A Conspiracy of Friends

Complications. The prolific author Alexander McCall Smith titled the third installment of his Corduroy Mansions series, A Conspiracy of Friends. Readers of the earlier novels will be delighted by the return of a familiar cast of London characters, including the terrier, Freddie de la Hay, whose presence and character is as fully developed as his human companions. Smith presents the growing complications in the lives of these characters, and by the end of the novel, readers will have enjoyed spending time with these interesting people, and will await the next installment. Those readers who are new to the series might start here and wonder why would anyone care about these characters. It’s best to start at the beginning and join those readers who love the ways in which Smith develops characters whose lives become interesting to readers and whose struggles and foibles can be similar to our own. Rating: Three-star (Recommended) Click here to purchase A Conspiracy of Friends from amazon.com.