The Dog Who Came in from the Cold

In the genteel environs of Corduroy Mansions, Pimlico, strange doings areafoot, mostly in the name of love. Lonely William French and his faithfulcanine Freddie are recruited to the service of MI6 by a beguiling ladyoperative, William's neighbour Caroline finds her suitor James mysteriouslylacking, and Barbara Ragg is tempted to the Highlands by blossomingromance. Meanwhile sage psychiatrist Berthea Snark, under normalcircumstances the voice of reason, finds herself called away to protect herbrother from a band of scheming New Age fraudsters seeking to insertthemselves into the bosom of the family. Hilarious and affectionate, TheDog Who Came In from the Cold rejoins Alexander McCall Smith's delightfulLondon tribe of loveable misfits and hopefuls in a new set of adventures inlife, love and philosophy.