The cases for 2026-07-03

A priceless old book vanished from the college library the night of the founder's feast, and the night porter's keys went with it. Each professor withdrew to a separate room running the length of the old cloister. Reconstruct that night, room by room, before the warden calls a hearing.

1. 1. Reader Vane and the one who claimed to be at the wine cellar are the same person.
2. 2. The scholar reading the legal codex was right next to the one who claimed to be at the muniment room.
3. 3. Dean Holloway was in the room right before the one who claimed to be at the muniment room.
4. 4. Magister Finch and the one who claimed to be at the muniment room are the same person.
5. 5. The scholar reading the book of hours and the one who claimed to be at the boathouse are the same person.
6. 6. The scholar reading the psalm book was right next to the one who claimed to be at the muniment room.
7. 7. The scholar reading the map of antiquity was somewhere before the scholar reading the legal codex in the line.
8. 8. Magister Finch was somewhere before the one who claimed to be at the wine cellar in the line.
9. 9. Reader Vane was somewhere before the scholar reading the book of hours in the line.
10. 10. Reader Vane was in the room right before Sister Beaumont.
11. 11. The scholar reading the psalm book and the one who claimed to be at the dining hall are the same person.
12. 12. The scholar reading the map of antiquity was in the room right before the one who claimed to be at the wine cellar.
13. 13. Reader Vane and the scholar reading the legal codex are the same person.
14. 14. Dean Holloway was right next to the scholar reading the map of antiquity.

A storm, a sealed manor, and a missing heirloom. Each guest spent the evening in a different room along the great hall. Work out who was where — and with what.

1. 1. The one carrying the pocket watch was somewhere before the one carrying the letter opener in the line.
2. 2. Genevieve Wren was in the room right before the guest drinking the sherry.
3. 3. Ivo Blackwood was somewhere before the guest drinking the sherry in the line.
4. 4. Genevieve Wren was in the room right before the one carrying the cigar case.
5. 5. Felix Marsh was right next to the one carrying the monocle.
6. 6. Ivo Blackwood and the one carrying the monocle are the same person.
7. 7. The one carrying the candlestick was somewhere before the one carrying the cigar case in the line.
8. 8. The guest drinking the port and the one carrying the letter opener are the same person.
9. 9. The one carrying the letter opener was in the room right before the one carrying the candlestick.
10. 10. Ivo Blackwood was right next to the guest drinking the port.
11. 11. Genevieve Wren was in the room right before Ava Sterling.
12. 12. Ava Sterling was right next to the guest drinking the absinthe.
13. 13. Felix Marsh was somewhere before the guest drinking the earl grey in the line.

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. The digger guarding the jade beetle was right next to the one drinking the lime cordial.
2. 2. The digger guarding the gold scarab and the one pretending to be a surveyor are the same person.
3. 3. Major Hugh Petrie was somewhere before the digger guarding the sealed papyrus in the line.
4. 4. The digger guarding the gold scarab was in the tent right before the one pretending to be a mapmaker.
5. 5. The one drinking the spiced chai was in the tent right before the one drinking the cold cocoa.
6. 6. Penelope Drake was somewhere before Idris Faulkner in the line.
7. 7. The digger guarding the sealed papyrus was right next to the one pretending to be a restorer.
8. 8. Major Hugh Petrie and the one drinking the cold cocoa are the same person.
9. 9. The one drinking the lime cordial was in the tent right before the one pretending to be a restorer.
10. 10. The digger guarding the jade beetle was somewhere before the one drinking the lime cordial in the line.
11. 11. Bram Halloway was right next to the digger guarding the jade beetle.
12. 12. The one drinking the mint tea and the one pretending to be a restorer are the same person.
13. 13. Bram Halloway was somewhere before the one drinking the lime cordial in the line.
14. 14. Rashid el-Amin was right next to the digger guarding the jade beetle.
15. 15. The digger guarding the obsidian blade was in the tent right before the one pretending to be a quartermaster.
16. 16. The digger guarding the sealed papyrus was somewhere before the one drinking the arak in the line.