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Oakley, Annie (American Sharpshooter 1860-1926)
The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 102; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 131, 139; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 7-8, 12, 22-26, 28-38, 51-60, 63-79, 83-88, 90-103, 105-137, 142-148
"The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 182, 184; "A Baker Street Irregular" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 257; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 284, 297, 366, 429, 469; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 192, 194; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 123; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 283; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 102-103; "The Adventure of the Diamond Stickpin" (Michael Mallory) 175; "The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 235; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 177, 179, 182; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 84
A Hannie Hoakly: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 39
Little Miss Sure Shot: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 37
Thorn shooting Annie Oakley pod plants: "The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 67

Oannes (Sea Creature in Babylonian Mythology)
"Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 120

Oates, Captain Lawrence (British Explorer, Accompanied Scott to South Pole)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 44-47, 101

Obadiah (Biblical Prophet - Kings)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 217; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 324

Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 88-90, 97, 109, 132-133, 292-293, 299
Auberon: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 2-3, 74-76, 219, 224-225, 241-242, 257, 261
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 457; Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 32; "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost" (John Whitman) 89

Oberon, Merle (Welsh-Indian-American Actress, 1911-1979)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 93-94

O'Brien, Cornelius (Irish Politician, 1782-1857)
O'Brien's Tower: The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 238, 240, 251

O'Brien, Edmond (American Actor, 1915-1985)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 71

O'Brien, Pat (American Actor, 1899-1983)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 26

O'Brien, T.C. (British Cricketer)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 125

O'Brien, Willis (American Film Director, 1886-1962)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 207

Occam, William of (British Philosopher, 1285-1349)
 "The Case of the Lost Worlds" (Colin Bruce) 229; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 41; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 105; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 96; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 79, 103; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 43; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 71, 133, 234; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 258
Occam's Kaleidoscope: "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 66
Occam's Razor: "The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 43; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 41; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 90; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 169; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 79, 103; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 73; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 66; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 234; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 129
Ockham's Razor: Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 111
Okham's Razor: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 203

Ochs, Adolph S. (American Publisher)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 99

Ockegham, Johannes (Franco-Flemish Composer, c.1420-1496)
"The Adventure of the Second Scarf" (Mark Aronson) 83

O'Conner, Billy (British Magician)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 74

O'Connor, Eily (The Lily of Killarney - Sir Julius Benedict)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 318

O'Connor, John J. (American (St. Paul) Police Detective)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 6, 9, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 37-41, 51-52, 57, 62, 68, 73, 90-97, 111-112, 120, 128, 153-154, 164-165, 176, 188, 200, 204-205, 208-210, 216, 218, 220, 223, 232, 251-252, 263-264, 269-270, 272, 274-277, 282, 285
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 168

O'Connor, Richard (American Police Captain)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 28, 31

O'Conor, Rory (Last High King of Ireland, 1116-1198)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 30

O'Conor Don, The (Irish Peer)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 30

Octavia (Wife of Mark Antony)
"The Disappearance of Caroline Erskine" (Michael Mallory) 229

Octavian (Emperor of Rome (27-14BC), 63-14BC)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 180-181; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 82

Oddjob (Goldfinger - Ian Fleming)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 28, 31

Odette (Swan Lake âÄì Tchaikovsky)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 39, 139

Odin: see Woden

Odum, Bardwell (JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 124

Odysseus (Greek Mythology)
The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 225; "The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 25; "Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 31; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 188; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 381; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 36; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 136; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 14; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 25, 139; The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 8
Spiritual Odyssey: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 196

Oedipus (Greek Mythology)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 31, 35, 39; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 265, 310; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 235; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 190; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 37; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 35; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 357
Oedipal: Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 85; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 235; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 172; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 46
Oedipal Complex: Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 31
Oedipus Complex: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 259; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 34

O'Ferrall, Mrs (Trilby - George du Maurier)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 154

