In the genteel environs of Corduroy Mansions, Pimlico, strange doings are afoot, mostly in the name of love. Lonely William French and his faithful canine Freddie are recruited to the service of MI6 by a beguiling lady operative, William's neighbour Caroline finds her suitor James mysteriously lacking, and Barbara Ragg is tempted to the Highlands by blossoming romance. Meanwhile sage psychiatrist Berthea Snark, under normal circumstances the voice of reason, finds herself called away to protect her brother from a band of scheming New Age fraudsters seeking to insert themselves into the bosom of the family. Hilarious and affectionate, The Dog Who Came In from the Cold rejoins Alexander McCall Smith's delightful London tribe of loveable misfits and hopefuls in a new set of adventures in life, love and philosophy.

Pets rabck - Hope you enjoy it!

Arrived in the mail today for the Pet RABCK sweeps. Thank you mafarrimond! Thank you also for the dog bookmark, dog notecards and dog stickers.

Really enjoyed this book. It's light and fluffy, but also fun and humourous and well written. Everyone should read a book like this once in a while, as "feel good therapy". I haven't read the first one in the series (Corduroy Mansions) but it doesn't seem to matter. You don't need to read the first book to understand the plot or get to know the characters.

Sending to someone for the Cat & Dog Book Exchange. :)

Thanks Kally93 for this great book (in the Cat and Dog Exchange)--I love all of the other gifts you sent as well ;)

This was an okay book for me--at first I found there were too many characters, and story lines to keep straight--but I figured it out in an end.
I am now passing this along to my Mom to enjoy.

It took a while to straighten out the characters, but was quite an enjoyable book to
read; I felt sorry for the dog. Now passing along to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.