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Béraud, Jean (French Artist, 1849-1935)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 229

Beraud, Marthe: see Eva C.

Berenice (Berenice - Edgar Allan Poe)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 34

Beresford, Admiral Lord Charles (British Naval Commander, 1846-1919)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 27; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 199; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 266

Beresford, George (British Artist, 1864-1938)
Evolution (John Peel) 44-48, 79-80, 84-86, 93-95, 100-105, 109-111, 115, 117, 190

Beresford, Tommy & Tuppence (Tommy & Tuppence series - Agatha Christie)
"The Case of the Missing Lady" (Agatha Christie) 65-76

Bergen, Edgar (American Ventriloquist, 1903-1978)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 182-183, 185, 187
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 188

Bergère, Ouida: see Ouida Rathbone

Bergman, Ingrid (Swedish Actress, 1915-1982)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 61, 70

Bergson, Henri (French Philosopher, 1859-1941)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 136
"The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 385, 390

Bering, Vitus Jonassen (Danish Navigator, 1680-1741)
Bering Strait: Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 161

Berkeley, Bishop George (Irish Philosopher & Clergyman, 1685-1753)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 6; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 18

Berkeley Duke of Oxford (Prize Bull Owned by James J. Hill)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 21, 24

Berkman, Alexander (Polish Anarchist, 1870-1936)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 139

Berkowitz, David (American Serial Killer (Son of Sam), 1953- )
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 147

Berlin, Irving (American Songwriter, 1888-1989)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 120; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 1; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 157

Berlin, Lucie (German Murder Victim)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 54

Berliner, Emile (German Inventor, 1851-1929)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 189; "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" (Richard A. Lupoff) 343
Berliner Gramophone: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 101

Berlioz, Hector (French Composer, 1803-1869)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 62; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 180

Bernard, Emile (French Artist, 1868-1941)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 232-233

Bernerd, Jeffrey (British Film Producer)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 245-246

Bernard, St (French Monk, 1090-1153)
Menthon-St-Bernard: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 266
Monastic Lands of St Bernard: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 90
St Bernard Dog: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 41; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 10, 77, 123; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 120; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 143-144, 149; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 24; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 260

Bernadette of Lourdes, St. (French Peasant Girl Visionary, 1844-1879)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 84; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 255

Bernardotte, Jean-Baptiste: see Charles XIV John

Bernbaum, Edwin (American Mountaineer & Scholar)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 2

Bernhardi, Friedrich Von (German Soldier & Author, 1849-1930)
The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 93-94, 163

Bernhardt, Maurice (French Playwright, Son of Sarah Bernhardt)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 59, 110; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 12, 80, 82, 84, 125, 129, 133-134, 197
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 104-105, 215, 256, 310-312, 315, 347, 355-356; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 182, 222

Bernhardt, Sarah (French Actress, 1844-1923)
"A Baker Street Irregular" (Carole Nelson Douglas); Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30, 33-35, 37, 39, 58, 161, 194, 199, 209, 295, 301, 311, 322, 327, 394, 408, 493, 510; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 7, 11-12, 14, 16-17, 19, 58, 102-113, 150-151, 156-158, 186-187, 189, 209, 227-228, 256, 303-304, 306, 310-318, 330-331, 333-334, 336-337, 347-352, 355-359, 363, 366; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 58-59, 61, 73, 108-113, 130, 132-134, 137-143, 145-147, 149, 160, 208, 219, 224, 250, 253, 259, 273, 291, 303-304, 308, 338, 340, 374; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 1-3; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 175, 178-206, 222, 246, 287; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen); W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 88, 140, 151, 187, 198-200, 244-248; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 5-10, 12-15, 20, 25, 27, 31-33, 36, 44-51, 55-59, 80-84, 86, 117-120, 124-129, 132-134, 143, 193-194, 198-199, 201, 210-213, 230, 232, 237-241, 259, 262; "The Lady of the Camellias" (Ronald C. Weyman) 78-89, 91
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 187; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28, 32-33, 43, 47, 85, 99, 108, 156-157, 166, 266, 275, 346, 378, 393; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 37, 68, 108, 160, 194, 241, 248-249, 303, 393, 399; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 97, 223, 304; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 11-13, 15, 18, 32, 65, 89, 118, 133, 135, 137-138, 144, 246-247, 266, 272, 274, 277-279, 293, 313; "Mesmerizing Bertie" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 273; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 161, 186, 220, 227; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 132; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 40, 71; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 137; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 309; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 219; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 21; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 74; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 71; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 27; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 194; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 290-291; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 47; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 15; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 116, 138, 142, 144-145; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 574; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 155; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 70; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 158; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 158, 200, 204, 206, 209-210; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 77
Bernhardtian: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 249
Regular Sarah Bernhardts: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 34
"Sahara" Bernhardt: "The Adventure of the Big Plunger" (Robert L. Fish) 108

