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Bosanquet, Bernard (British Philosopher, 1848-1923)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 15

Bosch, Hieronymus (Dutch Painter, 1450-1516)
"The Adventure of the Touch of God" (Peter Crowther) 290; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 150; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 148; "The Malady of the Mind Doctor" (Howard Halstead) 135; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 134; A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 223; My Hero (Tom Holt) 196; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 82, 266; The Game (Laurie R. King) 115; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 419; "The Dark Carnival" (Andrew Lane) 274; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 35, 83; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 200; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 140; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 480; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 50; Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 55; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 132; "For Fear…" (Mark Morris) 265; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 151; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 93; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 128; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 185

Bosch, Hieronymus "Harry" (Harry Bosch series - Michael Connelly)
"The Crooked Man" (Michael Connelly) 1-14

Bosch, Robert (German Industrialist, 1861-1942)
Krupp-Bosch: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 185-186

Bose, Jagdish Chandra (Indian Scientist, 1858-1937)
Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 161, 164-179, 271-272

Bose, Rash Behari (Indian Nationalist, 1886-1945)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 227, 230-231, 233, 242-245

Bose, Subhas Chandra (Indian Nationalist Leader, 1897-1945)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 46

B ösendorfer, Ignaz (Austrian Musician, 1796-1859)
B ösendorfer Piano: "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 12

Bosham, Viscount (Blandings series - P.G. Wodehouse)
"MS Found in a Cruet Set" (Sharon N. Farber) 139

Bosie: see Douglas, Lord Alfred

Bosquet, Pierre (French General, 1810-1861)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 115

Bosso-Kuni, Prince of (The Crystal Egg - H.G. Wells)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 20-21

Bostock, Bridget (18th Century British Sorceress)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 23, 173

Bostock, James (British Menagerie Proprietor)
Bostock's: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 63-64, 200

Boston Beaneaters (American Baseball Team)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 437

Boston Blackie (Boston Blackie series - created by Jack Boyle)
Boston Blondie: "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 203-207, 209-210
“The Beast of Bubble City” (William F. Nolan) 66

Boston Celtics (American Basketball Team)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 19; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 91

Boston Pops, The (American Orchestra)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 65

Boston Red Sox (American Baseball Team)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 22, 33, 57, 71, 107, 117, 205, 215, 217

Boston Strangler, The (Albert DeSalvo, American Serial Killer, 1931-1973)
A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 97

Boswell, Commander J. Thornton (American Military Doctor, 1922-2010)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 160

Boswell, James (British Lawyer & Biographer, 1740-1795)
"The House-boat" (Anonymous) 304
"Mr Homes Makes a Sensational Exit" (John Kendrick Bangs) 15
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 22-23, 49, 64-65, 67, 128-129, 135, 188
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 2; "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (E.F.Benson & Eustace H. Miles) 15; "The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 186; "The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 172, 174; "The Unmasking of Sherlock Holmes" (Arthur Chapman); Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 13; "Holmes on the Range" (John Connolly) 366; Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw (Basil Copper) 8; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 253; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 147; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 58; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 177; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 6, 112-113; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 1; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 24; My Hero (Tom Holt) 256; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 11; The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 401; "A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 284; "Holmes In Scotland"(W.R.Duncan Macmillan) 128; The Back to Front Murder (Tim Major) 142; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 8, 13; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 120; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 126; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 44; "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 69; "The Adventure of the Silver Buckle" (Denis O. Smith) 124-125; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 169; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 298; "The Case of the Scottish Tragedy" (June Thomson) 434; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 154;"A Letter From Mycroft Holmes" (Jon White) 261
A Boswell: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 124
Boswellian: "The Adventure of the Curious Canary" (Barry Day) 159; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 355; "The Humility of Holmes" (Frank Richardson) 144
His Boswell: "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" (Barbara Roden) 62
My Boswell: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 68
My Boswell (Watson)
Your Boswell: Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 87

Boswell Sisters, The (American Singing Group)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 56

Botha, Louis (South African Prime Minister (1910-19), 1862-1919)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 127; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 152

Botham, Ian (British Cricketer, 1955- )
Gotham: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 77

Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of (Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1536-1578)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 50

Botkin, Dr Eugene (Russian Court Physician, 1865-1918)
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 85-86, 90, 93-94, 98

Botolph, St. (Saxon Monk, ?-c.680)
St. Botolph's: "The Adventure of the Beggar's Head" (Michael Mallory) 189, 195; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 197; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 134; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 118
St Botolph's Church: A Scandal in Battersea (Mercedes Lackey) 215; Sherlock Holmes and the Lady in Black (June Thomson) 12, 25, 28, 32-33, 49, 53, 57-58, 67-68, 88, 126, 137-138, 203, 234

Botticelli, Sandro (Italian Artist, 1444-1510)
The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 21, 262-264, 271, 275, 278, 278-284, 301; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 31-32, 124-126, 138; "The Case of the Cursed Angel Tears" (Ashley Lister) 71; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 223; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 97-98, 101, 105, 161, 181-183, 231, 271; "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 133
Botticellian: Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 187; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 64
Botticelli-like: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 135

Bottom, Nick (A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 88, 90, 149, 162, 305
"The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 52; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 457; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 201; A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 160; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 172; Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 192; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 168; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 43; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 452; "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost" (John Whitman) 72, 89, 109-112

Bottomley, Horatio (British Financier, Founded Financial Times, 1860-1933)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 146, 148, 202; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 105, 108

Boucher, Anthony (American Author, 1911-1968)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 67
Antoine Cherbou: Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 23-24, 40, 48; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 16-83

Boucicault, Dion (Irish Playwright, 1820-1890)
"The Adventure of the Dog in the Knight" (Robert L. Fish) 151; "The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 106; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 31, 356

Boudet, Abbé Henri (French Priest, 1837-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 68-69

Boudicca / Boadicea (British Queen of the Iceni, ?-62)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 225, 264-265
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 135; Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 247; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 215; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 296; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 343; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 193; "The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 224; Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 112; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 68; "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 266; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 57, 63, 72; "The Adventure of the Half-Melted Wolf" (Marcia Wilson) 432, 441
Bloomsbury Boadicea: Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 153
A Boadicea: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 144
Boadicea-like: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 240
Boudicca's Well: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 40
Daughters of Boudicca: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 225
Sisters of Boudicca: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 111
Tears of Boadicea: Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 247

Bouguereau, Adolphe William (French Painter, 1825-1905)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 20; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 55

Boulanger, General Georges (French Soldier & Politician, 1837-1891)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 277-278, 280-281, 295-296, 314-315, 343
Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 109; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 226; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 158

Boule, Marcellin (French Anthropologist, 1861-1942)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 204-205

