Today's three cases
Three deduction cases — Easy, Medium, Hard. Each has exactly one solution, reachable by logic alone. No guessing, ever. Solve any one to keep your streak.
Pick your level — free →Murder on the Coastal Line — the Laurent file
EASY · 12 cluesThe night train pulled in one passenger short. The remaining travelers each rode in a different compartment, numbered from the engine back. Reconstruct the carriage.
- 1. Pavel Novak was in the compartment right before the one headed to Larkspur.
- 2. The one headed to Crestfall was in the compartment right before the one headed to Windmere.
- 3. Iris Calloway and the passenger with the map tube are the same person.
- 4. The passenger with the map tube was in the compartment right before the one headed to Crestfall.
- 5. Iris Calloway was somewhere before the one headed to Larkspur in the line.
- 6. Pavel Novak was right next to the one headed to Larkspur.
- 7. The passenger with the map tube was right next to the one headed to Crestfall.
- 8. The passenger with the typewriter case was right next to the one headed to Windmere.
- 9. Odette Laurent was in the compartment right before the passenger with the portmanteau.
- 10. The passenger with the portmanteau was somewhere before the passenger with the typewriter case in the line.
- 11. Odette Laurent was right next to the one headed to Windmere.
- 12. Odette Laurent was in the compartment right before Pavel Novak.
The Vanishing Aboard the Aurelia — the Mendoza file
MEDIUM · 10 cluesA diamond brooch went missing the night the Aurelia steamed out of port. Each first-class passenger retired to a different cabin along the promenade deck, numbered bow to stern. Reconstruct the deck, cabin by cabin.
- 1. The passenger in the velvet cloak and whoever spent the evening at the library are the same person.
- 2. Sterling Fox was right next to whoever spent the evening at the smoking room.
- 3. Honoria Pratt was right next to the passenger in the white dinner jacket.
- 4. The passenger in the silk evening gown and whoever spent the evening at the cocktail bar are the same person.
- 5. The passenger in the velvet cloak was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the grand staircase.
- 6. Ambrose Whitby was right next to the passenger in the white dinner jacket.
- 7. The passenger in the naval greatcoat was right next to whoever spent the evening at the library.
- 8. Rafael Mendoza was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the cocktail bar.
- 9. Ambrose Whitby was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the purser's desk.
- 10. The passenger in the white dinner jacket was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the library.
The Late Shift at Halloran & Co. — the Delgado file
HARD · 14 cluesThe books don't add up — five figures short. Six desks, one long night. Every employee was at a different desk down the office floor. Figure out who sat where before the auditor arrives.
- 1. Tess Whitman was somewhere before the one from legal in the line.
- 2. Ximena Cruz was right next to the one from records.
- 3. Sam Okafor was somewhere before the one from IT in the line.
- 4. The employee with the cold brew and the one from records are the same person.
- 5. The one from accounting was right next to whoever badged out at 11:20.
- 6. The employee with the double espresso and whoever badged out at 6:45 are the same person.
- 7. Ximena Cruz was somewhere before whoever badged out at 9:05 in the line.
- 8. The employee with the lemon tea was in the desk right before the employee with the double espresso.
- 9. Rosa Delgado was in the desk right before the one from marketing.
- 10. Ximena Cruz and the employee with the green tea are the same person.
- 11. Whoever badged out at 10:10 was in the desk right before whoever badged out at 9:05.
- 12. Vera Stone and whoever badged out at 9:05 are the same person.
- 13. The employee with the lemon tea and the one from legal are the same person.
- 14. The one from marketing and whoever badged out at 6:45 are the same person.
Every Verdict case has exactly one solution, provably reachable by deduction alone — no guessing required. Can you close all three?