (British Engineer, 1819-1891)
"The Mystery of the Hanged Man's Puzzle" (Paul Finch) 224

Bazzard (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 265, 323-324, 388, 396, 401, 407, 412; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 134, 160-162, 164; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (Harry B. Smith) 222, 224
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 122-124