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Oakey, John (English Inventor, 1813-1887)
Oakey's Knife Polish: Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 193

Oakley, Annie (American Sharpshooter 1860-1926)
"The Case of the Vanished Killer" (Derrick Belanger) 253
"The Adventure of the Copper Breechloads" (Zakariah Johnson) 40-47, 50-52
The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 102
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 131, 139
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 7-8, 12, 22-26, 28-38, 51-60, 63-79, 83-88, 90-103, 105-137, 142-148
"The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 182, 184; "A Baker Street Irregular" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 257; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 284, 297, 366, 429, 469; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 192, 194; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 123; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 176, 185; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 283; On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 9; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 102-103; "The Adventure of the Diamond Stickpin" (Michael Mallory) 175; The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 86; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 77; "The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 235; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 84
The Annie Oakley of Ballybrophy: Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 179, 182
The Annie Oakley of Shoreditch: Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 177, 182
Annie Oakleys: Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 52
A Hannie Hoakly: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 39
Little Miss Sure Shot: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 37; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 39
Thorn shooting Annie Oakley pod plants: "The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 67

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

Oates, Captain Lawrence (British Polar Explorer, 1880-1912)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 129-131
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 44-47, 101
"The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 26

Oates, Titus (Emglish Perjurer, 1649-1705)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 130

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

Obadiah's Hundred Prophets (Bible - Kings)
O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 217

Obama, Barack (American President (2009- ), 1961- )
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 9; "Juggling with Sherlock’s Friend" (Mark Levy) 67

Obaysch (Hippo at London Zoo, c.1849-1878)
"Everything Flows and Nothing Stays" (John Soanes) 31

Oberg, Captain John E. (Swedish American Military Officer, 1869-1956)
“Charlie Ross Found” (G.E. Hawkins) 14, 24

Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 88-90, 97, 109, 132-133, 292-293, 299
Auberon: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 2-3, 74-76, 219, 224-225, 241-242, 257, 261
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 457; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 356; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 72, 320-321; Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 32; "A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 284; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 84; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 293; "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost" (John Whitman) 89
King of the Fairies: Most Baffling, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 10

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

O'Brian, Dan (Kate Shugak series - Dana Stabenow)
"The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 305, 311

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

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

O'Brien, Miles (Star Trek: The Next Generation - TV series)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 191, 196, 212-214

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

O'Brien, Sir Tim (British Cricketer, 1861-1948)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 125

O'Brien, William (Irish Politician, 1852-1928)
"Bloody Sunday" (Bev Vincent) 53

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

O'Callaghan, Dr Robert (British Military Surgeon)
"The Investigation into the Dawning Od" (Andrew Salmon) 293

O'Casey, Sean (Irish Playwright, 1880-1964)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 181

Occam / Ockham, William of (British Philosopher, 1285-1349)
 And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 192-193; "The Case of the Lost Worlds" (Colin Bruce) 229; "The Problem of the Three Edwardian Pennies" (Peter Cannon) 63; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 41; "The Adventure of the Fateful Malady" (Craig Janacek) 406; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 275; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 105; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 96; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 79, 103; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 43; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 71, 133, 234; The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 272; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 258
Occam's Kaleidoscope: "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 66
Occam's Razor: Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 118; Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 141, 283; And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 192; "An Adventure in Three Courses" (Guy Adams) 201; "The Adventure of the Improbable Intruder" (Peter K. Andersson) 489; "The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 43; Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 89; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 41; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 90; Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 21, 136; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 169; Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong (A.J. Low) 72, 76; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 13, 188; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 79, 103; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 73; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 66; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 234; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 129; "The Ghost in the Machine" (Donald Thomas) 46; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 313; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 896
Ockham's Razor: “The Case of the Energetic Anarchist” (Colin Bruce) 161; "The Case of the Lost Worlds" (Colin Bruce) 229; "The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 14; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 111; The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 272
Okham's Razor: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 203

Ochs, Adolph S. (American Publisher, 1858-1935)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 99
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 124

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

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

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

O'Connor, Elizabeth Paschal (Wife of T.P. O'Connor, c.1850-1931)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 12-13, 19, 33-34, 115, 131, 156