Boulle, Andr é-Charles (French Cabinet-Maker, 1642-1732)
"The Secret of Shoreswood Hall" (Denis O. Smith) 338

Bounds, Alice, The Bear Lady (Indian Sideshow Performer)
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 110

Bountiful, Lady (The Beaux' Stratagem - George Farquhar)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 283

Bounty, HMS (Mutiny on the Bounty)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 54; "The Dynamics of an Asteroid" (John Peel) 193; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 190

Bouquet, Billy (American Criminal)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 81-86, 96, 131-132, 134-137, 143-145, 147, 153, 167-168, 177-179, 181, 186-188, 198, 202-204, 213-214, 225-226, 228, 230-238, 243-248, 252, 254, 258, 264, 267-270, 274-277, 279, 281-283, 285-286, 288

Bourbon Dynasty (European Royal Family)
"The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 35; Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 254; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 37; "The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier" (Richard Lupoff) 21; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 305, 309; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 22; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 23, 268

Bourdin, Martial (French Anarchist, 1868-1894)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 343

Bourgeois, Sir Francis (Swiss-British Art Dealer, 1756-1811)
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 27-28

Bourges, Dr Henri (French Physician, 1860-1942)
Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 80-83, 86, 91

Bourget, Paul (French Writer, 1852-1935)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 396

Bouriant, M. (Religious Scholar)
"The Case of the Two Coptic Patriarchs" (John A. Wilson) 77

Bourke, Sir Robert, 1st Baron Connemara (British Politician, 1827-1902)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 233

Bourne, Walter William (British Retailer)
Bourne & Hollingsworth: The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 148; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 167

Bourneville, Désiré-Magloire (French Neurologist, 1840-1909)
"Doctor Watson Makes a House Call" (Essemoh Teepee) 149

Bouverie, Hilda (Stingaree - E.W. Hornung)
"The Adventure of the Empty Throne" (Brad Mengel) 83

Bovary, Emma (Madame Bovary - Flaubert)
The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 161-162; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 147; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 101

Bow, Clara (American Actress, 1905-1965)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 192
Clara Bow Lips: Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 41

Bow Street Runners, The (Early British Police Force)
"The Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 220; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 142; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 14

Bowdler, Thomas (English Editor, 1754-1825)
Bowdlerize: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 35; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 32; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 16

Bowen, Enoch (The Haunter of the Dark - H.P.Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of the Ancient Gods" (Ralph Vaughan) 20, 26-27, 30-33

Bowen, Florence (Daughter of Dr Seabury Bowen, 1873-?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy (Owen Haskell) 153-154; "The Adventure of the Stainless Spinster" (Dixie J. Whitted) 115

Bowen, Marjorie (British Author, 1885-1952)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxv

Bowen, Mrs (Henry Ward Beechers' Lover)
The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 52

Bowen, Phoebe (Wife of Dr Seabury Bowen, 1847-1907)
Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy (Owen Haskell) 148, 151-154, 163
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 12
"The Adventure of the Stainless Spinster" (Dixie J. Whitted) 117

Bowen, Rhys (British Author, 1941- )
Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 20

Bowen, Seabury (American Physician, 1840-1918)
Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy (Owen Haskell) 106, 146-154, 163-164, 166, 169-171
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 11-13, II: 9
"The Adventure of the Stainless Spinster" (Dixie J. Whitted) 112, 115, 117-119

Bower, Inspector Elias (British Policeman, Samuel Dougal Case)
"The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 121-131
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 19, 22-23, 100
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 25-26, 67, 134

Bower, Frederick Orpen (British Botanist, 1855-1948)
"The Mystery of the Acetylene Lamp" (Anonymous) 94

Bowers, Lee (Witness to the JFK Assassination, 1925-1966)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 76

Bowers, Mrs (Resident of Carlton, Melbourne, Australia)
"The Mysterious Drowning at St Kilda" (Steve Cameron) 202-206, 211

Bowery Boys, The (New York Gang)
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 35

Bowes, Alfred (English Cabman who attempted to kill Sir Edward Henry)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 16-17, 47, 93-94, 99, 167, 214, 27-218, 220, 222-225, 232, 243, 249
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 145; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 22

Bowes-Lyon Family, The
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 172-174, 179
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 103

Bowes-Lyon, Cecilia Nina (Countess of Strathmore, 1862-1938)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 80-82, 86-89, 92, 98-101, 116, 124-125, 130, 147, 163, 165, 168-170, 172, 174, 180, 184-185, 187, 189, 195-196, 205, 207

Bowes-Lyon, Earl Claude (13th Earl of Strathmore Kinghorne, 1824-1904)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 187-188

Bowes-Lyon, Claude George (Earl of Glamis & Strathmore, 1855-1944)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 85-89, 95, 98-103, 105, 116, 122-124, 130, 147-148, 161, 163-164, 172-173, 179-180, 182-190, 196-197, 205, 207

Bowes-Lyon, Sir David (Brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, 1902-1961)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 81, 85, 89, 116, 147, 172, 190

Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth (British Queen, Mother of Elizabeth II, 1900-2002)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 56, 80-81, 85, 89, 92, 102, 116, 147, 172, 185, 190, 205
A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 128; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 204; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 77; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 103, 164, 167
Queen Elizabeth Hall: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 28

Bowes-Lyon, Frances Dora (Wife of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 1832-1922)
"A Family Resemblance" (Simon Bucher-Jones) 291

Bowes-Lyon, Patrick (Eldest Son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 1884-1949)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 102-103, 116, 187
"A Family Resemblance" (Simon Bucher-Jones) 292

Bowie, David (British Singer, 1947-2016)
Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 181; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 79

Bowie, Jim (American Pioneer, 1796-1836)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 1-8, 10-12, 14-16, 18, 57, 60-61, 82, 88, 113, 122, 135, 143-148, 154-155, 160, 162, 165-167, 170, 172-173
Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 198; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 155
Bowie Knife: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 235, 269-270, 285, 287; The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 139; Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 227; Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 85; "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 181; "The Adventure of the St Marylebone Ghoul" (Bill Crider) 160; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 140; The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 23, 47, 58, 100; Fire in the Blood (P.N. Elrod) 83-84, 87; "The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness" (Lyndsay Faye) 17; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 2; My Hero (Tom Holt) 202, 244, 285-286; "The Adventure of the Child’s Perambulator" (Charles Loomis) 260; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 55; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 156; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 102; "The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger" (Michael Moorcock) 219; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 63; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 143-144; "The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 177; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 130-131; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 299; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 178; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 90-91, 103-105, 108, 311, 447; Season of Madness (Aaron Smith) 8; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 45; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 64; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 140, 155, 159, 167, 222; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 185

