‘Have you a minute, sir?’ she said.‘Come in, lass. What have you got?’‘I managed to get to see the CCTV at Heathrow of passengers leaving for San Francisco last Monday afternoon, sir, and I clearly saw the bearded figure of Ben Wizard actually boarding flight 4088 at 1720 hours. So he couldn’t have been involved in the murder of Harry Weston, here at 3 p.m., nor the priests subsequently.’Angel’s face tightened. Another suspect was crossed off his metaphorical list.Carter said: ‘I also asked to see the passenger list and it confirmed that he was on that flight.’Angel nodded. That seemed to be conclusive. That was the end of Ben Wizard.‘It also occurred to me that the person Zoe Costello said she saw was clean shaven, sir,’ she said.‘I know, lass. I know,’ Angel said. ‘But beards can be shaved off and stage beards applied.’She looked surprised. She hesitated. ‘Yes, sir. I suppose so.’‘You have to consider all possibilities.’‘Yes, sir,’ she said, ‘but—’The phone rang.‘Just a minute, ‘Angel said and reached out for the handset.
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