Today's three cases

The books don't add up — five figures short. Six desks, one long night. Every employee was at a different desk down the office floor. Figure out who sat where before the auditor arrives.

1. 1. The employee with the drip coffee was in the desk right before the one from security.
2. 2. Tess Whitman was in the desk right before the employee with the lemon tea.
3. 3. The employee with the hot chocolate was somewhere before the one from marketing in the line.
4. 4. Tess Whitman was right next to the one from security.
5. 5. Tess Whitman was somewhere before Yusuf Demir in the line.
6. 6. Quentin Ash was in the desk right before the one from legal.
7. 7. Tess Whitman was right next to the one from sales.
8. 8. Tess Whitman was right next to the employee with the lemon tea.
9. 9. Tess Whitman was somewhere before the one from marketing in the line.
10. 10. Abel Mwangi was in the desk right before the employee with the chai.
11. 11. Yusuf Demir and the one from marketing are the same person.

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. The twenty-one player was in the room right before the keno player.
2. 2. Romy Castellan was in the room right before whoever stacked the scarlet chips.
3. 3. Vivienne Laroche and whoever stacked the cobalt chips are the same person.
4. 4. The keno player was in the room right before whoever stacked the onyx chips.
5. 5. Vivienne Laroche was somewhere before whoever stacked the onyx chips in the line.
6. 6. The baccarat player was in the room right before whoever stacked the scarlet chips.
7. 7. Romy Castellan was right next to the keno player.
8. 8. The mini baccarat player and whoever stacked the pearl chips are the same person.
9. 9. Countess Mira Dolin was right next to whoever stacked the onyx chips.
10. 10. The baccarat player was in the room right before the sic bo player.
11. 11. Émile Tournier was in the room right before whoever stacked the cobalt chips.
12. 12. The sic bo player was in the room right before whoever stacked the pearl chips.

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. Whoever ordered the oysters was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the plum tart.
2. 2. The passenger with the medical bag was right next to whoever ordered the oysters.
3. 3. Odette Laurent was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the plum tart.
4. 4. Tilda Moreno was somewhere before the passenger with the birdcage in the line.
5. 5. Leo Fontaine was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the oysters.
6. 6. Whoever ordered the rice pudding was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the trout.
7. 7. The passenger with the map tube was right next to the one headed to Dunmore.
8. 8. Tilda Moreno and the passenger with the film canister are the same person.
9. 9. Leo Fontaine and the one headed to Coldwater are the same person.
10. 10. The one headed to Larkspur was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the trout.
11. 11. The passenger with the medical bag and whoever ordered the trout are the same person.
12. 12. The passenger with the birdcage was in the compartment right before the one headed to Ashport.
13. 13. Katya Brandt was in the compartment right before Tilda Moreno.