Brown Bread in Wengen

Nicky Burkett is a small-time criminal. He doesn’t object to the adjective, because a small-time criminal is less likely to attract attention from people who object to the noun. But nothing seems to go right for him. Brown Bread in Wengen opens with a scene that could ruin anyone’s day: an MP turns up on the doorstep of Nicky’s North East London home. Even worse: he’s dead. That’s the kind of crime Nicky wants no part of—and neither does his wife, who orders him to deal with the problem. Wh...