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Leonard Gribble

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Leonard Reginald Gribble
Black and white photograph portrait of Gribble
Born(1908-02-01)1 February 1908
South Lambeth London, U.K.
Died27 September 1985(1985-09-27) (aged 77)
Worthing, Sussex
Pen nameLeo Grex, Sterry Browning, Louis Grey, Dexter Muir, Landon Grant, Piers Marlowe, Bruce Sanders
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
Notable worksThe Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Website
petersfraserdunlop.com/clients/leonard-gribble/

Leonard Reginald Gribble (1 February 1908 – 27 September 1985) was a prolific writer from Devon.[1][2][3][4] His novels often focussed on the particulars of policing and the judicial system.[1] Gribble also wrote under the pseudonyms Sterry Browning, Leo Grex, Louis Grey, Piers Marlow, Dexter Muir and Bruce Sanders; he also wrote some Westerns, under the name Landon Grant.[1][3]

Gribble was one of the founding members of the Crime Writers' Association in 1953.[1]

Bibliography

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As Leonard Gribble[3]

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Inspector/Superintendent Anthony Slade series

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  • The Case of the Marsden Rubies (1929)
  • The Gillespie Suicide Mystery (1929)
  • The Grand Modena Murder (1930)
  • Is this Revenge (1931) aka The Serpentine Murder (Dodd Mead 1932)
  • The Stolen Home Secretary (1932) aka The Stolen Statesman
  • Queens of Crime (Hurst & Blackett 1932)
  • The Secret of Tangles (1933) (Cherry Tree 1939)
  • The Yellow Bungalow (1933)
  • The Riddle of the Ravens (1934)
  • Mystery at Tudor Arches (1935)
  • The Case of the Malverne Diamonds (1936)
  • Riley of the Special Branch (1936)
  • Who Killed Oliver Cromwell? (1937)
  • The Case Book of Anthony Slade (1937)
  • Tragedy in E Flat (1938)
  • The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (Harrap 1939) (filmed in 1939)
  • Atomic Murder (Harrap 1947)
  • Hangman’s Moon (1950)
  • The Frightened Chameleon (1950)
  • The Glass Alibi (1952)
  • Murder Out of Season (1952)
  • She Died Laughing (1953)
  • The Inverted Crime (1954)
  • Death Pays the Piper (Herbert Jenkins 1956)
  • Superintendent Slade Investigates (1956)
  • Stand In for Murder (1957)
  • Don’t Argue with Death (1959)
  • Wantons Die Hard (Herbert Jenkins 1961)
  • Heads You Die (1964)
  • The Violent Dark (1965)
  • Strip Tease Macabre (1967)
  • A Diplomat Dies (1969)
  • Alias the Victim (1971)

Others

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  • Famous Feats of Detection and Deduction (Harrap 1933)
  • The Death Chime (1934)
  • Heroes of the Fighting RAF (Harrap 1941)
  • Epics of the Fighting RAF (Harrap 1943)
  • Heroes of the Merchant Navy (Harrap 1944)
  • Transatlantic Trouble (Cherry Tree 1946)
  • On Secret Service (Burke ?1947)
  • The Secret of the Red Mill (Burke 1948)
  • They Kidnapped Stanley Matthews (Herbert Jenkins 1950)
  • The Missing Speed Ace (Burke 1950)
  • Mystery Manor (1951)
  • Speed Dermot (Burke 1951)
  • The Bedside Marion Cran (Herbert Jenkins 1951)(with Marion Cran)
  • The Velvet Mask (1952)
  • Murder Mistaken (1953) with Janet Green
  • Sally of Scotland Yard (1954) with Geraldine Laws
  • Famous Manhunts (John Long ?1954)
  • Triumphs of Scotland Yard (John Long 1955)
  • Fifty Famous Animal Stories (ed)(Burke 1958)
  • Murders Most Strange (John Long 1959)
  • Stories for Boys (1961)
  • Clues that Spelled Guilty (John Long 1961)
  • When Killers Err (John Long 1962)
  • The True Book About Great Escapes (Muller 1962)
  • Famous Stories of High Adventure (Barker 1962)
  • They Challenged the Yard (John Long 1963)
  • Stories of Famous Detectives (Barker 1963)(Four Square 1966)
  • Stories of Famous Spies (Barker 1964)
  • Such Women Are Deadly (Arco NY 1965)
  • Great Manhunters of the Yard (John Long 1966)
  • Famous Stories of the Wild West (Target 1967)
  • They Had a Way with Women (Arrow 1968)
  • Fifty Famous Stories for Boys (Burke 1969)
  • Strange Crimes of Passion (1970)
  • More Famous Historical Mysteries (Muller 1972)
  • Programmed for Death (1973)
  • Famous Historical Mysteries (Target 1974)
  • You Can’t Die Tomorrow (1975)
  • Midsummer Slay Ride (1976)
  • Famous Mysteries of Modern Times (Muller 1976)
  • Crime on Her Hands (1977)
  • Compelled to Kill (John Long 1977)
  • They Came to Kill (John Long 1978)
  • The Dead End Killers (John Long 1978)
  • Death Needs No Alibi (1979)
  • Dead End in Mayfair (1981)
  • The Dead Don’t Scream (1983)
  • Notorious Killers in the Night (Robert Hale 1983)
  • Such Lethal Ladies (Robert Hale 1985)

