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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)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 80; 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)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 47, 328; 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

Beatty, Admiral David (British Naval Leader, 1871-1936)
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 297

Beauchamp, Lady Clementina (Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Oscar Wilde)
"The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 21-25, 35, 48, 50

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, Paul (Paul Beck series - M. McDonnell Bodkin)
"The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" (Barbara Roden) 62

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 Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 137, 150, 153, 162, 185
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)
"A Matter Without Gravity" (Alain le Bussy) 133-136
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 165-166, 181, 192-197, 207, 214

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

Bedloo, Isaak (American Merchant)
Bedloe's Island: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 33

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 Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 59; 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; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 299-300

Beedel, Inspector (Max Carrados series - Ernest Bramah)
"The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" (Barbara Roden) 62

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

Beere, Fanny Bernard (British Actress, 1851-1915)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 31

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; Moriarty (John Gardner) 245; "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; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 90; 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; "Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi) 339; 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, 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; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 170; "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 Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 81; 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; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 24

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

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; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 289, 330-331

Belch, Sir Toby (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
"Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 58; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 212

Beletsky, Stephan (Russian Minister of Police)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 71-73
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 58

Belial (Biblical Demon)
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

Belit (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, Edward (American Diplomat)
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 308

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; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 124-128, 315; 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; "Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi) 334-335; 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, Richard (British Politician, 1859-1930)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 546

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, 118; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 126

Bellachini, Samuel (Polish Magician, 1828-1885)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 107

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; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 334

Belper, Lord (Headed British Commission to find Methods for Identifying Criminals)
"The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 400
Belper Committee: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 486

Belshazzar (Bible - Daniel)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 278

Beltham, Lord Edward (The Exploits of Juve - Pierre Souvestre & Marcel Allain)
"A Matter Without Gravity" (Alain le Bussy) 128-131, 134, 136, 139, 141, 143

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

Benckendorff, Count Alexander (Russian Diplomat, 1849-1917)
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 276

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

Benedict XIII (Spanish Antipope, 1328-1843)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 93

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; Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 155; "The Commercial Centre Mystery" (P. Nikitin) 180; 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

Benet, St (Roman Abbot)
St Benet Gracechurch: "The Adventure of the Beggar’s Head" (Michael Mallory) 195
St Benet Greenchurch: "The Adventure of the Beggar’s Head" (Michael Mallory) 192

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 and Prejudice - Jane Austen)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 15-16; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 54, 62-63, 121, 124, 149

Bennet, Jane (Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 50, 149

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

Bennet, Mary (Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 91

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

Bennet, Mrs (Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 50

Bennett, Charles Henry Allan (British Buddhist Monk, 1872-1923)
"Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 188-189, 192-200, 202-203, 206-208

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, Alice (Avenger series - Lester Dent & Walter Gibson)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 80

Benson, Alicia (Avenger series - Lester Dent & Walter Gibson)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 80

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, Frank (Sir Francis / F.R.) (British Actor, 1858-1939)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 19

Benson, Harry (aka Hugh Montgomery / Comte de Montagu, British Swindler, De Goncourt Affair)
The Return of 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, ?-1910)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 230; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 211-214
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; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 237
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

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 Gold Medal: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 209

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 Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 491; 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
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 288, 290, 320, 323, 357
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; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 147; 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

Bernstorff, Count Johann Heinrich von (German Diplomat, 1862-1939)
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 273, 302-303, 308-309, 312-313, 315, 317, 319-321

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) 71, 78, 87-88, 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; The Return of 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; "The Adventure of the Boston Dromio" (Matthew Pearl) 273
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, 50-53, 88, 102, 104-111, 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

Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von (German Politician, 1856-1921)
"The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 303, 308

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