False Value (Rivers of London, #8)

by Ben Aaronovitch

Assume nothing, Believe nothing, Check everything – the ABC of policing.

This was where things could have taken on the definite contours of a popular edible fruit

‘Hey,’ I said. ‘Cautious is my middle name.’ ‘But your first name is Never Knowingly,’ said Stephanopoulos. Which got all the laughs it deserved.

Peter not only misquotes Sir Walter Scott: O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! But to add insult to injury, misattributes the quote to Shakespeare. This is entirely the fault of Captain Jean-Luc Picard.