“Candle wax! Why the hell would I do that? It would make it stick out.”John laughed loudly. “Not candle wax, you Muppet. Hair wax. You know, like that stuff Marc puts on his hair to make it stick up.”“Does he? I thought it stuck up like that all by itself.”John thought for a moment and then shrugged, conceding that he was right. Craig’s thick black hair had been like that since school, especially when he raked it with his hands. If anything wax would have smoothed it down.“Well anyway, it’s some sort of wax. You can buy it in hair salons.”Des stared at him sceptically. “Do I look like I go to hair salons, John?”John gazed at his bushy hair and smiled, conceding. “Anyway, what about this key then?”“It’s platinum and it was the cover of a USB found at Victoria Linton’s home. It had the suicide note on it in a document file. We found a second one in Nelson Warner’s effects. Exactly the same but with a different number.”“Number?”“Yes, Victoria Linton’s file had a number on it: 111012.
