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]

Leonard Reginald Gribble
Born	(1908-02-01)1 February 1908 South Lambeth London, U.K.
Died	27 September 1985(1985-09-27) (aged 77) Worthing, Sussex
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
petersfraserdunlop.com/clients/leonard-gribble/

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

Bibliography

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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
• The Stolen Home Secretary (1932) aka The Stolen Statesman
• The Secret of Tangles (1933)
• The Yellow Bungalow (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 (1939)
• Atomic Murder (1947)
• Hangman’s Moon (1950)
• They Kidnapped Stanley Matthews (1950)
• The Frightened Chameleon (1950)
• Mystery Manor (1951)
• 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
• Death Pays the Piper (1956)
• Superintendent Slade Investigates (1956)
• Stand In for Murder (1957)
• Don’t Argue with Death (1959)
• Wantons Die Hard (1961)
• Heads You Die (1964)
• The Violent Dark (1965)
• Strip Tease Macabre (1967)
• A Diplomat Dies (1969)
• Alias the Victim (1971)
• Programmed for Death (1973)
• You Can’t Die Tomorrow (1975)
• Midsummer Slay Ride (1976)
• Crime on Her Hands (1977)
• Death Needs No Alibi (1979)
• Dead End in Mayfair (1981)
• The Dead Don’t Scream (1983)

As Leo Grex

• The Tragedy at Draythorpe Hutchinson (1931)
• The Nightborn (1931)
• The Lonely Inn Mystery (1933)
• The Madison Murder (1933)
• The Man from Manhattan (1934)
• Murder in the Sanctuary (1934)
• Crooner’s Swan Song (1935)
• Stolen Death (1936)
• Transatlantic Trouble (1937)
• The Carlent Manor Crime (1939)
• The Black Out Murders (1940)
• The Stalag Mites (1947)
• King Spiv (1948)
• Crooked Sixpence (1949)
• Ace of Danger (1952)
• Thanks for the Felony (1958)
• Larceny in Her Heart (1959)
• Terror Wears a Smile (1962)
• The Brass Knuckle (1964)
• Violent Keepsake (1967)
• The Hard Kill (1969)
• Kill Now Pay Later (1971)
• Die as in Murder (1974)
• Death Throws No Shadow (1976)
• Mix Me a Murder (1978)
• Hot Ice (1983)

As Louis Grey

• The Signet of Death (1934)

As Dexter Muir

• The Pilgrims Meet Murder (1948)
• The Speckled Swan (1949)
• Rosemary for Death (1953)

As Sterry Browning

• Crime at Cape Folly (1951)
• Sex Marks the Spot (1954)

References

1. 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. "Leonard Gribble". Peters, Fraser & Dunlop. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
4. "Leonard Reginald Gribble". IMDb. Retrieved 22 August 2019.