Books published by Duckworth Books

It's highway robbery for the innocent passengers of a motor coach tour. When Miss Seeton sketches the roadside bandits, she becomes a moving target herself. Serene amidst every kind of skullduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella!

Join disillusioned junior PR exec Tom Winscombe and a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous characters in this witty thriller set in a murky world of murder, mystery and complex equations, involving internet conspiracy theorists, hedge fund managers, the Belarusian mafia and a cat called .

When Darren Stubbs accidentally short-circuits a robot lamppost, life on the Dolestar Discovery changes forever - for everyone. This anarchic comic adventure travels from the shining skyscrapers of Singulopolis to the hidden depths of the internet, and reveals what happens when a person finally puts down their mop and bucket and says 'No.'

Hettie Bagshot and her sidekick Tilly set out on a road trip to catch a killer cat amid a sea of entertainers. As Psycho Derek's bus lurches from one venue to the next, the killer strikes again. The big question for The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency is who will be next?

''Yes, I know it contravenes every rule in the book... lucky I threw that out years ago.'' Recently retired, Dr Sparrow reveals with refreshing candour and dark humour the most memorable experiences of his career as a rural GP on the Devon/Cornwall border. From sewing a patient's finger back on during a call-out, to the emergency countryside delivery inspired by James Herriot, to suddenly remembering the body left in the back of a Volvo, and a small oversight that blew up the local crematorium, Dr Sparrow spares no blushes. Dr Michael Sparrow charted an unconventional course from the immaturity and uncertainty of life as a medical student, through hospital jobs and a six-year spell in the Royal Air Force, to the immaturity and uncertainty of life as a rural GP. He lives on the Devon/Cornwall border, after retiring as the region's longest serving GP.

Continues the memoirs of a rural doctor, following on from "Country Doctor", which sold more than 20,000 copies. Dr Sparrow guides us through the daily rounds of his practice on the Devon/Cornwall border.

This final instalment in the comic trilogy of doctor's memoirs is characterised by refreshing candour and dark humour, with a series of new rural misadventures related on a case-by-case basis inspired by James Herriot.

The pages of The Confession Album contain 100 questions. Your part is collecting the answers - whether from a loved one, or yourself - in the course of an evening, or over a lifetime.

This new handbook provides a full but concise guide to the key pest species that commonly infest historic houses, and solutions for dealing with them.

In the illuminating and entertaining One Kiss or Two? Andy Scott goes down the rabbit hole to take a closer look at what greetings are all about. Through in-depth research and his personal experiences, and with the help of experts, Scott takes us on a captivating journey through a subject far richer than we might have expected.

The first full and accessible account of one of the most significant and overlooked figures in the field of sexual psychology

Fitzsimons's eye-opening biography brings new light to the life and works of famed literary icon E. Nesbit, in whom pragmatism and idealism, tradition and modernity worked side-by-side to create a remarkable writer and woman.

A page-turning adventure into the dark heart of human origins, revealing the story of our species, the paradox of the modern mind and our innate predilection for murder...

In the breaststrokes of Roger Deakin's Waterlog, this is the story of one man's search for himself across the breadth of Britain's wild waters.

In his mission to help people attain what he felt was their greatest gift, Leo Buscaglia famously developed a university course on love. This remarkable volume was the result of the interactions of students in his course. Love is for everybody who has ever reached out to touch the heart of another.

A revealing and tremendously entertaining look at how the world of luck really works

Taking only a modicum of knowledge for granted, Lancelot Hogben leads readers of this famous book through the whole course from simple arithmetic to calculus. Mathematics is the language of size, shape, and order - a language Hogben shows one can both master and enjoy.

This text discusses how Eastern spirituality can enhance Western psychology. It argues that the contemplative traditions of the East help patients go beyond merely recognizing their problems to healing them, and that this approach is not at odds with the psychodynamic method.

War-time England, and a young Miss Emily Seeton's suspicious sketches call her loyalty into question-until she is recruited to uncover a case of sabotage. Faced with bombs, sabotage and murder, Miss Seeton must summon all her courage-it is after all her nature to Keep Calm and Carry On!

At the roulette table an elderly woman in diamonds is making a killing. Who would guess the bejewelled high roller is retired art teacher Miss Emily Seeton, in disguise to help capture a mysterious crime boss?Serene amidst every kind of skullduggery, Miss Seeton steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with only her sketchpad and umbrella!

When a flood of faked banknotes hits the market, retired art teacher Miss Emily Seeton is chosen to investigate a respected Geneva bank. Bamboozling both the crooks and the police, and innocently humming the fraudsters' musical password, she trips gaily along the dangerous trail, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella!

From the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy's fashion for wearing wigs and the role of typhus in the First World War, Hans Zinsser reveals just how disease and epidemics have shaped human history.

Discover the incredible life of John Ogilby, shipwreck and Great Fire of London survivor, royal conspirator, mapmaker, translator and soldier in the first ever biography of this forgotten British legend.

Discover a captivating new voice and a great new heroine of Roman historical fiction in this fast moving page-turner.