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Bubb, Robert (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 207

Buchan, John (British Author, 1875-1940)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 142-147, 149-152, 154-155, 159, 161-162, 165, 173, 180-183, 186-188; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 199-205, 239-240

Buchanan, Sir George (British Diplomat, 1854-1924)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 269

Buchanan, James (American President (1857-61), 1791-1868)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 199, 282

Buchanan, Maria (Schoolfriend of Lola Montez, 1816-?)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 199-201, 204, 217, 219, 261, 282, 284

Bucket, Inspector (Bleak House - Charles Dickens)
"Ten Lords A-Leaping" (Jake Arnott) 319-320, 326; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 19, 232-235, 239, 373, 377, 381, 395, 403
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 31, 127

Buckingham, Duke of (Unspecified)
The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 150

Buckingham, George Villiers, First Duke of (British Statesman, 1592-1628)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 90, 153-154; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 112; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 80

Buckingham, George Villiers, Second Duke of (British Statesman, 1628-1687)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 70

Buckingham, Lady Jennifer (Dr. Who: The War Games - TV series)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 90, 93

Buckle, George Earle (Editor of the Times, 1854-1935)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 15; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 44

Buckle, Henry Thomas (British Historian, 1821-1862)
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 217

Buckley, Christopher A., "Blind Boss" (San Francisco Boss)
Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 44-242
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 74-75

Bucks Fizz (British Pop Group)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 76

Bud, Rosa (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 25, 27, 35, 41, 48, 85, 104, 112, 120-121, 130; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 35-408; "Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 156-157, 161; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 15-173; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 215, 218-222, 224
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 59

Bud, Rosa's Father (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 326-327
"Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 156

Budd, Billy (Billy Budd - Herman Melville)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 79

Budd, Edward G. (American Inventor, 1870-1946)
Budd Automobile: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 60

Budd, George Turnavine (British Doctor, in Early Partnership with Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 80

Buddha (Indian Mystic, Founder of Buddhism, 563-483BC)
"The Case of Anton Furer" (Ted Riccardi) 172-175, 180-181, 187, 190-191
"The Queen of Air & Darkness" (Poul Anderson) 50; "The Problem of the Sussex Scalping" (David N. Cisler) 126; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 149; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 12; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 255; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 85, 92, 101; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 140, 196; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 19, 22-23, 41, 84, 103, 116-118; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 169; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 267-268, 271; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 18-19, 22, 25, 33, 43-44, 46-48, 51-53, 56, 76-77, 84, 117, 119-120, 150, 155, 165, 176-177, 187, 196-197, 214-215; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 16; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 59, 91, 95, 108, 144, 188; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 137; "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 325; "The Adventure of the Other Woman" (Michael Mallory) 20; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 90, 100, 113; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 35, 39, 44, 46; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 44, 125; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 244; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 54; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 89, 128, 147, 154, 168, 176, 204, 206, 232, 255, 257; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 160; "The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 139; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 63; "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 141, 148, 163; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 26; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 20; "The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (Darrell Schweitzer) 467; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 255; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 109; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 33-35, 130; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 117; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 14; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 29; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 228; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 3, 134; "The Shadow of the Wolf" (Ron Weighell) 38; "The Case of the Smiling Buddha" (Ronald C. Weyman) 116, 125, 133-134;"Water from the Moon" (Carolyn Wheat) 53; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 134; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 40
Amitabh Buddha: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 159
Buddha-like: "The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 55; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 58; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 135; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 24; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 44; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 158
Buddhism: Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 37; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 92; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 7-10, 17-19; A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 207; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 285; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 34-35, 42, 44, 50, 52-53, 55-57, 63, 74, 76, 85, 106, 116-117, 124-125, 141, 149, 151, 181, 184, 214, 219, 230; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 19, 59, 107, 186, 231; The Game (Laurie R. King) 327; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 287; "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 324; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 33, 58; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 176-177; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 158; "The Case of Anton Furer" (Ted Riccardi) 186; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 41, 54; "The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 116; "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 135, 140; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 104-105; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 76; "The Shadow of the Wolf" (Ron Weighell) 37, 42; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 13-14, 31-32
Buddhist: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 139; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 332; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 154; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 56; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 200, 213; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 9, 49, 92; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 22, 34, 39-40, 43, 46, 50, 54-55, 57, 73, 86, 91, 94-95, 155, 208, 217, 230; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 48, 58-59, 78, 81, 83, 86, 106-107, 185, 187, 190, 192, 197, 230, 243; The Game (Laurie R. King) 27, 44, 93, 254, 297, 331, 354; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 12; "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" (Richard A. Lupoff) 367; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 116; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 27, 32, 34; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 46, 112-113, 117, 141-142, 145, 147-148, 155, 158, 203, 210, 226, 255; "The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" (Steve Perry) 52; "Journal of A Ghurka Physician" (Captain Daniel M. Pinkwater) 275; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 153, 159; "The Case of Anton Furer" (Ted Riccardi) 172-173, 177, 187, 190-191, 197; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 42-43, 67; "The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 97, 104, 107; "The Case of the Viceroy's Assistant" (Ted Riccardi) 13;"An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 120, 130, 161; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Ted Riccardi) 201, 203; "The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 347; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 152, 467; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 103; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 34; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 67; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 76; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 299; The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective (Ralph E. Vaughan) 18; "Water from the Moon" (Carolyn Wheat) 54; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 24, 199; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 19, 23-24, 38
Like a Buddha: "The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 177
Non-Buddhist: Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 39
The Old Buddha: Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 250
Sakyamuni: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 76