Bernini, Gianlorenzo (Italian Artist, 1598-1680)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 378, 383; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 198

Bernoulli, Jakob (Swiss Mathematician, 1454-1705)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 67
Bernoulli Drive: "Moriarty by Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 299-301
Bernoulli Principle: Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 156
Bernoulli Probability Function: "Moriarty by Modem" (Jack Nimersheim) 299

Bernstein, Edward (German Social Democratic Leader, 1850-1932)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 149-157
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 155

Bernstein, Karl: see Bob Woodward & Karl Bernstein

Beron, Leon (Russian-British Anarchist, 1873(?)-1911)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 124-137; Lestrade and the Leviathan 11-12, 55-56, 122-125, 205-208, 242, 246

Berry, Captain Albert (American Parachute Pioneer)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 89

Berry, Chuck (American Rock & Roll Star, 1926- )
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 272-273

Berry, Duc de (15th Century French Nobleman)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 411

Berry, James (British Hangman, 1852-1913)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 130; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 25, 160; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 57, 99, 108; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 138, 142, 233-234, 243

Berserker (Dracula - Bram Stoker, Dog features in Stoker's working notes, not in finished novel)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 129-130, 132

Berthe (Le Prophète - Meyerbeer)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 43

Bertie (Biggles series - Captain W.E.Johns)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 9, 21-23, 190-192, 259, 261-262, 285-286, 295, 302, 310, 348

Bertie, Francis Leveson, Lord Thame (British Ambassador to France, 1844-1918)
Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin), 90, 92, 105, 114-116

Bertillon, Alphonse (French Anthropologist, 1853-1914)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 78, 87, 250, 325, 333; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 112-156
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 113-114, 116; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 152; Moriarty (John Gardner) 141, 201; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 52; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 156; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 30; "The Adventure of the Patient Adversary" (George Kaplan) 28; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 128; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 185; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 83; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) ix,"The Case of the Two-Faced Transom" (Douglas Moreton) 94; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 63; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 144-145; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 3-5;"The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 173; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 340; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 203
Bertillion [sic] Comparisons: The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 14
Bertillon Measurements: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 156
Bertillon System: "The Fingerprint Failure" (A. Conning Goil) 110; Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Maurice Leblanc) 136; "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 173; "Sure Way To Catch Every Criminal. Ha! Ha!" (Carolyn Wells) 106; "The Case of the Smiling Buddha" (Ronald C. Weyman) 117
Bertillonage: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 144; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 5
Bertillonism: Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 11
Bertillonists: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 157

Bertrand, Clay (Suspect, Possibly Fictitious, in the JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 125-126

Bertrand, Sergeant Francois (French Criminal, The Vampire of Montparnasse, Mid-19th Century)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 119-120

Bertrand, Comte Henri-Gratien (French Engineer, 1773-1844)
"The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 272-273, 279-280

Beruria (2nd Century Talmudic Scholar)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 91-92

Bes (Egyptian God of Music & Dance)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 389

Besant, Annie (British Theosophist & Socialist Pamphleteer, 1847-1933)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) vi, 8-10, 18-22, 48-53, 88, 102-111, 113, 119, 134-136, 143; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 34-36, 71; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 24
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 16, 310; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 131; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 62; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 152; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 29

Besant, Reverend Frank (British Anglican Priest, Husband of Annie Besant)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 34-35

Besant, Maxell (Daughter of Frank & Annie Besant)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 34-35, 71

Bessemer, Sir Henry (British Inventor, 1813-1898)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 76, 167, 177, 194, 200-204, 207-208
"The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 88

Bessinet, Ada (American Medium)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 77

Bessler, Johann (aka Orffyreus, Claimed to have built Perpetual Motion Machine (1712))
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 7

Best, William (American Train Driver)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 10-11, 32; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 24-298

Bethell, Richard (Secretary to Howard Carter, ?-1929)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 235

