Title: A conspiracy of friends
Description: "It's back to Corduroy Mansions--the slightly dilapidated but well-lived-in mansion block in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood--for the third installment in Alexander McCall Smith's newest popular series.  There's never a dull moment for the residents of Corduroy Mansions: Berthea Snark is still at work on her scathing biography of the only loathsome Liberal Democrat member of Parliament--her own son, Oedipus; literary agents Rupert Porter and Barbara Ragg are still battling each other for first crack at the manuscript of Autobiography of a Yeti; fine-arts graduate Caroline Jarvis is busy blurring the line between friendship and romance; and William French is still worrying that his son, Eddie, may never leave home, even though Eddie's got a new wealthy girlfriend. But uppermost on everyone's mind is Freddie de la Hay--William's faithful terrier (and without a doubt the only dog clever enough to have been recruited by MI6)--who has disappeared while on a mystery tour around the Suffolk countryside"--
Subjects: Social life and customs, FICTION / Urban Life, Neighborhoods, Terriers, Fiction, FICTION / Humorous, City and town life, FICTION / Literary, Neighbors, Humorous, FICTION, Literary, Manners and customs, Urban Life, Fiction, humorous, general, London (england), fiction, Large type books, Fiction, humorous, Fiction, urban & street lit
Places: England, London, Pimlico (London, England)