O'Connor, John J. (American (St. Paul) Police Detective)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 6, 9, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 37-41, 51-52, 57, 62, 68, 73, 90-97, 111-112, 120, 128, 153-154, 164-165, 176, 188, 200, 204-205, 208-210, 216, 218, 220, 223, 232, 251-252, 263-264, 269-270, 272, 274-277, 282, 285
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 9; "The Opera Thief" (Larry Millett) 312; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 168

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

O'Connor, V.C. Scott (British Author, 1869-1945)
Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 110

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

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

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

Octavian (Emperor of Rome (27-14BC), 63-14BC)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 180-181; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 252; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 82

Octopus, Dr (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 8, 11-12

Oddie, S. Ingleby (British Coroner)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 136-137, 140, 144

Oddjob (Goldfinger - Ian Fleming)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 28, 31
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 60

Odell, Benjamin (American Politician, 1854-1926)
Odellism: "The Adventure of the Campaign Issue" (Bert Leston Taylor) 296, 298

Odessa Steps Baby (Battleship Potemkin - Movie)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 178; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 13

Odessa Steps Mother (Battleship Potemkin - Movie)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 178

Odessa Steps Woman With Broken Glasses (Battleship Potemkin - Movie)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 13

Odette (Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 39, 139; The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 9, 244

Odgers, William Blake (British Lawyer, 1849-1924)
"The Adventure of the Stolen Doormat" (Allen Upward) 100

Odin: see Woden

Odum, Bardwell (American FBI Agent, 1918-2010)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 124

O'Dwyer, Sir Michael (Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab (1912-19), 1864-1940)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 247-250, 253

Odysseus (Greek Mythology)
The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 225; "The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 25; "Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 31; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 230-231; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 214; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 188; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 381; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 333; "The Dark Carnival" (Andrew Lane) 282; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 252; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 95-96, 167; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 36; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 136; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 14; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 189; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 25, 139; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 61; The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 8
An Odysseus: "The Victory Match" (Barry Perowne) 19
Spiritual Odyssey: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 196

Oedipus (Greek Mythology)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 31, 35, 39; "The Case of the November Sun-Tan" (Alastair Cooke) 187; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 265, 310; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 127; "Solutions" (John L. Flynn) 132; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 235; 301, 310; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 274, 276, 278; "The Case of the Revenant" (Johnny Mains) 278; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 150; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 190; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 37; "The Secret of Shoreswood Hall" (Denis O. Smith) 410; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 35; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 357
Oedipal: Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 85; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 235; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 172; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 46; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 30
Oedipal Complex: Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 31
Oedipus Complex: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 259; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 34; "A Case of Facsimile" (Viola Brothers Shore) 91

O'Farrell, Henry (Irish-Australian Assassin, 1833-1868)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 128

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

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

O'Ferrall, Trilby: see Trilby

Offa (English King of Mercia (757-96), ?-796)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 58
Offa's Dyke: The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 2, 223, 369; Brigade (M.J. Trow) 344, 348

Offenbach, Jacques (French Composer, 1819-1880)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 6, 200, 209; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 161; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 84; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 131; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 233; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 71; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 19; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 219; The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 35
Oftenbark: Hound and the Witching Affair (Brenda Sivers) 8

Officer who interviewed Utterson (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 33

Offord, Lenore Glen (American Writer, 1905-1991)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 106

Og (King of Bashan)
"Humpty Dumpty" (Len Bailey) 222; "You Miss, You Die" (Len Bailey) 134

Ogden, Dr Julia (Murdoch Mysteries - TV series)
"The Five Symbols" (Simon Kurt Unsworth) 301

Ogden, Thomas (British Tobacco Manufacturer)
Ogden's Tobacco: "The Cat of the Bunkervilles" (Boothcut Hoyle) 59

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

O'Gorman, James Aloysius (American Politician, 1860-1943)
"Intercepted Communications" (John Kendrick Bangs) 135-136

Ogoun Badagris (Voodoo Loa)
"The Mystery of the Thames Afire" (Anonymous) 22, 32

O'Grady, Carrie (Doctor Who Short Trips: Not In My Back Yard - Eddie Robson)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 132, 137-138, 142, 156, 203, 275

