The cases for 2026-06-15

A fake high-value chip worth a fortune slipped through the cashier's cage just before the house closed the books. Every suspect sat in a different private gaming room set out in a single long row. Trace the row and unmask the forger.

1. 1. Countess Mira Dolin and whoever stacked the amber chips are the same person.
2. 2. The roulette player was right next to whoever stacked the violet chips.
3. 3. The high-stakes baccarat player was in the room right before whoever stacked the emerald chips.
4. 4. Countess Mira Dolin and the keno player are the same person.
5. 5. Whoever stacked the amber chips was in the room right before whoever stacked the silver chips.
6. 6. Salvatore Greco and whoever stacked the silver chips are the same person.
7. 7. Vivienne Laroche was somewhere before whoever stacked the amber chips in the line.
8. 8. Countess Mira Dolin was right next to whoever stacked the silver chips.
9. 9. Vivienne Laroche and whoever stacked the violet chips are the same person.
10. 10. Dashiell Crane was right next to whoever stacked the violet chips.
11. 11. The high-stakes baccarat player was somewhere before the roulette player in the line.
12. 12. Vivienne Laroche was in the room right before the roulette player.
13. 13. The keno player was right next to whoever stacked the silver chips.
14. 14. Whoever stacked the violet chips was somewhere before whoever stacked the silver chips in the line.

A gold scarab vanished from the dig the night the tomb was broken into. Each member of the expedition bedded down in a different tent strung along the excavation trench. Work the line of tents, tent by tent, and name the thief.

1. 1. Idris Faulkner was somewhere before Major Hugh Petrie in the line.
2. 2. Idris Faulkner was right next to the one drinking the goat's milk.
3. 3. The digger guarding the gold scarab was in the tent right before the one drinking the goat's milk.
4. 4. The digger guarding the faience amulet and the one drinking the black coffee are the same person.
5. 5. Margot Ashford was somewhere before the one drinking the date wine in the line.
6. 6. The digger guarding the sealed papyrus was somewhere before the one drinking the hibiscus tea in the line.
7. 7. Margot Ashford was somewhere before the digger guarding the sealed papyrus in the line.
8. 8. Margot Ashford was somewhere before the one drinking the black coffee in the line.
9. 9. The digger guarding the faience amulet was right next to the one drinking the goat's milk.
10. 10. Major Hugh Petrie was in the tent right before the digger guarding the clay tablet.
11. 11. The digger guarding the gold scarab was right next to the one drinking the goat's milk.
12. 12. Idris Faulkner was in the tent right before the one drinking the goat's milk.
13. 13. Major Hugh Petrie and the one drinking the black coffee are the same person.
14. 14. Penelope Drake was in the tent right before Major Hugh Petrie.

A 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. 1. The passenger in the beaded shawl was in the cabin right before the one getting off at Tangier.
2. 2. Cordelia Ashe was somewhere before whoever spent the evening at the grand staircase in the line.
3. 3. Whoever spent the evening at the wireless office was somewhere before the one getting off at Alexandria in the line.
4. 4. Whoever spent the evening at the library was in the cabin right before the one getting off at Genoa.
5. 5. The passenger in the tweed suit and whoever spent the evening at the smoking room are the same person.
6. 6. Whoever spent the evening at the library and the one getting off at Alexandria are the same person.
7. 7. Whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe and the one getting off at Tangier are the same person.
8. 8. Maxim Volkov and the one getting off at Tangier are the same person.
9. 9. Maxim Volkov was somewhere before whoever spent the evening at the library in the line.
10. 10. The passenger in the fur stole was somewhere before whoever spent the evening at the library in the line.
11. 11. The passenger in the silk evening gown and the one getting off at Casablanca are the same person.
12. 12. Whoever spent the evening at the wireless office was in the cabin right before the one getting off at Tangier.
13. 13. Maxim Volkov was right next to the one getting off at Lisbon.
14. 14. Vivienne Aubert and the passenger in the silk evening gown are the same person.
15. 15. Cordelia Ashe was in the cabin right before the passenger in the tweed suit.
16. 16. Ingrid Solberg and whoever spent the evening at the smoking room are the same person.