Today's three cases

The 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. 1. The employee with the matcha latte was somewhere before the one from research in the line.
2. 2. The one from accounting was in the desk right before the one from sales.
3. 3. The employee with the double espresso was right next to the one from sales.
4. 4. Abel Mwangi was right next to the employee with the matcha latte.
5. 5. Vera Stone was in the desk right before the one from sales.
6. 6. Vera Stone and the one from accounting are the same person.
7. 7. The employee with the cold brew and the one from legal are the same person.
8. 8. The employee with the lemon tea and the one from research are the same person.
9. 9. The employee with the double espresso was in the desk right before the employee with the matcha latte.
10. 10. Priya Nair was in the desk right before the one from accounting.
11. 11. The employee with the cold brew was in the desk right before the one from accounting.
12. 12. Vera Stone was somewhere before the one from research in the line.

A fake painting surfaced at last night's opening. Each guest stopped at a different spot along the gallery wall. Trace their evening, spot by spot.

1. 1. Greta Lindqvist was in the spot right before the one looking at the still life.
2. 2. The one holding the whiskey was somewhere before the one holding the club soda in the line.
3. 3. Imogen Frey was right next to the one holding the club soda.
4. 4. The one holding the club soda was in the spot right before the one holding the amaretto.
5. 5. Imogen Frey was somewhere before the one looking at the bronze bust in the line.
6. 6. Cyrus Vane was somewhere before the one looking at the bronze bust in the line.
7. 7. Greta Lindqvist was right next to the one looking at the glass sculpture.
8. 8. The one looking at the glass sculpture was right next to the one holding the club soda.
9. 9. Otto Krane was somewhere before Lena Moreau in the line.
10. 10. The one looking at the woodcut was in the spot right before the one looking at the glass sculpture.
11. 11. The one looking at the still life was in the spot right before the one looking at the triptych.
12. 12. The one looking at the woodcut was right next to the one holding the whiskey.
13. 13. The one looking at the triptych and the one holding the vermouth are the same person.

A priceless old book vanished from the college library the night of the founder's feast, and the night porter's keys went with it. Each professor withdrew to a separate room running the length of the old cloister. Reconstruct that night, room by room, before the warden calls a hearing.

1. 1. Dean Holloway was in the room right before whoever the porter saw at quarter past eight.
2. 2. Provost Crewe was somewhere before Don Whitlock in the line.
3. 3. Provost Crewe and whoever the porter saw at nine o'clock are the same person.
4. 4. Provost Crewe was right next to the one who claimed to be at the observatory.
5. 5. The scholar reading the volume of sonnets and the one who claimed to be at the observatory are the same person.
6. 6. Don Whitlock was in the room right before Dean Holloway.
7. 7. Dr. Albright was in the room right before whoever the porter saw at nine o'clock.
8. 8. Bursar Quill and the one who claimed to be at the rose garden are the same person.
9. 9. The scholar reading the map of antiquity was right next to whoever the porter saw at midnight.
10. 10. The scholar reading the anatomy folio and whoever the porter saw at quarter past eight are the same person.
11. 11. The scholar reading the map of antiquity was in the room right before whoever the porter saw at twenty to nine.
12. 12. Dean Holloway was right next to the scholar reading the volume of sonnets.
13. 13. Dean Holloway and the scholar reading the alchemical manual are the same person.
14. 14. The one who claimed to be at the dining hall was in the room right before the one who claimed to be at the buttery.