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

Biblis (Daughter of Miletus)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 182

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

Bickford, William (British Currier, 1774-1834)
Bickford Cord: "The Railroad Thieves" (P. Orlovetz) 76

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

Billot, General Jean-Baptiste (French War Minister, 1828-1907)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 335-338, 406

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

Bird, William (British Artist, 1772-1819)
"The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 229

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; "The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 119; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 69; 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; "Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 41; 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) 188; 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, William Henry (British Archaeologist)
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 173

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 Adventure of the Boston Dromio" (Matthew Pearl) 268; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 188

Black Duncan of the Cowl: see Duncan Campbell

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

Blackwater, Marquess (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 77, 147-148

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

Blagden, Isa (British Poet, 1816-1873)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 151-152

Blaine, James G. (American Politician, 1830-1893)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 137-138, 178
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 52, 73, 173-175, 244-247, 249, 253, 257, 266-268, 271-272, 274-275, 278-279, 291, 296-298, 304, 354
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
"Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 230
J. Saxon Blake: The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 97, 111-125, 137-144, 148, 150, 152, 189, 192-200
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; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 147; 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, François (French Casino Manager)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 192

Blandy, John (British Wine Trader, 1783-1855)
Blandy's Madeira: "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 110

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 Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 239, 302; "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; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 362; 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

Blok, Alexander (Russian Poet, 1880-1921)
"The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 221

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

Blood, Captain Thomas (Attempted to steal the British Crown Jewels, 1618-1680)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 171-173; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 30-31

Bloofer Lady: see Westenra, Lucy

Bloofer Lady's Child Victims (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 114, 122-124, 127

Bloom, Sol (American Politician, 1870-1949)
Copeland-Bloom Bill: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 104, 106

Bloomer, Amelia (American Reformer, 1818-1894)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 141

Blore, Eric (British Actor, 1887-1959)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 131

Blücher, Evelyn, Princess (British Author, Wife of German Nobleman)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 64

Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht Von (Prussian Field Marshal, 1742-1819)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 66; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 31; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 156; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 117; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 145
Blüchers (boots): "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 2-3, 13, 16, 19

Blue Fairy, The (Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 330-331

Bluebeard (Barbe Bleue - Charles Perrault)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 146, 174; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 167; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 117; "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" (Richard A. Lupoff) 349; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 59, 84
A Bluebeard: "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 307

Blues, The (English Smuggling Gang)
The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 234, 253, 258-259
See also: George Ransley

Blunkett, David (British Politician)
The Home Secretary: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 72

Blunt, Anthony (British Art Historian and Spy, 1907-1983)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 72

Bly, Nellie (Frankie & Johnny - Song)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 491

Bly, Nellie (American Journalist, 1867-1922)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30-59, 89-96, 112-129, 134-141, 161-165, 171-178, 189-205, 212-213, 216, 225-228, 239-252, 263-275, 279-280, 286-290, 304-320, 329-345, 356-359, 371-391, 395-397, 420, 436-437, 441, 458, 462, 471, 480-483, 491, 496-501, 503-504, 508-509
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 25-26, 46, 48-60, 66, 68-79, 94-95, 103, 113, 119-128, 160-163, 166-173, 176-178, 181, 197, 210-230, 239-240, 248-259, 263-264, 267, 272-277, 282-302, 307-309, 313-321, 323-325, 327-329, 332-349, 352-378, 381-401, 404-408, 410-413, 415-417, 419, 421-426, 428, 431-438, 440, 442-443, 449-470, 473-474
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 19-26, 31, 56-59, 61-63, 65-68, 70, 83-99, 101-105, 107-130, 144-157, 163, 173-174, 177-180, 182-185, 190-231, 247, 279, 282, 289-293, 295-300, 303-310, 312-315, 319-320, 326, 330-331, 334, 336-337, 346-347, 352, 360, 366-379, 381-382, 388, 392, 408, 417-418, 428, 430, 433-435, 437-441, 444-446, 448, 450-451, 454-457, 459-461, 466, 470
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 27-36, 47, 51, 53, 60-63, 78, 84, 99, 101, 112, 114-118, 120, 122, 151-153, 171-174, 177, 180, 192, 202, 217, 225-226, 252-259, 266-275, 283, 291, 297, 300-301, 329-332, 335, 341, 380-382, 389, 394-396, 398-399, 404-407, 409, 425-427, 429, 435-436, 439-441
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 275
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 20; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 20

Blyton, Enid (British Author, 1897-1968)
"The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes" (Leslie Halliwell) 242

Boadicea: see Boudicca

Boatswain (Byron's Dog)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 108; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 188, 221-222

Bobbsey Twins, The (The Bobbsey Twins series - Laura Lee Hope)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 21

