Leonard Gribble


Leonard Reginald Gribble was a prolific writer from Devon. His novels often focussed on the particulars of policing and the judicial system. 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.
Gribble was one of the founding members of the Crime Writers' Association in 1953.

As ''Leonard Gribble''

Source:

Inspector/Superintendent Anthony Slade series

  • The Case of the Marsden Rubies
  • The Gillespie Suicide Mystery
  • The Grand Modena Murder
  • Is this Revenge aka The Serpentine Murder
  • The Stolen Home Secretary aka The Stolen Statesman
  • Queens of Crime
  • The Secret of Tangles
  • The Yellow Bungalow
  • The Riddle of the Ravens
  • Mystery at Tudor Arches
  • The Case of the Malverne Diamonds
  • Riley of the Special Branch
  • Who Killed Oliver Cromwell?
  • The Case Book of Anthony Slade
  • Tragedy in E Flat
  • The [Arsenal Stadium Mystery (novel)|The Arsenal Stadium Mystery]
  • Atomic Murder
  • Hangman’s Moon
  • The Frightened Chameleon
  • The Glass Alibi
  • Murder Out of Season
  • She Died Laughing
  • The Inverted Crime
  • Death Pays the Piper
  • Superintendent Slade Investigates
  • Stand In for Murder
  • Don’t Argue with Death
  • Wantons Die Hard
  • Heads You Die
  • The Violent Dark
  • Strip Tease Macabre
  • A Diplomat Dies
  • ''Alias the Victim''

    Others

  • Famous Feats of Detection and Deduction
  • The Death Chime
  • Heroes of the Fighting RAF
  • Epics of the Fighting RAF
  • Heroes of the Merchant Navy
  • Transatlantic Trouble
  • On Secret Service
  • The Secret of the Red Mill
  • They Kidnapped Stanley Matthews
  • The Missing Speed Ace
  • Mystery Manor
  • Speed Dermot
  • The Bedside Marion Cran
  • The Velvet Mask
  • Murder Mistaken with Janet Green
  • Sally of Scotland Yard with Geraldine Laws
  • Famous Manhunts
  • Triumphs of Scotland Yard
  • Fifty Famous Animal Stories
  • Murders Most Strange
  • Stories for Boys
  • Clues that Spelled Guilty
  • When Killers Err
  • The True Book About Great Escapes
  • Famous Stories of High Adventure
  • They Challenged the Yard
  • Stories of Famous Detectives
  • Stories of Famous Spies
  • Such Women Are Deadly
  • Great Manhunters of the Yard
  • Famous Stories of the Wild West
  • They Had a Way with Women
  • Fifty Famous Stories for Boys
  • Strange Crimes of Passion
  • More Famous Historical Mysteries
  • Programmed for Death
  • Famous Historical Mysteries
  • You Can’t Die Tomorrow
  • Midsummer Slay Ride
  • Famous Mysteries of Modern Times
  • Crime on Her Hands
  • Compelled to Kill
  • They Came to Kill
  • The Dead End Killers
  • Death Needs No Alibi
  • Dead End in Mayfair
  • The Dead Don’t Scream
  • Notorious Killers in the Night
  • ''Such Lethal Ladies''

    As ''Leo Grex''

Paul Irving series

  • The Tragedy at Draythorpe
  • The Lonely Inn Mystery
  • The Madison Murder
  • The Man from Manhattan
  • Murder in the Sanctuary
  • Stolen Death
  • The Carlent Manor Crime
  • ''Ace of Danger''

    Phil Sanderson series

  • Violent Keepsake
  • ''The Hard Kill''

    Others

  • The Nightborn
  • Crooner’s Swan Song
  • Transatlantic Trouble
  • The Black Out Murders
  • The Stalag Mites
  • King Spiv
  • Crooked Sixpence
  • Thanks for the Felony
  • Larceny in Her Heart
  • Terror Wears a Smile
  • The Brass Knuckle
  • Kill Now Pay Later
  • Die as in Murder
  • Murder Stranger than Fiction
  • Death Throws No Shadow
  • Detection Stranger than Fiction
  • Mix Me a Murder
  • Mystery Stranger than Fiction
  • These Crimes Made Headlines
  • ''Hot Ice''

    As ''Louis Grey''

  • ''The Signet of Death''

    As ''Dexter Muir''

  • The Pilgrims Meet Murder
  • The Speckled Swan
  • ''Rosemary for Death''

    As ''Sterry Browning''

  • Coastal Commandos
  • Crime at Cape Folly
  • Santa Fe Gunslick
  • ''Sex Marks the Spot''