Books like Children of the Master

Listened to in audio format.This was an enjoyable book about the shadowy elite in the corridors of Westminster.Children of the Master was written in 2015 but Andrew Marr correctly predicted that UK would leave the EU.This book is set in 2018 under a Labour government. The current prime minister is weak and is unpopular with voters. A senior figure in the old government known as The Master decides to find a new prime minister who he can mould into the new leader.The Master finds two possible candidates. New elected MPs David Petrie who runs his own successful building company in Scotland and the charismatic Caroline Philips. The Master arranges ministerial jobs for David and Caroline to get them noticed by voters. During the course of the book we see how the characters of David and Caroline change once they are in parliament. David who was happily married with two children has an affair with The Masters Secretary. Caroline's partner vicar Angela kills someone when drink driving, but will Caroline stand by her.The idea of the Children Of The Master was excellent. During the course of the book I came to dislike David and Caroline as they were slowly corrupted by The Master. My favourite characters were the straight talking Granny Stalin and Grand Daughter Bunty. It was so funny when Caroline was called by Sadie, The Masters wife for a chat. Sadie invited Caroline to a spa that performed colonic irrigation while they spoke.This book is a mixture of fact and fiction, I would love to know who The Master was based on. Overall a witty entertaining story.