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Repton, Humphry (British Landscape Gardener, 1752-1818)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 33, 36

Resnick, Mike (American Editor)
"The Fan Who Molded Himself" (David Gerrold) 255, 267

Restell, Madame (Ann Trow, American Abortionist, 1811 or 1812-1877)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 329-330, 332-336, 363-365, 367-377, 379-384, 408, 410, 413-419, 422, 425, 429, 431-432, 435, 441, 447-450, 453-455, 459-461, 464-469, 471-472, 474
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28, 34-35, 40, 49, 59, 61-62, 84-85, 94, 144, 153-154, 174, 191, 217, 219, 223, 242, 252, 265, 303, 310, 327, 331, 391-392, 394-395, 426

Reston, Clive (Master of Kung Fu Comics)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 60

Rethberg, Elisabeth (German Soprano, 1894-1976)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 33

Reuter, Paul Julius (German Press Agency Founder, 1816-1899)
Reuters Press Agency: "The Adventure of Black, Peter" (Robert L. Fish) 179; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 223; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 151; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 51; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 60, 64, 77; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 237; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 230; Lestrade and theDeadly Game (M.J.Trow) 39
Reuther's: "The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 108

Revere, Paul (American Revolutionary Hero, 1735-1818)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 146

Revill, Lt. Jack (JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 171

Reynard The Fox (British / French Folklore)
"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 268, 274, 285, 292

Reynolds, Debbie (American Actress, 1932- )
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 218; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 28

Reynolds, Surgeon-Major James Henry (British Military Surgeon, 1844-1932)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 45

Reynolds, Sir Joshua (British Painter, 1723-1792)
"The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 171; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 61; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 225; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 63; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 234; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 63;"The Adventure In Border Country" (Gwen Moffat) 80; "TheWoman" (Aline Myette-Volsky) 182; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 65, 114, 122; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 96; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 59

Rhadegund, St. (6th Century Thuringian Princess)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 25, 80
Rhadegund (Hall): Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 25, 62-63, 67, 76, 94-95, 106, 112, 114, 123, 126, 128, 131, 133-135, 137, 140, 142, 146, 149, 153, 191, 198, 203, 209, 212, 216, 226, 241-243, 260, 265, 272-273, 275-278, 281-286
Rhadegundia: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 216
Rhadegundian: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 103, 127, 147
St Rhadegund's School: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 38, 40, 63, 66, 70, 76, 80, 103, 105, 130, 147, 153, 208, 259-260

Rhee, Syngman (President of South Korea (1948-60), 1875-1965)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 33

Rhiannon (Wife of King Pwyll in Welsh Mythology)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 139, 234; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas)189

Rhine Maiden: see Lorelei

Rhodes, Cecil (British Financier & Coloniser, 1853-1902)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 84, 87; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 14, 16, 18, 20-22, 27-30, 32-33, 37, 39, 44-45, 64, 73, 75-81, 85-91, 188, 230, 291, 308
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 22; "The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 92; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 355; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 13-14; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 131, 135
Rhodes Scholarship Fund: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 88

Rhodes, Elmhirst (Brother of Cecil Rhodes, 1858-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 20, 79-81, 84-91

Rhodes, Frank (Brother of Cecil Rhodes, 1851-1905)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 79-81, 84-91

Rhodes, Wilfred (British Cricketer, 1877-1973)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 33-144

Rhys-Davids, Arthur (British Air Ace, 1897-1917)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 7

Rhys-Jones, Sophie (Wife of Prince Edward of Great Britain, 1965- )
"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 144

Ribbentrop, Joachim Von (German Diplomat, 1893-1946)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 118-120

Ricardo, David (British Economist, 1772-1823)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 222

Ricardo, Lucy (I Love Lucy - TV series)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 9

Ricardo, Ricky(I Love Lucy - TV series)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 9

Ricasoli, Bettino (Italian Statesman, 1809-1880)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 236

Riccardo (A Masked Ball - Verdi)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (Gilbert Pearlman) 95-104

Ricci, Matteo (Italian Jesuit Missionary, 1552-1610)
Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 206, 279, 295

Rice, Anne (American Author, 1941- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 199

Rice, Tim (British Lyricist, 1948- )
"Put a move on with those lyrics, Tim": Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 145

Rich, John (British Theatre Manager, 1682-1761)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 88

Richard I (King of England - "The Lionheart" (1189-99), 1157-1199)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 112; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 25, 27; "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 59-60; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 32; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 132; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 167; "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" (Mack Reynolds) 163; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 121; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 521; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 164

