Leonard Gribble - Notorious Crimes - Guild - 1985

Leonard Gribble  - Notorious Crimes - Guild Publishing  - 1985

Leonard Gribble was an author and editor who wrote under a number of names, including Leo Grex and Bruce Sanders. 

This true crime collection features lucid and readable accounts of a dozen cases, many of them I suspect largely forgotten now.  

The book held my attention throughout and I would happily read another similar volume.  

There are a number of minor errors, generally unimportant in themselves but notable for their frequency.  Generally these are just grammatical errors. 

One more perplexing error comes in Chapter 6, 'One Way Ride in Essex'. In this case it is explained that, under interrogation, a suspect was unable to write out an address another man had previously given him, presumably some days earlier.

The author states that "the inference was very clear to the police" , but it is not so clear to the reader. Given that the suspect was American, the address, that of the Provost Marshall in London, would be one he might have problems with. Neither is  it clear why he had been given that address, or what bearing it had on the case.

However, that is really an isolated instance and elsewhere matters are generally explained fully and the writing style is quite accessible.

Overall, I enjoyed this very much and would recommend it to others.