The cases for 2026-06-19

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. Hugo Marchetti and the one looking at the woodcut are the same person.
2. 2. The one looking at the marble torso was right next to the one holding the vermouth.
3. 3. The one looking at the still life was right next to the one holding the vermouth.
4. 4. Anton Wolfe was right next to the one looking at the glass sculpture.
5. 5. The one looking at the still life was in the spot right before the one looking at the glass sculpture.
6. 6. Hugo Marchetti was right next to the one holding the red wine.
7. 7. The one looking at the marble torso and the one holding the red wine are the same person.
8. 8. Anton Wolfe was right next to the one holding the kir royale.
9. 9. Anton Wolfe and the one holding the white wine are the same person.
10. 10. The one holding the red wine was somewhere before the one holding the white wine in the line.
11. 11. Imogen Frey was in the spot right before the one looking at the woodcut.
12. 12. Imogen Frey was somewhere before the one looking at the still life in the line.
13. 13. The one looking at the marble torso was in the spot right before the one looking at the woodcut.

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 lemon tea was in the desk right before the employee with the chai.
2. 2. Zoe Park and the employee with the chai are the same person.
3. 3. Quentin Ash was right next to the one from accounting.
4. 4. Sam Okafor was in the desk right before Quentin Ash.
5. 5. Vera Stone was in the desk right before the employee with the sparkling water.
6. 6. The employee with the energy drink was in the desk right before the one from accounting.
7. 7. Zoe Park was in the desk right before the employee with the cold brew.
8. 8. The employee with the sparkling water was right next to the one from sales.
9. 9. The one from sales was somewhere before the one from legal in the line.
10. 10. The employee with the energy drink was somewhere before the one from records in the line.
11. 11. The employee with the sparkling water and the one from accounting are the same person.
12. 12. The employee with the cold brew and the one from records are the same person.
13. 13. Vera Stone was somewhere before the one from sales in the line.

A storm, a sealed manor, and a missing heirloom. Each guest spent the evening in a different room along the great hall. Work out who was where — and with what.

1. 1. The guest drinking the absinthe was in the room right before whoever was last seen at 2 am.
2. 2. Kit Lawrence was somewhere before the guest drinking the claret in the line.
3. 3. The one carrying the cigar case was somewhere before whoever was last seen at 2 am in the line.
4. 4. Clara Voss was in the room right before whoever was last seen at 2 am.
5. 5. Clara Voss was in the room right before the one carrying the fountain pen.
6. 6. Kit Lawrence was in the room right before whoever was last seen at 3 am.
7. 7. Felix Marsh was somewhere before Ava Sterling in the line.
8. 8. Felix Marsh was right next to the guest drinking the absinthe.
9. 9. The guest drinking the claret was in the room right before the guest drinking the chamomile.
10. 10. Juniper Shaw and the one carrying the cigar case are the same person.
11. 11. The one carrying the brass key and whoever was last seen at 3 am are the same person.
12. 12. The guest drinking the claret was right next to whoever was last seen at 3 am.
13. 13. The guest drinking the espresso was right next to the one carrying the cigar case.
14. 14. The one carrying the letter opener was somewhere before the one carrying the brass key in the line.
15. 15. The guest drinking the espresso was right next to whoever was last seen at half past nine.
16. 16. Ava Sterling and whoever was last seen at quarter to one are the same person.