In Chap­ter 70 of “We Solve Mur­ders,” the pro­tag­o­nist, Rob, reflects on the ease of com­mit­ting mur­der with­in a prison envi­ron­ment, par­tic­u­lar­ly in Dubai, pop­u­lat­ed by dan­ger­ous crim­i­nals. He grap­ples with the impli­ca­tions of being hired to kill Court­ney Lewis, a girl from Essex linked to Loubet’s mon­ey. Rob begins to ques­tion Lou­bet’s moti­va­tions and whether his own life is at stake as he con­sid­ers that he may be one of the expend­able lay­ers in Lou­bet’s oper­a­tion.

As para­noia mounts, Rob sus­pects Amy Wheel­er, who could have pieced togeth­er the events, pos­ing a risk to him and Lou­bet. He thinks about the peo­ple in her life, such as Rosie D’Antonio, an astute author, and Amy’s father-in-law, an ex-cop. With Eddie out of the pic­ture, Rob resolves that he may need to elim­i­nate Amy him­self before she can inter­vene.

Rob meets with Mick­ey Moody, who pro­vides a dis­trac­tion with two pints. Their dia­logue touch­es on the nature of work and life choic­es, with Mick­ey reject­ing any involve­ment in Rob’s dan­ger­ous deal­ings. Rob offers Mick­ey a job watch­ing for Amy’s arrival, but Mick­ey, con­tent with his sim­pler life, declines the temp­ta­tion of easy mon­ey. Rob admires those who have side­stepped his vio­lent world, con­trast­ing their lives to his own.

Despite the loom­ing threats, Rob feels a sense of con­trol, espe­cial­ly with the ease of track­ing Amy due to her asso­ci­a­tion with a celebri­ty. He has set alerts for social media inter­ac­tions involv­ing Rosie D’Antonio, sug­gest­ing he will react swift­ly once he locates Amy, indi­cat­ing that mur­der has become a mat­ter of rou­tine for him. He con­sid­ers the pos­si­bil­i­ty of elim­i­nat­ing more threats, includ­ing Amy’s father-in-law, under­scor­ing his mer­ci­less out­look on his pro­fes­sion.

In the end, while Rob has some con­cerns about Lou­bet, he is unfazed by the impend­ing threats, embody­ing the mind­set of some­one entrenched in the dead­ly busi­ness he oper­ates with­in, accept­ing that life and death are all part of his world.

In Chap­ter 70 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” the pro­tag­o­nist, referred to as Patch, immers­es him­self in books from a small library in Pecaut, includ­ing titles like *Mod­ern Art*, *Cityscapes*, and *Real­iz­ing Por­trait*, which he stud­ies on bus­es dur­ing his trav­els. He embarks on a jour­ney through var­i­ous towns, includ­ing Lewisville, where he places posters on street­lamps, despite fac­ing con­fronta­tion from a local cop when try­ing to stick one on an old bar­ber shop. How­ev­er, the offi­cer’s demeanor soft­ens upon see­ing Patch’s art­work, which fea­tures a mod­i­fied depic­tion of a girl named Patch. The posters include a con­tact num­ber for the Mon­ta Clare Police Depart­ment, which Chief Nix express­es frus­tra­tion about due to the num­ber of prank calls they receive.

Patch vis­its sev­er­al locations—Le Mas­co, Afton, and more remote areas like Sad­dlers Clay and Lenard Creek—often alone. He inter­acts with Nor­ma, who men­tions her grand­daugh­ter’s strug­gles with sleep and skip­ping school, indi­cat­ing the emo­tion­al bur­dens the girl faces. As the day pro­gress­es, Nor­ma drops Patch off at Loess Hills, assert­ing her right to adjust the bus route despite an old­er man’s objec­tions.

In Dar­by Falls, Patch arrives at the Mon­trose house­hold, wel­comed by Richie Mon­trose, who appears dis­ori­ent­ed and pre­oc­cu­pied with a base­ball game play­ing on the tele­vi­sion. The room is clut­tered with emp­ty beer cans and Richie, weary and emo­tion­al, ques­tions Patch about his inten­tions and con­nec­tion to his miss­ing daugh­ter, Cal­lie. Patch’s response sug­gests he has hope but also fears about her fate. Seek­ing clo­sure, he asks to see Callie’s bed­room, where he takes in the decor and per­son­al items, try­ing to con­nect with her mem­o­ry through the belong­ings that reflect her per­son­al­i­ty.

Amidst the atmos­phere of loss and uncer­tain­ty, Patch sud­den­ly hears music from down­stairs, specif­i­cal­ly the deep voice of John­ny Cash ema­nat­ing from the old record play­er, lead­ing him to pon­der fur­ther on his mem­o­ries and the sig­nif­i­cance of what he has dis­cov­ered. The chap­ter unfolds with themes of nos­tal­gia, con­nec­tion, and the weight of unre­solved emo­tions as Patch nav­i­gates his search for under­stand­ing.