The cases for 2026-07-09

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. Romy Castellan was right next to the sic bo player.
2. 2. Dashiell Crane was right next to whoever stacked the pearl chips.
3. 3. The craps player and whoever stacked the rose-gold chips are the same person.
4. 4. Vivienne Laroche and whoever stacked the ivory chips were exactly 3 rooms apart.
5. 5. Bianca Reymond was somewhere before the sic bo player in the line.
6. 6. Romy Castellan was in the room right before whoever stacked the violet chips.
7. 7. Dashiell Crane was in the room right before Romy Castellan.
8. 8. Whoever stacked the pearl chips was in the room right before whoever stacked the violet chips.
9. 9. Dashiell Crane and the craps player are the same person.
10. 10. The mini baccarat player was somewhere before whoever stacked the pearl chips in the line.
11. 11. Dashiell Crane was right next to the keno player.

On closing night the lead singer's diamond hair-clip vanished between the second-act bow and the final blackout. Each member of the company waited out the chaos in a separate dressing room down the backstage corridor. Walk the corridor, door by door, and place them.

1. 1. The one holding the lute was in the dressing room right before the one holding the tin crown.
2. 2. The performer in the gold breastplate was somewhere after the performer in the peasant smock but before the performer in the feathered mask.
3. 3. Augustin Reyes was in the dressing room right before Serafina Locke.
4. 4. The performer in the crimson gown and the one holding the lute are the same person.
5. 5. Serafina Locke was somewhere after Augustin Reyes but before Thaddeus Crowe.
6. 6. The performer in the feathered mask was somewhere before the performer in the powdered wig in the line.
7. 7. Augustin Reyes was right next to the one holding the glass vial.
8. 8. Thaddeus Crowe was somewhere after Serafina Locke but before Cordelia Strauss.
9. 9. Augustin Reyes and the one holding the lute are the same person.
10. 10. The performer in the crimson gown and the one holding the letter scroll were exactly 2 dressing rooms apart.

A 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. 1. Mira Castellan was in the dome right before the one using the orrery.
2. 2. The one tracking the lunar crater was right next to whoever was drinking the warm milk.
3. 3. Cyrus Penn and whoever was drinking the black coffee were exactly 2 domes apart.
4. 4. The one using the pendulum clock was somewhere before the one tracking the double star in the line.
5. 5. The one using the star catalogue was right next to the one tracking the ringed planet.
6. 6. The one tracking the morning star and whoever was drinking the ginger tea are the same person.
7. 7. Pieter Aldous and the one using the star catalogue are the same person.
8. 8. The one tracking the lunar crater was somewhere before whoever was drinking the ginger tea in the line.
9. 9. The one using the pendulum clock was in the dome right before the one tracking the eclipse.
10. 10. Mira Castellan was right next to whoever was drinking the warm milk.
11. 11. Soren Vaughn was somewhere before the one using the azimuth dial in the line.
12. 12. The one using the orrery was right next to whoever was drinking the strong tea.
13. 13. Soren Vaughn was in the dome right before Lena Ostrov.
14. 14. The one using the pendulum clock and whoever was drinking the ginger tea were exactly 4 domes apart.
15. 15. The one using the azimuth dial and whoever was drinking the black coffee are the same person.
16. 16. The one using the azimuth dial was right next to whoever was drinking the ginger tea.
17. 17. The one tracking the eclipse was in the dome right before whoever was drinking the lemon water.