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

O'Hara, Kimball: See Kim

O'Hara, Kimball (Kim's Father) (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 8, 13; "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 135, 151-152

O'Hara, Mrs. (Kim's Mother) (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 13; "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 151-153, 160

O'Hara, Scarlett (Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 40
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 76; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 211, 214-215; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 224; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 219; "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 161-162

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

Ohm, Georg (German Physicist, 1789-1854)
"Sherlock Holmes Solves the Case of the Missing Transistor Clues" (Gerrald E. Williams) 68
Ohm's Law: "Sherlock Holmes Solves the Case of the Missing Transistor Clues" (Gerrald E. Williams) 69

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

Ohrwalder, Joseph (German Priest, 1856-1913)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 216

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

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

O'Keefe, Tom Tully (American Coffee Entrepreneur)
Tully's Coffee: "The Mysterious Case of the Urn of ASH; or, What Would Sherlock Do?" (Deborah Morgan) 138

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

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

O'Key, Jane & Elizabeth (19th Century Irish Mesmeric Subjects)
"The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 379

Olaf, St (King Olaf II of Norway (1015-28), 995-1030)
Order of St Olav: The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 16
St Olaf's; "The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June Thomson) 191

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

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

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

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

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

Old Bill (Old Bill comics - Bruce Bairnsfather)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 415

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

Old Charlie (Buffalo Bill's Horse)
"The Case of the Vanished Killer" (Derrick Belanger) 253-254

Old Davy (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark - Andrew Hunt)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 268-269

Old Father Thames (Personification of the River Thames)
"Mr Homes Tackles a Hard Case" (John Kendrick Bangs) 7; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 194

Old Father Time (Personification of Time)
"The Personal Recollections of Father Time: Mrs Sherlock Holmes" (John Kendrick Bangs) 36
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 14; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 92

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

Old Fisherman (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 179-180, 183

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

Old Man in the Corner, The (The Old Man in the Corner - Baroness Orczy)
"The Case of the Two-Faced Transom" (Douglas Moreton) 96
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 65-66, 69
"The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 43, 46; "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" (Barbara Roden) 62

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

Old Man of the Sea (Greek Mythology / Arabian Nights)
The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 2

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

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

Old Mother Hubbard (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)
"The Case of the King of Hearts" (Judie Angell) 64, 73; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 146; A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 102; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 128; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 149
Mother Hubbard Style: The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 116
Mother Hubbards: Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 20

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

Old Nichol Gang (London Street Gang)
The Improbable Prisoner (Stuart Douglas) 62
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 67, 98-100, 172-175, 178-181, 213, 230-232, 289-290, 297-299, 302-303, 306, 318-320
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 38, 105

Old Skull (Marvel Comics)
"Only the Computer Shows Me Any Respect!" (Don McGregor & Craig Russell) 5, 12, 16-17, 19, 29, 32-33

Old Sleuth (Old Sleuth series - Harlan Halsey)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 21; On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 5

Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe, The (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)
"The Adventure of the Empty Throne" (Brad Mengel) 88

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

Older, Fremont (American Newspaper Editor, 1856-1935)
The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 151

Oldfield, Barney (American Automobile Racer, 1878-1946)
"The Moving Picture Mystery" (Calimachus Balzoff) 27

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

Olds, Ransom Eli (American Car Manufacturer, 1864-1950)
Oldsmobile: "The Adventure of the Speckled Bandana" (J.E. Cohen) 63; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 243; "Second Fiddle" (Kristine Kathryn Rusch) 268; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 163

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

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

Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess (Daughter of Nicholas & Alexandra, 1895-1918)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 67, 91-92, 96-97, 104, 111, 114-115, 117-118, 120
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 100, 162, 202-205, 207-209, 215, 217, 228-229
 "The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 64-65, 71, 73, 77-84
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 29, 53, 59-64, 77, 85, 104-105, 111, 119, 145, 163, 170-172, , 186, 198-200, 211, 224, 261, 285
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 10-11
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 90; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 262

