 Leonard Reginald Gribble was born in London. From 1940 till 1945 he served in the Press and Censorship Division of the Ministry of Information in London. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Sterry Browning', 'Leo Grex', 'Louis Grey' and 'Dexter Muir'. He is the creator of 'Anthony Slade', a Detective Superintendent of Scotland Yard. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Anthony Slade' Novels | |
| 1) The Case of the Marsden Rubies | 1929 |
| 2) The Gillespie Suicide Mystery (US Title: The Terrace Suicide Mystery [1929]) | 1929 |
| 3) The Grand Modena Murder | 1930 |
| 4) Is This Revenge? (US Title: The Serpentine Murder [1932]) | 1931 |
| 5) The Stolen Home Secretary (US Title: The Stolen Statesman [1932]) | 1932 |
| 6) The Secret of Tangles | 1933 |
| 7) The Yellow Bungalow Mystery | 1933 |
| 8) The Riddle of the Ravens | 1934 |
| 9) Mystery at Tudor Arches | 1935 |
| 10) The Case of the Malverne Diamonds | 1936 |
| 11) Riley of the Special Branch | 1936 |
| 12) Who Killed Oliver Cromwell? | 1937 |
| 13) The Case-Book of Anthony Slade (short stories) | 1937 |
| 14) Tragedy in E Flat | 1938 |
| 15) The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | 1939 |
| 16) Atomic Murder | 1947 |
| 17) Hangman's Moon | 1950 |
| 18) They Kidnapped Stanley Matthews | 1950 |
| 19) The Frightened Chameleon | 1951 |
| 20) The Glass Alibi | 1952 |
| 21) Murder Out of Season | 1952 |
| 22) She Died Laughing | 1953 |
| 23) The Inverted Crime | 1954 |
| 24) Death Pays the Piper | 1956 |
| 25) Superintendent Slade Investigates (short stories) | 1956 |
| 26) Stand-In for Murder | 1957 |
| 27) Don’t Argue with Death | 1959 |
| 28) Wantons Die Hard | 1961 |
| 29) Heads You Die | 1964 |
| 30) The Violent Dark | 1965 |
| 31) Strip-Tease Macabre | 1967 |
| 32) A Diplomat Dies | 1969 |
| 33) Alias the Victim | 1971 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Death Chime | 1934 |
| 2) Mystery Manor | 1951 |
| 3) The Velvet Mask, and Other Stories (short stories) | 1952 |
| 4) Murder Mistaken (with Janet Green) | 1953 |
| 5) Sally of Scotland Yard (with Geraldine Laws) | 1954 |
| 6) Programmed for Death | 1973 |
| 7) You Can't Die Tomorrow | 1975 |
| 8) Midsummer Slay Ride | 1976 |
| 9) Crime on Her Hands | 1977 |
| 10) Death Needs No Alibi | 1979 |
| 11) Dead End in Mayfair | 1981 |
| 12) The Dead Don't Scream | 1983 |
| 13) Violent Midnight | 1986 |
| As 'Sterry Browning' | |
| 1) Crime at Cape Folly | 1951 |
| 2) Sex Marks the Spot | 1954 |
| As 'Leo Grex' | |
| 1) The Tragedy at Draythorpe | 1931 |
| 2) The Nightborn | 1931 |
| 3) The Lonely Inn Mystery | 1933 |
| 4) The Madison Murder | 1933 |
| 5) The Man from Manhattan | 1934 |
| 6) Murder in the Sanctuary | 1934 |
| 7) Crooner's Swan Song | 1935 |
| 8) Stolen Death | 1936 |
| 9) Transatlantic Trouble | 1937 |
| 10) The Carlent Manor Crime | 1939 |
| 11) The Black-Out Murders | 1940 |
| 12) The Stalag Mites | 1947 |
| 13) King Spiv | 1948 |
| 14) Crooked Sixpence | 1949 |
| 15) Ace of Danger | 1952 |
| 16) Thanks for the Felony | 1958 |
| 17) Larceny in Her Heart | 1959 |
| 18) Terror Wears a Smile | 1962 |
| 19) The Brass Knuckle | 1964 |
| 20) Violent Keepsake | 1967 |
| 21) The Hard Kill | 1969 |
| 22) Kill Now, Pay Later | 1971 |
| 23) Die – As in Murder | 1974 |
| 24) Death Throws No Shadow | 1976 |
| 25) Mix Me a Murder | 1978 |
| 26) Hot Ice | 1983 |
| As 'Louis Grey' | |
| 1) The Signet of Death | 1934 |
| As 'Dexter Muir' | |
| 1) The Pilgrims Meet Murder | 1948 |
| 2) The Speckled Swan | 1949 |
| 3) Rosemary for Death | 1953 |