Clifford Witting
Clifford Witting (* 1907 in London , † 1968 ) was an English writer.
Witting attended Eltham College in Mottingham ( London Borough of Bromley ) and then got a job at Lloyd's Bank in 1924 . He stayed there until he was drafted into the army in 1942.
In 1934 he had married Ellen Majorie Steward in London.
Witting wrote almost exclusively crime novels . He created u. a. the protagonist duo Sergeant Bradford and Inspector Harry Charlton , to whom he dedicated several novels.
Works (selection)
- A bullet for Rhino . 1950.
- The case of the busy bees . 1952.
- The case of the Michaelmas goose . 1938.
- Catt out of the bag . 1939.
- Crime in whispers . 1964.
- Dead on time . 1948.
- Driven to kill . 1961.
- Let X be the murder . 1937.
- Measurement for murder . 1945.
- Midsummer Murder . 1937.
- Mischief in the offing . 1958.
- Murder in Blue . 1937.
- Silence after dinner . 1953.
- Subject Murder . 1945.
- The was a crooked man . 1960.
- Villainous salpetre . 1962.
literature
- Armin Arnold et al. (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 355.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Witting, Clifford |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | 1968 |