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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

Beach, Alfred E. (American Inventor, 1826-1896)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 189, 195-196, 200-201, 203

Beach, Thomas (British Spy against Ireland in the USA, 1841-1894)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 94

Beach Boys, The (American Pop Group)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 212

Beaconsfield, Lord: see Disraeli, Benjamin

Beadle, The (Punch & Judy Show)
The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 65

Beagle, HMS (Ship on which Charles Darwin explored the Galapagos Islands, etc)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (John L. Breen) 191, 193; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 67

Beale, Dorothea (English Educationalist, 1831-1906)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 33

Beals, Fordyce (American Engineer)
Beals Revolving Rifle: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 152-153, 158, 160-161, 186, 190, 192

Beam, Jim (American Distiller)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 43

Bean, Ed (American Police officer, ?-1903)
Bean Handcuffs: "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 97; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 251, 253

Bean, Sawney (14th/15th Century Scottish Cannibal)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 179; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 221; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 237

Beard, Dan (American Artist & Boy Scouts of America Founder)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 234

Beardsley, Aubrey (British Illustrator, 1872-1898)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 192-195, 197, 232
Beasley: "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 315
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 132; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 86, 167; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 77

Beast, The (Beauty and the Beast)
see: Beauty and the Beast

Beast Folk, The (The Island of Dr Moreau - H.G. Wells)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 14

Beast of the Apocalypse, The (Bible - Revelation)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 75; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 190; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 285, 306, 404; "The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 122; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 236; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 90, 174, 179; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 248-249, 263; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 181, 221-222; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 153, 162

Beatles, The (British Pop Group)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 9, 98; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 111-113, 140, 220, 243; Evolution (John Peel) 50; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 32, 56; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 43
The Beadles: "The Adventure of the Widow's Weeds" (Robert L. Fish) 120
Beatles-like: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 94

Beatmoor, Jane (British Murder Victim, 1860-1888)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 119-120

Beaton, Cecil (British Photographer, 1904-1980)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 110, 140
Cecilia Beaton: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 183

Beatrice (The Divine Comedy - Dante)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 291

Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 280

Beatrice, Princess (Youngest Daughter of Queen Victoria, 1857-1944)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 97-98

Beatty, Clyde (American Actor, 1903-1965)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 182

Beaulieu, Claire de (Le Maître De Forges - Georges Ohnet)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 119

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de (French Dramatist, 1732-1799)
The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 87; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 145

Beaumont, Bill (British Rugby Player, 1952- )
"Beaumont...You'll never play rugby in this school again": Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 153-155, 243-244

Beaumont, Dr. William (American Surgeon, 1785-1853)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 11, 14, 20, 100-101

Beaunis, Henri √‚tienne (French Physiologist, 1830-1921)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 23

Beauregard, Charles (Anno Dracula series - Kim Newman)
"Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 113-116, 128, 136, 139; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 23-34, 43-48, 56, 58, 69-74, 85-100, 103, 109, 119-126, 149-154, 165-166, 169-177, 195-198, 203-220, 223-242, 245, 248-254, 265-272, 285-289, 299-304, 315, 319, 323-324, 329-337, 343-350, 359-360, 363-370, 376, 381-385, 393-395, 407-408, 413-430, 432-449, 451-461; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 2-5, 11-20, 27-31, 41-55, 72-78, 89-91, 95-96, 98-99, 101, 105, 107, 109-119, 121-122, 147, 149, 172, 182, 200-205, 212, 247-252, 257-262, 269-275, 288, 317-320, 332-335, 350-352, 354-356; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 15-18
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 29; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 96

Beauregard, Pierre (Confederate General, 1818-1893)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 113

Beauty and the Beast (Fairy Tale Characters)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 59, 154

Beauvallon, Jean Baptiste de Beaupin de Rosemond de (French Author & Duellist,1823-?)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 135, 318

Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, Lord (British Politician & Publisher, 1879-1964)
"The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 58; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 116

Bebel, August (German Socialist Leader, 1840-1913)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 151

Bechstein, Carl (German Piano Manufacturer, 1826-1900)
Bechstein Piano: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 33; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 175

Beck, John B. (American Writer on Legal Medicine)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 61

Beck, Martin (American Theatre Impresario, 1867-1940)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 26

Beck, Theodric Bromeyn (American Legal Medicine Specialist, 1791-1855)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 61

