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fadedrose

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19. CORDUROY MANSIONS (2009) by Alexander McCall Smith

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:34 PM

Sep 2012

This is the first of 3 in a British series about a 4-story apartment building called, "Corduroy Mansions," and its tenants. Trouble is, inside the jacket it doesn't say anything about mysteries, murders, etc., and I got the book under the impression that it was because it is listed in "Stop You're Killing Me," which only lists mysteries...we shall see...am only on page 14.

One of the main characters is a dog (pictured on the front cover), a Pimlico terrier named Freddie de la Hay, who likes to use a seat belt and is a vegetarian. I am a sucker for dogs..

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/M_Authors/McCall-Smith_Alexander.html (click on the link for this book and it'll take you to Amazon for a review)

Book 84 of 2012

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