Boccaccio, Giovanni (French-Italian Poet, 1313-1375)
"The Reichenbach Secret" (David Stuart Davies) 397; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 108; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 6; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 175; "Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 226; The Tale Not Told (Constance Wilder-Wokoun) 79

Bodley, Sir Thomas (Bodleian Library Founder, 1545-1613)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 354; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 212
Bodleian: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 117; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 15, 18; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 52, 54, 176-177, 186, 198, 332, 345-346, 353-354, 360; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 112, 155, 221-222; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 56, 87, 126, 159, 175; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 202; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 137; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 37

Body Snatchers, The (Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 8; Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 58

Boeing, William (American Aviation Pioneer, 1881-1956)
Boeing 747: My Hero (Tom Holt) 72

Boelcke, Oswald (German Air Ace, 1891-1916)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 27, 65, 216, 221, 231-232, 256; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 142; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 36

Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (Roman Philosopher, 480-524)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 242

Bogart, Humphrey (American Actor, 1899-1957)
"Holmes Ex Machina" (Susan Casper) 238; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 193, 216; "The Adventure of the Odd Lotteries" (Robert L. Fish) 184 {Humphrey Beauregard}; "Sound Alibi" (Peter Guttridge) 24-25; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 7, 24, 66, 68, 87, 158; "The Greatest Detective of All Time" (Ralph Roberts) 312; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 74

Boguet, Henri (French Judge, 1550-1619)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 23

Bohemond I (Leader of the First Crusade & Prince of Antioch, c1057-1111)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 145

Bohr, Niels (Danish Physicist, 1885-1962)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 136
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 29-30; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 18; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 47; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 17

Bois, Curt (German Actor, 1901-1991)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 95

Boito, Arrigo (Italian Composer, 1842-1918)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 180

Boito, Camillo (Italian Architect & Writer, 1836-1914)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 97

Bokassa, Jean (Central African President (1966-77) & Emperor (1977-79), 1921-1996)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 99

Bol, Ferdinand (Dutch Artist, 1616-1680)
"The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 229

Bolden, Buddy (American Jazz Band Leader, 1877-1931)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 43

Boldini, Giovanni (Italian Painter, 1842-1931)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 124

Boleskin, Laird of: see Crowley, Aleister

Boleyn, Anne (Wife of Henry VIII, 1507-1536)
The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 157; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 410; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 23; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 90; "The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk" (Barbara Hambly) 38; The Game's Afoot Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 36; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 26, 53; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 86; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 120
Anne Boleyn's Well: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 112

Bolingbroke (Richard II - Shakespeare): see Henry IV (KIng of England)

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount (British Statesman, 1678-1751)
"The Adventure of the Mendicant's Face" (M.J. Elliott) 28

Bolivar, Simon (South American Revolutionary Leader, 1783-1830)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 90
The Simon Bolivar (ship): "Our American Cousins" (Roberta Rogow) 399

Bombay Railway Station Restaurant Landlord (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 41

Bonacieux, Constance (The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas)
"The Adventure of the Glass House" (Michael Mallory) 61, 63, 67-68

Bonaparte, Jérôme (Brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1784-1860)
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 145

Bonaparte, Letizia (Mother of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1750-1836)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 210

Bonaparte, Louis Lucien (French Philologist, 1813-1891)
"The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 52

Bonaparte, Lucien (Brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1775-1840)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 215

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Bonar Law, Andrew (Canadian-British Prime Minister (1922-23), 1858-1923)
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 41, 45, 47, 106, 108-110, 112-113, 157-158, 204, 206
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 547-549, 563
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 143, 155, 187

Bonar Law, Annie (née Annie Pitcairn Robley, Wife of Andrew Bonar Law, 1866-1909)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 71

Bond, James (James Bond series - Ian Fleming)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 37-38
Campion Bond: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 291-294; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 1-4, 17, 25, 31-35, 44-47, 49, 54, 64, 73, 94-96, 103-105, 110-111, 114-118, 143
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 25-28, 30-37, 54-55, 84-86, 128-131, 133-134, 138, 142-144
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 91
Thomas Bond: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 134, 136, 139, 142, 207
Double-O Agents: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 152, 154, 162-163, 178, 181, 192-193, 198, 201, 211, 214
009: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 194
Sir James le Lein: "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 72-74, 99, 102-104, 108-109
James Stock: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 27, 45, 62-64, 66, 86, 90, 108-109, 125, 142-144, 150
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 113; "Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 28-29, 39, 42; The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 97; The Case of the Blackmail Boys (Terrance Dicks) 57, 80; The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 60, 64, 67; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 39, 95-96; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 22, 27, 63; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 16; My Hero (Tom Holt) 69, 195; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 125; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 12; "The Curious Computer" (Peter Lovesey) 235; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140, 220; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 42; "The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 84; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 74; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 134; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 183