Budge, Don (American Tennis Player, 1915- )
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 35

Budge, Sir Ernest (British Archaeologist, 1857-1934)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 53, 64, 75

Buffalo Bill Cody (American Frontier Scout & Showman 1846-1917)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 30; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 35, 45, 48-52, 58, 112, 119-120, 122, 161, 184, 194, 240, 305, 309, 366, 420, 456; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 182, 257-258, 277, 287-302, 357, 361, 405, 416, 420-421, 424, 426, 428-429, 432-440, 442, 449-451, 454, 457, 470, 474; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 101-102, 104, 182; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 17, 50, 64, 113-114, 121-122, 124, 128-141, 143-146, 158, 167-168; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 31-37, 111-112, 143, 149; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 7-8, 13, 23-25, 33, 97, 132-133, 137-141, 144, 147
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 94;"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 73; "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 175-176; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 83, 94, 144, 170, 191-192, 246, 288, 347, 386, 400; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 388; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 231; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 121; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 102, 104; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 28; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 64; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 18; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 267; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 249; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 36, 42, 46, 48, 117; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 155
Buffalo Billery: Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 8, 13, 147
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de (French Naturalist, 1707-1788)
Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 70, 133

Bugatti, Ettore (Italian Car Designer, 1881-1947)
Bugatti Car: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 94

Bugs Bunny (Cartoon Character)
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 56; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 2

Buick, David Dunbar (Scottish-American Inventor, 1854-1929)
Buick Roadster: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 53

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

Bulfinch, Thomas (American Author, 1796-1867)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 107

Bulger, Jamie (English Child Murder Victim, 1990-1993)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 402

Bull, Caroline (Foyster) (nee Foyster, Wife of Henry Bull of Borley Rectory)
Fanny Bull: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 127, 129, 131-132, 134-136

Bull, Ethel (Daughter of Henry Bull of Borley Rectory)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 131-135, 137

Bull, Harry (Son of Henry Bull of Borley Rectory)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 122-128, 130-133, 135-140, 142-143

Bull, Reverend Henry (British Clergyman, Built Borley Rectory)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 122-127, 129-137, 142

Bull, John (Personification of England)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 123
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 174; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 14; The Spy Who Fell Off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 152-153; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 1; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 49; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 49; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 55

Bull, John, Jr. (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 28-29

Bull, Millie (Daughter of Henry Bull of Borley Rectory)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 131-137

Bull, Ole (Norwegian Violinist, 1810-1880)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 233; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 275

