The cases for 2026-06-27

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. Whoever spent the evening at the music salon was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe.
2. 2. Whoever spent the evening at the purser's desk was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the music salon.
3. 3. Cordelia Ashe and the passenger in the velvet cloak are the same person.
4. 4. Honoria Pratt and whoever spent the evening at the observation deck are the same person.
5. 5. Cordelia Ashe was right next to the passenger in the lace mantilla.
6. 6. Honoria Pratt was somewhere before whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe in the line.
7. 7. Maxim Volkov and the passenger in the lace mantilla are the same person.
8. 8. Cordelia Ashe was right next to whoever spent the evening at the purser's desk.
9. 9. Maxim Volkov was right next to the passenger in the velvet cloak.
10. 10. Maxim Volkov was right next to whoever spent the evening at the observation deck.
11. 11. Vivienne Aubert and whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe are the same person.
12. 12. The passenger in the velvet cloak was in the cabin right before the passenger in the emerald sash.

The night train pulled in one passenger short. The remaining travelers each rode in a different compartment, numbered from the engine back. Reconstruct the carriage.

1. 1. Pavel Novak was right next to the passenger with the hat box.
2. 2. The one headed to Dunmore was in the compartment right before the one headed to Crestfall.
3. 3. Leo Fontaine was in the compartment right before Nils Berg.
4. 4. Nils Berg was somewhere before the passenger with the jewelry box in the line.
5. 5. Katya Brandt was right next to the one headed to Pinehurst.
6. 6. Leo Fontaine was right next to the one headed to Crestfall.
7. 7. The passenger with the jewelry box was in the compartment right before the one headed to Pinehurst.
8. 8. The passenger with the map tube was right next to the one headed to Windmere.
9. 9. Quinn Sutherland was in the compartment right before the passenger with the birdcage.
10. 10. Katya Brandt was in the compartment right before the one headed to Pinehurst.

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. The one drinking the whiskey sour and the one flashing the gold cigarette case are the same person.
2. 2. Lena Kowalski and the one flashing the ruby stickpin are the same person.
3. 3. Hazel Quartermain was in the booth right before the one pretending to be the traveling salesman.
4. 4. Dashiell Pope was in the booth right before the one pretending to be the torch singer.
5. 5. The one flashing the ruby stickpin and the one pretending to be the traveling salesman are the same person.
6. 6. The one flashing the pearl choker was somewhere before the one pretending to be the torch singer in the line.
7. 7. The one drinking the sidecar was right next to the one flashing the alligator wallet.
8. 8. Lena Kowalski and the one pretending to be the traveling salesman are the same person.
9. 9. The one flashing the silver hip flask was in the booth right before the one pretending to be the news columnist.
10. 10. The one flashing the pearl choker was in the booth right before the one flashing the silver hip flask.
11. 11. The one drinking the sidecar was right next to the one pretending to be the insurance man.
12. 12. The one drinking the french 75 and the one flashing the pearl choker are the same person.
13. 13. Hazel Quartermain and the one pretending to be the silent-film actress are the same person.
14. 14. The one drinking the whiskey sour was right next to the one pretending to be the traveling salesman.
15. 15. The one drinking the brandy alexander was right next to the one flashing the silver hip flask.
16. 16. Sal Brigante was somewhere before the one flashing the gold cigarette case in the line.
17. 17. Sal Brigante was in the booth right before the one flashing the alligator wallet.