Richard II (King of England (1377-99), 1367-1400)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 182; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 35; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 94

Richard III (King of England (1483-85), 1452-1485)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 167; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 36, 50, 64, 70, 161; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 171; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 156; Moriarty (John Gardner) 106; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 59; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 140; "The Adventure of the Disappearing Coach" (Michael Mallory) 121; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 54; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 207; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 28; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 86; "The Case of the Paradol Chamber" (June Thomson) 19; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 377; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 85; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 89; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 167; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 35, 94; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 135, 162

Richard, Duke of York (The Little Princes In the Tower, Brother of Edward V)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 155-160, 167, 229
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 171; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 58-59; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 27; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 28; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 25

Richard, Earl of Cornwall (Brother of Henry III, 1209-1272)
Wolfman of Dartmoor (Kel Richards) 271

Richard, Firmin (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 96-98, 107, 109, 115-119, 123-130, 133-134, 168, 175; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 4, 20-28, 31, 40-42, 50-51, 60, 81, 83-88, 92-95, 99-104, 148, 151, 170, 181-185, 187, 193, 245

Richards, Frank: see Hamilton, Charles

Richards, Reed / Mr Fantastic (Fantastic Four Comics)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 113

Richardson, Albert C. (First Mate of the Mary Celeste, 1844(?)-1872)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 18-20, 22-23

Richardson, Amelia (Ripper Case, Witness in Chapman Murder)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 80-81
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 60

Richardson, John (Ripper Case, Witness in Chapman Murder)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 80-81; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 60
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 64

Richardson, Sir Ralph (British Actor, 1902-1983)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 35; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 148

Richardson, Samuel (English Novelist, 1689-1761)
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 297

Richardson, Tom (English Cricketer, 1870-1912)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 207

Richelieu, Andreas du Plessis de (Danish Admiral serving in Siam, 1854-1912)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 226, 252, 353, 467

Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, Duc de (French Cardinal & Statesman, 1585-1642)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 87; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 172; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 98; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 307; "The Adventure of the Glass House" (Michael Mallory) 62-64, 70; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 168; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 113
Rue Richelieu: Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 321; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 237; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 21

Richelieu, Marie Odet Armand Chapelle, 7th Duc de (French Nobleman, Husband of Alice Heine)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 109; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 158-159, 168, 190, 209

Richelieu, Duchess of: see Heine, Alice

Richet, Charles R. (French Medical Researcher)
"The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 115

Richter, Charles Francis (American Seismologist, 1900-1985)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 17

Richter, Hans (Hungarian Conductor, 1843-1916)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 260, 265, 273
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 116

Richter, Jean Paul (German Writer, 1763-1825)
Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 171; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 18; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 51; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 28

Richthofen, Major Albrecht (Father of Manfred Von Richthofen, 1859-1920)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 217, 253

Richthofen, Elizabeth 'Ilse' Von (Sister of Manfred Von Richthofen, 1890-1963)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 217

Richthofen, Karl Bolko Von (Brother of Manfred Von Richthofen, 1903-1971)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 217, 221

Richthofen, Kunigunde Von (Mother of Manfred Von Richthofen, 1868-1962)
Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 167; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 217, 219, 280

Richthofen, Lothar Von (German Air Ace, Brother of Manfred Von Richthofen, 1894-1922)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 6, 66-67, 104-107, 164, 209, 217, 219, 228-233, 253-254, 299, 312, 322
Lothar von Tod: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 78

Richthofen, Manfred Von (First World War German Air Ace, 1892-1918)
Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 156-158, 162, 164-168, 179, 186-193, 199; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 6, 27, 57, 62-63, 65-68, 73-74, 87-88, 99-100, 104-108, 110, 138, 142, 147, 153, 155-156, 159-161, 163-165, 171-172, 174-175, 178-182, 201-202, 212, 215-221, 227-233, 241-246, 253-256, 263-268, 270, 272, 279-282, 286, 288, 290-291, 293, 295, 299-301, 310, 312-313, 322-323, 326-329, 335-340, 342, 347-348, 354
Baron Manfred von Tod: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 61, 76-79, 127, 148, 240
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 248; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 115; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 111; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 8-10, 38; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 139

Rickard, Tex (American Boxing Promoter, 1870-1929)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 192

Ridd, Jan (Lorna Doone - R.D.Blackmore)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 29

Ridgeon, Sir Colenso (The Doctor's Dilemma - George Bernard Shaw)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 181