Bowie, Rezin (Brother of Jim Bowie, 1793-1841)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 13, 18, 146; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 155

Bowker, Archibald E. (Legal Clerk to Sir Edward Marshall Hall)
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 249
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 3

Bowler, Thomas & William  (British Hat Makers)
"The Case of the Christmas Cracker" (John Hall) 153

Bowles, Sally (Goodbye to Berlin - Christopher Isherwood)
Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 35-36, 43, 45-54, 59, 62-63, 68, 71-74, 80, 82, 91, 94, 96-100, 104, 109-111, 113-114, 117, 119-120, 122-124, 127, 129-131, 138, 141, 149-150

Bowyer, Thomas (Ripper Case, Landlord's Agent Who Found Mary Kelly's Body)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 101
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 66
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 224-225
Boyer: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 303
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 78; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 171; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 227

Boxer, Louis (American Doctor)
Louis Boxer (a lawyer): The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 4-11, 70

Boxhall, Joseph Grove (Fourth officer Aboard the Titanic)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 118, 120, 168-173, 175-176, 178, 181, 196, 220-221, 223, 244
The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 85-86

Boy (Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare)
"A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 284

Boy Who Cried 'Wolf!', The (Fable Character)
The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 181-182; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 17

Boycott, Charles (British Land Agent)
"The Kidnapping of Mycroft Holmes" (Peter Tremayne) 219; "The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 70

Boyd, Belle (American Confederate Spy, 1843-1900)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 38-41, 54-61, 74-94, 96-102, 104, 107-110, 112-113, 118-124, 127-131, 133-134, 137, 141, 143-144, 150-162, 165-173

Boyd, Robert (Canadian Inventor of Shorthand System, 1870-?)
Boyd Shorthand: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 55

Boyer, Charles (French Actor, 1897-1978)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 95
The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 55; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 122; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 201

Boyle, Nina (British Journalist, Founder of the Women Police Service)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 79

Boyle, Robert (British Scientist, 1627-1691)
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 336; Evolution (John Peel) 139; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 150; Sherlock Holmes’s Tibetan Adventure (John F. Rice) 50; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 74

Brabant, Louis (French Ventriloquist, 16th Century)
"The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 125

Brabantio (Othello - William Shakespeare)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 34; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 207

Brackett, Leigh (American Screenwriter, 1915-1978)
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 13

Bracknell, Lady (The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 28-29, 33, 62, 74-75, 79-88, 91-92, 98, 109, 113, 121-122, 126-127, 129-130, 135, 137-140, 143, 165, 197-199, 210, 268-278, 281
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 155

Bracknell, Lord (The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 83, 92, 126, 268-269

Bradbury, Sir John (English Economist, 1872-1950)
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 125

Bradbury, Ray (American Author, 1920-2012)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 383

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (British Author, 1837-1915)
Miss Brad-an'-Awl: "The Fête and Fortune of Funnilla" (Anonymous) 68 (Written in the style of)
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 81, 193-194, 297

Braden, Bernard (Canadian-British Entertainer, 1916-1993)
Braden...you stay on the beat: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 587

Bradford, Col. Sir Edward (Commissioner of Scotland Yard (1890-1903), 1836-1911)
The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 189, 193, 195
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 9, 79, 96, 102-103, 106-108, 151, 161, 186-187, 195
The Commissioner: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 482, 488
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 163; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 176; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 308
The Commissioner: Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 170; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 163; "Miss Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (M.J. Trow) 354

Bradford, Lady (Wife of Sir Edward Bradford)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 108

Bradford, William (Pilgrim Leader & American Colonial Governor, 1590-1657)
"An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 158

Bradlaugh, Charles (British Radical Politician, 1833-1891)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 39-40, 61-63, 65, 71-72
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 22-23, 35, 71

Bradley, Dr (British Doctor Who Examined Houdini in Blackburn)
Detroit Doctor: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 41

Bradley, F.H. (British Philosopher, 1846-1924)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 78

Bradley, H. Dennis (British tailor)
"The Mystery of the Custard Club" (Daniel Bonney) 486

Bradman, Don (Australian Cricketer, 1908-2001)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 144
My Hero (Tom Holt) 6; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 17

Bradshaw (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 205

Bradshaw, John (Cromwell's president of High Court of Justice, 1602-1659)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 57-62, 88, 272, 280, 297

Bradshaw Family (Residents of Eyam Plague Village)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man" (Roy Templeman) 121

Bradstreet, John M. (American Businessman, 1815-1863)
"The Modern Hawkshaw" (Frank Bill) 93

Bradstreet, John S. (American Architect, 1845-1914)
John S. Bradstreet and Company: Strongwood (Larry Millett) 4, 6, 113

Brady, James T. (American Lawyer, 1815-1869)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 323

Brady, Diamond Jim (American Philanthropist, 1856-1917)
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 343; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 430; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 71; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 194; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 346

Brady, John & Albert (British Bag Manufacturers)
Brady Bags: "As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 19

Brady, Matthew (American Civil War Photographer)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 9

Brady, Old King (Old King Brady series - Francis Worcester Doughty)
"Chefs Chafe as Steak Smugglers Flood Turkish Baths" (S.J. Perelman) 8
On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 5

Braff, Ruby (American Jazz Cornettist, 1927-2003)
Jarvis & Braff: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 242, 245

Braganzas / Braganças, The (Portuguese Royal Family)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 22

Bragington, James (British Actor)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 244

Braham, Leonora (British Actress, 1853-1931)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 203

Brahe, Tycho (Danish Astronomer, 1546-1601)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 310; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 232; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 87; The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 77-78; "The Angel of Truth" (I.A. Watson) 132

Brahma (Hindu God)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 153, 155-159; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 142; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 167, 191; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 237; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 114; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 314
Brahma Bhavan: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 152-153, 155, 159

Brahmin Priests (The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 63, 65, 118

Brahms, Johannes (German Composer, 1833-1897)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 65; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 209-210; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 85; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 19; The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 98; "The Missing Don Giovanni" (Paul D. Gilbert) 79; "The Case of the Incumbent Invalid" (Claire Griffen) 46; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 61; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 116; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 145; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 108; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 190; "File B., Case Number D.491: The Case of the Poisoned Fish Peddler" (Robert Kloss) 5; "The Dark Carnival" (Andrew Lane) 266-267; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 14; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 250; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 62; "A Singular Event in Tranquebar" (Ted Riccardi) 235; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 135; "Fool’s Gold" (Martin Rosenstock) 110, 128; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 309; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 199; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 183-184; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 39, 68

