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]
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Born | South Lambeth London, U.K. | 1 February 1908
Died | 27 September 1985 77) Worthing, Sussex | (aged
Pen name | Leo Grex, Sterry Browning, Louis Grey, Dexter Muir, Landon Grant, Piers Marlowe, Bruce Sanders |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Notable works | The Arsenal Stadium Mystery |
Website | |
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Gribble was one of the founding members of the Crime Writers' Association in 1953.[1]
Bibliography
- 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)
- Famous Feats of Detection and Deduction (Harrap 1933)
- The Death Chime (1934)
- 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)
- 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)
- Atomic Murder (Harrap 1947)
- On Secret Service (Burke ?1947)
- The Secret of the Red Mill (Burke 1948)
- Hangman’s Moon (1950)
- They Kidnapped Stanley Matthews (Herbert Jenkins 1950)
- The Frightened Chameleon (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 Glass Alibi (1952)
- The Velvet Mask (1952)
- Murder Out of Season (1952)
- She Died Laughing (1953)
- Murder Mistaken (1953) with Janet Green
- The Inverted Crime (1954)
- Sally of Scotland Yard (1954) with Geraldine Laws
- Famous Manhunts (John Long ?1954)
- Triumphs of Scotland Yard (John Long 1955)
- Death Pays the Piper (Herbert Jenkins 1956)
- Superintendent Slade Investigates (1956)
- Stand In for Murder (1957)
- Fifty Famous Animal Stories (ed)(Burke 1958)
- Don’t Argue with Death (1959)
- Murders Most Strange (John Long 1959)
- Wantons Die Hard (Herbert Jenkins 1961)
- 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)
- Heads You Die (1964)
- Stories of Famous Spies (Barker 1964)
- The Violent Dark (1965)
- Such Women Are Deadly (Arco NY 1965)
- Great Manhunters of the Yard (John Long 1966)
- Strip Tease Macabre (1967)
- Famous Stories of the Wild West (Target 1967)
- They Had a Way with Women (Arrow 1968)
- A Diplomat Dies (1969)
- Fifty Famous Stories for Boys (Burke 1969)
- Strange Crimes of Passion (1970)
- Alias the Victim (1971)
- 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
- The Tragedy at Draythorpe Hutchinson (1931)
- The Nightborn (1931)
- The Lonely Inn Mystery (1933)
- The Madison Murder (Hutchinson 1933)
- The Man from Manhattan (Hutchinson 1934)(Doubleday 1935)
- Murder in the Sanctuary (1934)
- Crooner’s Swan Song (1935)
- Stolen Death (Hutchinson 1936)
- Transatlantic Trouble (1937)
- The Carlent Manor Crime (1939)
- The Black Out Murders (Harrap 1940)
- The Stalag Mites (Harrap 1947)
- King Spiv (1948)
- Crooked Sixpence (Harrap 1949)
- Ace of Danger (Hutchinson 1952)
- 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)
- Violent Keepsake (John Long 1967)
- The Hard Kill (John Long 1969)
- 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
- The Signet of Death (1934)
(reprinted Herbert Jenkins 1946 as by Dexter Muir)
As Dexter Muir
- The Pilgrims Meet Murder (Herbert Jenkins 1948)
- The Speckled Swan (Herbert Jenkins 1949)
- Rosemary for Death (Herbert Jenkins 1952)
As Sterry Browning
- 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
- Gribble, Leonard (10 July 2018). The Arsenal Stadium Mystery. British Library Crime Classics. British Library Publishing. ISBN 9780712352260.
- "The Arsenal stadium mystery". SOLO. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- "Leonard Gribble". Peters, Fraser & Dunlop. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- "Leonard Reginald Gribble". IMDb. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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