Beck, Walter (Ripper Case, Inspector Called to Kelly Murder, He Warned Dew Not to Look)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 299, 303
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 105

Becker, Charles (Corrupt American Police Lieutenant)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 66

Becket, Thomas (Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint, 1118-1170)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 413; "The Case of the Disloyal Servant" (Colin Bruce) 177; "Three Cases of Relative Jealousy" (Colin Bruce) 121; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 165; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 137-138; "The Canterbury Cathedral Murder" (Frederic Arnold Kummer & Basil Mitchell) 314-316; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 21; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller)120; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 27; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 134; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 348; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 269

Beckford, William (English Author, 1759-1844)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 30

Becquerel, Henri (French Physicist, 1852-1908)
"The Mystery of the Addleton Curse" (Barrie Roberts) 242, 244-245;
"Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 25; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 104; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 33
Becquerel Rays: "The Mystery of the Addleton Curse" (Barrie Roberts) 245
Henri Berquel: "The Swiss Chronometer" (David Scott) 88

Bede, The Venerable (British Historian / Chronicler, ?-735)
"The Adventure of Maltree Abbey" (H. Paul Jeffers) 222, 224-227, 230-233
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 68; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 67; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 113
St. Bede's Church: Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 130, 163-164, 176; The Vampire Serpent (Kel Richards) 1-2, 86; The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 58

Bedford, Arnold (The First Men in the Moon - H.G. Wells)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 165-166, 181, 192-197, 207, 214

Bedivere, Sir (Arthurian Legend)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 122

Bee Gees, The (Pop Group)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 141

Beecham, Thomas (British Patent Medicine Vendor, 1820-1907)
(Mr.) Beecham's Pills: "Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Box" (Anon.) 77; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 172; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 181-183
Beecham's Powders: "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 258; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 95; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 114

Beecham, Sir Thomas (English Conductor, 1879-1961)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 12

Beecher, Eunice Bullard (American Author, Wife of Henry Ward Beecher, 1812-1897)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 32, 46

Beecher, Henry Ward (American Abolitionist, 1813-1887)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 3-246
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 95;"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 80;"The Singular Affair of Mr. Phillip Phot" (The Greek Interpreters of East Lansing) 69; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 20; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 53; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 67, 69; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 184; "The Adventure of the Command Performance" (J.W. Sovine) 18;"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 300

Beelzebub

Beerbohm, Max (British Caricaturist, 1872-1956)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 49; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 118

Beerbohm Tree, Sir Herbert (British Actor-Manager, 1853-1917)
"The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 13-14, 24
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 48, 136; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett)124; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 234; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 71; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 18; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 36; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 201; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 144; "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 250; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 249; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 105

Beerman, Herman (American Dermatologist & Sherlockian, 1901-1995)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 71

Beery, Wallace (American Actor, 1885-1949)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 39

Beethoven, Ludwig Van (German Composer, 1770-1827)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 12;"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 59, 62; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 43; "The Case of Vamberry, The Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 59; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 160; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 28; The A.I. Gang: Operation Sherlock (Bruce Coville) 11; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 32, 250; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 176; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 64; "The Richmond Enigma" (John DeChancie) 164; The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 104-105; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 44; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 130-131, 157; "His Last Scrape, or Holmes Sweet Holmes" (Rachel Ferguson) 301; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 19; "The Adventure of the Conscientious Constable" (Paul D. Gilbert) 176; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 49; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 73; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 7; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 324; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 114; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 368; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 15; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 190; "The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 372; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 27; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 85, 275, 291; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 12; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 84; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 20, 25; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 332; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 483; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 23, 49; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 14, 19, 247; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 5; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 68, 199; The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 88; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 168; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 265-267, 297; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 223; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 102; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 167; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 273; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 141; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 8, 17

Beetle, The (The Beetle - Richard Marsh)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 62

Beeton, Samuel Orchart (British Publisher, 1831-1877)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 83
Beeton's Christmas Annual

Beeton, Isabella, Mrs. (British Writer on Domestic Management, 1837-1865)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 32-33, 160
Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 7; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 57; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 45; "Tears, Idle Tears" (E.V.Knox) 45; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 317; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 83; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 147; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 35; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 70; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 418; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 56, 58