Brahms, Leah (Star Trek: The Next Generation - TV series)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 30-37, 43, 189, 301, 359

Braid, James (Scottish Surgeon, 1795-1860)
The Instrument of Death (David Stuart Davies) 122

Braid, James (Scottish Golfer, 1870-1950)
Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 13; "The Adventure of the Treacherous Traps" (Merrell Noden) 276

Braille, Louis (French Teacher of the Blind, 1809-1852)
The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 229
Braille Writing: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 323; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 71, 174; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 275; "The Kingdom of the Blind" (Adrian Middleton) 66; The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 240; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 111

Bramah, Ernest (English Author, 1868-1942)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 33

Bramah, Joseph (English Locksmith, 1748-1814)
Bramah Lock: The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 34, 38

Bramble, Bessie (Elizabeth Wilkinson Wade) (American Reporter)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 31

Brampton, Lord: see Hawkins, Sir Henry

Bran (British King in Gaelic Legend)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 20-21, 42, 59-62, 67, 87, 89, 123, 137, 156, 159, 165, 209, 215, 224, 228, 231, 233, 251-252, 257, 267, 273
Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 63
Bran's Wall: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 71, 73, 76-78, 80-81, 88, 102, 111, 127, 135, 147-149, 160, 165-166, 171, 200, 222-223

Brâncuşi, Constantin (Russian Sculptor, 1876-1957)
Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 48

Branagh, Kenneth (British Actor, 1960- )
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 380; My Hero (Tom Holt) 92
Kenneth: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 144

Brand, Hennig (German Chemist, 17th century)
"The Terror of Traymar House" (Sally Morgan) 40

Brand, Johannes (President of Orange Free State (1864-88), 1823-1888)
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 285

Brandenburg, Broughton (American Writer, 1876-1963)
The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 76

Brandenburg, Ernst (German Military Officer, 1883-1952)
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 12, 91

Brando, Marlon (American Actor, 1924-2004)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 13; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 93
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7
Mumblon Drabno: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 93

Brandon, Colonel (Sense and Sensibility - Jane Asten)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 188

Brandon, Lady Jane (Black Bartlemy's Treasure - Jeffrey Farnol)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 24

Brandon, Lieutenant Vivian (British Naval Spy, 1882-1944)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 6-7, 9-12, 146-147, 153-156, 160, 162, 167, 169-171, 177-178, 184-186, 188, 192, 335
Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 83, 223, 231, 237; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 282

Brandt, Marianne (Austrian Opera Singer, 1842-1921)
"The Adventure of the Stopped Clocks" (Lyndsay Faye) 4

Brandt, Sarah (Gaslight Mystery series - Victoria Thompson)
"The Minister’s Missing Daughter" (Victoria Thompson) 129-135

Brangane (Tristan & Isolde - Richard Wagner)
"The Adventure of the Jersey Girl" (Bill Peschel) 363

Branly, Édouard (French Inventor, 1844-1940)
Branly Apparatus: "The Case of the Great Grey Man" (Robin N. Campbell) 156, 159

Branner, Hans Christian (Danish Author, 1903-1966)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 321

Bransby, Reverend Dr (William Wilson - Edgar Allan Poe)
"The Adventure of the Second William Wilson" (Daniel D. Victor) 63

Branson, Richard (British Entrepreneur, 1950- )
Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 167-171

Brantôme, Pierre de (French Writer, 1539-1614)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 191

Braque, Georges (French Artist, 1882-1963)
The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 36; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 91

Brasher Doubloon, The (The High Window - Raymond Chandler)
Elaine Sterne's Pendant: The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 105, 138-139, 143, 145-146, 184-186, 191, 210

Brastov, Count (The Soft Whisper of the Dead - Charles L. Grant)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66

Brătianu, Ion I.C. (Romanian Prime Minister, 1864-1927)
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 26

Braun, Eva (Wife of Adolf Hitler, 1912-1945)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 140, 156, 164; The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 186

Braun, Karl Ferdinand (German Physicist, 1850-1918)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 111, 139

Bravo, Charles (British Lawyer, 1845-1876)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 340

Brawne, Fanny (John Keats' Lover, 1800-1865)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 115

Braxiatel, Irving (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Theatre of War - Justin Richards)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 130, 133-134, 142-143, 145, 154, 180, 192, 206, 222, 226, 256

Braxton, Captain (Star Trek: Voyager - TV series)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 241

Brazil, Angela (British Writer, 1868-1947)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 213

Bread & Puppet Theatre (American Theatre Company)
Sourdough Bread & Puppet: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 229

Brecht, Bertholt (German Playwright and Director, 1898-1956)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle" (Len Deighton); The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 96

Breckinridge, Henry (Charles Lindbergh's Lawyer, 1886-1960)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 185

Breckinridge, Myra (Myra Breckinridge - Gore Vidal)
A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 45

Breen, Bobby (Canadian Actor, 1927-2016)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 122

Breese, H.E. (Welsh Hotelier)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 103-105, 118, 350-352, 354, 406

Breguet, Abraham-Louis (Swiss Watchmaker, 1747-1823)
Breguet et Fils: "The Case of the Camberwell Poisoning" (June Thomson) 164
Breguet Watch: The Shadow of Evil (Tim Pigott-Smith) 26

Brendan, St. (Irish Monk, 486? - 578?)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 84

Brennan, Howard L. (Witness to the JFK Assassination, 1919-1983)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 24-25

Brennan, Walter (American Actor, 1894-1974)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 109
Walter and Brennan: Revenge from the Grave (David Stuart Davies) 144

Brenner, Fritz (Nero Wolfe series - Rex Stout)
Fritz Benet: Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 27-28, 34, 36-37, 39, 51-54, 56, 59-60, 66-67, 77-78, 82-88, 91, 98, 119-120, 122-126, 144-147, 152, 190, 196-201, 203-207, 211, 216, 218, 224, 227, 230-234, 238, 240-241, 250, 255-256; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 52
Fritz: "The Rubber Bend" (Gene Wolfe) 132-133, 135
The Other Fat Man's Servant: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 13-14

Brentano, Agosto (American Bookseller)
Brentano's: The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 48
Brentano's Literary Emporium: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 154-155, 222, 403

Brentano, Franz (German Psychologist, 1838-1917)
"The Malady of the Mind Doctor" (Howard Halstead) 131

Brer Rabbit (Uncle Remus stories - Joel Chandler Harris)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 136

Bresci, Gaetano (Italian-American Anarchist, Assassinated King Humbert I of Italy, 1869-1901)
"The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 49-50

Breslau, Mrs (Landlady in Melbourne, Australia)
"The Mysterious Drowning at St Kilda" (Steve Cameron) 193