Olga of Kiev (Kievan Regent, Wife of Igor of Kiev, ?-969)
"The Adventure of the Turkish Cipher" (Deanna Baran) 48

Olimpia (The Aspern Papers - Henry James)
Rosa: "The Adventure of the Aspen Papers" (Daniel D. Victor) 266-267, 272, 275, 277

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

Oliver, Ariadne (Hercule Poirot series - Agatha Christie)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 94

Oliver, Arthur (George Sanger's Business Manager)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 87, 115, 117, 125, 127, 131-134, 144, 158, 164, 186
Andrew Oliver: "Moriarty's Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 235

Oliver, Major C.V. (British Military Commander, Second Afghan War)
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 147, 153-154, 157-158, 160, 163-164

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

Oliver, Eliza: see Eliza Gilbert

Oliver, Sir Henry (British Admiral, 1865-1965)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 76-77, 90, 104-105, 108, 115, 149, 155, 174, 182-183, 188

Oliver, John P. (American Police Officer)
"An Eyewitness Account of Holmes" (John P. Oliver) 85-87

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

Oliver, Rev. Thomas (Canadian Methodist Minister & Inventor, 1852-1909)
Oliver Typewriter: "The Sleep of Reason" (Lou Anders) 215; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 41

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

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

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

Olivia, St (9th Century Hermit)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 119

Olivier, Sir Laurence (British Actor, 1907-1989)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 167; A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 269; Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 187-188; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 70, 156, 234; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 31; My Hero (Tom Holt) 35, 79, 139; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 175; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 121; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 148

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

Ollapod, Dr (The Poor Gentleman - George Colman)
"The Ghost of Lincoln" (Geri Schear) 212

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

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

Olney, Richard (American Politician, 1835-1917)
The Attorney General: "The Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 271

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

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

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

Olney, Richard (American Politician, 1835-1917)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 422

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

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

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

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

Omar Ali Saifuddin II (Sultan of Brunei (1829-52), ?-1852)
The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 154, 206

Omega (Doctor Who: The Three Doctors - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 3, 7

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

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

Onan (Bible - Genesis)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 47, 80; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 170; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 210, 217
Onanism: The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 26; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 151
Sons of Onan!: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 26

O'Neil, Eugene (South African Farmer)
O'Neil's Cottage: Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 285

O'Neill, Eugene (American Playwright, 1888-1953)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 168, 177-178
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 9; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 149

O'Neill, General John (Irish Soldier & Fenian, 1834-1878)
"The Reluctant Assassin" (Peter Tremayne) 212, 214-227, 229-235, 237-238

O'Neill, Kevin (British Illustrator, 1953- )
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxvi

O'Neill, Mary Crow (Wife of John O'Neill)
"The Reluctant Assassin" (Peter Tremayne) 222, 230-232

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

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

Oofty Goofty (American Entertainer)
The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 121; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 158

Oop, Ali (It's That Man Again - radio series)
"A Study in Scarborough" (Guy Adams) 139

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

Ophelia (Hamlet âÄì William Shakespeare)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 2, 6, 91, 94-97, 99, 167, 192
 "The Lancelot Connection" (Matthew Booth) 40; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 58; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 180, 311; "The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 174, 183; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 57; "The Questionable Parentage of Basil Grant" (R. Bostoun Cromer) 54; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 38, 142, 146, 153, 156, 162-163, 170, 188; "The Adventure of the Walk-Out Wardrobe" (Julie Ditrich) 252; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 459; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 397; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 107-109, 303, 330-331, 366; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 60; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 205; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 27, 39, 70, 72, 80, 112-113, 161-162, 212, 234, 320, 322, 381; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 320; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 180, 239; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 263, 325; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 35, 40-41, 46, 56; "The Pennyroyal Society" (Kelly Hale) 251; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 196-197; My Hero (Tom Holt) 14; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 101; "The Play’s the Thing" (Margaret Keneally) 13; "The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 137; A Scandal in Battersea (Mercedes Lackey) 177, 190; Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 207; "A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 284; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen); "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 304; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 137-139, 143-144, 182; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 138, 140; "The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 61