Bond, Ruskin (British-Indian Author, 1934- )
"The Stolen Daffodils" (Ruskin Bond) 38-43

Bond, Dr Thomas (Doctor who attended Mary Jane Kelly Murder)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 82

Bond, Ward (American Actor, 1903-1960)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 88

Bones, Billy (Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 206; The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant (Anthony Read) 108

Bonham-Carter, Helena (British Actress)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 70, 72

Boniface, Monsieur (The Spring Chicken - Monckton & Caryll)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 8

Boniface, St (English Missionary, c.680-754)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 142

Bonington, Sir Ralph Bloomfield (The Doctor's Dilemma - George Bernard Shaw)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 181, 183-185

Bonn, Issy (British Comedian, 1903-1977)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 113

Bonnard, Pierre (French Artist, 1867-1947)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 232-233

Bonney, Anne (Irish Pirate, 1697-1720)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 321

Bonnie & Clyde (Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow, American Outlaws)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 76
see also: Parker, Bonnie

Bonnie Prince Charlie, Charles Edward Stuart (Pretender to the British Throne, 1720-1788)
Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 5-7, 21-22, 28, 32-33, 38, 63-65, 67, 69, 71-73, 91, 144-145, 155, 165
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 41-206
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 174; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 19; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 346, 364; Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 147; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 8; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 122; "The Highland Intrigue" (Steve Leadley) 108, 126; "The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires" (Darrell Schweitzer) 23; Sherlock Holmes Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 18

Bonzo (Bonzo comics - George Studdy)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 115

Boojum, The (The Hunting of the Snark - Lewis Carroll)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 180; "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 59

Bookbinder, Sam (American Restaurateur)
Bookbinder's Restaurant: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 148

Boole, George (British Mathematician, 1815-1864)
Boolean: "An Advertisement in the Times" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 128

Boone, Daniel (American Frontiersman, 1734-1820)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 121

Boop, Betty (Cartoon Character)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 204; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 188

Boot, Sir Jesse (British Pharmacist, 1850-1931)
Boots the Chemist: The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 56; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 195

Booth, Adelaide Delannoy (Belgian First Wife of Junius Brutus Booth, 1792-1857)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 33-35, 279-282, 286, 318, 322-326, 330

Booth, Sir Alfred (Chairman of Cunard Lines)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 25, 49, 104

Booth, Asia (Sister of John Wilkes Booth, 1835-1888)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 35, 56, 226, 266, 299

Booth, Catherine (Wife of W. Bramwell Booth, 1829-1890)
The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 233

Booth, Charles (British Sociologist, 1840-1916)
"The Case of the Ancient Mariner" (Colin Bruce) 76-77; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 110

Booth, Edwin (American Actor, Brother of John Wilkes Booth, 1833-1893)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 18-32, 35-36, 39, 41-60, 63-64, 75-80, 82-83, 85-97, 101, 109, 111, 113-120, 124, 155-156, 158, 169, 185-187, 193, 201, 208-214, 216-230, 232, 239, 241, 243-247, 250-254, 256, 259-261, 263-267, 270, 274-284, 290, 294-296, 299-302, 313-321, 327-328, 330-336
Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 230; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 280; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 40, 180, 377; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 245; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 57; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 21
Booth Theater: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 213, 217, 331

Booth (Grossman), Edwina (Daughter of Edwin Booth, 1861-1938)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 27, 51, 56, 77-78, 80, 82-83, 87, 92-93, 119, 185, 210, 226, 333

Booth, John Wilkes (American Actor, Assassinated Abraham Lincoln, 1838-1865)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 6, 18, 24, 32-33, 35-36, 46-47, 50, 58, 60, 93-94, 100-101, 112, 116-118, 122-136, 139-147, 149-197
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 11-25, 27-29, 31, 35-36, 47, 51-54, 59-60, 64, 68-72, 74-80, 82, 90-91, 104, 115-122, 129, 171, 198-218, 220, 222-267, 274-296, 298-309, 311-322, 325-328, 330-336
"Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 16; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 280; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 69; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 243; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 120; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 81; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 148, 150, 152, 284; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 81, 94; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 26; Ghosts and the Machine (Lloyd Rose) 29; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 83; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 147; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 352

Booth, Joseph (Brother of John Wilkes Booth, 1840-1902)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 35-36, 76, 79-80, 246, 266

Booth, Junius Brutus (British-American Actor, Father of John Wilkes Booth, 1796-1852)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 280
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 33-36, 45, 53, 57, 64, 125, 136, 212, 214, 275-276, 279-282, 285, 306, 317-318, 321-328, 330, 336
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 119; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 352