Breton, André (French Writer, 1896-1966)
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 51-52, 234

Brett, Harris (American Artist)
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 316

Brett, Jeremy (British Actor, 1933-1994)
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 31; "Holmes Ex Machina" (Susan Casper) 240; "The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman" (Jeffrey Deaver) 81; Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 19, 26, 200, 268; "The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 132; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 59; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 244; "Sherlock’s Christmas" (Julian Symons) I: 49

Breuer, Josef (Austrian Physician, 1842-1925)
"The Case of the Lugubrious Manservant" (Rhys Bowen) 107-108; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 54; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 17, 46, 49, 51, 68, 149, 311, 350; Love Is the Winner (Janet Templeton) 102; "A Case of Insomnia" (John P. Vourlis) 321, 323; "The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 152, 154

Breughel, Pieter, the Elder (Flemish Artist, c.1525-1569): see Pieter Bruegel

Breughel, Pieter, the Younger (Flemish Artist, 1564-1638): see Pieter Bruegel

Brewer, Bill (Widdecombe Fair - Song)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 168, 234, 238

Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (British Clergyman & Lexicographer, 1810-1897)
The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 65-66

Brewer, Johnny (American Shoe Salesman)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 176, 186

Brewer, William, the Younger (Founder of Torre Abbey, Torquay)
The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 54

Brezhnev, Leonid (Soviet Leader, 1906-1982)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 12

Brian Boru (Irish King (1002-14), c.941-1014)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 58

Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty - Charles Perrault)
The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 45-46

Brice, Fanny (American Entertainer, 1891-1951)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 195-196
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 53

Bride, Harold (Radio Operator Aboard the Titanic)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 54-55, 84, 132, 183-184, 244

Bridewall (Cthulhu Mythos)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 186

Bridger, Jim (American Frontiersman, 1804-1881)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 121

Bridges, Beau (American Actor, 1941- )
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 87

Bridges, Robert (British Poet, 1844-1930)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 384

Brierley, Alfred (Florence Maybrick's Lover)
"The Case of the Choleric Cotton Broker" (Martin Edwards) 259, 261

Briggs, Captain Benjamin S. (Captain of the Mary Celeste, 1835-1872)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 10-11, 18-20, 24
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 94-95, 100-104, 106
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Mary Celeste" (Tristan Jones) 63, 71-72
"The Case of the Disloyal Servant" (Colin Bruce) 174; "Celeste" (Neil Jackson) 150

Briggs, Johnny (English Cricketer, 1862-1902)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 13

Briggs, Leah Krewanek (Northern Illinois State Normal School Alumnus, 1890-1974)
"The Adventure of the Yellow Stain" (Donald McMurry) 147-148

Briggs, Sarah (Wife of Benjamin Briggs, 1842(?)-1872)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 10-11, 18-20, 24
"The Case of the Disloyal Servant" (Colin Bruce) 174; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 95; "Celeste" (Neil Jackson) 150; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Mary Celeste" (Tristan Jones) 63, 71

Briggs, Sophia Matilda (Daughter of Benjamin Briggs, 1869(?)-1872)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 10-11, 18-23, 25
"The Case of the Disloyal Servant" (Colin Bruce) 174; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 95; "Celeste" (Neil Jackson) 150; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Mary Celeste" (Tristan Jones) 71

Briggs, Thomas (British Bank Clerk, Murdered by Franz Müller, ?-1864)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 25; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 181

Bright, John (British Statesman, 1811-1889)
The Secret Fiend (Shane Peacock) 48-49, 52-55, 104, 108, 144, 169, 173, 206, 228

Bright, Richard (British Physician, 1789-1858)
Bright's Disease: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 97-98; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 50, 53; "A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 139; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 131; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 191; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 164; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 81; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 19

Brigid, St. (Irish Nun)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 80
St Brigid's House: Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 65-66

Brillat-Saverin, Anthelme (French Politician & Gourmet, 1755-1826)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 67; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 202; The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 75

Bringuier, Carlos (Cuban Political Campaigner, 1934- )
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 118-119, 124-125

Brink, Perry (American Businessman, 1830-1874)
Brink's: Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 209; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 14

Brinkley, David (American Broadcaster, 1920-2003)
"The Great Media Mystery" (Art Buchwald) 220; The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 15

Briquet, Paul (French Doctor, 1796-1881)
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 368

Bristow, Eric (British Darts Player, 1957- )
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 142

Bristowe, John Syer (British Physician, 1827-1895)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 17

Britannia (Personification of Great Britain)
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 276; Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 288; Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 63; Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 63; "Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 87; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 270; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 15, 44; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 44; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 288; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 198; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 109; "A Case for the Admiralty" (Edmund Hastie) 71; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 69; "The Adventure of Sacramento House" (David James)  150; "The Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul Jeffers) 178; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 75; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 108; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 74; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 2, 95; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 129; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 47; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 16, 161; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 54; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 19; Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Nine (Barrie Roberts) 218; "The Case of the Watchful Waiter" (June Thomson) 278; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 189-190; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 10; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 199; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 224; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 5; "The First Footers" (Stephen Volk) 190; The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 12
Britannia Club: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 20-21, 23, 26-27, 29, 36-37, 40, 42, 63, 73; Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 131, 141-144, 146
The Britannia Pub: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 120; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 65, 307; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 419; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 167, 169; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 160; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 71
Britannia Royal Navy College: Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 27
Britannic: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 6
Hail Britannia: The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 84
New Britannia: Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 148
Royal Britannia Rifle Range: Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 237, 256
Rule Britannia: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 34; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 197; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 190; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 159; The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 335; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 54; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 282; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 181; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 230; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 10; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 198
The Rules Britannia: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 21-27, 58-59, 62-63, 82-83, 87, 93, 100, 134, 137, 165-166, 172, 182, 197, 206, 214, 227, 257-258, 268, 270-271, 276

British Consul at Suez (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 36-37, 77

Brixton Doctor, The (Ripper Suspect)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 78-80, 103

Broad-Arrow Jack (Broad-Arrow Jack - E. Harcourt Burrage)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 73, 117
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 70, 77-79, 93, 99, 144

Broadbent, Dr. William (English Neurologist, 1835-1907)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 282-283, 291-292

Broadfoot, William (Assistant to Alexander Burnes, ?-1841)
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 34

Broadwick, Georgia "Tiny" (American Aviator & Parachutist, 1893-1978)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 89

Broadwood, John (Scottish Piano Manufacturer, 1732-1812)
Broadwood Grand: Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 110
Broadwood Piano: Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 25; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 250-251

Brobdingnagians (Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 67
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 257; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 255; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 44; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 67, 108, 116; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 154
Brobdingnagian: "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 60; The Game (Laurie R. King) 196; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 317