Riel, Louis (Canadian Insurrectionist, 1844-1885)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 50-51, 55, 259

Rieux, Dr (The Plague - Albert Camus)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 26, 28-29, 31, 34-37, 39

Rigby, Eleanor (Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 132

Riggs, Martin (Lethal Weapon series - Movies)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 70

Rigoletto (Rigoletto - Verdi)
The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 117, 188; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 9

Riis, Jacob (Danish-American Journalist & Social Reformer, 1849-1914)
The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 32

Rimbaud, Jean (French Poet, 1854-1891)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 213; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 186

Rimski-Korsakov, Nikolay (Russian Composer, 1844-1908)
"The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 180

Rin Tin Tin (Movie Star Dog)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 231

Ring, The: see Scott-Dunlap Gang

Ringer, Mrs. (Ripper Case, Landlady of the Britannia Pub)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 307; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 71, 75, 104
Ringer's: The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 103, 105

Rinn, Joseph (American Magician)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 190

Rintelen, Franz Von (German Spy, ?-1949)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 36, 43, 46, 83

Ripper, Michael (British Actor, 1913-2000)
Mick Ripper: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 77

Ritchie, Charles Thomson, 1st lord Ritchie (British Home Secretary (1900-02))
The Home Secretary: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 61, 65; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 307

Ritter-Ciampi, Gabrielle (French Soprano)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 34

Ritz, Cesar (Founder of Ritz Hotels)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 111

Rivers, Johnny (American Singer, 1942- )
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 113

Rizal, José (Filipino Physician, Author & Nationalist, 1861-1896)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 23

Rizzio, David (Italian Secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, c.1533-1566)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 2, 25, 32, 38-41, 50-51, 94-95, 120, 122, 133-135, 137, 147, 162-163, 165, 177, 183, 185-187, 191, 196, 210, 220, 243

Rizzo, Frank L. (American Politician)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 159, 215, 222

Rob Roy (Scottish Clan Leader, 1671-1734)
"The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas) 65; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 29
Rob Roy (Steamship): The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 169

Robber Girl, The (The Snow Queen - Hans Andersen)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 461; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 352, 400-401

Robbins (British Train Driver, Killed in Salisbury Rail Disaster, ?-1906)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 15-17, 22, 31, 42-43

Robbins, Amy 'Jane' (Second Wife of H.G.Wells)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 8, 13, 53, 114-115, 142-143, 147, 149, 164, 176, 193, 209-210; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 128-129, 131, 133-134

Robbins, Harold (American Author)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 46

Robert of Sicily: see Guiscard, Robert

Robert the Bruce (King of Scotland (1306-29), 1274-1329)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 41; Hound in the Highlands (Brenda Sivers) 15; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 42, 96

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (French Magician, 1805-1871)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 197, 199; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 71

Roberts, Alfred (British Grocer & Alderman, Father of Margaret Thatcher, ?-1970)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 58

Roberts, Arthur (British Music Hall Artiste)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 80

Roberts, David (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 122-126, 130, 145, 213, 220, 232, 240-241

Roberts, Earlene (JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 175, 192

Roberts, Estelle (British Spirit Medium, 1889-1970)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 107-108

Roberts, Frederick Hugh Sherston (British Soldier, Son of Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1872-1899)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 33, 38

Roberts, General Frederick Sleigh, Earl (British Soldier 1832-1914)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 9
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 33; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 75, 181, 214; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 338; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 33; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 259, 262, 275; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 49; "The Case of the Upwood Scandal" (June Thomson) 37; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 413; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 80

Roberts, Phillip (American Writer)
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 29

Roberts, S.C. (Sherlockian, 1887-1966)
"Daydream" (Basil Rathbone) 497

Roberts, Tom (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 208

Robertson, Allen (American Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 62

Robertson, Etienne-Gaspard (Belgian Inventor, 1763-1837)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 27

Robertson, Sir William (Oh! What A Lovely War)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 20, 27

Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de (French Revolutionary 1758-1794)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 105; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 114; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 141, 143; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 190

Robey, Ethel: see Ethel Haydon

Robey, George (English Music Hall Artiste, 1869-1954)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 17-21, 24-34, 41, 47-54, 56-64
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 28; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 59, 131; Moriarty (John Gardner) 234; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 95, 254; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 26; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 110; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 14; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 69; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 145; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 20

