The cases for 2026-07-05

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. Vivienne Marlowe was right next to the one flashing the opera glasses.
2. 2. Carmine Russo was right next to the one flashing the opera glasses.
3. 3. The one drinking the mint julep was right next to the one flashing the pearl choker.
4. 4. Vivienne Marlowe and the one drinking the southside are the same person.
5. 5. Carmine Russo was somewhere before the one drinking the southside in the line.
6. 6. Carmine Russo was somewhere before the one drinking the bathtub gin in the line.
7. 7. The one drinking the bathtub gin was right next to the one flashing the diamond cufflinks.
8. 8. Lena Kowalski and the one flashing the opera glasses were exactly 2 booths apart.
9. 9. Sal Brigante and the one drinking the bathtub gin are the same person.
10. 10. The one drinking the brandy alexander was in the booth right before the one flashing the platinum pocket watch.
11. 11. The one drinking the brandy alexander and the one flashing the opera glasses were exactly 2 booths apart.
12. 12. The one drinking the mint julep and the one flashing the diamond cufflinks were exactly 2 booths apart.
13. 13. Lena Kowalski was right next to the one drinking the mint julep.
14. 14. Lena Kowalski was in the booth right before the one flashing the platinum pocket watch.
15. 15. The one drinking the brandy alexander was right next to the one flashing the platinum pocket watch.

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 green tea was right next to the one from records.
2. 2. Umar Haddad was in the desk right before the employee with the green tea.
3. 3. Tess Whitman was somewhere before the employee with the hot chocolate in the line.
4. 4. Wes Porter and the employee with the cold brew are the same person.
5. 5. The employee with the hot chocolate was right next to the one from records.
6. 6. The one from compliance was somewhere before the one from payroll in the line.
7. 7. Tess Whitman was somewhere before the employee with the double espresso in the line.
8. 8. Rosa Delgado was in the desk right before the one from IT.
9. 9. Tess Whitman was somewhere before the one from records in the line.
10. 10. Yusuf Demir was somewhere before Rosa Delgado in the line.
11. 11. The employee with the drip coffee was right next to the one from compliance.
12. 12. Yusuf Demir and the employee with the cold brew were exactly 3 desks apart.

An avalanche sealed the only road, a guest never came down to breakfast, and a strongbox sits empty. Each visitor took a separate cabin strung along the snowbound ridge. Work out who stayed where before the thaw lets the inspector through.

1. 1. Ingrid Voss was in the cabin right before the skier in the tartan scarf.
2. 2. The skier in the grey wool coat and the one who skied in on the nordic skis are the same person.
3. 3. The skier in the silver puffer was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the cocoa in the line.
4. 4. The skier in the silver puffer was right next to the one who skied in on the nordic skis.
5. 5. The skier in the silver puffer was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee.
6. 6. Henrik Dale was right next to whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee.
7. 7. The skier in the silver puffer was in the cabin right before the skier in the white snowsuit.
8. 8. The one who skied in on the mountain rail was right next to whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee.
9. 9. The one who skied in on the mountain rail was right next to whoever was warming up with the hot toddy.
10. 10. Greta Halvorsen and whoever was warming up with the peppermint tea were exactly 2 cabins apart.
11. 11. Lukas Brandt and whoever was warming up with the hot toddy are the same person.
12. 12. Greta Halvorsen and the skier in the sealskin jacket were exactly 4 cabins apart.
13. 13. Lukas Brandt was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the peppermint tea in the line.
14. 14. Annika Frost was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the hot toddy in the line.
15. 15. The one who skied in on the dog team was somewhere after the one who skied in on the nordic skis but before the one who skied in on the toboggan.