Clifford Witting

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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
SURNAME Witting, Clifford
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 1968