Review

A Conspiracy of Friends: A Corduroy Mansions Novel

by Alexander McCall Smith

Freddie de la Hay, a playful and intelligent terrier, exhibits his charm and calm demeanor on the cover of A CONSPIRACY OF FRIENDS to give readers a foreshadowing of what appears on the book’s pages.

One of its multiple plots involves Freddie, who answers only to Hay. His owner, William French, takes him on a trip to the country, where he follows the delicious scent of rabbits slightly too far. Becoming lost, he finds himself on a country road. Fortunately, a lovely lady com