In Chap­ter 65 of We Solve Mur­ders, Steve finds him­self in a pre­car­i­ous sit­u­a­tion as he sits aboard a small heli­copter fly­ing over Ire­land. His deci­sion to join the flight has quick­ly turned into a regret­ful one as he feels the over­whelm­ing nau­sea take hold of him. The pilot, attempt­ing to offer some help­ful advice, sug­gests Steve aim his sick­ness towards the open fields below. How­ev­er, despite his best efforts, Steve is unable to man­age his dis­com­fort, and the tur­bu­lence only wors­ens. Amid this chaos, Amy tries to main­tain some sem­blance of com­po­sure and answers a call from Adam. Dur­ing their con­ver­sa­tion, Adam reveals shock­ing news: he had planned to vis­it Court­ney Lewis, only to learn that she has mys­te­ri­ous­ly died in prison just a day before their con­ver­sa­tion. The news hits both Steve and Rosie hard, with their minds rac­ing to process the shock­ing rev­e­la­tion. They are left to won­der how such a tragedy could occur, espe­cial­ly giv­en that Adam was unaware of Court­ney’s death until now, and whether the author­i­ties were privy to his planned vis­it. The sud­den and strange nature of Court­ney’s death prompts the group to con­sid­er their next steps and how to dig deep­er into the cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing her death. It leads them to con­tem­plate reach­ing out to Tony Tay­lor to uncov­er more about Felic­i­ty Wool­las­ton, who had pro­vid­ed the cru­cial infor­ma­tion about Courtney’s case.

As the heli­copter final­ly touch­es down on the ground, Steve exhales in relief, thank­ful that the ter­ri­fy­ing jour­ney is final­ly over. Despite his sense of relief, he can’t help but feel dis­heart­ened by the envi­ron­men­tal toll the flight has tak­en on the pic­turesque Irish land­scape. The beau­ti­ful coun­try­side, now taint­ed by the tur­bu­lence he expe­ri­enced, serves as a reminder of how the journey’s dis­com­fort over­shad­owed the oth­er­wise stun­ning views. Amy, ever the voice of rea­son, insists that they imme­di­ate­ly con­tact Tony Tay­lor for more infor­ma­tion, but Steve hes­i­tates, unsure of how to pro­ceed giv­en the com­plex­i­ty of the sit­u­a­tion. After some thought, Steve agrees to fol­low through with the call, though he remains skep­ti­cal about what they might learn. When Tony answers, he claims not to know Court­ney Lewis, a state­ment that sharply con­tra­dicts ear­li­er con­ver­sa­tions where Tony had been privy to Courtney’s infor­ma­tion. This rais­es even more ques­tions, leav­ing Steve and the team sus­pi­cious of Tony’s motives and the incon­sis­ten­cies in his state­ments. Fur­ther­more, Felic­i­ty, who is with Tony, also claims no knowl­edge of Court­ney, adding fur­ther fuel to the fire. This con­flict­ing infor­ma­tion makes Steve won­der whether Felic­i­ty is hid­ing some­thing or if some­one else in Axley had passed along the infor­ma­tion about Court­ney with­out the knowl­edge of Tony. The mys­tery only grows more com­plex as the inves­ti­ga­tion con­tin­ues, and the team feels more uncer­tain about the moti­va­tions of those involved.

The ongo­ing inves­ti­ga­tion takes a dark­er turn as the team digs deep­er into these con­flict­ing accounts. Rosie, always the deter­mined one, urges the group to refo­cus on anoth­er sus­pi­cious mur­der that could poten­tial­ly tie into their cur­rent case. This sug­ges­tion push­es the inves­ti­ga­tion for­ward, keep­ing the team on their toes as they begin to real­ize that there may be more inter­con­nect­ed cas­es than ini­tial­ly thought. As they head toward the win­ery for a much-need­ed break, the ten­sion in the air is pal­pa­ble, as the group knows that they are now deal­ing with some­thing much larg­er than they orig­i­nal­ly antic­i­pat­ed. The blend of humor and sus­pense that has col­ored the chap­ter gives way to a more seri­ous tone, with the team deter­mined to get to the bot­tom of the mys­tery. The com­plex­i­ty of their inves­ti­ga­tion has deep­ened, and the per­son­al rela­tion­ships between the char­ac­ters are start­ing to come into sharp­er focus. Steve’s frus­tra­tions and doubts about the peo­ple around him add to the intrigue, as he begins to won­der just how much he can trust those he is work­ing with. Mean­while, the team’s grow­ing sense of urgency height­ens, as each new piece of infor­ma­tion seems to raise more ques­tions than answers. As they pre­pare to tack­le the next phase of their inves­ti­ga­tion, it becomes clear that the path to uncov­er­ing the truth is not going to be easy. With secrets, lies, and hid­den motives lurk­ing around every cor­ner, the team is about to face even more obsta­cles in their pur­suit of jus­tice. The chap­ter sets the stage for even more twists and turns, leav­ing the read­er eager to find out what hap­pens next.