In Chap­ter 74 of “We Solve Mur­ders,” Amy and Steve find them­selves out­side The Brass Mon­key, a pub adorned with flow­ers that con­trasts the relaxed sum­mer atmos­phere filled with chat­ter and laugh­ter. As they wait, they engage in light ban­ter regard­ing their feel­ings about return­ing and the idea of par­tic­i­pat­ing in a pub quiz that night. Amy appre­ci­ates the nor­mal con­ver­sa­tions they have about life in New For­est, although she prefers observ­ing it from a dis­tance rather than liv­ing it her­self.

Soon, Rosie joins them car­ry­ing an overnight bag and express­es her sat­is­fac­tion with The Pig, aside from the unset­tling pres­ence of a hit­man, Eddie, who’s still pur­su­ing her. This leads Rosie to voice her con­cerns about Vasiliy Karpin, anoth­er poten­tial threat. The group hints at ten­sions and unre­solved mat­ters as they dis­cuss their safe­ty, bring­ing their focus back to the quiz await­ing them inside.

As they enter The Brass Mon­key, they are greet­ed by a live­ly crowd ready for the week­ly quiz night. Among the famil­iar faces, Amy spots Jyoti and John at a table, but she is caught com­plete­ly off guard when Mar­tin, who is actu­al­ly Jeff Nolan, reveals him­self. Jeff’s sup­posed demise was a ruse to escape François Lou­bet, who was try­ing to kill him. He main­tains that to lay low, he chose to hide at Steve’s house before mak­ing a sur­pris­ing appear­ance at the quiz.

The atmos­phere shifts as they probe into how deep the trou­ble goes. Jeff explains that both he and Amy are in dan­ger from Lou­bet, who has ties that com­pli­cate their sit­u­a­tion even fur­ther, hint­ing that Henk—part of their team—is involved as well. A play­ful bat­tle of knowl­edge about a soap opera star ensues between Henk and Jeff, cul­mi­nat­ing in Amy exas­per­at­ed­ly pro­vid­ing the cor­rect answer.

Through­out their encounter, cama­raderie and sus­pense inter­twine as they nav­i­gate the com­plex­i­ties of their rela­tion­ships and threats encroach­ing upon them, all while attempt­ing to enjoy what should be a sim­ple pub quiz. As they move for­ward, Amy won­ders if they will ever ful­ly unrav­el the lay­ers of dan­ger sur­round­ing them amidst the quizzi­cal atmos­phere .

In Chap­ter 74 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Saint assists Patch in select­ing clothes from his father’s belong­ings. As he changes, she steals glances at him, reflect­ing on the scars that tell a deep­er his­to­ry between them. This leads to her efforts in reach­ing out to sev­er­al orga­ni­za­tions, includ­ing the Fed­er­al Miss­ing Per­sons Unit and the Aileen Plat­tas Foun­da­tion, hop­ing to find more infor­ma­tion about Patch. Her dis­cov­er­ies reveal small, unof­fi­cial agen­cies strug­gling to pre­serve mem­o­ries and help those who have faced loss.

Patch express­es his ner­vous­ness, reveal­ing that he isn’t dressed for­mal­ly for the occa­sion. Saint attempts to light­en the mood by offer­ing him a bright red bowtie, teas­ing him as he strug­gles with his appear­ance. Their con­nec­tion deep­ens as Patch admits he missed her dur­ing his absence, and though she turns away to hide her emo­tions, the moment marks a sig­nif­i­cant point in their rela­tion­ship.

The two ven­ture to Main Street, where Saint buys a peach bou­quet with the last of her mon­ey. Despite Patch’s reluc­tance, he fol­lows her toward the larg­er hous­es. At the Green’s Con­ve­nience Store, they encounter Jim­my Wal­ters, who notices Sain­t’s attire and com­ments on Joseph’s return. Their con­ver­sa­tion reveals mutu­al grat­i­tude for prayers answered, and Saint feels a long­ing for the sim­plic­i­ty and puri­ty she per­ceives in Jim­my’s view of the world.

After their encounter, she heads back to her home to change into dun­ga­rees. Once dressed, she adorns her face with col­ors rem­i­nis­cent of her child­hood. Amongst the thick­et, she lays on a blan­ket in the long grass and uses her cam­era to cap­ture the Tooms house, lost in thoughts of Patch. The chap­ter clos­es with a poignant acknowl­edg­ment of her sense of los­ing Patch bit by bit each day, illus­trat­ing the depth of her con­nec­tion and the emo­tion­al tur­moil she expe­ri­ences over his absence.