Robin Hood (Legendary British Hero)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 33; Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 112; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 97; The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 53; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 84; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 113; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 160; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 67; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 84, 140; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 144; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 24, 26, 28, 57, 137; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 120-121; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 46, 164; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 186; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 17; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 43; "The Holy Rood" (Alan Stockwell) 119; "Sherlock Holmes and the Trophy Room" (Roy Templeman) 162; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 136; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 105; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 297; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 61
Latter-day Robin Hood: "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 85
Littlejohn & Robin, Publishers: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 81
A Robin Hood: Sherlock Holmes and theTitanic Tragedy (William Seil) 77
Robin Hood Lane: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 67
Robin Hood's Barn: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 224

Robinson, Edward (American Explorer & Theologian, 1794-1863)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 83

Robinson, Edward G. (American Actor, 1893-1973)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 5-6, 68, 88, 113
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 115

Robinson, Bertram Fletcher (British Journalist, Friend of Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 42-43; Evolution (John Peel) 127; "Raffles on the Trail of the Hound" (Barry Perowne) 92, 96, 99; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 87-88, 196; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 62-63

Robinson, PC Louis (Ripper Case, Policeman who identified Eddowes)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 52

Robinson, Mary (American Madame)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 39-300; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 12, 22-24, 67-79, 81, 94, 104-106, 126-127, 129, 135, 140-141, 148-149, 162-170, 186-188, 198-203, 211, 220, 227, 231-232, 235-237, 239-240, 242-244, 247-254, 265, 271, 273, 276-286, 291, 298-300

Robinson, W. Heath (British Cartoonist)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 16

Robinson, William Ellsworth (American Magician "Chung Ling Soo", 1861-1918)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 55; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 18; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 75; The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 155; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 64-65
Chin Soo: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 67-68, 70, 84, 96-99, 104-110, 119-121, 129, 132, 149, 154, 158-163, 175, 177-182, 185, 187, 200-201, 227-228, 260-274, 276-295

Robot Archie (Character in Lion Comic)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 131

Robson, May (Australian Actress, 1858-1942)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 55, 59, 94

Robur (Robur The Conqueror - Jules Verne)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 36, 92, 306-308, 321-324, 326-328, 330
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 192; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 80; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 12, 14, 75; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 33, 87, 129

Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of (British Poet & Courtier, 1647-1680)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 225; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 4

Rochester, Mr. (Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 74

Rockefeller, John D. (American Industrialist & Philanthropist, 1839-1937)
"The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Kathleen Brady) 94; "Shady Sinners of the Styx"(Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 8; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 353; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 99
Oysters Rockefeller: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 53

Rockefeller Family
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 221-222; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 52; "The Case of the Maupertuis Scandal" (June Thomson) 201

Rocket, Stephenson's (First Steam Locomotive)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 58, 233

Rockingham, Lord
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 146

Rockwell, Norman (American Artist, 1894-1978)
"The Case of the Ruby Ring" (Judie Angell) 71; "Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 37; The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 60; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 88; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 295

Roderigo (Othello - William Shakespeare)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 33, 35; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 21

Rodgers, Richard (American Composer, 1902-1979)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 120

Rodin, Alvin E. (American Sherlockian)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 11

Rodin, Auguste (French Sculptor, 1840-1917)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 108; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 77; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 110; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 217; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 5, 159

Rodolpho (La Boheme - Puccini)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 111

Rodrigo, Joaquin (Spanish Composer, 1901- )
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 43

Roebling, Washington (Built Brooklyn Bridge, 1837-1926)
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 46

Roebuck, Alvah C. (American Businessman, 1864-1948)
Sears Roebuck: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 196

Roederer, Louis (French Winemaker, 1809-1870)
Roederer Cristal Champagne: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 106, 161

Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad (German Physicist, Discovered X-Rays, 1845-1923)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 29-30, 96; "The Case of the Sabotaged Scientist" (Colin Bruce) 73; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 115; "The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech" (David Langford) 348, 351; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 157-159; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 33; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 70; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 196; "The Swiss Chronometer" (David Scott) 87-88; "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 47; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 79
Roentgen Machine: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 72
Roentgen Rays: "The Adventure of the Second Scarf" (Mark Aronson) 94

Rogers, Anthony "Buck" (Buck Rogers series - Philip Francis Nowlan)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 251; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Rogers, Ginger (American Actress, 1911-1995)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 182

Rogers, Mary (Murdered American Shopgirl, ?-1842)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 118; "The Case of the Two-Faced Transom" (Douglas Moreton) 88

Rogers, Andrew Jackson (American Politician, 1828-1900)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 115

