Since his dishonorable discharge from service, former British Army Officer Andrew Mackay has had trouble adjusting to civilian life. His existence had devolved into an unending loop of binge drinking, chain-smoking, gambling, and dodging menacing loan sharks in Camden, London. To his credit, his discharge...

In James Dunlop’s Plausible in Parts, Andy MacKay returns to his Camden flat after a contract mission in Kosovo that involved an attempt on General Marku Berisha, expecting to resume his routine, but the police arrest him and link the case to his actions abroad....