He seems prone to blackouts, is desperate to get his hands on the house, has a motive rooted in class envy, is alibi-free at important times, and there are a number of references to his potential involvement in the closing pages.
The same cannot be said of Mr Major.There are alibis to be advanced on Mr Major's behalf.
And so this is planned, there's alibis made up – it's almost comical after a while: If a business owner happens to be in Las Vegas or Disneyland when his business catches fire, he probably set the fire.
It is "an alibi instead of an explanation".
He wants out, and Vermeer is his alibi.
It is an alibi that they should discount.
Human nature is the alibi for economically determined social ills.
At worst it is an alibi for the execution of political enemies.
It was an act of imitation, if not homage, which I acknowledged by dedicating A is for Alibi to him.
It is an alibi to release the Tories from the love-hate that dare not speak its name: Thatcherism.