Buller, General Redvers (British Soldier, 1839-1908)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 79, 223

Bulloch, James D. (American Confederate Spy, 1823-1901)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 119-120

Bülow, Bernhard Von (German Statesman, 1849-1929)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 94, 129; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15

Bülow, Cosima Von (Wife of Hans Von Bülow & Richard Wagner)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 98

Bülow, Hans Guido Von (German Composer, 1830-1894)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 106

Bultmann, Rudolf (German Bible Scholar, 1884-1976)
The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 63-64, 152

Bulwer-Lytton, Sir Edward (British Author, 1803-1873)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 38-39
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 50; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 129 {Edward Bulwer}; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 330; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 128, 132; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 188; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 131; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 18

Bumble, Mr. (Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 98

Bumppo, Natty (Hawkeye) (Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper)
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 195; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 147; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 47

Bundelcund, Rajah of (Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 18-21, 27, 44, 46, 48-49, 51-54, 56-57, 59-60, 62-66, 68-70, 73, 76, 82, 85, 110
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 266

Bundelcund, Rajah's Funeral Procession (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 63, 66-69

Bundelkund, Rajah of (Mysterious Island - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 18-21, 27, 44, 46, 48-49, 51-54, 56-57, 59-60, 62-66, 68-70, 73, 76, 82, 85, 110

Bunduki / James Allenvale Gunn (Bunduki series - J.T. Edson)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 61

Bung the Brewer, Mr. (Happy Families - card game)
"A Matter of Murder In Hampstead" (David L. Hammer) 35

Bunker, Chang & Eng (Siamese Twins, 1811-1874)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 120

Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm (German Chemist, 1811-1899)
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 240, 242; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 66
Bunsen Burner: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 128; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 180; "The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 92; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 198; "The Case of Young Vamberry, the Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 57; Necropolis (Basil Copper) 231; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 122; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 16; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 17; Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 27, 208-209, 226; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 101; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 242; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 61; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 104; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 32; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 101; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 112; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 44, 53, 197; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 41; "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 25;"The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 69; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 41; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 239; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 115; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 65; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 31
Bunsen Lamp: The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 77; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 70; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 134; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 140

Bunter (Peter Wimsey series - Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 116-117
His...Bunter: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 34

Bunter, Billy (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 10-106
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 65

Bunthorne, Reginald (Patience - Gilbert & Sullivan, character based on Oscar Wilde)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 45-48, 63; "The Haunted House" (Alan Stockwell) 215

Buntline, Ned (American Novelist, 1823-1886)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 292; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 133; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 45, 49; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 123

Bunyan, John (British Writer, 1628-1688)
Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 163; The Vampire Serpent (Kel Richards) 1; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 12; "Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 226

Bunyan, Paul (Legendary American Hero)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 202

Buquet, Joseph (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 58, 68-71, 76-80, 82, 84, 86-87, 90-91, 94, 99, 103-104, 107, 109, 112-113, 117, 126, 141, 173, 181, 196; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 23, 26, 42, 52, 82, 138, 178, 207, 211, 214, 227

Burbage, Cuthbert (British Actor)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 98-101

Burbage, James (British Actor)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 98-101

Burbage, Richard (British Actor, 1567-1619)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 98-101

Burbages, The (British Actors)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 145

Burbank (The Shadow series - Maxwell Grant)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Burbank, Luther (American Botanist, 1849-1926)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 156; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 51; "The Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet" (Carolyn Wheat) 276

Burberry, Thomas (English Draper, 1835-1926)
Burberry Coat: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 22, 133, 154; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 14

Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig (John Lewis) (Swiss Explorer, 1784-1817)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 164

Burden, Jane (William Morris's wife)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 57

Burdett-Coutts, Angela (British Philanthropist, 1814-1906)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 75

Bürger, Gottfried (German Poet, 1747-1794)
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 212

Burgess, Clinton (American Writer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 77

Burgess, Guy (British Diploma & Spy, 1911-1963)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 72; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 78

