CHAPTER 43 “CAN WE STOP at the library, Rog? I need to get some books out for my school project.” “Sure.” Roger felt in a good mood. His team had won that afternoon, and his relationship with Elliott had definitely taken an upward turn; the boy now hung around him like a shadow. He parked the car and followed Elliott into the library’s foyer. It had recently been refurbished and extended, and Roger looked around appreciatively. “Where can I find books on the Tudors please?” Elliott spoke to somebody behind a computer desk, and Roger thought the woman looked as if she had never smiled in her entire life. He thought he recognised her from somewhere, but he couldn’t for the life of him remember where it was. “Over there in the history section.” Elliot followed the direction of the

