In Chap­ter 50 of We Solve Mur­ders, François Lou­bet updates his asso­ciate, Joe Blow, with a let­ter that offers a glimpse into the intri­ca­cies of his plans. Lou­bet takes a moment to reflect on the absur­di­ty of their sit­u­a­tion, par­tic­u­lar­ly the sug­ges­tion that he should avoid killing Amy Wheel­er, a task that he believes is essen­tial for the com­ple­tion of his objec­tives. Lou­bet elab­o­rates on the impor­tance of Amy, who pre­vi­ous­ly served as his body­guard in Lon­don, posi­tion­ing her as an inte­gral piece in his strat­e­gy. By enlist­ing Rob Kenna’s help, Lou­bet has secured a lay­er of anonymi­ty, effec­tive­ly mak­ing it eas­i­er to pin any mishaps on Amy. This plan allows Lou­bet to use her as a scape­goat, ensur­ing that his tracks remain cov­ered should any­thing go wrong. He is cal­cu­lat­ing and aware that every action must be pre­cise to main­tain con­trol of his crim­i­nal endeav­ors.

Loubet’s tac­tics grow more sin­is­ter as he reveals the strate­gic place­ment of evi­dence to impli­cate Amy in mul­ti­ple crimes. He has ensured that her blood has been left at key crime scenes, which, despite Amy hav­ing no motive, will lead any inves­ti­ga­tion direct­ly to her. The pres­ence of her blood serves as unde­ni­able evi­dence, con­nect­ing her to these crim­i­nal activ­i­ties in a way that will make it dif­fi­cult for any­one to believe in her inno­cence. Lou­bet is con­fi­dent that even those clos­est to Amy will begin to doubt her, adding to the lay­ers of doubt and sus­pi­cion sur­round­ing her. In his mind, Amy is now more than just a bodyguard—she has become a tool to pro­tect his own secrets and serve as insur­ance against his pos­si­ble expo­sure. He sees her as an expend­able asset, with her life hang­ing in the bal­ance of his grand scheme.

How­ev­er, Lou­bet is ful­ly aware that the moment Amy is killed, the plan will piv­ot sig­nif­i­cant­ly. He intends to noti­fy the author­i­ties of her death, prompt­ing them to com­pare her blood to the one found at the var­i­ous crime scenes, there­by cement­ing his ali­bi. This move, Lou­bet believes, will leave him untouch­able by link­ing Amy direct­ly to the crimes with­out impli­cat­ing him in any way. Yet, he is also mind­ful of the del­i­cate bal­ance he must strike between keep­ing her alive as a safe­guard and elim­i­nat­ing her when she is no longer need­ed. His care­ful con­tem­pla­tion of the tim­ing for her death shows his cal­cu­lat­ing nature, aware that the slight­est mis­step could cause his whole plan to unrav­el. The dual­i­ty of need­ing her as insur­ance while con­sid­er­ing her death shows the cold, prag­mat­ic side of Lou­bet, will­ing to sac­ri­fice any­thing and any­one to pro­tect his posi­tion.

As Lou­bet pon­ders his next moves, he acknowl­edges that once his cur­rent objectives—such as ensur­ing Amy’s demise—are com­plet­ed, he must delve deep­er into under­stand­ing Joe Blow’s iden­ti­ty. Lou­bet begins to enter­tain the idea that Joe may even­tu­al­ly become anoth­er obsta­cle, pos­si­bly requir­ing the same fate as Amy if he becomes a lia­bil­i­ty. This real­iza­tion points to Loubet’s manip­u­la­tive nature, con­stant­ly cal­cu­lat­ing who is use­ful to him and who isn’t. While man­ag­ing these con­cerns, Lou­bet remains focused on sev­er­ing his ties with Max­i­mum Impact, though he still plans to exploit influ­encers for his finan­cial schemes. His approach reveals a mind­set that thrives on decep­tion and con­trol, view­ing peo­ple as mere tools to fur­ther his goals. Loubet’s abil­i­ty to manip­u­late oth­ers for his ben­e­fit is evi­dent in his smug obser­va­tion that there are always more “fools” to take advan­tage of. The chap­ter ends with Lou­bet reaf­firm­ing his resolve to man­age the com­plex­i­ties of his oper­a­tions, know­ing that the key to his suc­cess lies in remain­ing hid­den behind lay­ers of decep­tion while min­i­miz­ing his expo­sure. The nar­ra­tive high­lights his cun­ning and ruth­less nature as he orches­trates his moves with pre­ci­sion, keep­ing a tight grip on those around him.