Bethge, Karl (German Railway Engineer)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 267

Betjeman, Sir John (British Poet, 1906-1984)
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 148; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 170

Bettelheim, Bruno (Austrian-American Psychologist, 1903-1990)
Dr. Bettelheim: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 78

Beuno, St. (Welsh Abbot, ?-660(?))
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 148

Beveridge, Albert (American Senator, 1862-1927)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 40-47, 49-56, 58-59, 66-76, 86, 98-99, 109, 111-124, 150-151, 170, 181-182

Beyer, Charles Frederick (German-British Engineer, 1814-1876)
Beyer & Peacock Engine: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 169
Beyer & Peacock Locomotive: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 181

Bhimsen Thapa (Prime Minister of Nepal (1806-37), 1775-1839)
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 42, 89

Bhowani (Hindu Goddess)
Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 111, 113; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 496

Bial, Albert (American Theatrical Entrepreneur, 1842-1897)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 111

Bichel, Andreas (Bavarian Serial Killer, 1760-1809)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 18

Bickley, George (American Founder of The Knights of the Golden Circle, ?-1867)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 98-100

Biedermeier, Gottlieb (19th Century German Satirical Character)
Biedermeier Bed: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 154
Biedermeier Piano: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 250
Biedermeier Sofa: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 231

Bierce, Abigail (Sister of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Addison (Brother of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Albert (Brother of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Almeda (Sister of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Ambrose (American Author, 1842-1914)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 459-460, 466, 473-481
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 114; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 202-203

Bierce, Amelia (Sister of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Andrew (Brother of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Ann (Sister of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Augustus (Brother of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Aurelius (Brother of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Day (Son of Ambrose Bierce, 1872-1889)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 479-480

Bierce, Leigh (Son of Ambrose Bierce, 1874-1901)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 479-480

Bierce, Marcus Aurelius (Father of Ambrose Bierce)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478

Bierce, Mollie (Wife of Ambrose Bierce, ?-1905)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478-480

Big Bad Wolf, The (Fairy Tale Character)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 104; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 23; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 10

Big Bear: see Mistahimaskwa

Big Bopper, The (American Rock 'N' Roll Singer, 1830-1859)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 181

Big Brother (1984 - George Orwell)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 155, 176-177
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 274

Bigelow, S. Tupper (Canadian Judge & Sherlockian)
Magistrate Estes Bigelow: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 13
Superintendent Bigelow: Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 5, 8, 10

Bigge, Sir Arthur, Lord Stamfordham (Royal Equerry, 1849-1931)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 181-186, 198, 221-222, 224-225, 232-233, 246, 263, 279, 306-307; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 168-212
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 121

Biggers, Earl Derr (American Author, 1884-1933)
The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 111

Biggles (Biggles series - W.E. Johns)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 5, 7, 21-22, 25, 65-66, 137-138, 144, 166-167, 174, 193, 228, 347; Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 52; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 19; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 111

Biggs, Ronnie (British Train Robber, 1929- )
The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 110

Bigham, F.T. (Chief Constable of the Metropolitan Police)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 10

Bigham, John Charles: see Lord Mersey

Bilac, Olavo (Brazilian Poet, 1865-1918)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 14-15, 53, 60, 62-64, 66, 69, 72-73, 124, 126, 130, 134, 150

Bilhah (Bible - Genesis)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 177

Bill The Lizard (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 89

Billington, James (British Hangman, 1847-1901)
"The Case of the Borderland Dandelions" (Howard Engel) 26-32, 41, 50

Billington, Samuel F. (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 109

Billingtons, The (James (1847-1901), Thomas (1873-1902), William (1875-1952), John (1880-1905), British Hangmen)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 25, 160

Billy the Kid, William H. Bonney (American Outlaw, 1859-1881)
Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 2-5, 7, 40-41, 48, 53-60, 76, 78, 99, 140, 148-154, 156-163, 166-169, 174, 186-192, 205, 228, 232-233, 239-241
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 162; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 28; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 166-167; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 34; "The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas) 58; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 39-40, 43, 45-46, 142; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 101

Binet, Alfred (French Psychologist, 1857-1911)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 23-25, 27-34, 36, 117

Bingley, Mr (Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 80-83

Binstead, Arthur 'Pitcher' (British Journalist, Founder of the Pelican Club, 1846-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 62-64, 148-154, 156-158, 160-162, 164-165
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 87