Broca, Paul (French Surgeon & Anthropologist, 1824-1880)
Convolutions of Broca: "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 67

Brock, H.M. (British Artist, 1841-1921)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 36

Brock, William G. (American Police Official)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 279-282, 284-287, 290-292, 452

Brockhaus, Hermann (German Orientalist, 1806-1877)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 136, 141-142, 155

Brockhaus, Ottilie Wagner (Sister of Richard Wagner, 1811-1883)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 141

Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins (English Surgeon, 1783-1862)
"The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 50

Brodie, John Leopold (English Inventor)
Brodie Helmet: Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 41, 400

Brodie, Steve (American Bookmaker who claimed to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, 1863-1901)
"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 31-33
Brodie's Saloon: "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 35-36

Broik (Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - TV series)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 200-202, 210-211

Brokaw, Tom (American Journalist, 1940- )
"The Great Media Mystery" (Art Buchwald) 220

Bromden, Chief (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 172

Bromhead, Lieutenant Gonville (British Soldier - Rorke's Drift)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 312
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 46

Brommy, Karl Rudolf (German Admiral, 1804-1860)
Zeppelin Admiral Karl Rudolf Brommy: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 165, 169

Broncho Billy (Broncho Billy - Film series)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 289; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 243

Bronstein, Lev: see Trotsky, Leon

Brontë, Charlotte (British Author, 1816-1855)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 197; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 291; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 365; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 103; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 58

Brontë, Emily (British Author, 1818-1848)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 72, 180, 183, 258, 260, 271;The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 39; The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye (Nancy Springer) 15

Brontë Family, The
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 91; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 7; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 126; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 47; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 138; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 140; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 81; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 790; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 19-20; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 167
Brontë-like: The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 270

Brook, Clive (English Actor, 1887-1974)
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 30

Brook, Peter (English Director, 1925- )
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 73

Brooke, Arthur (British Tea Dealer, 1845-1918)
Brooke Bond: "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" (Nathan M. Adams) 101

Brooke, Sir Charles (English Raja of Sarawak (1868-1917), 1829-1917)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 155, 161, 173-176, 178-183, 185-187, 189-190, 192-210, 218, 226-227, 233-234
"A Father's Tale" (Sterling E. Lanier) 121, 123, 133, 135-136, 139; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 120

Brooke, Charles Clayton (Son of Sir Charles Brooke, 1872-1873)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 175

Brooke, Charles Vyner (English Raja of Sarawak (1917-46), 1874-1963)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 175, 180, 207

Brooke, Dayang Ghita (Daughter of Sir Charles Brooke, 1870-1873)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 175

Brooke, Dorothea (Middlemarch - George Eliot)
The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 62

Brooke, Lady Frances: see Countess of Warwick

Brooke, Sir James (British Army officer, The "White Rajah" of Sarawak (1841-68), 1803-1868)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 151-156, 162, 170, 172-173, 181, 197, 200-201, 206
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 19; "And Such Small Deer" (Chris Roberson) 62; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 120

Brooke, James Harry (Son of Sir Charles Brooke, 1972-1873)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 175

Brooke, Loveday (Loveday Brooke series - Catherine Louisa Pirkis)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 94

Brooke, Lady Margaret (Wife of Sir Charles Brooke, 1849-1936)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 175

Brooke, Reuben George (Son of Sir James Brooke, 1834-1874)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 173-175, 200-201

Brooke, Rupert (British Poet, 1887-1915)
The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 166; "Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 123; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 69

Brooke, Thomas (British Judge)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 154

Brookfield, Charles (British Actor, 1857-1913)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 5, 8, 68, 85-87, 89-90, 102, 137, 153, 159, 170
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 181

Brooks, Alfred (British Wine Merchant)
Justerini & Brooks: "The Shadow Not Cast" (Lionel Chetwynd) 289

Brooks, Daniel, John & Elisha (American Clothing Retailers)
Brooks Brothers: Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 27; "Right Dress" (Wilson Cantrell) 7; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 175; A Study in Terror (Ellery Queen) 8

Brooks, Edmund (English Crewman of the Mignonette)
"The Dark Carnival" (Andrew Lane) 284

Brooks, Louise (American Actress, 1906-1985)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 199

Brooks, Mel (American Actor & Director, 1926- )
Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 38

Brooks, Mr (Lodger at 4, Euston Square)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 61, 180, 183-185

Brooks, Phillips (American Bishop, 1835-1893)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 216

Brooks, Theodore Marley "Ham" (Doc Savage Series - Kenneth Robeson)
The Lawyer: "The Clam of Catastrophe" (Arthur Byron Cover) 166-178, 221; An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 13-14, 16, 18-19, 23-28, 32-40, 42, 54-55, 58-60, 64, 66-67, 88, 94, 110-117, 119-121, 125-129, 133-136, 138, 143, 145, 147, 150-152, 214, 219-220, 231, 234-235, 237-239, 253-255, 258, 263-264, 266-271, 286, 333, 340, 352-354

Broom, Robert (Scottish Palaeontologist, 1866-1951)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 16

Brotherhood of the Beast (Cthulhu Mythos)
Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 194

Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh (Cthulhu Mythos)
Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 194

Brough, Edwin (Ripper Case, Owner of Barnaby & Burgho)
Jarvis: Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 207-208, 210-213
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 181; "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 27

Brough, George (British Motorcycle Racer, 1890-1969)
Brough-Superior: The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 106; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 66, 77

Brough, Lieutenant-Colonel John (British Tank Commander, 1872-1917)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 201, 367-369, 391

Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron (British Politician, 1778-1868)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 112; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 50

Broughton, Jack (British Bare-knuckle Fighter, c.1703-1789)
Broughton Rules: The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 192; Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 168

Brown, Sir Arthur Whitten (British Aviator, 1886-1948)
see: Alcock & Brown

Brown, Barnum (American Fossil Hunter, 1873-1963)
"The Adventure of the Lost World" (Dominic Green) 307

Brown, Birmingham (Charlie Chan movies)
Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 141

Brown, Buster (Comic Strip Character created by Richard Felton Outcault)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 92

Brown, Lancelot "Capability" (British Landscape Gardener)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 100; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 33; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 185, 191, 193; "The Zen Garden Murder" (Andrew Lane) 241; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 151; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 68

Brown, Carrie (American Prostitute Murder Victim, ?-1891)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 27-32, 34-40, 77, 84-85, 96, 112, 125, 130-131, 188-189
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 21, 109, 111, 153-154, 233, 317; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 343

Brown, Dan (American Author, 1964- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 217

