“You didn’t assume that the dead Harry Hughes was Klempner?”
“No, I did not. There were too many inconsistencies in the reports.”
I exchange looks with Richard. Francis stares at the speaker, agog. Richard coughs, nodding her to her notes. Hastily, she starts scribbling again.
“Perhaps, Dakho,” he says, “you have seen reports we have not. What are these inconsistencies?”
“The body of the alleged Harry Hughes was found in a hotel suite following a large explosion. The suite was the one into which I booked Mr Klempner. Purportedly, the body was identified using the Hughes passport. However, the passport was found some miles away. The local police connected it to an incident involving the death by poisoning of several members of one of the local organised crime gangs. Since the passport w
