"Nonsense," Skulduggery said, stepping past her and the pile of books turned to charcoal. "No substantial books left, yes, but that doesn't mean this is pointless. Far from it, in fact. There's more to a library than books."

Especially when that library was, more likely than not, the Palace's sole record-keeping resource. Very few people would use a library like this one unless they were looking for something specific, and that usually made them blind to all else. That was why libraries were used so often for hiding things - things like secret rooms. Right now, with the books out of the equation, there was much more to see than initially met the eye.

"This tapestry, for example." Skulduggery stopped in front of it. "Not even the slightest bit faded. It doesn't see the light of day. Either it was normally hidden, or our enemy placed it here before destroying it. False leader isn't a clue. It's an accusation, and a pedestrian one at that - probably written by an underling too brainwashed to realise that. Did you kill Evandau?"