Booth, Junius Brutus, Jr. (American Actor, Brother of John Wilkes Booth, 1821-1883)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 35, 64, 266, 280

Booth, Mary Ann (Holmes) (Mother of John Wilkes Booth, 1802-1885)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 33-34, 36, 46, 53, 69, 119, 173, 181, 184-185, 210-211, 226, 245, 252, 256, 266, 279-281, 294
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 119

Booth, Mary Devlin (First Wife of Edwin Booth, 1840-1863)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 45, 119

Booth, Mary McVicker (American Actress, Wife of Edwin Booth, 1848-1881)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 27-28, 44-46, 51-52, 56-57, 76-78, 83, 87, 210, 212, 226, 332

Booth, Richard Junius (Son of Junius Brutus Booth, 1819-1868)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 27-29, 33-36, 38, 40-42, 44, 47-52, 54, 82, 87-90, 93-98, 100-101, 103, 108-117, 119, 205-207, 209, 211, 221, 227, 235-237, 247, 249-250, 255, 257-261, 263, 265, 270-274, 277-332, 336

Booth, Rosalie (Sister of John Wilkes Booth, 1823-1889)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 35-36, 266

Booth, Sarah Ware (Wife of Richard Junius Booth, ?-1868)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 36

Booth, General William Bramwell (British Founder of the Salvation Army, 1829-1912)
The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 132-133
"Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 174; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 21, 347; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 183; The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 19; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 171, 240

Bootle-Wilbraham, Edward, 1st Earl of Lathom (Lord Chamberlain (1885-86 / '86-92 / '95-98), 1837-1898)
The Lord Chamberlain: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 27

Borchardt, Hugo (German Gunsmith, 1844-1925)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 228
Borchardt Automatic Pistol: Moriarty (John Gardner) 124, 172; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 257, 281, 304, 306-307; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 37, 192, 196, 198

Borden, Abby Durfee (Step-mother of Lizzie Borden, ?-1892)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 95; "The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 85; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 137; "The Mystery of Dr Thorvald Sigerson" (Linda Robertson) 91; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 530

Borden, Andrew Jackson (Father of Lizzie Borden, 1822-1892)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 95; "The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 85; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 137; "The Mystery of Dr Thorvald Sigerson" (Linda Robertson) 91; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 530

Borden, Lizzie (American, Alleged Murderess, 1860-1927)
"The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 83-86
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 95; "The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 40; "The Baker Street Irregulars Murder Case" (Henry T. Parry) 71; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 137; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 402; "The Mystery of Dr Thorvald Sigerson" (Linda Robertson) 91; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 318; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 214; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 74; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 530

Bordereau, Juanita (The Aspern Papers - Henry James)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 150-153, 158, 160-162, 167, 173

Bordereau, Tina (The Aspern Papers - Henry James)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 150-155, 158-161, 173

Bordet, Jules (Belgian Bacteriologist, 1870-1961)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 54

Boreas (Greek God of the North Wind)
"The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 16

Borel, Denis (Le Docteur Omega - Arnould Galopin)
"The Dynamics of an Asteroid" (John Peel) 176-193

Borgia, Cesare (Italian Soldier & Politician, 1476-1507)
"The Matter of the Vatican Cameos" (David L. Hammer) 23; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 208; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 279

Borgia, St. Francis (Spanish Roman Catholic Reformer, 1510-1572)
"The Matter of the Vatican Cameos" (David L. Hammer) 23

Borgia, Lucrezia (Italian Patron of the Arts, 1480-1519)
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209-210
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 71-72, 99, 102-104, 167-168, 192-193
"The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 285; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 181; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 367; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 33; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 135; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 125; "The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 44; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 117, 212

Borgia, Rodrigo (Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503), 1431-1503)
"The Matter of the Vatican Cameos" (David L. Hammer) 22; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 208; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 288

Borgia Family, The
"The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 285;"The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 42; "The Adventure of the Curious Canary" (Barry Day) 175; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 184; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 33; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 125; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 120; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 31; "The Matter of the Vatican Cameos" (David L. Hammer) 22-23; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 208;"The Problem of the Purple Maculas" (James C. Iraldi) 378; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 169; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 83; "The Affair of the 46th Birthday" (Amy Myers) 250; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 170; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 109; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 207; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 100
Borgia Ring: "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 151
Borgia Tears: Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 93
See also: Black Pearl of the Borgias

Borgis, Hortentio (17th Century Venetian Lapidarist)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 345

Borodin, Aleksandr (Russian Composer, 1833-1887)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 101

Borre (Son of King Arthur)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 116

Borrow, George (British Philologist & Author, 1803-1881)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 50-51, 53, 63-64, 69-71, 78, 85, 91, 93, 174, 182-183, 221, 271, 363; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 29