'The John le Carr of our generation' Val McDermidLondon Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one.Cover your arse.Regent's Park's First Desk, Claude Whelan, is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he's facing attack from all directions himself: from the showboating MP who orchestrated the Brexit vote, and now has his sights set on Number Ten, from the showboat's wife, a tabloid columnist, who's crucifying Whelan in print, and especi ...