The cases for 2026-07-06

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 guest drinking the earl grey was in the room right before the one carrying the sealed envelope.
2. 2. The guest drinking the mulled wine was in the room right before the one carrying the brass key.
3. 3. The one carrying the sealed envelope was in the room right before the one carrying the brass key.
4. 4. The guest drinking the mulled wine and the one carrying the sealed envelope are the same person.
5. 5. Juniper Shaw was in the room right before the one carrying the sealed envelope.
6. 6. The guest drinking the sherry was somewhere before the guest drinking the mulled wine in the line.
7. 7. Esme Hart was right next to the one carrying the sealed envelope.
8. 8. Juniper Shaw was in the room right before the guest drinking the mulled wine.
9. 9. Genevieve Wren was in the room right before the guest drinking the brandy.
10. 10. Ivo Blackwood was somewhere before the one carrying the brass key in the line.
11. 11. Genevieve Wren was right next to the one carrying the fountain pen.
12. 12. Juniper Shaw was right next to the one carrying the sealed envelope.
13. 13. The guest drinking the sherry was somewhere before the one carrying the fountain pen in the line.

The night manager of the Hotel Meridian was found slumped over the register, and the guest book had been altered. Each suspect took a different suite along the tower's top corridor, front to back. Sort out who stayed where.

1. 1. Nathaniel Brandt was in the suite right before the one carrying the crystal key tag.
2. 2. The guest pretending to be the wine merchant was somewhere before the one carrying the amber key tag in the line.
3. 3. Gideon Marsh was somewhere before the one carrying the garnet key tag in the line.
4. 4. The guest pretending to be the opera singer and the one carrying the garnet key tag were exactly 3 suites apart.
5. 5. Seraphina Holt was in the suite right before the guest pretending to be the horse breeder.
6. 6. Gideon Marsh and the one carrying the onyx key tag are the same person.
7. 7. The guest pretending to be the horse breeder was in the suite right before the guest pretending to be the film producer.
8. 8. Gideon Marsh was somewhere after Seraphina Holt but before Julius Renard.
9. 9. The guest pretending to be the opera singer was right next to the one carrying the crystal key tag.
10. 10. Julius Renard was somewhere before the guest pretending to be the stage magician in the line.

A cask of the estate's finest vintage was drained and switched the night before the auction. Each vintner worked alone in a different cellar vault along the chalk tunnel. Work the tunnel, vault by vault, and name who swapped the wine.

1. 1. Dmitri Volkov was right next to whoever jotted down citrus peel.
2. 2. The one blending the sangiovese and the one using the copper still were exactly 3 vaults apart.
3. 3. The one blending the cabernet was somewhere before the one blending the sangiovese in the line.
4. 4. The one blending the grenache and whoever jotted down wet stone were exactly 3 vaults apart.
5. 5. Rafe Sterling was right next to the one using the copper still.
6. 6. The one blending the syrah and the one using the funnel and hose were exactly 2 vaults apart.
7. 7. Whoever jotted down wet stone was somewhere after whoever jotted down citrus peel but before whoever jotted down oak and plum.
8. 8. Klaus Bauer was in the vault right before the one using the funnel and hose.
9. 9. The one blending the sangiovese was right next to the one using the oak barrel.
10. 10. The one using the wine thief was in the vault right before whoever jotted down citrus peel.
11. 11. Pilar Navarro was right next to the one using the glass demijohn.
12. 12. Marco Bellini and whoever jotted down dark berry were exactly 4 vaults apart.
13. 13. The one blending the cabernet and whoever jotted down citrus peel are the same person.
14. 14. Rafe Sterling and the one using the wine thief were exactly 2 vaults apart.