Today's three cases
Three deduction cases — Easy, Medium, Hard. Each has exactly one solution, reachable by logic alone. No guessing, ever. Solve any one to keep your streak.
Pick your level — free →The Eclipse Night at Cawdor Observatory — the Frost file
EASY · 13 cluesA priceless star map disappeared the night of the eclipse. Each astronomer worked through the dark in a different dome along the ridge. Walk the domes, one by one, and name the thief.
- 1. Mira Castellan and the one using the spectroscope are the same person.
- 2. Wendell Frost was in the dome right before the one tracking the star cluster.
- 3. Nadia Ellison was right next to the one tracking the star cluster.
- 4. The one tracking the star cluster was somewhere before the one tracking the meteor shower in the line.
- 5. The one using the spectroscope and the one tracking the meteor shower are the same person.
- 6. The one using the pendulum clock was in the dome right before the one tracking the nebula.
- 7. Wendell Frost was in the dome right before the one using the pendulum clock.
- 8. The one using the pendulum clock was somewhere before the one using the spectroscope in the line.
- 9. The one using the reflector scope was right next to the one tracking the star cluster.
- 10. The one using the reflector scope and the one tracking the comet are the same person.
- 11. Wendell Frost and the one using the reflector scope are the same person.
- 12. The one using the pendulum clock was right next to the one tracking the nebula.
- 13. The one using the photometer was right next to the one tracking the meteor shower.
Murder on the Coastal Line — the Webb file
MEDIUM · 12 cluesThe 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. Quinn Sutherland was somewhere before the one headed to Marrow Bay in the line.
- 2. Leo Fontaine was in the compartment right before the one headed to Eastgate.
- 3. The passenger with the birdcage was somewhere before the one headed to Harborview in the line.
- 4. Leo Fontaine was somewhere before Jonah Webb in the line.
- 5. Pavel Novak was in the compartment right before the passenger with the hat box.
- 6. The passenger with the birdcage and the one headed to Marrow Bay are the same person.
- 7. Pavel Novak was right next to the one headed to Marrow Bay.
- 8. The passenger with the leather satchel was in the compartment right before the one headed to Marrow Bay.
- 9. The passenger with the steamer trunk was right next to the one headed to Harborview.
- 10. The passenger with the birdcage was somewhere before the passenger with the hat box in the line.
- 11. The passenger with the hat box was in the compartment right before the one headed to Larkspur.
- 12. Jonah Webb was in the compartment right before the passenger with the portmanteau.
The Midnight Bank at the Casino Verlaine — the Ostrovsky file
HARD · 16 cluesA 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. Whoever stacked the onyx chips and the one drinking the dry martini are the same person.
- 2. The one drinking the absinthe was somewhere before the one drinking the champagne in the line.
- 3. Ingrid Halvorsen was right next to the roulette player.
- 4. The twenty-one player was in the room right before the high-stakes baccarat player.
- 5. Dashiell Crane was somewhere before Ingrid Halvorsen in the line.
- 6. Lev Ostrovsky and the one drinking the gin rickey are the same person.
- 7. Lev Ostrovsky was in the room right before whoever stacked the crimson chips.
- 8. Dashiell Crane was right next to the one drinking the brandy sour.
- 9. Lev Ostrovsky was in the room right before Anselm Berger.
- 10. The high-stakes baccarat player was somewhere before the one drinking the gin rickey in the line.
- 11. The poker player was in the room right before whoever stacked the crimson chips.
- 12. Cordelia Frost was somewhere before the poker player in the line.
- 13. Cordelia Frost and the high-stakes baccarat player are the same person.
- 14. Ingrid Halvorsen was in the room right before whoever stacked the silver chips.
- 15. The roulette player was in the room right before the twenty-one player.
- 16. The poker player and whoever stacked the violet chips are the same person.
Every Verdict case has exactly one solution, provably reachable by deduction alone — no guessing required. Can you close all three?