The cases for 2026-06-28

The curator noticed the brushwork first — too clean, too new. By then the room had emptied and the sign-in sheet told half the story. Walk the wall and pin every patron to a spot. Statements were taken from all 4 patrons; Anton Wolfe's is the first page.

1. 1. Freya Holt and the one looking at the charcoal sketch are the same person.
2. 2. Freya Holt was somewhere before the one holding the kir royale in the line.
3. 3. The one looking at the still life and the one holding the champagne are the same person.
4. 4. Delphine Roux was somewhere before the one holding the red wine in the line.
5. 5. Anton Wolfe and the one looking at the triptych are the same person.
6. 6. Freya Holt was right next to the one holding the champagne.
7. 7. Delphine Roux was right next to the one holding the white wine.
8. 8. Otto Krane was in the spot right before the one looking at the still life.
9. 9. The one looking at the charcoal sketch was in the spot right before the one holding the kir royale.
10. 10. The one looking at the charcoal sketch was right next to the one holding the kir royale.
11. 11. Delphine Roux and the one looking at the still life are the same person.
12. 12. Otto Krane and the one looking at the fresco panel are the same person.
13. 13. Freya Holt was right next to the one looking at the triptych.

The tomb kept its seal for three thousand years; the expedition kept theirs for one season. The scarab is gone and the sand shows no tracks out of camp. Work the tents along the trench and name the thief. Statements were taken from all 5 diggers; Margot Ashford's is the first page.

1. 1. The digger guarding the ivory comb and the one drinking the barley water are the same person.
2. 2. Major Hugh Petrie and the digger guarding the sealed papyrus are the same person.
3. 3. Rashid el-Amin and the digger guarding the painted mask are the same person.
4. 4. Lucien Mercer was right next to the digger guarding the silver ankh.
5. 5. The one drinking the mint tea was in the tent right before the one drinking the hibiscus tea.
6. 6. The one drinking the pomegranate juice was in the tent right before the one drinking the ginger beer.
7. 7. The digger guarding the painted mask was in the tent right before the one drinking the ginger beer.
8. 8. Rashid el-Amin was somewhere before the one drinking the ginger beer in the line.
9. 9. Margot Ashford was somewhere before the one drinking the pomegranate juice in the line.
10. 10. Major Hugh Petrie was somewhere before the one drinking the barley water in the line.
11. 11. Lucien Mercer was in the tent right before the digger guarding the painted mask.
12. 12. The one drinking the hibiscus tea was somewhere before the one drinking the ginger beer in the line.
13. 13. Major Hugh Petrie was somewhere before Lucien Mercer in the line.

Days from the nearest port, the Aurelia is a locked room with an ocean for a moat. The brooch left its cabin; its owner did not. Chart the promenade deck, front to back. Statements were taken from all 5 passengers; Vivienne Aubert's is the first page.

1. 1. The passenger in the silk evening gown and whoever spent the evening at the cocktail bar are the same person.
2. 2. Theo Marchetti was somewhere before Rafael Mendoza in the line.
3. 3. Whoever spent the evening at the smoking room was somewhere before the one getting off at Genoa in the line.
4. 4. Theo Marchetti was in the cabin right before the passenger in the lace mantilla.
5. 5. The passenger in the emerald sash was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the observation deck.
6. 6. The passenger in the silk evening gown was right next to whoever spent the evening at the promenade rail.
7. 7. Sterling Fox was right next to whoever spent the evening at the promenade rail.
8. 8. Cordelia Ashe and whoever spent the evening at the promenade rail are the same person.
9. 9. Whoever spent the evening at the wireless office was in the cabin right before the one getting off at Marseille.
10. 10. The passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat was in the cabin right before the one getting off at Gibraltar.
11. 11. The passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat was right next to the one getting off at Valletta.
12. 12. The passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat was somewhere before the one getting off at Casablanca in the line.
13. 13. Theo Marchetti was somewhere before the one getting off at Marseille in the line.
14. 14. Sterling Fox was right next to the one getting off at Gibraltar.