The cases for 2026-06-20

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 the mini baccarat player are the same person.
2. 2. The poker player was in the room right before whoever stacked the jade chips.
3. 3. Bianca Reymond was in the room right before Countess Mira Dolin.
4. 4. Vivienne Laroche and the faro player are the same person.
5. 5. Bianca Reymond was in the room right before whoever stacked the emerald chips.
6. 6. Countess Mira Dolin was right next to the faro player.
7. 7. Countess Mira Dolin was right next to whoever stacked the rose-gold chips.
8. 8. Countess Mira Dolin was somewhere before Vivienne Laroche in the line.
9. 9. The mini baccarat player and whoever stacked the emerald chips are the same person.
10. 10. Jasper Quaid was somewhere before whoever stacked the rose-gold chips in the line.
11. 11. Countess Mira Dolin was in the room right before Vivienne Laroche.
12. 12. Vivienne Laroche was right next to whoever stacked the emerald chips.
13. 13. The baccarat player and whoever stacked the jade chips are the same person.
14. 14. The faro player was right next to whoever stacked the emerald chips.

On closing night the lead singer's diamond hair-clip vanished between the second-act bow and the final blackout. Each member of the company waited out the chaos in a separate dressing room down the backstage corridor. Walk the corridor, door by door, and place them.

1. 1. Lucien Beaumont was somewhere before the performer in the silver tunic in the line.
2. 2. Mauro Castellani was right next to the performer in the plumed helmet.
3. 3. Della Fontaine was in the dressing room right before the one holding the hand mirror.
4. 4. Della Fontaine and the one holding the paper rose are the same person.
5. 5. Lucien Beaumont was in the dressing room right before the one holding the wooden dagger.
6. 6. Mauro Castellani was somewhere before the one holding the paper rose in the line.
7. 7. Petra Halvorsen was in the dressing room right before the one holding the tin crown.
8. 8. The performer in the jester's motley was right next to the one holding the wooden dagger.
9. 9. The performer in the tattered cape was somewhere before the performer in the jester's motley in the line.
10. 10. Petra Halvorsen was right next to the one holding the hand mirror.
11. 11. Lucien Beaumont and the performer in the jester's motley are the same person.
12. 12. The performer in the mourning veil was somewhere before the performer in the silver tunic in the line.

An avalanche sealed the only road, a guest never came down to breakfast, and a strongbox sits empty. Each visitor took a separate cabin strung along the snowbound ridge. Work out who stayed where before the thaw lets the inspector through.

1. 1. The one who skied in on the sledge and whoever was warming up with the herbal tisane are the same person.
2. 2. The skier in the white snowsuit and the one who skied in on the snowmobile are the same person.
3. 3. Karin Ahlberg and the one who skied in on the ski lift are the same person.
4. 4. Bram Solheim was somewhere before the one who skied in on the ski lift in the line.
5. 5. Karin Ahlberg was somewhere before the skier in the fox stole in the line.
6. 6. The skier in the white snowsuit was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the glühwein in the line.
7. 7. The skier in the fox stole was in the cabin right before the skier in the red parka.
8. 8. Bram Solheim was somewhere before the skier in the silver puffer in the line.
9. 9. Caro Lindholm was right next to the one who skied in on the piste basher.
10. 10. The one who skied in on the dog team was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the spiced rum in the line.
11. 11. The one who skied in on the dog team was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the hot toddy in the line.
12. 12. Bram Solheim was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the herbal tisane in the line.
13. 13. The one who skied in on the ski lift was right next to whoever was warming up with the eggnog.
14. 14. Lukas Brandt was right next to the one who skied in on the sledge.
15. 15. The one who skied in on the ski lift was right next to whoever was warming up with the spiced rum.
16. 16. Caro Lindholm and the one who skied in on the snowmobile are the same person.