Brown, Enyclopedia (Encyclopedia Brown series - Donald J. Sobol)
A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 156; "The Last of Sheila-Locke Holmes" (Laura Lippman) 218

Brown, Everett (Lizzie Borden Case Witness)
"The Adventure of the Stainless Spinster" (Dixie J. Whitted) 110

Brown, Fanny (American Actress, 1837-?)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 183, 206

Brown, Father (Father Brown series - G K Chesterton)
"International Investigators, Inc." (E.G. Ashton) 72, 74-76
"The Evil Among Us" (Nicholas Boving) 45, 47-57
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 3-412
"Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 7, 10-13, 20, 23, 75-76
Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 11, 15, 57, 59, 67-68, 70-76, 83-84, 87-88, 97-100, 111, 121, 124, 141-143, 178-181, 197, 199-206, 213-222, 226-230, 232, 235, 244-258
No Place Like Holmes (Jason Lethcoe) 158-160
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 65, 67
Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 16-20, 63-64, 66-69, 72, 82, 85-92, 111-112, 128. 130-131, 144-150
"The Case of the Reformed Sinner" (S. Subramanian) 433-435
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 732
Father Brennan: Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Nine (Barrie Roberts) 195-210, 213, 239-245, 248, 250, 256-258, 264
Father Gray: "Patients, Just Patients" (H.S. Coldiron) 325-328
Father John: The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 71-79, 90-92, 116
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 33, 192, 222, 224; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 78; "The Last of Mr. Sherlock Holmes" (August Derleth) 4; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 179; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 147; A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 80; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 41; "The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 128; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 61, 214; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 36
Sister Brown: "A Case of Facsimile" (Viola Brothers Shore) 84

Brown, Father (Murder by the Dozen - Computer Game)
"Murder Games" (Michael Kurland) 19

Brown, Fredric (American Author, 1906-1972)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 141

Brown, Dr. Frederick Gordon (City Police Surgeon, Examined Catherine Eddowes' body)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 98
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 44-45
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 150-152
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 132, 136-142, 146-148
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 137-138
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 189-193, 217-219
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 225

Brown, Garrett (American Cameraman, Inventor of the Steadicam)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 186

Brown, James (American Publisher)
Little, Brown & Co.: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 187

Brown, James (Ripper Case Witness in Stride Murder)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 87-88; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 245

Brown, James Joseph (American Mining Engineer, 1854-1922)
The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 103

Brown, John (Scottish Ghillie, Attendant to Queen Victoria, 1826-1883)
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 320-322
"The Adventure of the Queen's Letters" (Michael Mallory) 207-208, 210-215, 217
"The Whitechapel Murders" (Morecambe & Wise) 2-4
"The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 364-365, 369
Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 98-103, 105, 108-112
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 7-10,161-163, 187-188, 200
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 62; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 68; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 110; "The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 82; "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 14; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 611

Brown, John (American Abolitionist, 1800-1859)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 34; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 153; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 268

Brown, Margaret, "The Unsinkable Molly" (American Socialite, 1867-1932)
The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 7, 23, 25, 45-53, 55, 83, 95-99, 102-105

Brown, Nicholas, Jr. (American Manufacturer & Philanthropist, 1769-1841)
Brown University: Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 3; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 432; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 25-26

Brown, Peri (Doctor Who - TV Series)
"Funhouse" (Part 1) (Max Stockbridge & John Ridgway) 30

Brown, Private Richard (Soldier at Balaclava, 1825-1890)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 267-268, 271-272, 276, 280-283, 286-288, 293-294, 324, 329, 347, 351, 361, 377

Brown, Robert (Scottish Botanist, 1773-1858)
Brownian Dance: The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 14
Brownian Motion: "The Case of the Deserted Beach" (Colin Bruce) 204; "Victor Lynch the Forger" (Terry McGarry) 36; "A Woman’s Place" (Emma Newman) 118; "Everything Flows and Nothing Stays" (John Soanes) 33

Brown, Roy (Canadian First World War Air Ace, 1893-1944)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 8, 22, 138-139, 174, 193

Brown, T.E. (Manx Poet, 1830-1897)
The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 88-90

Brown, Tom (Tom Brown's Schooldays - Thomas Hughes)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318-319

Browne, Frederick Guy (British Murderer, c.1881 -1928)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow)

Browne, George Lathom (British Writer, 1815-1892)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 13

Browne, Hablot Knight "Phiz" (British Artist, 1815-1882)
The Ripper Legacy (David Stuart Davies) 172

Browne, Dr John Collis (British Army Officer, 1819-1884)
Dr J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne: The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 174, 213

Browne, Mary Josephine (British Fraud Victim)
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 248

Browne, Sir Samuel (British Indian Army General, 1849-1898)
The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 259; Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 32, 40, 44, 55
Sam Browne Belt: Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 40, 170; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 8; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 55; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 260; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 43; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 173
Sam Browne Holster: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 124

Browne, Sir Thomas (British Doctor & Essayist, 1605-1682)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 136, 272

Brownell, Rebecca (Friend of Emma Borden)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 10

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (British Poet, 1806-1861)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 138, 146-149, 151, 154-156, 177-180, 183-185, 189-191
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 297; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 375; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 26; The Game's Afoot Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 31; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 92-94; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 22, 47; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 806; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 20; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 74, 87; "The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 60; A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 200

Browning, Fannie Cornforth: see Fannie Cornforth

Browning, John Moses (American Inventor, 1855-1926)
Browning Automatic: Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 270; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 193, 212, 214, 216, 224, 226, 231-233; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 34, 220, 275, 384
Browning Gun: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 123; "The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 365; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 170; "Hounded" (Zoë Sharp) 250; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 132-133; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 34
Browning Long: Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 187-188
Browning Pistol: "The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 537-538, 540; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 208
Browning Revolver: "By a Hair" (Jean Giraudoux) 329; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 275
The Browning Version: "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 121, 124
Flight-Sergeant Browning: "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 116-117, 119-124
FN10 Browning: Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) ix-x

Browning, Robert (British Bank Clerk, Father of Robert Browning)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 180, 190

Browning, Robert (British Poet, 1812-1889)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 137-138, 147-149, 151-158, 162, 175, 177-185, 189-191
"The Adventure of the Dark Tower" (Peter K. Andersson) 219, 224; "The Case of the King of Hearts" (Judie Angell) 62; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 31; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 209; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 92-94; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 175; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 71; The Execution of Newcome Bowles (Allan D. Mickle) 23; "Sherlock Holmes Baffled" (J.C. Ochiltree) 10; "An Encounter In Central Park" (Basil Rathbone) 186; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 122; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 101, 234, 261; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 149; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 76; "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 53; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 92, 134; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 5; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 280; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 51; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 192; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 104The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146; "An Epilogue" (Richard Warren) 85
Browning Club: "A Pragmatic Enigma" (John Kendrick Bangs) 101; "The Commencement Mystery" (G.S.) 322