Begbie, Sir Matthew (British Governor of British Columbia, 1819-1894)
"The Case of the Smiling Buddha" (Ronald C. Weyman) 114-122, 126-129, 132, 135; "Sherlock Holmes And The King of Siam" (Ronald C. Weyman) 92-102, 108, 112
"The Lady of the Camellias" (Ronald C. Weyman) 76-77

Beggar-Woman & Child (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 28-29, 39-40

Behan, Brendan (Irish Playwright, 1923-1964)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 22

Beiderbecke, Bix (American Jazz Musician, 1903-1931)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 119

Belafonte, Harry (American Singer, 1927- )
"The Singularge Experience of Miss Anne Duffield" (John Lennon) 225

Belarius (Cymbeline - William Shakespeare)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 113

Belasco, David (American Playwright, 1859-1931)
"Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 9-10

Belch, Sir Toby (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 212

Beletsky, Stephan (Russian Police Chief)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 71-73

Belial (Spirit of Wickedness)
Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 52; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 181

Belinus (British Army Commander)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 239

Belisarius (Byzantine Army Commander, c.505-565)
"The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 29

B√Álit (Conan Comics)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 27

Bell, Alexander Graham (Scottish-American Inventor, 1847-1922)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 143-144
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 28; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 6; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 12; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 160; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 124; Evolution (John Peel) 108; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 21, 87-88; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 320; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 60; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 101; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 139; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 8
Edison-Bell: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 414

Bell, Benjamin (Father of Joseph Bell, 1810-1883)
The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 128

Bell, Benjamin (Son of Joseph Bell, 1869-1893)
The Night Calls (David Pirie) 2

Bell, Chichester A. (American Inventor)
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 28

Bell, Clive (British Writer, 1881-1964)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 188-190

Bell, Edith (Wife of Joseph Bell, ?-1874)
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 61, 158; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 203; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 62, 230, 237

Bell, Gertrude (British Traveller & Writer, 1868-1926)
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 76, 116; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 63

Bell, H.W. (Harold Wilmerding) (Sherlockian Collector & Author)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 7

Bell, Joseph (Scottish Doctor, Conan Doyle's inspiration for Holmes, 1838-1911)
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 4, 10, 14-16, 25, 33, 39, 41, 44-46, 49-50, 53-55, 57-85, 87-95, 97-106, 109-110, 112-123, 126-127, 129-131, 134-168, 170-174, 178-208, 210-223, 226, 228-248, 250-326, 329-353; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 2-3, 11-15, 18, 22-31, 37-44, 49, 52-53, 59, 61-63, 65-69, 71, 76-82, 85, 88-90, 93-100, 106-133, 138-144, 148-149, 151, 154, 159-169, 171-185, 188-213, 218-228, 235-237, 239-244, 257, 261-267, 270-272, 277-279, 282-286, 290-295, 297-306, 310, 313-327, 329-348; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 1-2, 13, 15, 18-24, 28-71, 85, 90, 92, 107-123, 125-147, 149, 153-164, 166-188, 190-192, 194-212, 214-225, 227-244; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 176-177; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 104-105, 107, 467-469, 478, 497, 500
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 21; The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 12; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 362; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 94; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 66, 90; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 104, 258, 320, 431; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 27; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 15, 107, 164; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 84; Evolution (John Peel) 42; Raffles on the Trail of the Hound" (Barry Perowne) 87-88; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 28, 31, 95, 245; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 104; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 327

Bell, Joseph (Chief Engineer Aboard the Titanic, ?-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 86, 88-94

Bell, Mary (English Child Murderess, 1948- )
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 402-403, 491

Bell, Tom (British Political Leader, 1882-1944)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 155

Bell, Vanessa (British Artist, 1879-1961)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 113-116; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 189
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 85, 113

Belle Dame Sans Merci, La (Arthurian Romance)
"The Case of the Lost Worlds" (Colin Bruce) 242; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 72

Bellingham, John (Assassinated Spencer Perceval, ?-1812)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 104, 192
"Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 48-49

Bellini, Vincenzo (Italian Composer, 1801-1835)
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 35-36; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 86; Sherlock Holmes Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 203

Bellini (Family of Venetian Artists)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 104

Belloc, Hilaire (British Writer, 1870-1953)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 37, 39

Bellows, George (American Artist, 1882-1925)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 133

Bellow, Saul (American Novelist, 1915- )
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65

