The cases for 2026-06-24

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. Hazel Quartermain was somewhere before the one flashing the emerald ring in the line.
2. 2. Lena Kowalski and the one flashing the emerald ring are the same person.
3. 3. Hazel Quartermain was in the booth right before the one flashing the pearl choker.
4. 4. Hazel Quartermain was somewhere before the one drinking the whiskey sour in the line.
5. 5. The one flashing the gold cigarette case was in the booth right before the one flashing the pearl choker.
6. 6. The one drinking the bee's knees and the one flashing the emerald ring are the same person.
7. 7. Carmine Russo and the one flashing the pearl choker are the same person.
8. 8. Carmine Russo was somewhere before Marcus Trent in the line.
9. 9. The one drinking the whiskey sour was in the booth right before the one flashing the opera glasses.
10. 10. Hazel Quartermain and the one flashing the gold cigarette case are the same person.
11. 11. Carmine Russo was somewhere before Lena Kowalski in the line.
12. 12. Marcus Trent was right next to the one flashing the pearl choker.
13. 13. Carmine Russo was right next to the one flashing the opera glasses.
14. 14. Carmine Russo was in the booth right before the one drinking the bathtub gin.
15. 15. Carmine Russo was in the booth right before the one flashing the opera glasses.

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. Bram Halloway was somewhere before the digger guarding the sealed papyrus in the line.
2. 2. Major Hugh Petrie and the digger guarding the gold scarab are the same person.
3. 3. Lucien Mercer was somewhere before the digger guarding the silver ankh in the line.
4. 4. Major Hugh Petrie was right next to the digger guarding the clay tablet.
5. 5. Major Hugh Petrie was in the tent right before Bram Halloway.
6. 6. Bram Halloway and the one drinking the arak are the same person.
7. 7. The one drinking the goat's milk was in the tent right before the one drinking the cold cocoa.
8. 8. The one drinking the ginger beer was somewhere before the one drinking the cold cocoa in the line.
9. 9. The digger guarding the clay tablet was somewhere before the digger guarding the alabaster jar in the line.
10. 10. Major Hugh Petrie was somewhere before the digger guarding the silver ankh in the line.
11. 11. Idris Faulkner was right next to the digger guarding the clay tablet.
12. 12. The digger guarding the clay tablet was in the tent right before the one drinking the pomegranate juice.
13. 13. The digger guarding the clay tablet was somewhere before the one drinking the goat's milk in the line.
14. 14. Idris Faulkner was right next to the digger guarding the sealed papyrus.

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. Sterling Fox was right next to the passenger in the tweed suit.
2. 2. The passenger in the tweed suit was right next to whoever spent the evening at the observation deck.
3. 3. Whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe and the one getting off at Piraeus are the same person.
4. 4. The passenger in the silk evening gown and the one getting off at Gibraltar are the same person.
5. 5. Whoever spent the evening at the purser's desk was right next to the one getting off at Gibraltar.
6. 6. The passenger in the naval greatcoat was somewhere before whoever spent the evening at the wireless office in the line.
7. 7. Rafael Mendoza was somewhere before whoever spent the evening at the cocktail bar in the line.
8. 8. Sterling Fox and whoever spent the evening at the cocktail bar are the same person.
9. 9. Marguerite Bell was somewhere before whoever spent the evening at the purser's desk in the line.
10. 10. Desmond Clay and the one getting off at Valletta are the same person.
11. 11. Maxim Volkov and whoever spent the evening at the observation deck are the same person.
12. 12. The one getting off at Valletta was in the cabin right before the one getting off at Gibraltar.
13. 13. Maxim Volkov was somewhere before the passenger in the captain's blazer in the line.
14. 14. Whoever spent the evening at the purser's desk and the one getting off at Trieste are the same person.