Opinel, Joseph (French Knife-maker)
Opinel Knife: The Dark Lady (Irene Adler) 54-55

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

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

Oppenheimer, J. Philip (American Physicist, 1904-1967)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 202; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 226; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 10

Orange, Dr William (Medical Superintendent of Broadmoor Asylum)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 274-275, 279

Orangutan (The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 11, 13
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 90, 192; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 159; "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 36; The Murder of Mary Russell (Laurie R. King) 186; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 75; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 23; "The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier" (Richard Lupoff) 18; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 108; The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 322; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 18, 22; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 212; The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 226; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 178, 203, 206, 211; Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 334; "The Adventure of the Second William Wilson" (Daniel D. Victor) 74; "The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 15, 18

Orczy, Baroness Emmuska (Hungarian-British Author, 1865-1947)
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 202, 205
"Notes upon the Diadem Club Affair" (Lindsay Faye) 343-344, 346-347
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 680-684, 695, 697, 700, 765-766
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 43; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 93-94; "The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 44; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 82

Order of the Gash (Hellraiser series)
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 124, 129, 153, 155, 162, 164-165, 170, 172-173, 179, 181, 195-196, 199, 205-206, 211-212, 217, 219, 224, 231, 253, 256, 262, 266

Orderic Vitalis (English Chronicler, 1075-c.1142)
"The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 151, 156

Orestes (Son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon)
Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 252

Orff, Carl (German Composer, 1895-1982)
"The Ghost of the Lake" (Jamie Freveletti) 197

Orfila, Mathieu (French Toxicologist, 1787-1853)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 364

Organa, Princess Leia (Star Wars series)
"The Adventure of the Speckled Bandana" (J.E. Cohen) 57; "The Case of the Chemist’s Cache" (Thomas R. Dulski) 82

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

Orient Express, The (Train)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 38, 84, 88-89, 92, 102-104, 108-127, 182, 328, 330, 373, 378, 388-390, 509-518, 703-704; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 9-10, 43, 163, 184-185, 202-203, 255; "The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes" (H. Paul Jeffers) 108-110; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 110-111; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 6-11, 15-17, 94, 174, 201;Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 247, 262; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 109, 129-132, 143, 147, 178, 182-183, 186-210, 215, 220-223; "A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 121-124; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 66-75, 87, 148; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 101-169, 178, 202, 207, 226-234, 239-257, 287-292
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 187; The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 190; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 86; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 11; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 216; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 24, 77; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 145; "The Adventure of the Blarney Stone" (H. Paul Jeffers) 70; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 111; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 10; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 78; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 6-7; "The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 250; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 177; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 303, 305; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 52; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 182; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 110

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

Orion (Hunter in Greek Mythology)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 174; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 125-126; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 298, 301, 310; "Heavy Game of the Pacific Northwest" (Tim Pratt) 69
Orion (Constellation): The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 61; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 36; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 56

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

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

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

Orlick, Dolge (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry)

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

Orloff, Vladimir (Russian Designer)
Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 55, 70

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

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

Orlok, Graf Von (Nosferatu - movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 311, 330, 388, 391; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 14, 263-268, 277-278, 282, 313, 327, 340
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 33, 108; Ghosts of Dracula (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen) v2: 1-2
Count Orloff: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140

Orlov, Colonel Lawrence (Russian-American Businessman)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 102

Orme, Stanley, Baron Orme (British Politician, 1923-2005)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Underground Car Park" (Alan Watkins) 306

Ormonde, Lady Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor, Lady (Wife of the 3rd Marquess of Ormonde, 1856-1928)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 72

Ornstein, Rudolph (American Military Clothing Manufacturer)
"Right Dress" (Wilson Cantrell) 7

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

Orovesco (Norma - Bellini)
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 253

Orpen, William (Irish Artist, 1878-1931)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 449

Orpheus (Poet & Musician in Greek Mythology)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 43, 45
"The River of Silence" (Lindsay Faye) 18; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 247, 257; The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 68; The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (Lois H. Gresh) 224; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 209; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 168; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 152-153; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 26; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 228
An Orpheus: "The Case of the Two Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 180
Arms of Orpheus: Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 76

