Albert and Elizabeta is the story of first love found in the most unlikely of circumstances. Spy obsessed Albert is a twelve-year-old boy with undiagnosed Aspergers. He meets Elizabeta, a woman on the run from her sex traffickers, in one of the deserted tunnels just outside of Dover. Lonely and desperate she uses Albert to help her survive and hopefully escape. Albert is captivated as for the first time outside his family someone takes an interest in him and his eccentricities. Elizabeta cleverly uses Albert’s obsession with spying and secret tunnels as a way out of the hell she is in. At first she seems just to use him but when Albert’s life comes under threat we discover that her heart has not completely hardened over as she risks all to save the boy trying to save her.