Chap­ter 30 of We Solve Mur­ders presents a tense sce­nario where Rob Ken­na, a skilled bro­ker of hits, must act quick­ly to resolve a sit­u­a­tion that went awry due to the mis­takes of Kevin, a for­mer Navy SEAL, and a local cop’s fail­ure to kill the sher­iff. Rob, a man who thrives in these high-stakes envi­ron­ments, knows exact­ly who to turn to for help—Eddie Flood, an old con­tact from East Lon­don with a rep­u­ta­tion for han­dling tough jobs. Their com­mu­ni­ca­tion is estab­lished through a secure video call on an app humor­ous­ly named “Shh­hh!” Eddie, though slight­ly heav­ier than before, remains in good shape and brings a sense of famil­iar­i­ty to the con­ver­sa­tion. The ban­ter between the two starts off light-heart­ed, with Rob jok­ing about miss­ing darts, which used to be a pas­time but is no longer an option in his cur­rent lux­u­ri­ous envi­ron­ment.

Once the pleas­antries are over, Rob wastes no time and imme­di­ate­ly dives into the busi­ness at hand. He inquires about Eddie’s finan­cial sit­u­a­tion, to which Eddie sim­ply responds, “bad­ly.” This sets the stage for Rob’s pro­pos­al: he offers $30,000 to Eddie for a job that requires his par­tic­u­lar set of skills—eliminating a tar­get. Eddie, while intrigued by the offer, is skep­ti­cal about the job’s details and ques­tions whether the hit has to be car­ried out in Amer­i­ca. Rob affirms that the job must indeed take place on Amer­i­can soil, and Eddie, still hes­i­tant but intrigued, agrees to take a clos­er look at the sit­u­a­tion. His occa­sion­al accep­tance of sim­i­lar jobs has earned him a rep­u­ta­tion, but the grav­i­ty of the task at hand makes him cau­tious.

The piv­otal moment comes when Rob shares a pho­to of two women with Eddie, instruct­ing him to kill the younger one, Amy Wheel­er, while spar­ing the old­er woman, Rosie D’An­to­nio, a well-known writer. Eddie’s reac­tion shows a glim­mer of recog­ni­tion of Rosie, a sign of unease and per­haps a per­son­al con­nec­tion to her. As he regains his com­po­sure, Eddie asks about the time­line for the job, and Rob empha­sizes that it is urgent, offer­ing the use of one of his pri­vate planes to make the task eas­i­er. This ges­ture not only show­cas­es Rob’s wealth but also adds an ele­ment of trust between the two, as Eddie is now part of a high-lev­el oper­a­tion that requires pre­ci­sion. The men­tion of two planes, along with Rob’s sar­cas­tic remark about the lack of dart­boards in his lav­ish space, high­lights the vast dif­fer­ence in their worlds—Rob’s life of excess and Eddie’s prag­mat­ic, no-non­sense approach to busi­ness.

Eddie’s hes­i­ta­tion is pal­pa­ble, but Rob’s con­fi­dence in him is unwa­ver­ing. Rob’s belief in Eddie’s effi­cien­cy is clear, con­trast­ing sharply with his pre­vi­ous dis­ap­point­ment in Kev­in’s incom­pe­tence. He is con­vinced that Eddie’s reli­a­bil­i­ty will allow him to car­ry out the task with­out the com­pli­ca­tions that have marred his pri­or attempts. Rob under­stands that this mis­sion is cru­cial not just for elim­i­nat­ing a threat, but for solid­i­fy­ing a bond of trust between them, one that harks back to their old friend­ship. The stakes are high, but Rob’s metic­u­lous plan­ning and his faith in Eddie’s abil­i­ties under­score the impor­tance of exe­cut­ing this job flaw­less­ly, ensur­ing that the sit­u­a­tion will be resolved swift­ly and deci­sive­ly.

The chap­ter focus­es on the rela­tion­ships and alliances that shape Rob’s world, where loy­al­ty and trust are crit­i­cal, yet fraught with risk. As Rob nav­i­gates the chal­lenges of his dan­ger­ous line of work, the dynam­ics between him and Eddie high­light the per­son­al con­nec­tions that can make or break a mis­sion. The under­ly­ing ten­sion between busi­ness and per­son­al loy­al­ties is evi­dent through­out, as each action car­ries weight beyond mere finan­cial gain. In the end, Rob’s plan hinges on Eddie’s abil­i­ty to deliv­er on his end, mak­ing this chap­ter a turn­ing point in the larg­er nar­ra­tive where trust and betray­al inter­twine to shape the course of events.