Bellwood, Bessie (British Comedienne, ?-1896)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 41; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 91; The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (Gilbert Pearlman) 4, 18-20

Belmont, August (German-American Banker, 1816-1890)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 100, 102-103, 170, 225-227, 350, 408-413, 421-423, 425, 429

Belmont, Oliver Hazard Perry (Son of August Belmont, 1858-1908)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 410; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 255

Belmont Family (American Bankers)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 33-34, 62, 67

Belper, Lord (Headed British Commission to find Methods for Identifying Criminals)
"The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 400

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista (Italian Showman, Engineer & Traveller, 1778-1823)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 77, 324; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 158; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 99, 117, 166, 168, 171-172

Benavides, Father Alonso de (Spanish Missionary c.1578-1635)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 48

Benchley, Robert (American Humourist, 1889-1945)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 160

Bencin, Alphonse (Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street - William S. Baring-Gould)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 55; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 77; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 79; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 92, 111

Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 280

Benedict, Elias C. (Friend of Edwin Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 119

Benedict of Nursia, St. (Italian Monk, 480(?)-547)
"A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 76
The Benedict Church: Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 153
Benedictine: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 110; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 244; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 146; "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 52, 75-77, 79-80, 83, 100; "The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 75-76, 78, 82; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 115; The Headless Monk (Kel Richards) 7; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 92
Order of St Benedict: "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 7

Bengis, Nathan (Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 68
The Maharajah of Bengistan: Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 48, 70-71, 74-76, 80, 111; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 12, 14, 24, 31-36, 91-93; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 77

Bennet, Elizabeth (Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 15-16

Bennet, Lydia (Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 80-83

Bennet, Mr (Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 80

Bennett, Herbert (The Yarmouth Beach Murderer, ?-1901)
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 8

Bennett, James Gordon (American Newspaper Proprietor, 1795-1872)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 116, 139, 142, 401-403
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 269; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 35

Bennett, James Gordon, Jr (American Newspaper Proprietor, 1841-1918)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 100-103, 398-403

Bennett, Joan (American Actress, 1910-1990)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 5, 67-68

Bennett, Joseph (British Billiards Player, 1841-?)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 71-74

Bennett, William (Brother of James Gordon Bennett)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 139

Benoist, Tom (American Aviator, 1875-1917)
Benoist Plane: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 89

Benson, Arthur C. (British Poet & Author, 1862-1925)
"The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 85

Benson, E.F. (British Author, 1867-1940)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) xiv; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 156, 159-160

Benson, Edward White (Archbishop of Canterbury (1883-1896))
Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 31, 33, 40-41, 43, 46-47, 49-54, 58, 61, 78, 80, 82-86, 112, 121, 199, 226, 237, 249-255
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 225
The Archbishop of Canterbury: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 129; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 57; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 148; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 48, 123; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 180

Benson, Harry (aka Hugh Montgomery / Comte de Montagu, British Swindler, De Goncourt Affair)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 186; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 40-42; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 22, 60, 66-90; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 118-120, 122, 124-125
The Benson Case: Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 55

Benson, R.H. (British Author)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 18, 24, 156

Benson, Richard: see Avenger, The

Bentham, Jeremy (British Philosopher, 1748-1832)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 144; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 49-50, 133; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 201, 319
Benthamite: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 169

Bentinck, Lord William (British Governor-General of India, 1774-1839)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 77

Bentley (English Police Sergeant Killed During Houndsditch Bank Raid, ?-1911)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 230
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 116, 130

Bentley, Sgt. Bill (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 204-380

Bentley, Walter Owen (British Car Designer, 1888-1971)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 160-161, 169
Bentley Car: The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 5-7; "The Adventure of the Queen Bee" (Frederic Arnold Kummer) 157, 163; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 169, 181; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 67; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 112, 135-137
Bentley Limousine: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 241-243, 245, 251, 255; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 14

Benton, Lt. John (Dr. Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 72-283
Phillip Benton: The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 13-15, 52-55, 57-58, 60, 63-64, 91, 95-97, 99-100, 102-104

Benton, Thomas Hart (American Statesman, 1782-1858)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 133

Benz, Karl (German Engineer, 1844-1929)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 53; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 107
Benz Car: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 122; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 252

Beowulf (Legendary Old English Hero)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 327-329, 332
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 177; "Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer" (Darrell Schweitzer) 126