Orr, Hugh Campbell (Scottish Ophthamologist, 1899-1980)
"The Strange Case of Lady Nicotine and John Barleycorn" (Louis H. Schwartz) 63

Orry, King (Legendary Manx King)
The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 38

Orsini, Felice (Italian Revolutionary, 1819-1858)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 171; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 141
Orsini Bomb: Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 375

Orsino (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
"The Old Senator" (Steve Hockensmith) 65, 68, 90

Orteig, Marie (Wife of Raymond Orteig)
"The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 355

Orteig, Raymond (French-American Hotelier, 1870-1939)
Raymond Ortieg: "The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 349-350, 353-355, 357, 361, 363-364, 366, 368

Orton, Arthur (Australian Fraudster, The Tichborne Claimant, 1834-1898)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 3, 5, 56-60
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 99

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

Orton, William (American President of Western Union)
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 34

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

Orwell, George (British Author, Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-1950)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 151, 189-190
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 187; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 57, 118, 153; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 76; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 108

Osborn, Frederic J. (British Town Planner, 1885-1978)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 48-51

Osborn, T.E. (English Butcher)
Osborn's: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 354, 360

Osborne, Lieutenant E.G. (British Soldier, Second Afghan War)
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 171, 177

Osborne, George (Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318

Osborne, Robert (American Actor, 1932-2017)
Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 64

Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd (American Author, 1868-1947)
"The Stagecoach Detective" (Linda Robertson) 303-305, 314, 317, 330

Oscar Bernadotte, Prince (Prince of Sweden and Norway, 1859-1953)
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 12-22, 24-25, 28, 30-31, 33, 37-46, 53, 55, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 71-73, 78, 80-83, 85, 88, 90, 94-119, 123-126, 129-130, 132, 135, 139, 141, 145, 150, 152-154, 157-166, 169, 175, 181, 183, 186, 190-193, 196-198, 200-205, 207, 209-211, 216, 218-221, 223, 225, 228-229, 231, 234, 236, 240-241, 243, 246, 248, 257-266, 268-273, 275-276, 280-281, 283-286, 288-290, 295, 298, 300, 305-307, 311, 314, 316-318

Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street - TV series)
Sherlock Hemlock and the Creatures from Outer Space (Ray Sipherd) 24
A Bird’s Best Friend (Tish Sommers) 4

Osceola / Billy Powell (Seminole Leader, 1804-1838)
Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 175

Osgood, John C. (American Industrialist, 1851-1926)
A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 174

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

O'Shaughnessy, Arthur (British Poet, 1844-1881)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 123, 126

O'Shea, Carmen (Daughter of Kitty O'Shea)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 153-157, 174, 177-185, 187, 225

O'Shea, Claire (Daughter of Kitty O'Shea, 1883-1909)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 153-157, 174, 177-185, 187

O'Shea, Gerard (Son of Kitty O'Shea, 1870-?)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 154, 157, 174, 182, 225

O'Shea, Katherine "Kitty" (Parnell's Mistress, later Wife, 1846-1921)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 132, 147-157, 159, 165, 171-187, 222, 225-226, 229, 235
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 208; "Miss Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (M.J. Trow) 369

O'Shea, Katie (Daughter of Kitty O'Shea, 1884-1947)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 153-157, 174, 177-185, 187

O'Shea, Norah (Daughter of Kitty O'Shea)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 153-157, 174, 177-185, 187

O'Shea, Captain William (Irish Soldier & Politician, 1840-1905)
Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 148, 151-152, 154-157, 172-173, 179-180, 182-183

Osipenko, M. (Russian Aviator)
"Sherlock Holmes at Hendon" (D.W.T.) 532

Osiris (Egyptian God)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 81-82, 138, 197; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 105, 108; The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 81-82, 87, 93, 129, 131, 134-135, 174; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 31-32, 122; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 571; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 164; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 1, 3-4; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 31, 56, 115, 136-137, 140, 180, 190, 193, 211, 226, 265; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 11; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 54, 80; Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 18; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 133; Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 123; The Curse of the Pharaohs (Kel Richards) 20; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 114; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 111
The Eye of Osiris: The Curse of the Pharoahs (Kel Richards) 4-5, 13, 18-21, 24, 46-47, 53, 65, 72, 93-94, 97, 108, 110
Hermetic Order of Osiris: The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 12, 129-130, 135, 137, 140, 178

