In Chap­ter 79 of “We Solve Mur­ders,” a range of char­ac­ters grap­ple with insom­nia for var­i­ous rea­sons, reveal­ing their inner thoughts and ten­sions as they pre­pare for unfold­ing events. Steve Wheel­er strug­gles to sleep because Trou­ble, his cat, insists on rest­ing on his chest—a small com­fort after being away. He reflects on his inves­ti­ga­tion, com­ing to the con­nec­tion of Max High­field and the impli­ca­tions of his ties to Felic­i­ty Wool­las­ton amidst his upcom­ing trip to Dubai. Accom­pa­nied by Rosie, while Jeff stays back due to fears about being found, Steve feels a mix of anx­i­ety and yearn­ing for a com­fort­ing pres­ence.

Mean­while, Rosie D’Antonio lies awake in Steve’s spare room, wait­ing for a knock from Jeff, who remains on the sofa. Despite their clear attrac­tion, Rosie con­tem­plates her bound­aries and missed flings. She recalls pre­vi­ous encoun­ters and her ther­a­pist’s cri­tique about her lack of bound­aries, reveal­ing her inner con­flict about pur­su­ing a rela­tion­ship amidst her com­pli­cat­ed feel­ings about Steve.

Jeff Nolan also finds him­self awake, trou­bled by dis­com­fort on the sofa and reflect­ing on his rela­tion­ship with Steve. He con­tem­plates return­ing to Lon­don and con­sid­ers send­ing an email warn­ing Lou­bet about their knowl­edge of Highfield—but doubts its effec­tive­ness. His jeal­ousy over Trou­ble’s bond with Steve sur­faces, high­light­ing his com­pli­cat­ed emo­tions.

Henk van Veen, hav­ing set­tled for the night, finds him­self lost in thoughts of his fam­i­ly while fac­ing the real­i­ty of trust issues with Jeff. Bon­nie Gre­gor, in her own thoughts, won­ders about the logis­tics behind pack­ing bags, prompt­ing reflec­tions on safe­ty and auton­o­my. Eddie Flood bat­tles sleep depri­va­tion, obsess­ing over his alarm set­tings, sym­bol­iz­ing his anx­i­eties about readi­ness for the next day.

Across the globe in Dubai, Max High­field indulges in a wild night out, sur­round­ed by influ­en­tial fig­ures, assert­ing his posi­tion and enjoy­ing the indul­gence of his lifestyle, hint­ing at the risks and vices asso­ci­at­ed with his new­found pow­er. Mean­while, Amy Wheel­er sleeps sound­ly, aware that her safe­ty lies in the hands of her allies as they pre­pare for the chal­lenges that lie ahead. This chap­ter art­ful­ly inter­twines the dis­parate lives of the char­ac­ters, high­light­ing their anx­i­eties and moti­va­tions as tomor­row looms with uncer­tain­ty.

In Chap­ter 79 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” the nar­ra­tive unfolds over three weeks with Sam­my fre­quent­ly vis­it­ing Patch, shar­ing thoughts on great artists like Car­avag­gio, Frans Hals, and Paul Gau­guin. Each evening, Sam­my’s tales blend artistry with per­son­al insights, illus­trat­ing the inten­si­ty of their cre­ative envi­ron­ment. Patch, how­ev­er, remains immersed in his work, bat­tling self-doubt as he pours his emo­tions into his paint­ing. Sammy’s alco­holism becomes evi­dent, as he often drinks exces­sive­ly, yet he con­tin­ues to push Patch’s artis­tic bound­aries, even going so far as to tear a can­vas in frus­tra­tion at what he per­ceives as Patch’s fail­ure to cap­ture the essence of the sub­ject.

As win­ter tran­si­tions to spring, Patch adopts a focused, almost monas­tic lifestyle, ded­i­cat­ing him­self to his art while main­tain­ing a secre­tive pres­ence around the gallery as he attempts to not dis­turb the women vis­it­ing Sam­my. Despite his resolve, he grap­ples with com­plex feel­ings for Misty, wish­ing to con­nect but feel­ing dimin­ished in her life.

Sam­my even­tu­al­ly instructs Patch to help man­age the gallery instead of clean­ing, mark­ing a shift in their dynam­ic that rais­es Patch’s debt but also pro­vides him some finan­cial sta­bil­i­ty. Patch’s inter­ac­tions with Saint, who some­times vis­its the gallery, reveal his dis­in­ter­est in acknowl­edg­ing her changes, as he remains con­sumed by his own artis­tic jour­ney.

Patch also engages briefly with women who come to see Sam­my, exchang­ing pleas­antries and indulging their curiosi­ties about Sammy’s life and future. Despite receiv­ing no val­i­da­tion from Sam­my, Patch relent­less­ly hones his skills, cre­at­ing lay­ers and depth in his por­trait work, specif­i­cal­ly cap­tur­ing Grace’s like­ness.

Final­ly, as sum­mer approach­es, Patch’s per­sis­tence leads to a break­through. After count­less attempts, Sam­my dis­rupts his process and declares the paint­ing com­plete, regard­less of whether it tru­ly rep­re­sents Grace, reflect­ing a piv­otal moment in Patch’s artis­tic jour­ney.