From the back cover: 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; Caroline finds her suitor James mysteriously lacking; and Barbara Ragg is tempted to the Highlands by blossoming romance. Meanwhile psychiatrist Berthea Snark, finds herself called away to protect her brother from a band of scheming New Age fraudsters who seek 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 lovable misfits and hopefuls in a new set of adventures in life, love and philosophy.