O'Ferrall, Patrick Michael (Trilby - George du Maurier)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 154-155

O'Ferrall, Trilby: see Trilby

Offa (English King of Mercia (757-96), ?-796)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 58
Offa's Dyke: The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 2, 223, 369

Offenbach, Jacques (French Composer, 1819-1880)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 6, 200, 209; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 161; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 84; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 131; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 71; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 19; W.G. Grace's Last Case (WilliamRushton) 219
Oftenbark: Hound and the Witching Affair (Brenda Sivers) 8

Ogilvy (War of the Worlds - H.G.Wells)
"The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 285, 288-289, 293, 295, 297-304, 306, 309-310; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 54-56, 97-98, 100, 113, 142, 154, 168, 171, 184
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 294

Ogum (Yoruba Deity of Iron & War)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 233

O'Hara, Kimball: See Kim

O'Hara Kimball (Kim's Father) (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 8, 13

O'Hara, Mrs. (Kim's Mother) (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 13

O'Hara, Scarlett (Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 40
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 76; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 211, 214-215; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 224; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 219

O'Higgins, Kevin (Irish Politician, 1892-1927)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 201

Ohnet, Georges (French Playwright, 1848-1918)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 119

Oichi (Kwaidan - movie)
"The Case of Young Vamberry, the Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 80

Ojo the Lucky (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 431

O'Keeffe, Georgia (American Artist, 1887-1986)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 205

O'Kellyn, Sir Arthur (The Knight's Tomb - Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 56, 58

Olaf, St (King Olaf II of Norway (1015-28), 995-1030)
St Olaf's; "The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June Thomson) 191

Oland, Warner (Swedish-American Actor, 1879-1938)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 24

O'Laughlin, Michael (American Charged as Conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, 1840-1867)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 65-66, 71, 124-126, 128-130, 132, 154, 157, 231

Olbers, Heinrich (German Astronomer, 1758-1840)
Olbers Hypothesis: The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 101

Olcott, Henry (American Theosophist, 1832-1907)
Ghosts and the Machine (Lloyd Rose) 28-48

Old, Chris (English Cricketer, 1948- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 18

Old Bird Lady (Mary Poppins - Movie)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 75

Old Father Thames (Personification of the River Thames)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 194

Old Father Time (Personification of Time)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 14; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 92

Old Father William (Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 98; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 153; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 225

Old King Cole (Nursery Rhyme Character)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 204

Old Man in the Corner, The (The Old Man in the Corner - Baroness Orczy)
"The Case of the Two-Faced Transom" (Douglas Moreton) 96
"The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 43, 46; "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" (Barbara Roden) 62

Old Man of the Mountain (Sheikh al-Jebal, Founder of the Hasashin)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 174; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 175; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 412

Old MacDonald (Nursery Rhyme Character)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 390

Old Man of Coblenz, The (There Was an Old Man of Coblenz - Edward Lear)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 54

Old Mother Hubbard (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)
"The Case of the King of Hearts" (Judie Angell) 64, 73; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 146; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 149
Mother Hubbard Style: The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 116

Old Mother Hubbard's Dog (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)

Old Nichol Gang (London Gang)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 38, 105

Old Sleuth (Old Sleuth series - Harlan Halsey)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 21

Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe, The (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)

Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe's Children, The (Nursery Rhyme Characters)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)

Oldfield, Mike (British Musician, 1953- )
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 3, 371-372

Olds, Ransom Eli (American Car Manufacturer, 1864-1950)
Oldsmobile: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 243; "Second Fiddle" (Kristine Kathryn Rusch) 268

O'Leary, Catherine "Kate" (Irish-American Immigrant Whose Cow Started the Great Chicago Fire, c.1827-1895)
"The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarters" (Jon L. Breen) 301

Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess (Daughter of Nicholas & Alexandra, 1895-1918)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 91-92, 96-97, 111, 118, 120
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 100, 162, 202-205, 207-209, 215, 217, 228-229
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 29, 53, 59-64, 77, 85, 104-105, 111, 119, 145, 163, 170-172, , 186, 198-200, 211, 224, 261, 285
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 10-11
Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 262

Olga Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess (Sister of Nicholas II, 1882-1960)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 204

Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) (Scottish Author, 1828-1897)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 91

Oliver, Edna May (American Actress, 1883-1942)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 24

Oliver, Eliza: see Eliza Gilbert

Oliver, Joseph "King" (American Jazz Musician, 1885-1938)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 241-244

Oliver, Rev. Thomas (Canadian Methodist Minister & Inventor, 1852-1909)
Oliver Typewriter: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 41

Oliver, Vice-Admiral William (British Naval Commander, 1865-1965)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 344

Olivetti, Camillo (Italian office Equipment Manufacturer)
Olivetti Typewriter: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 73, 181

Olivia (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 50
Olivia Feste: "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217-219, 221-223, 225

Olivier, Sir Laurence (British Actor, 1907-1989)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 167; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 187-188; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 70, 156, 234; My Hero (Tom Holt) 35, 79, 139; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 175; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 121; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 148

Olivier le Dain (Favourite of Louis XI, ?-1484)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 113

Ollie (Kukol, Fran & Ollie - TV series)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 216

Olmsted, Frederick Law (American Landscape Designer, 1822-1903)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 64

O'Loughlin, William F.H. (Ship's Surgeon Aboard the Titanic, ?-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 86, 118, 120-121, 196-197, 204

Olympia (Tales of Hoffmann - Jules Barbier & Jacques Offenbach)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 180-181

Olmsted, Frederick Law (American Landscape Designer, 1822-1903)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 171

Olympius (Mother of Alexander The Great)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 161

O'Malley, Charles (Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon - Harry Lorrequer)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 123-124

O'Malley, Grace (Irish Pirate)
"Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 162

Omar, Caliph (Conquered Jerusalem, (636 BC))
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 140

Omega, Dr (Le Docteur Oméga - Arnould Galoupin)
"The Dynamics of an Asteroid" (John Peel) 176-193
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 56, 62

Omnium, Duke of (Phineas Finn, etc. - Anthony Trollope)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 158, 173

Onan (Bible - Genesis)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 170; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 210, 217
Onanism: The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 26; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 151
Sons of Onan!: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 26

O'Neill, Eugene (American Playwright, 1888-1953)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 9; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 149

Ono, Yoko (Japanese Musician & Artist, 1933- )
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 143; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 112

Onstott, Kyle (Author)
Kyle and Onstott's: "The Adventure of the Red Leech" (Paul D. Gilbert) 179, 181

Oofty Goofty (American Entertainer)
"The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 158

Openshaw, Dr. Thomas (Ripper Case, Pathologist who examined kidney sent to Lusk)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 88; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 162-164, 262
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 224, 238; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 19

Ophelia (Hamlet âÄì William Shakespeare)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 2, 6, 91, 94-97, 99, 167, 192
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 58; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 57; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 38-188; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 459; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 397; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 107-109, 303, 330-331, 366; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 60; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 205; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 27, 39, 70, 72, 80, 112-113, 161-162, 212, 234, 320, 322, 381; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 320; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 180, 239; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 263, 325; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 196; My Hero (Tom Holt) 14; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 101; "The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 137; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen); Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 137-139, 143-144, 182; "The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 61

Opium Den Chinaman (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 35, 394

Oppenheim, E. Phillips (British Author, 1866-1946)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 123

Oppenheimer, J. Philip (American Physicist, 1904-1967)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 202; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 10

Orangutan (The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 11, 13
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 90, 192; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 159; "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 36; "The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier" (Richard Lupoff) 18; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 18, 22; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 212; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 178, 203, 206, 211

Orczy, Baroness Emmuska (Hungarian-British Author, 1865-1947)
"The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 44; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 82