Bira Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Prime Minister of Nepal (1885-1901), 1852-1901)
"The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 94, 101-105, 107, 112, 114-115, 117
"The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 43, 63, 69-70, 75, 79, 81, 85

Bird, Dr. (Smethurst / Bankes Murder Case)
"The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 25, 28, 31, 34

Bird, Henry Edward (British Chess Player, 1830-1908)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 299-300, 305

Bird, J. Malcolm (American Mathematician & Journalist, 1886-?)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 82

Birdman of Alcatraz, The (Robert Stroud, American Murderer, ?-1963)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 79; "Elementary, My Lovely" (Sarah Montague Joffe) 10

Birkenhead, Frederick Edward Smith, Lord (British Politician, 1872-1930)
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 215-218
"The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 133; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 3

Birt, John (British Television Executive, 1944- )
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 490

Bishop, Eleanor Fletcher (Mother & Biographer of Washington Irving Bishop)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 189-190

Bishop, Washington Irving (American Magician, 1856-1889)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 185-190, 433, 436, 450-451, 460, 474

Bismarck, Otto Von (German Chancellor, 1815-1898)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 24, 28, 30, 49, 69, 144, 205, 211, 246-247, 249, 255, 259; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 25, 27, 36-37, 39, 64, 97, 103, 106, 153-154, 174, 238, 263, 318-320; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 37, 71-72, 74-77, 112-114, 116, 135-136, 150, 152, 159, 209, 237, 268, 293, 323, 330
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 143; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 106; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 70-71; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 256; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 10, 26, 31; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 97; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 69, 157, 179, 196, 268; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 22, 44, 66, 89, 120, 157; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 121; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 339; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 134; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 11; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 29; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 173; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 78; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 202;"The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 306; "The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson" (Gary Lovisi) 14; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 160; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 159-160, 172; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 366, 370; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 139-140, 142, 149, 170, 192; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 79; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 23, 164; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 140-141, 145, 156, 159, 168, 190-192; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 11-12, 39, 53, 69. 71, 119-120, 122, 124, 223, 231-232, 295, 302-303; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 149; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 174; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 99; "The Four Detectives" (Frank Thomas) 139; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 203; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 125; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 56, 91; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 284-285

Bizet, Georges (French Composer, 1838-1875)
"The Adventure of Mrs. Burlingame's Diamond Stomacher" (John Kendrick Bangs) 47; "Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 261; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 109; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 288; "The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 81; "The Adventure of the Anonymous Author" (Edward D. Hoch) 104, 107; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 61-63, 113, 147

Black, Adam & Charles (British Publishers)
Blacks: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 120, 151, 157

Black, Davidson (Canadian Professor of Anatomy, Discovered Peking Man Fossils, 1884-1934)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 221-223, 225, 229, 235-236

Black, James (American Blacksmith, Made Jim Bowie's Knife, 1800-1872)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 5, 7, 15, 23, 61, 135, 144-147, 173

Black, Terence (The Two Footmen - Michael Gilbert)
"The Two Footmen" (Michael Gilbert) 190-193, 197-199, 201, 203-205
"The Adventure of the Extraordinary Lodger" (M.J. Elliott) 22

Black Bess (Dick Turpin's Horse)
"The Adventure of the Late Orang Outang" (Gillian Linscott) 39; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 76-80

Black Cat, The (The Black Cat - Edgar Allan Poe)
The Night Calls (David Pirie) 188

Black Huntsman (Samiel), The (Der Freischutz - Weber)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 59

Black Kitten, The (Alice Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll)
"The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost" (Jon L. Breen) 24

Black Michael (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 161-162, 173
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 12-16, 19; "A Shambles in Belgravia" (Kim Newman) 189-190, 192-193
Michaelists: "A Shambles in Belgravia" (Kim Newman) 195

Black Prince: see Edward the Black Prince

Black Spot, The (Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 35; The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant (Anthony Read) 107, 134-135; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 260

Blackbeard (Edward Teach, 18th Century British Pirate)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 294; "The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (Darrell Schweitzer) 469

Blackburn, Douglas (English Journalist)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 20-22, 24

Blackburn, J.H.: see Dr Francis J. Tumbletye

Blackburn, Luke (American Doctor, later Governor of Kentucky, plotted to use smallpox as weapon in US Civil War)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 121

