Chap­ter 32 of We Solve Mur­ders unfolds in the qui­et con­fines of a cor­po­rate board­room, where Susan Knox, head of HR at Max­i­mum Impact Solu­tions, reviews a file on François Lou­bet, her mind pre­oc­cu­pied with unset­tling thoughts. As she glances up from her work, Bloomberg News dis­cuss­es the impact of high-inter­est rates, but Susan’s focus remains firm­ly on Jeff’s mys­te­ri­ous dis­ap­pear­ance. The car that was found, rid­dled with bul­let holes and blood­stains, con­tin­ues to haunt her thoughts. She has tried, in vain, to reach Jeff by phone numer­ous times, but each attempt has been met with silence, rais­ing ques­tions about his fate.

As she delves deep­er into Jeff’s finan­cials, Susan finds her­self piec­ing togeth­er a dis­turb­ing puz­zle. She uncov­ers a series of bank accounts, some stretch­ing back decades, but most strik­ing­ly, none of them have seen any sig­nif­i­cant move­ment recent­ly. The Cay­man Islands account, known for its high-yield tax-free invest­ment, seems sta­ble, but a clos­er look reveals only rou­tine trans­ac­tions and a recent fuel pur­chase from a South Lon­don petrol sta­tion. This lack of activ­i­ty leads Susan to believe that Jeff may have iso­lat­ed him­self, fur­ther rais­ing doubts about whether he is alive or sim­ply hid­ing from something—or some­one. The lack of action and sud­den dis­ap­pear­ance weigh heav­i­ly on her, prompt­ing her to con­sid­er where Jeff may have hid­den his assets, includ­ing phones and cash, should he be in dan­ger.

As Susan sits alone in the office, her mind races with poten­tial next steps. The silence of the usu­al­ly bustling office seems to add to the grow­ing ten­sion as she reflects on the fact that most of the work­force at Max­i­mum Impact Solu­tions is free­lance, leav­ing her with­out imme­di­ate sup­port. She con­sid­ers reach­ing out to Henk, Jeff’s long-time friend, who might be able to pro­vide more insight into Jeff’s dis­ap­pear­ance if indeed he has met with foul play. But Susan hes­i­tates, unsure of Henk’s involve­ment, espe­cial­ly giv­en the sus­pi­cion sur­round­ing his con­nec­tion to Jeff. The com­plex­i­ty of the sit­u­a­tion begins to weigh on her as she tries to deci­pher the truth, and the shad­ow of Loubet’s threat adds a lay­er of unease.

The emails from Lou­bet, how­ev­er, are what tru­ly trou­ble Susan. The emails are writ­ten in an unnerv­ing­ly cheer­ful tone, mask­ing the dan­ger hid­den beneath their sur­face. As Susan pores over the doc­u­ments, she begins to notice sub­tle mark­ings and anno­ta­tions from Jeff, which indi­cate that he had been inves­ti­gat­ing Loubet’s true iden­ti­ty. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, the only lead on the Client Iden­ti­ty Form is a name and an Indone­sian bank account, pro­vid­ing no tan­gi­ble clues to move for­ward. Despite feel­ing stuck, Susan real­izes that she can no longer depend on Jeff for answers, espe­cial­ly in his mys­te­ri­ous absence.

A moment of clar­i­ty strikes as Susan’s gaze lands on a mir­ror that con­ceals Henk’s secret den. She starts to ques­tion whether Henk could be trust­ed, feel­ing uncer­tain about his poten­tial involve­ment in the unfold­ing sit­u­a­tion. After con­sid­er­ing all the pos­si­bil­i­ties, she con­cludes that reach­ing out to Amy Wheel­er might be her best course of action. Amy has been an inte­gral part of the inves­ti­ga­tion, and Susan feels she may be able to pro­vide the help she needs to push for­ward. The urgency of the sit­u­a­tion inten­si­fies, and Susan real­izes that the files she is work­ing on could hold the key to uncov­er­ing the truth before more lives are put in jeop­ardy.

As the chap­ter clos­es, the ten­sion is pal­pa­ble. Susan, now deter­mined, makes the deci­sion to con­tact Amy, feel­ing that time is of the essence. The mys­te­ri­ous cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing Jeff’s dis­ap­pear­ance, the threat­en­ing nature of Loubet’s com­mu­ni­ca­tions, and the cryp­tic clues with­in Jeff’s records all point to a deep­er con­spir­a­cy. The unre­solved ques­tions loom large as Susan pre­pares for her next move, know­ing that the inves­ti­ga­tion has only just begun.