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

Oskar II (King of Sweden (1872-1907) & Norway (1872-1905), 1829-1907)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 7-10, 12-14, 19-20, 62, 93, 98, 210-211, 279, 297
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 131-132
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 46-47, 66, 149, 167-168, 298
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 33

Osler, Sir William (Canadian-British Physician, 1849-1919)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 15, 17-20, 24, 100
The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 177
Osler Clinic: The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 248

Osman I (Ottoman Ruler, c.1299-c.1324), ?-c.1324)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 184

Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (Nizam of Hyderabad (1911-48), 1886-1967)
"The Bite Worse than Death" (Vithal Rajan) 57, 60-68; "The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 253
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 16

Osman Azrak (Sudanese Military Leader)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 30

Osorkon (Egyptian King)
"Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 161

Osric (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 103; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 173

Ossian (The Poems of Ossian - James Macpherson)
"Moriarty’s Return" (T. Arnold Johnston) 81

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

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

Ostertag, Robert von (German Veterinarian, 1864-1940)
"Bibliographic Bones" (Frank Place) 50

Ostrog, Michael (Russian Thief & Ripper Suspect, c.1833-c.1904)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 56, 62-63, 75, 82, 84-92, 116, 129-131, 133, 185, 196-207, 231-232, 257, 331-332, 334-340, 347-348, 350
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 177, 179-185, 196
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 200; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 338; "The Monster of the Age" (Paul Finch) 395; "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 43; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 19; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 71, 73-74; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 45, 150

Ostrogorsky, Dr (Russian Court Physician)
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 85-86, 90, 93, 98

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

Oswald (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
"The Adventure of the Witanhurst Ghost" (Peter Swanson) 158

Oswald, Lee Harvey (John F. Kennedy's Assassin, 1939-1963)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 3, 8, 12-13, 23-31, 37-38, 44, 48-53, 55-59, 61-68, 70-74, 77-78, 83, 85, 88-89, 92-93, 95, 97-105, 112-115, 117-128, 132, 137-141, 143, 154, 157, 165, 167-176, 178-179, 184-187, 189-216
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 74; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 181, Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 28; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 174

Oswald, June (Daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald, 1962- )
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 64, 174

Oswald, Marina (Russian-American Wife of Lee Harvey Oswald, 1941- )
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 50-52, 55, 57-59, 62-64, 97, 100, 103, 174, 184-185, 193, 207

Oswald, Rachel (Daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963- )
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 64, 174

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

Otero, Carolina (Spanish Dancer, 1868-1965)
"Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 21-22
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 147

Othello (Othello - William Shakespeare)
"The Chalice of Skorr" (Dana Martin Batory) 111; "The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 199; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 136; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 37; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 12; "A Study in Brimstone" (G.S. Denning) 131; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 120; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 244; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 20; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 27, 33-37, 41, 64-65, 67, 71; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 280; "By a Hair" (Jean Giraudoux) 326; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 197, 202; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 195; "The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 139; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 19, 21-22, 28; "The Adventure of the Deadly Séance" (James Lovegrove) 141; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 60; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 207; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 276; "The Colonial Adventures of Shamrock Holes" (Dr Watson) 3; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 82

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

Otho the Great (Otho the Great - John Keats)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 15-16

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

Otis, Elisha Graves (American Inventor, 1811-1861)
"The Battersea Worm " (John Taylor) 28-29, 31, 41
Otis: The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 312
Otis Elevator: Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 10; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 143; "The Case of the Invisible Assassin" (Gary Lovisi) 110; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 254; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 62, 236; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 37
Otis-Hale: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 529-530, 584
Otis Lift: "Murder at the Diogenes Club" (John L. French) 101; "The Case of the Rival Queens" (Carolyn Wheat) 276

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

Otto (King of Greece (1832-62), 1815-1867)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 212