Rogers, Steve: see Captain America

Rogers, Will (American Actor & Writer, 1879-1935)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 207; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 112-113

RogÍt, Marie (The Mystery of Marie Roget - Edgar Allan Poe)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 118, 122, 146; "The Case of the Two-Faced Transom" (Douglas Moreton) 88

Rohmer, Elizabeth Sax (Wife of Sax Rohmer)
"The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 145, 147-148, 150

Rohmer, Sax (Irish Author, 1883-1959)
"The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 142-153
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 198; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 24; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 67; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) xii

Rolfe, Frederick (British Author, 1860-1913)
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 34, 98

Rolin-Jaecquemyns, Gustave (Belgian Diplomat)
Auguste Rolin: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 226-239, 246, 248-258, 261, 266, 274-277, 281, 285-286, 289-290, 292-302, 327, 330-335, 337, 339-342, 344-345, 347-350, 353, 361, 363, 366, 371-374, 382-386, 394-396, 399, 409-412, 414-415, 421-422, 444, 448-449, 465, 467-468, 471-472, 473-474, 483-485, 504, 506, 508, 510-511, 527-529, 563, 568, 573-576, 582, 602

Rolling Stones, The (British Rock Band)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 9; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 137

Rollins, Mr (Port Conway Ferryman)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 165, 169

Rollison, The Honourable Richard "The Toff" (The Toff series - John Creasey)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 23

Rolls, Charles (Rolls-Royce Founder, 1877-1910)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 5; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 162; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 87
A/The Rolls: The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 86; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 41; The Game (Laurie R. King) 181-182; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 260; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 226; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 226, 228, 231, 235; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 122-123; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 285-286; "Sherlock's Dilemma" (Watson, Jnr.) 137; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 233, 300, 308
Rolls-Royce: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 36, 168; "The Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse" (August Derleth) 126; "The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 11; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 93; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 84; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 123, 180; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 5-6, 17, 57; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 38, 240; The Game (Laurie R. King) 177; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 152, 256; The Spy Who Fell Off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 33, 35, 39, 51, 101; "The Curious Computer" (Peter Lovesey) 231; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 57, 178, 217, 219, 222, 224, 226-227; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 218; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 9; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 51, 71; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 118-119, 122; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 88, 165; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 98, 283; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 270, 295-303; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 207, 210, 301
See also: Sir Henry Royce

Romaine, Mira (Star Trek - TV series "The Lights of Zetar" episode)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 14, 17-25

Romana (Doctor Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 1-7, 279-280

Romanes, George (Canadian-English Naturalist, 1848-1894)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (John L. Breen) 199

Romanovs, The (Russian Royal Family)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 198, 200-201
"The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 110-112; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 144; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 12, 20, 43, 45, 81, 86, 111-112, 123, 131, 134, 136-137, 142, 161, 165, 175, 177-178, 181, 185-186, 193, 203, 209, 215-216, 219, 222-223, 229, 236, 258, 262, 267, 278-280, 298, 300; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 43; "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" (Richard A. Lupoff) 352; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 63; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15, 19; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 187; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 81; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 86, 88; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 106; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 243; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 78; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 264

Romeo (Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 79; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan)179; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 404; "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 226; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 54; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; The Case of the 2nd Séance (Sam McCarver) 100; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 100; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 149; "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 69, 99; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 308; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 28
A Romeo: "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 165; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 61
Some...Romeo: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 40

Romeo & Juliet (Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 267; "The Adventure of the Other Woman" (Michael Mallory) 23; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 440; "The Flat-Top Desk" (Alan Stockwell) 35; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 8; "The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas) 64
Romeo y Julietta Cigars: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 215, 263, 304
See also: Romeo; Juliet

Rommel, Erwin (German Field Marshal, 1891-1944)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 156

Romney, George (British Artist, 1734-1802)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 5

Romulans (Star Trek - TV series)
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 12-13, 16-18, 20-23, 40, 42-45, 54, 60, 63, 65-66, 69, 72, 85, 87, 94-95, 104, 107-108, 111, 113, 118, 123, 130, 132, 135-136, 144, 157, 162, 173, 192, 200-201, 209, 211
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 67; "The Chalice of Skorr" (Dana Martin Batory) 100; "The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 132; "Watson Comes Through" (Dana Martin Batory) 120; "Zindernuff's Treasure" (Dana Martin Batory) 170

Romulus (Legendary Founder of Rome)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 376

Romulus & Remus (Legendary Founders of Rome)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 145