The cases for 2026-06-23

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. Genevieve Wren was in the room right before the one carrying the sealed envelope.
2. 2. Ivo Blackwood was in the room right before the guest drinking the mulled wine.
3. 3. Felix Marsh was somewhere before Genevieve Wren in the line.
4. 4. The guest drinking the black coffee was in the room right before the one carrying the silk gloves.
5. 5. Ivo Blackwood and the one carrying the sealed envelope are the same person.
6. 6. Felix Marsh and the one carrying the candlestick are the same person.
7. 7. The guest drinking the port was somewhere before the one carrying the sealed envelope in the line.
8. 8. Genevieve Wren was right next to the guest drinking the black coffee.
9. 9. Bennett Cole and the guest drinking the mulled wine are the same person.
10. 10. Genevieve Wren and the one carrying the fountain pen are the same person.
11. 11. The guest drinking the black coffee was in the room right before the guest drinking the mulled wine.
12. 12. The guest drinking the port and the one carrying the candlestick 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. The scholar reading the psalm book was somewhere before the scholar reading the botanical atlas in the line.
2. 2. Dr. Rosendale and the scholar reading the botanical atlas are the same person.
3. 3. The scholar reading the botanical atlas was somewhere before the scholar reading the Greek primer in the line.
4. 4. Dean Holloway was somewhere before the scholar reading the Greek primer in the line.
5. 5. The one who claimed to be at the rose garden was somewhere before the one who claimed to be at the buttery in the line.
6. 6. The scholar reading the psalm book was in the room right before the scholar reading the botanical atlas.
7. 7. The scholar reading the volume of sonnets was in the room right before the one who claimed to be at the buttery.
8. 8. Dean Holloway was somewhere before the one who claimed to be at the lecture theatre in the line.
9. 9. Dean Holloway was right next to the one who claimed to be at the lecture theatre.
10. 10. The scholar reading the botanical atlas was somewhere before the one who claimed to be at the scriptorium in the line.
11. 11. Dr. Rosendale was in the room right before Chaplain Sykes.
12. 12. Tutor Penhallow was in the room right before the one who claimed to be at the rose garden.
13. 13. The scholar reading the anatomy folio and the one who claimed to be at the porter's lodge are the same person.
14. 14. The one who claimed to be at the rose garden was in the room right before the one who claimed to be at the scriptorium.

The night the band played its last set, a book of marked bills disappeared from behind the bar. Every regular sat with a drink in a different booth running the length of the wall. Reconstruct the row, booth by booth.

1. 1. Gideon Frost and the one flashing the silver hip flask are the same person.
2. 2. Ruby Calhoun was right next to the one drinking the soda water.
3. 3. Gideon Frost was right next to the one flashing the jeweled garter.
4. 4. Gideon Frost and the one drinking the soda water are the same person.
5. 5. The one drinking the ginger highball was in the booth right before the one flashing the silver hip flask.
6. 6. Dashiell Pope was right next to the one flashing the engraved lighter.
7. 7. The one flashing the engraved lighter was somewhere before the one flashing the opera glasses in the line.
8. 8. The one drinking the mint julep was right next to the one pretending to be the union organizer.
9. 9. Dashiell Pope was in the booth right before the one drinking the gin rickey.
10. 10. Ruby Calhoun was in the booth right before the one drinking the mint julep.
11. 11. The one flashing the jeweled garter was in the booth right before the one pretending to be the insurance man.
12. 12. Hazel Quartermain was right next to the one pretending to be the dance instructor.
13. 13. The one flashing the opera glasses and the one pretending to be the torch singer are the same person.
14. 14. Ruby Calhoun was in the booth right before Dashiell Pope.
15. 15. The one flashing the jeweled garter was right next to the one pretending to be the insurance man.
16. 16. The one drinking the soda water was in the booth right before the one drinking the whiskey sour.