Orgen, Jacob "Little Augie" (New York Gangster, ?-1927)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 184, 187-188

Orient Express, The (Train)
"The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes" (H. Paul Jeffers) 108-110; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 110-111; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 6-11, 15-17, 94, 174, 201; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 66-75, 87, 148; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 101-169, 178, 202, 207, 226-234, 239-257, 287-292
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 187; The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 190; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 86; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 11; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 216; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 24, 77; "The Adventure of the Blarney Stone" (H. Paul Jeffers) 70; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 111; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 78; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 6-7; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 303, 305; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 52; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 110

Origen (Alexandrian Church Father, 182-251)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 69

Orion (Hunter in Greek Mythology)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 174; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 125-126
Orion (Constellation): The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 61; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 56

Orlando (Orlando - Virginia Woolf)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 130-131, 135-136, 138

Orléans, Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine, Duchess of (Wife of Philip I, Duke of Orleans, 1652-1722)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 122

Orléans Dynasty (French Royal Family)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 22

Orlof (The Awful Dr. Orlof - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 62

Orloff Diamond, The (Russian Diamond)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 345

Orlofsky, Prince (Die Fledermaus - Johann Strauss)
"Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 39

Orlok, Graf Von (Nosferatu - movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 311, 330, 388, 391; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 14, 263-268, 277-278, 282, 313, 327, 340
Count Orloff: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140

Orlov, Colonel (JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 102

Orombello, Michele (Lover of Beatrice Lascaris)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 50

Orpheus (Poet & Musician in Greek Mythology)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 247, 257; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 209; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 152-153; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 228

Orsini, Felice (Italian Revolutionary, 1819-1858)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 141

Orton, Arthur (Australian Fraudster, The Tichborne Claimant)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 3, 5, 56-60
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 99

Orton, Beth (English Singer-Songwriter, 1970- )
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 248

Ortrud (Lohengrin - Richard Wagner)
"The Nostalgia of Nervy Jim The Snatcher" (John Kendrick Bangs) 172

Orwell, George (British Author, Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-1950)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 151, 189-190
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 187; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 108

Osborn, Frederick J. (British Town Planner)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 48-51

O'Shane, Barney (New York Alderman)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 55, 65

O'Shea, Kitty (Parnell's Mistress, later Wife)
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 208

Osiris (Egyptian God)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 81-82, 138, 197; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 31-32, 122; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 1, 3-4; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 31, 56, 115, 136-137, 140, 180, 190, 193, 211, 226, 265; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 133; The Curse of the Pharaohs (Kel Richards) 20; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 111
The Eye of Osiris: The Curse of the Pharoahs (Kel Richards) 4-5, 13, 18-21, 24, 46-47, 53, 65, 72, 93-94, 97, 108, 110

Oskar I (King of Sweden & Norway (1844-59), 1799-1859)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 202, 254; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 7

Oskar II (King of Sweden (1872-1907) & Norway (1872-1905), 1829-1907)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 7-10, 12-14, 19-20, 62, 93, 98, 210-211, 279, 297; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 131-132
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 33

Osler, Sir William (Canadian-British Physician, 1849-1919)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 15, 17-20, 24, 100
The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 177

Ostade, Adriaen Von (Dutch Artist, 1610-1685)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 83

Osterholzer (Royal Groom to Ludwig II)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 159-162, 165-166, 187, 191-192

Ostrog, Michael (Ripper Suspect)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 177, 179-185, 196
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 200; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 338; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 19; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 45, 150

O'Sullivan Burke, Captain Ricard (Irish Fenian Leader, 1838-1892)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 35

Oswald, Lee Harvey (John F. Kennedy's Assassin, 1939-1963)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 8-216
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 74; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 181, Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 28; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 174

Oswald, Lee Harvey's Children
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 64, 174

Oswald, Marina (Wife of Lee Harvey Oswald)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 51-207