Burghley, William Cecil, Lord (English Statesman, 1520-1598)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 52
See also: Burleigh, Lord

Burke, Edmund (Irish Politician & Writer, 1729-1797)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 41, 85, 146

Burke, Major "Arizona" John (Buffalo Bill's Partner)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 132-133, 139-145, 152, 168; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 24-25, 34, 51-54, 56-57, 59-60, 63-64, 66-67, 75-80, 84, 92, 94-98, 103-114, 116-118, 120-134, 136-137, 142-143, 146; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 35-37, 39, 42-44, 46, 53-54, 201

Burke, Thomas (Permanent Secretary to Lord Frederick Cavendish, ?-1882)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 65, 76; "The Kidnapping of Mycroft Holmes" (Peter Tremayne) 218, 220, 226-227, 230
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 52, 103, 169; "The Case of the Uncommon Necklace" (Jane Rubino) 70

Burke, Thomas (British Writer, 1887-1945)
"The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 201

Burke & Hare (Scottish Grave Robbers)
Morris & MacCab: A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 9-278
"The Case of the Ancient Mariner" (Colin Bruce) 68; "The Adventure of the St Marylebone Ghoul" (Bill Crider) 155; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 32; "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 154; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 130; My Hero (Tom Holt) 35; The Werewolf Club Meets The Hound of the Basketballs (Daniel & Jill Pinkwater) {The Famous Architects} 17; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 134; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 54; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 295; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 35; Lestrade and theGift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 41; "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 205, 219; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 129

Burleigh, Lord (The Critic - Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
Lord Burleigh Nod: "The Enchanted Garden" (H.F. Heard) 131
See also: Burghley, William Cecil, Lord

Burlesdon, Lady Amelia, Countess (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 11-12

Burlesdon, James, the Fifth Earl of (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 11

Burlesdon, The Sixth Earl of (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 12

Burlesdon, Lady: See Rassendyll, Rose

Burlesdon, Lord: See Rassendyll, Robert

Burne-Jones, Edward (British Artist, 1833-1898)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 75
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 41; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 22; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas)296; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 26, 103; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 37; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 234; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 84; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 153

Burnham, Alice (Brides in the Bath Murder Victim)
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 181-182, 185, 198-199, 208, 217, 219-220, 222

Burnham, Charles (Father of Alice Burnham)
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 181-182, 219-220

Burnham, Elizabeth (Mother of Alice Burnham)
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 181

Burnham Wood (Macbeth - William Shakespeare)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 254

Burning Bush (Biblical Manifestation of God)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 20-21; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 52-53, 197
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 64; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 455; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 206; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 141; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 94

Burns, Kit (American Saloon Keeper)
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 52

Burns, Mary (Wife of Friedrich Engels)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 111

Burns, Robert (Scottish Poet, 1759-1796)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 129; The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 12; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 176; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 70, 151; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 142; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 91-92, 159, 177; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 14; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 28; "The Adventure of the Grand Old Man" (H. Paul Jeffers) 199; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 222; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 150; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 75; Basil of Baker Street (Eve Titus) 54; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 43, 118; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 53

Burns, William J. (American Private Detective, 1860-1932)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 97, 101
Burns Detective Agency: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 134, 226

Burr, Aaron (American Statesman, 1756-1836)
The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 295

Burr, Raymond (American Actor)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 117

Burroughs, Edgar Rice (American Author, 1875-1950)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 204-205, 250
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 20, 75-78, 97-100, 102; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 5
 "The Politician, The Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant" (Craig Shaw Gardner) (Written as if by Burroughs)

Burroughs, Joseph "Peanut John" (American Theatre Hand)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 135, 146, 292

Burroughs, William S. (American Writer, 1914-1997)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 152

Burrows, Brigadier General George (British Army Commander, Battle of Maiwand)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 4, 8, 11-13, 74, 181
"The Two Footmen" (Michael Gilbert) 195; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 51

Burrows, Winfrid Oldfield (British Churchman, Bishop of Chichester (1919-29))
The Bishop of Chichester: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 67

