| Sir Clinton Driffield | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Murder in the Maze |
| Last appearance | Common Sense Is All You Need |
| Created by | J.J. Connington |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Chief Constable |
| Nationality | British |
Sir Clinton Driffield is a fictional police detective created by the British author J.J. Connington.[1] He was one of numerous detectives created during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, making his first appearance in Murder in the Maze in 1927.[2] He appeared in four subsequent novels by 1929 when Connington apparently wished to write him out following Nemesis at Raynham Parva. However, his replacement Superintendent Ross failed to gain the same level of popularity over two novels and Sir Clinton returned in the 1931 mystery The Boathouse Riddle. He went on to appear in a further eleven novels. The last entry Common Sense Is All You Need was published the year of Connington's death in 1947 and is set in wartime Britain.