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.
Driffield is a former colonial official in South Africa who on returning home has taken over the role of Chief Constable of a rural English county.
The plots often mingle the "fair play" detective story with the country house mystery, both genres at their height at the time.
He is frequently accompanied by his friend, the wealthy landowner and magistrate Wendover, who he affectionately calls squire due to his social position and traditional, conservative views.
One modern encyclopaedia of crime fiction describes Sir Clinton Driffield as an "also-ran of the Golden Age".