{"id":702,"date":"2026-01-29T20:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clunie.house\/?page_id=702"},"modified":"2026-01-29T21:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:12:52","slug":"sutherland-scott-diagnosis-murder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clunie.house\/index.php\/our-books\/sutherland-scott-diagnosis-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Sutherland Scott – Diagnosis … Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][tabbed_section style=”minimal_flexible” tab_color=”Extra-Color-3″ vs_content_animation=”fade” vs_link_animation=”opacity” vs_navigation_alignment=”left” vs_navigation_width_2=”25%” vs_navigation_func=”default” vs_navigation_width=”regular” vs_navigation_spacing=”15px” vs_navigation_mobile_display=”visible” vs_tab_spacing=”5%” icon_size=”28″][tab icon_family=”steadysets” title=”About the book” id=”1769736503195-6″ icon_steadysets=”steadysets-icon-book” tab_id=”1769736503196-2″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” left_padding_desktop=”80″ right_padding_desktop=”80″ text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”0px” desktop_text_alignment=”left” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][split_line_heading line_reveal_by_space_text_effect=”default” font_style=”h3″ content_alignment=”default” mobile_content_alignment=”inherit” animation_type=”line-reveal-by-space” link_target=”_self” text_content=”Diagnosis … Murder” text_direction=”default”][\/split_line_heading][split_line_heading line_reveal_by_space_text_effect=”default” font_style=”h6″ content_alignment=”default” mobile_content_alignment=”inherit” animation_type=”line-reveal-by-space” link_target=”_self” text_content=”Sutherland Scott” text_direction=”default”][\/split_line_heading][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Dr. Septimus Dodds believes that the work of a doctor and detective are very much alike. Both must examine the evidence, sift, discard and reassemble. As a member of the medical profession he applies his theory to solving the most complicated case which has yet come his way. In doing so, he and his friend, Detective-Inspector Verity of Scotland Yard, are faced with blackmail, murder and a host of other mysterious activities.<\/p>\n

What curious use is being made of the disused mortuary? Why did chrysanthemums suddenly change to violets? What was hidden in the secret files of the Granville Enquiry Agency? Who would want to poison such an attractive, harmless child as Felicity Blaker?
\nThose are some of the problems which Dodds and Verity have to solve before the curtain falls on their strange imbroglio. This is another of Sutherland Scott\u2019s medical mysteries which, like its predecessors, combines a credible, authentic atmosphere with a rapid succession of mysterious thrills.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”707″ image_size=”medium” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default”][nectar_icon icon_family=”fontawesome” icon_style=”border-animation” icon_border_thickness=”2px” icon_color_type=”color_scheme” icon_color=”Extra-Color-3″ open_new_tab=”true” icon_padding=”10px” pointer_events=”all” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-amazon” icon_size=”18″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

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Sutherland Scott is the pen name of Dr. William Clunie Harvey … British Medical Officer, lieutenant colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and murder mystery writer extraordinaire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apart from being a distinguished doctor, Dr. Harvey was also a prolific writer. He was senior author of such textbooks as \u201cMilk Production and Control\u201d<\/em>, \u201cMilk Products\u201d<\/em>, \u201cInsect Pests\u201d<\/em>, and \u201cFood Hygiene\u201d<\/em>, was also a monthly contributor to \u201cBetter Health\u201d<\/em> and wrote countless articles for professional journals and the national press.<\/p>\n

Dr. Harvey also wrote an operetta and several plays, and was involved in the Southgate A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) Entertainments Association, and was chairman of the Intimate Theatre Playgoers Association in Palmers Green, London. This theatre, originally built in 1931 as a church hall for St. Monica\u2019s Roman Catholic Church, was transformed into a professional repertory theatre in 1935. It gained significant recognition, notably serving as a venue from which the BBC televised 14 plays in the late 1940s, and was described as \u201cthe home of so many present-day stars of stage and screen\u201d.<\/p>\n

His most notable contribution as an author, however, is as the murder-mystery writer Sutherland Scott. The name is a combination of his Scottish heritage (his grandfather\u2019s blacksmith\u2019s forge still stands in Wigtownshire, Scotland) and his mother\u2019s name: Catherine Sutherland Waters.<\/p>\n

As Sutherland Scott, he wrote 13 novels between 1936 and 1956, plus 1953\u2019s widely published history of the modern detective novel \u201cBlood in Their Ink\u201d<\/em>. 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