In Chap­ter 44 of We Solve Mur­ders, Amy, Rosie, and Steve make their way through the stun­ning hills of St. Lucia dur­ing a taxi ride, the beau­ty of the island sur­round­ing them. How­ev­er, despite the breath­tak­ing views, ten­sion ris­es between Amy and Steve. As Steve ner­vous­ly checks his phone, he becomes fix­at­ed on the poten­tial costs of roam­ing charges after read­ing alarm­ing sto­ries about sky-high bills. Amy attempts to redi­rect his atten­tion, encour­ag­ing him to appre­ci­ate the land­scapes they’re pass­ing, but Steve remains dis­tract­ed, caught up in his con­cerns. Their dri­ver, Fer­dy, notices the unease and reas­sures them, shar­ing his own expe­ri­ences of dri­ving tourists with­out any major inci­dents, which pro­vides a small com­fort. The ride con­tin­ues, but the divide between the char­ac­ters grows as they’re pulled between the beau­ty of their sur­round­ings and the grow­ing weight of the inves­ti­ga­tion they’re involved in.

As the jour­ney pro­gress­es, the con­ver­sa­tion shifts to deep­er top­ics. Amy, always curi­ous, inquires about Ferdy’s past, ask­ing how a man who once held a polit­i­cal posi­tion end­ed up as a taxi dri­ver. Fer­dy, with a mix of bit­ter­ness and prag­ma­tism, explains his elec­toral loss­es, reveal­ing that the tran­si­tion to his cur­rent job was born out of neces­si­ty. The dia­logue soon turns to a con­ver­sa­tion about Felic­i­ty Wool­las­ton, a key fig­ure in their inves­ti­ga­tion. Steve shares insights into Felicity’s con­nec­tion to a com­pa­ny that plays a role in the dig­i­tal media world, rais­ing sus­pi­cions about her true involve­ment. He even ques­tions her age and the nature of her busi­ness, sug­gest­ing that there’s more to her than meets the eye. This exchange high­lights the ongo­ing uncer­tain­ties they are fac­ing, as each piece of the puz­zle adds a lay­er of com­plex­i­ty to their inves­ti­ga­tion.

The ride con­tin­ues, and Rosie points out Ferdy’s strong ties to the local com­mu­ni­ty. She observes how chil­dren along the route wave at him, a reminder of the deep roots he holds in the area. As they press him for infor­ma­tion about the mys­te­ri­ous car crash that involved Bel­la Sanchez, Fer­dy recalls the event in chill­ing detail. He describes a woman with long red hair and a base­ball cap being involved in the crash, a descrip­tion that imme­di­ate­ly rais­es ques­tions in the trio’s minds. This new detail con­nects to their ongo­ing inquiries, adding a fresh lay­er of intrigue to the case. With each new piece of infor­ma­tion, the puz­zle grows more intri­cate, and their sense of urgency increas­es, know­ing that they’re get­ting clos­er to uncov­er­ing the truth.

The atmos­phere in the car shifts when Steve reveals some dis­turb­ing find­ings regard­ing a blood case linked to their friend Jeff, who is pre­sumed dead but whose fate remains uncer­tain. Amy, ini­tial­ly focused on the case, grows increas­ing­ly con­cerned about the impli­ca­tions of Steve’s dis­cov­er­ies. The once pic­turesque and calm­ing ride now seems fraught with ten­sion as the inves­ti­ga­tion takes a dark­er turn. As the con­ver­sa­tion inten­si­fies, Rosie, ever the prag­ma­tist, light­ens the mood with humor, play­ful­ly ques­tion­ing Fer­dy about the local drug scene. Fer­dy responds with dark humor, ref­er­enc­ing a dan­ger­ous char­ac­ter named Nel­son Nunez, whose rep­u­ta­tion adds an even grim­mer tone to the ride. Despite the dan­ger they feel lurk­ing, the trio remains deter­mined to con­tin­ue dig­ging into the case, unde­terred by the grow­ing com­plex­i­ties.

As they approach their des­ti­na­tion, Amy’s resolve strength­ens. She rec­og­nizes the impor­tance of piec­ing togeth­er the var­i­ous threads of their inves­ti­ga­tion, see­ing poten­tial con­nec­tions between the mys­te­ri­ous dri­ver, the woman’s lug­gage, and the unfold­ing case. With each new rev­e­la­tion, Amy grows more deter­mined to uncov­er the truth, despite the esca­lat­ing ten­sion. The chap­ter builds a cap­ti­vat­ing nar­ra­tive as it blends the beau­ty of the Caribbean land­scape with the mount­ing intrigue sur­round­ing their inves­ti­ga­tion. The com­plex web of con­nec­tions and secrets con­tin­ues to unfold, keep­ing the trio on edge as they close in on their tar­get. The atmos­phere is charged with sus­pense, and the read­er is left eager to see how the pieces will final­ly fall into place.