Oswald, St (King of Northumbria (634-642), 604-642)
"The Adventure of Maltree Abbey" (H. Paul Jeffers) 230

Otero, Carolina (Spanish Dancer, 1868-1965)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 147

Othello (Othello - William Shakespeare)
"The Chalice of Skorr" (Dana Martin Batory) 111; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 136; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 37; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 12; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 120; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 244; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 20; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 27, 33-37, 41, 64-65, 67, 71; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 280; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 197, 202;"The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 139; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 19, 21-22, 28; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 207;"The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 82

Otho the Android (Captain Future series - Edmond Hamilton)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Othon, Magistrate (The Plague - Albert Camus)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 31

Otis, Elisha Graves (American Inventor, 1811-1861)
"The Battersea Worm " (John Taylor) 28-29, 31, 41
Otis Elevator: Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 10; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 143; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 254; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 62, 236; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 37
Otis Lift: "The Case of the Rival Queens" (Carolyn Wheat) 276

Ott, Dr. J.J. (Toured the United States with his Ringing Stones)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 149

Otto I (Brother of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1886-1913), 1848-1913)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 229, 324-325, 328, 389; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 169-170; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 139, 175-176

Otto of the Silver Hand (Otto of the Silver Hand - Howard Pyle)
An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 295

Otto von Habsburg (Crown Prince of Austria and Hungary, 1912- )
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 93-94

Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramée, British Novelist, 1839-1908)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 89

Ouran (Island of Lost Souls - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 114-115, 119

Ouroboros (Legendary Serpent)
An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 117

Outram, Sir James (British General, 1803-1863)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 104

Ovett, Steve (British Athlete, 1955- )
"Ovett, take the others on a run": Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 106, 128, 135, 142, 242-243, 275

Ovid (Roman Poet, 43BC-AD17)
Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 63; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 221; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 103; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 84; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 167; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 140
Ovidian: "The Bothersome Business of the Dutch Nativity" (Derek Wilson) 11

Owen, Anne (Williams) (Mother of Robert Owen)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 88

Owen, Bill: see The Old Man in the Corner

Owen, Caroline (Dale) (Wife of Robert Owen)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 112

Owen, Nicholas (English Jesuit Lay Brother & Constructor of Hiding-Places for Priests, ?-1606)
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 302

Owen, Richard (British Anatomist, coined the term "dinosaur", 1804-1892)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 73-74, 77-78; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 15; "You See But You Do Not Observe" (Robert J. Sawyer) 346; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 177

Owen, Robert (Welsh Social Reformer, 1771-1858)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 49-51, 63-64, 68-70, 83-89, 95-100, 102-106, 109-116, 120, 124-125, 157, 216, 218-219, 234, 246-247, 249, 288, 302-304, 306-307, 309-310, 312, 332, 357-360, 363-364, 366-367, 369, 273, 376-378, 380, 392-393, 397, 404; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 51, 97-98
Owenite: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 87

Owen, Robert (Father of Robert Owen)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 85, 88

Owen, Wilfred (British Poet, 1893-1918)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 232

Owen, William (Brother of Robert Owen)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 111

Owens, Harry, and His Royal Hawaiians (American Orchestra)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 74

Owl and the Pussycat, The (The Owl and the Pussycat - Edward Lear)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)

Oxalá (Yoruba White Deity)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 233

Oxford, Edward de Vere, Earl of (English Courtier & Poet, 1550-1604)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 173, 194, 284
Ox Sfud: "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 81

Oxóssi (Yoruba Hunter Deity)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 233

Oxumaré (Yoruba Deity of the Rainbow)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 233

Oysters, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 33; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 85; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 244

Oz, Wizard of (Oz series - L. Frank Baum) 431-435
"A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 190, 210-211, 214; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 181

Ozma (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 431-440

Ozymandias (Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 19; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 204; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 114
Ozymandias-like: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 124