As Leo Grex

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Paul Irving series

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  • The Tragedy at Draythorpe (Hutchinson 1931)
  • The Lonely Inn Mystery (1933)
  • The Madison Murder (Hutchinson 1933)
  • The Man from Manhattan (Hutchinson 1934)(Doubleday 1935)
  • Murder in the Sanctuary (1934)
  • Stolen Death (Hutchinson 1936)
  • The Carlent Manor Crime (1939)
  • Ace of Danger (Hutchinson 1952)

Phil Sanderson series

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  • Violent Keepsake (John Long 1967)
  • The Hard Kill (John Long 1969)

Others

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  • The Nightborn (1931)
  • Crooner’s Swan Song (1935)
  • Transatlantic Trouble (1937)
  • The Black Out Murders (Harrap 1940)
  • The Stalag Mites (Harrap 1947)
  • King Spiv (1948)
  • Crooked Sixpence (Harrap 1949)
  • Thanks for the Felony (John Long 1958)
  • Larceny in Her Heart (John Long 1959)
  • Terror Wears a Smile (John Long 1962)
  • The Brass Knuckle (John Long 1964)
  • Kill Now Pay Later (John Long 1971)
  • Die as in Murder (1974)
  • Murder Stranger than Fiction (Robert Hale 1975)
  • Death Throws No Shadow (Robert Hale 1976)
  • Detection Stranger than Fiction (Robert Hale 1977)
  • Mix Me a Murder (Robert Hale 1978)
  • Mystery Stranger than Fiction (Robert Hale 1979)(St Martin's Press 1979)
  • These Crimes Made Headlines (Robert Hale 1980)
  • Hot Ice (Robert Hale 1983)

As Louis Grey

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  • The Signet of Death (1934)

(reprinted Herbert Jenkins 1946 as by Dexter Muir)

As Dexter Muir

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  • The Pilgrims Meet Murder (Herbert Jenkins 1948)
  • The Speckled Swan (Herbert Jenkins 1949)
  • Rosemary for Death (Herbert Jenkins 1952)

As Sterry Browning

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  • Coastal Commandos (Nicholson & Watson 1946)(Digit 1953)
  • Crime at Cape Folly (Clerke & Cockeran 1951)
  • Santa Fe Gunslick (Clerke & Cockeran 1951)(Pearson's Western ?1950)
  • Sex Marks the Spot (1954)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Gribble, Leonard (10 July 2018). The Arsenal Stadium Mystery. British Library Crime Classics. British Library Publishing. ISBN 9780712352260.
  2. ^ "The Arsenal stadium mystery". SOLO. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Leonard Gribble". Peters, Fraser & Dunlop. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Leonard Reginald Gribble". IMDb. Retrieved 22 August 2019.