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

Otto II (Holy Roman Emperor (973-83), 955-983)
 The Chess Queen Enigma (Colleen Gleason) 50-51

Otto, Emil (German Linguist, 1813-1878)
Otto-Sauer Method: "Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop For Tea" (Anonymous) 36

Otto of Bamberg, St (German Bishop, c.1060-1139)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 122

Otto of the Silver Hand (Otto of the Silver Hand - Howard Pyle)
An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 295
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 92, 150, 235

Otto von Habsburg (Crown Prince of Austria and Hungary, 1912-2011)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 93-94

Ottokar I (King of Bohemia (1198-1230), c.1155-1230)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 45, 212

Ottokar II (King of Bohemia (1253-1278), 1233-1278)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 67

Ottoline Otter (Rupert the Bear series)
"Rupert and the Pharaoh’s Treasure" (Ian Robinson) 6-11, 17, 25

Oudemans, Anthonie Cornelis (Dutch Zoologist, 1858-1943)
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 76

Oudin, Abbé (French Priest Taken Prisoner at the Battle of the Marne)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 80-82

Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramée, British Novelist, 1839-1908)
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 205
Weeder: "The Fête and Fortune of Funnilla" (Anonymous) 48 (Written in the style of)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 89

Our Lord of Quarters (Our Lord of Quarters - Simon Clark)
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 262

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

Ouroboros (Legendary Serpent)
An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 117; The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 84

Outer Gods, The (Cthulhu Mythos)
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 51, 57, 83-84, 161, 216-218, 220, 291, 406, 411-412, 423, 425, 434, 441, 444
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 173-175, 177, 296
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 57, 87, 308-309, 372-373, 387, 390, 392, 422, 426
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 84

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

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

Ovid (Roman Poet, 43BC-AD17)
Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 63; "The River of Silence" (Lindsay Faye) 24; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 221; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 103; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 59; The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 54; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 111; What Child Is This? (Bonnie MacBird) 108; "A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 285; "The Mysterious Case of the Urn of ASH; or, What Would Sherlock Do?" (Deborah Morgan) 151; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 27; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 84; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 167; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 94; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 140
Ovidian: "The Bothersome Business of the Dutch Nativity" (Derek Wilson) 11

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

Owen, Bill: see The Old Man in the Corner

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

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

Owen, Richard (British Anatomist, coined the term "dinosaur", 1804-1892)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 73-74, 77-78; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 15; "You See But You Do Not Observe" (Robert J. Sawyer) 346; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 67; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 177

Owen, Robert (Welsh Social Reformer, 1771-1858)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 49-51, 63-64, 68-70, 83-89, 95-100, 102-106, 109-116, 120, 124-125, 157, 216, 218-219, 234, 246-247, 249, 288, 302-304, 306-307, 309-310, 312, 332, 357-360, 363-364, 366-367, 369, 273, 376-378, 380, 392-393, 397, 404; "The Adventure of the Swaddled Railwayman" (Richard Dinnick) 247-248; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 51, 97-98
Owenite: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 87

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

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

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

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

Owl, The (Crackajack Funnies comics)
Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 15, 140

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

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

Oxford, Edward (English Assassin, 1822-1900)
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 68

Oxford, Edward de Vere, Earl of (English Courtier & Poet, 1550-1604)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 173, 194, 284; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 29, 56-57; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 45
Ox Sfud: "The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 81

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

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

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

Oz, Wizard of (Oz series - L. Frank Baum) 431-435
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 2, 7, 12-14, 16, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 44, 47, 50, 56, 70, 114, 119, 122, 125, 132-133, 149, 161-162 , 167
"The Adventure of the Sinister Chinaman" (Barbara Hambly) 127-130, 132-133, 1350144
The 100-Year-Old Secret (Tracy Barrett) 81; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 190, 210-211, 214; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 181

Ozma (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 431-440
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 2, 5, 9-15, 21, 23-24, 28, 31-35, 41, 83, 95, 105-107, 110, 115, 125, 129-136, 146-148, 153-156, 160-161, 174, 178, 182-184, 186

Ozymandias (Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 19; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 69; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 204; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 114; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 188, 190
Ozymandias-like: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 124