Burton, Harry (British Archaeological Photographer, 1879-1940)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 74-76, 83, 95-98, 102, 106, 109-110, 114-115, 121-122, 159, 163, 222, 227, 235

Burton, Lady Isabel (Wife of Sir Richard Burton, 1840-1896)
"The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 155-157, 159-161, 165

Burton, Sir Richard Francis (British Explorer & Translator, 1821-1890)
"The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 148-165; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 85-89, 92, 94-95, 97-98, 102-106, 109, 140, 152, 154-156, 161-162, 166, 170-171, 175, 178, 180-182, 186-187, 192, 196, 206, 212
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 43; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 187, 467; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 123; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 69; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 135-136; "The Hooded Man" (Paul D. Gilbert) 111; Most Baffling, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 55; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 214, 241; "The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes" (Shariann Lewitt) 258-259, 271; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 31; "The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 197; A Study in Terror (Ellery Queen) 81; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 163-164, 166; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 120; "The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (Darrell Schweitzer) 469; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 30, 102; "The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 91-92; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 414; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 104

Burton, Robert (British Cleric & Writer, 1577-1640)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 31; "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 12

Bush, Captain (Bangkok Harbour master)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 227, 422

Bush, George (American President (1989-93), 1924- )
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 9

Bush, Kate (British Singer & Composer)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 166

Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquis of (British Scholar, 1847-1900)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 98

Butler, Lady Elizabeth (British Artist, 1850-1933)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 359, 363-365; "It's Clever, But Is It Art?" (M.J.Trow) 117
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 78

Butler, Frank (American Sharpshooter, Husband of Annie Oakley)
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 8, 12, 15, 18-38, 47, 66-67, 69, 73, 75, 78, 112-119, 121-125, 128-129, 131-134, 142-144, 146

Butler, Rhett (Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 40
Rhett, the old butler: "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarters" (Robert L. Fish) 135-137

Butler, Samuel (English Novelist, 1835-1902)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 197; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 28; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 132

Butler, Samuel (English Poet, 1612-1680)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 40

Butt, Major Archibald (American Military Presidential Aide, Passenger Aboard the Titanic, ?-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 206, 208

Button-Bright (Sky Island - L. Frank Baum)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 259

Buxtehude, Dietrich (German Composer, c.1637-1707)
A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 26

Byelobog (Slavic Sun God)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 145

Byrd, Richard Evelyn (American Explorer, 1888-1957)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 88; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 310

Byrnes, Thomas (Irish-American Police Inspector, 1842-1910)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 18, 32-35, 38-39, 50, 57, 124, 128-131, 143, 180, 182, 188-189, 196, 200

Byron, Lady Annabella (British Mathematician, Wife of Lord Byron)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 15, 24-28, 43-44, 46, 48-49, 51-53, 65-66, 69-72, 84-86, 88, 150, 153-154, 211-214, 220-221, 228-229, 241, 247

Byron, George Gordon, Lord (British Poet, 1788-1824)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 9, 12-15, 17-19, 23-28, 33, 49, 51-53, 65-67, 69, 71-73, 85-86, 148, 150-152, 154, 163, 168, 183-185, 188, 190, 196, 217-222, 238-239, 241, 246-252, 254; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 134-138, 154-155, 213, 220-224, 243-251, 254-267, 275, 282, 287, 290-291, 297, 310-311, 313, 324-325, 327-335, 337, 341, 346-350, 367-372 {as Lord Ruthven} 82-83, 164, 368-369, 459, 461, 468, 472, 474-501 {as Lord Byron}
The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 76; The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 108; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 83; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 1, 25; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 23, 73-74; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 189; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 15; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 3; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 210; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 214; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 327; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 24; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 49-50; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 28; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 135; "Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 94-95; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 15; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 221; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 147; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 103; "The Shadow of the Wolf" (Ron Weighell) 51
Byronic: The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 79-80; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 171; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 109; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 114; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 22; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 60; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 210; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 165

Byron, Henry James (British Playwright, 1834-1884)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 24

Byzas (King of the Mengarians)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 87