Browning, Robert Wiedemann "Pen" (British Artist, 1849-1912)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 147-159, 177, 179-190

Browning, Tod (American Film Director, 1882-1962)
The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 95

Brownlow, Mr (Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens)
"The Well-Educated Young Man" (William P. Coleman) 95; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 65; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 189

Brownrigg, Elizabeth (English Murderess, ?-1767)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 89

Bruce, James (Scottish Explorer, 1730-1794)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 3-6, 8-14, 16-19, 23-25, 27-31, 49, 51, 61-64, 70-72, 84, 86-91, 101,111, 113, 115, 117-120, 122-124, 136-139, 171, 173, 199, 201-203, 206-207, 209, 234, 250-251, 256-259, 261, 267-268, 271, 273-276, 290, 314, 324-325

Bruce, Dr John Mitchell (British Physician, 1846-1929)
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 111

Bruce, Lenny (American Comedian, 1925-1966)
The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 40

Bruce, Matthew (American Hair Dye Manufacturer)
Bruceline Hair Restorer: The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 153

Bruce, Nigel (British Actor, 1895-1953)
"Sound Alibi" (Peter Guttridge) 24-27
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 90
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 175; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 146; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 63; "Another Case of Identity" (R.R. Irvine) 94; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 18, 42, 107; "Curtain Call" (T.W. Knowles II) 90; The Mystery Surrounding Watson’s Lost Dispatch Box (Gary Lovisi) 29; The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 5-66 {Professor Nigel Bruce}; "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 58; "The Scarlet Herring" (David Thomson) 3

Bruch, Max (German Composer, 1838-1920)
"The Adventure of the Abominable Wife" (Paul D. Gilbert) 97-98; "The Adventure of the Reluctant Spirit" (Paul D. Gilbert) 186; "The Missing Don Giovanni" (Paul D. Gilbert) 79; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Paul D. Gilbert) 184, 188, 223; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 150, 185; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 39, 80, 134; "A Singular Event in Tranquebar" (Ted Riccardi) 235; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 218

Brudenell-Bruce, Lady Evelyn Mary Craven (Mother of Willie Brudenell-Bruce, 1839-1924)
A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 280

Brudenell-Bruce, George "Willie", 4th Marquess of Ailesbury (English Peer, 1863-1894)
A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 207, 229, 232, 243, 248, 250, 253-254, 257, 260-262, 265, 280-281, 286, 291, 304-306, 310
"The Case of the Stranded Harlequin" (Mark A. Latham) 95, 97, 107-108

Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder (Flemish Artist, c.1525-1569)
"The Executioner" (Lawrence C. Connolly) 111; "Sweet Rewards" (Wayne Worcester) 373, 376, 383-384, 387

Bruegel, Pieter, the Younger (Flemish Artist, 1564-1638)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 115; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 480; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 128

Bruegel, Pieter (Unspecified)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 84

Brugha, Cathal (Irish Republican, 1874-1922)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 176

Brummel, Beau (British Dandy, 1778-1840)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 105; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 189; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 21; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 44, 223
A Beau Brummel: "Sherlock Holmes’ Daughter" (H.H. Ballard) 20; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 206; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 233

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (British Engineer, Road & Railway Builder, 1806-1859)
"You Miss, You Die" (Len Bailey) 130; "As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 18; "The Adventure of the Swaddled Railwayman" (Richard Dinnick) 243; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 74; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 233, 589; "The Innocent Icarus" (James Lovegrove) 213; "Inga Sigerson Weds" (Richard A. Lupoff) 13, 28; xcviii; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time  (Thos. Kent Miller) Evolution (John Peel) 6; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 46; "How the Professor Taught a Lesson to the Gnoles" (Josh Reynolds) 105; The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 92-93, 286; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 73; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 946; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 174; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 216; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 70; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 225; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 27
Brunel & Company: The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 28, 58
The Brunel Centre: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 28, 65, 71, 171, 178, 179
Isambard Wharf: The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 58-59; The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 47

Brunel, Marc Isambard (French-English Engineer, 1769-1849)
The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 101; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 589; No Place Like Holmes (Jason Lethcoe) 101

Brunet, Baron Joseph (Companion of Jerome Napoleon)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 281

Brünnhilde (Der Ring des Nibelungen - Wagner)
"Jacques the Giant Slayer" (Vanessa de Sade) 179; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 156; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 175; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 205; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 265, 276; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 208; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 129

Bruno, Giordano (Italian Philosopher & Poet, 1548-1600)
Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 95; "The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 34; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 389; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 8; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 134

Brunswick, House of (German Royal Dynasty)
"The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 130

Brunt, Inspector (Inspector Brunt series - John Buxton Hilton)
Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 14-164

Brunton, Private Joseph (Soldier at Balaclava, ?-1854)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 207

Brutus of Troy (Legendary British King)
Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 159, 247, 267; Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 94-96, 114; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 4

Brutus, Marcus Junius (Roman Senator, Assassinated Julius Caesar, 85-42BC)
"The Resources of Mycroft Holmes" (Charlton Andrews) 217; "Pain, Locks and Romans" (Len Bailey) 103; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 60; "The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 172, 205; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 395; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 62; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 38, 73-74; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 69, 74; "The Adventure of the Disappearance of Whistler's Mother" (Robert L. Fish) 142; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 55; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 49; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 79; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 133; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 310; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 51, 180-181; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 188; "A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 283; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 178; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 290; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 149; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 311; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 48; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 88; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 53; "The Affair of the Spindled Manager" (Richard W. White) 29
'Et tu, Brute': "The Case of the Pre-Atomic Doctor" (Colin Bruce) 58; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 89; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 112; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 75; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 129; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 77; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 244

Bryan, William Jennings (American Politician, 1860-1925)
"Intercepted Communications" (John Kendrick Bangs) 133-134
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 352; Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 170; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 46
William Jennings Bryant: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 311

Bryant, Sergeant (British Police Officer, The Houndsditch Murders)
"The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 213-214

Bryant, William (Confederate Agent, Aided John Wilkes Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 165

Bryant, William (British Match Manufacturer)
Bryant & May: The Back to Front Murder (Tim Major) 9, 11, 22, 169; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 105, 109; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 131

Brydon, Dr. William (British Military Surgeon, Soul Survivor of the Kabul Army at Jalalabad, 1811-1873)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 9; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 77
Dr Boydon: Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 35

Bryk, A. (Discovered Test for Bloodstains)
Bryk's Test: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 160