After Jonathan Beckett got onto his connecting flight, David changed what he was wearing, ditched the Beckett ID, and rented a car as Thomas Streff, a black haired, black bearded man without glasses. Thomas left the airport and headed towards Newark.

He was barely out of the city when it occurred to David that one glass of wine and, eventually, four bottles of scotch made it a bad idea to attempt such a trip over unfamiliar roads. He pulled off into a hotel.

David ...