Blackburne, Joseph (British Chess Player, 1841-1942)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 300, 305
The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 183

Blackmore, R.D. (British Author, 1825-1900)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 29; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 177

Blackstone, Harry (American Magician, 1885-1965)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 139; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 74; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 3

Blackstone, Sir William (British Judge, 1723-1780)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 20, 53, 59, 126-127, 172-175, 178
"The Mysterious Death at Wetherby Manor (Ned Hubbell) 10; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 153
My Blackstone: Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 92

Blackwell, Elizabeth (First American Woman Doctor, 1821-1910)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 336; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 19

Blackwell, Robert (American Owner of Blackwell's Island, 1640-1717)
Blackwell's Island: The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 133; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 271

Blackwood, Algernon (British Author, 1869-1951)
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 23

Blackwood, George Frederick (British Military Commander, 1838-1880)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 11-13

Blackwood, William (Scottish Publisher, 1776-1834)
Blackwoods: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 87

Bladud (Father of King Lear, Founder of Bath)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 97-98

Blaine, James G. (American Politician, 1830-1893)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 137-138, 178
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 99, 101

Blair, Hugh (Scottish Clergyman & Author, 1718-1800)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 113

Blair, Tony (British Prime Minister (1997- ), 1953- )
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 44

Blaise, Modesty (Modesty Blaise series - Peter O'Donnell)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 14; My Hero (Tom Holt) 292

Blaise, St. (Bishop & Martyr, ?-316)
"Mrs. Farintosh & An Opal Tiara" (Ian Charnock) 177; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 279

Blake, Sexton (Sexton Blake series - Harry Blyth)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 10-16, 34-40; "The Strange Case of the Three Revolvers" (Anthony Grey) 65-67
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 192; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 60; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 104; "The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 40; "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 17-18, 20; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 54; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 77-78, 90
Blake the sexton: Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 24

Blake, William (British Poet & Artist, 1757-1827)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 128, 196-275
"The Adventure of the Mendicant's Face" (M.J. Elliott) 24; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 61; Evolution (John Peel) 107; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 68; "The Adventure of the Richmond Horror" (Denis O. Smith) 11; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 70

Blakeney, Marguerite (The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 47

Blakeney, Sir Percy: See The Scarlet Pimpernel

Blakeney, T.S. (Sherlockian Author)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 4

Blanc, FranÁois (French Casino Manager)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 192

Blanqui, Louis (French Revolutionary Socialist, 1805-1881)
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 337
Blanquist; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 112, 137

Blau, Peter E. (American Sherlockian)
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 311
Lord Peter Blau: "Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 35
Pete Blau: Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 40-41, 47-48

Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna, Madame (Russian-American Theosophist, 1831-1891)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 1-5, 32, 34, 36, 42-46, 48, 55-68, 71, 79-81, 177, 264-265, 267, 359, 396
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 20, 88, 106; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 23; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 186, 208; "The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (Darrell Schweitzer) 470; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 155; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 98-99; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 96; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 23, 136

Bleriot, Louis (French Aviator, 1872-1936)
Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 111; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 169; "Our American Cousins" (Roberta Rogow) 388
Bleriot Elliptique Lamps: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 14

Bleuler, Eugen (Swiss Psychiatrist, 1857-1939)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 10

Bligh, William (British Naval officer, Captain of HMS Bounty, 1754-1817)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 54; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 190
Captain of the Ship: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 36

Blimp, Colonel (Cartoon Character created by David Low)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 40, 49
Colonel Blimpish: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 55

Blind Pew (Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 120; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 260

Blinky (Pac-Man Video Game Character)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 198

Blitzen (Santa's Reindeer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 160

Blixen, Karen (Danish Writer)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 48, 176, 273, 321

Blobby, Mr. (Noel Edmonds' House Party - TV series)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 304

Blofeld, Ernst Stavro (James Bond series - Ian Fleming)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 40

Blomfield, Arthur Conran (British Architect)
Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 4, 7-15, 17, 40, 48-49, 54, 58, 83, 92

Blomfield, Sir Arthur William (British Architect, 1829-1899)
Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 9

Blondell, Joan (American Actress, 1909-1979)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 195

Blondin, Charles (French Acrobat & Tightrope Walker, 1824-1897)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 5-6; "The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 74; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 7, 201; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 92; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 188
Blondin (a bird): Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 98, 114