The cases for 2026-07-11

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. Jorah Klein was in the cabin right before the one who skied in on the cable car.
2. 2. The skier in the fur-lined cape and the one who skied in on the cable car are the same person.
3. 3. Karin Ahlberg and the one who skied in on the cable car are the same person.
4. 4. Jorah Klein was right next to the one who skied in on the cable car.
5. 5. The skier in the navy anorak was right next to the one who skied in on the ski lift.
6. 6. The skier in the black shearling and the one who skied in on the ski lift are the same person.
7. 7. The skier in the red parka was in the cabin right before the skier in the black shearling.
8. 8. Finn Aldous was somewhere before the skier in the black shearling in the line.
9. 9. The one who skied in on the ski lift was somewhere after the one who skied in on the nordic skis but before the one who skied in on the toboggan.
10. 10. Karin Ahlberg was right next to the skier in the navy anorak.
11. 11. The skier in the red parka was right next to the one who skied in on the ski lift.
12. 12. Finn Aldous was right next to the skier in the black shearling.
13. 13. Annika Frost was in the cabin right before Jorah Klein.

A rare orchid worth a small fortune was cut and stolen the night it finally bloomed. Each botanist tended a different glasshouse along the garden path. Sort out who worked where before the curator counts the pots.

1. 1. Harriet Bell and the one tending the wax flower are the same person.
2. 2. Ingrid Solveig and the one carrying the pruning shears are the same person.
3. 3. The one tending the moon cactus was in the glasshouse right before the one carrying the seed tray.
4. 4. Ingrid Solveig was in the glasshouse right before the one carrying the soil trowel.
5. 5. The one tending the moon cactus was right next to the one carrying the magnifying loupe.
6. 6. Lorne Maddox was somewhere before the one tending the ghost fern in the line.
7. 7. Tobias Crane was right next to the one tending the moon cactus.
8. 8. The one tending the blue lotus was in the glasshouse right before the one carrying the grafting knife.
9. 9. Tobias Crane and the one tending the blue lotus are the same person.
10. 10. The one tending the ghost fern and the one carrying the soil trowel are not the same person.
11. 11. Harriet Bell was in the glasshouse right before Ingrid Solveig.

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. The one drinking the soda water and the one pretending to be the off-duty cop are the same person.
2. 2. Carmine Russo was right next to the one flashing the platinum pocket watch.
3. 3. Vivienne Marlowe was right next to the one flashing the platinum pocket watch.
4. 4. Ruby Calhoun and the one pretending to be the bootlegger's cousin are the same person.
5. 5. Ruby Calhoun and the one flashing the opera glasses are the same person.
6. 6. The one flashing the ruby stickpin was somewhere before the one flashing the silver hip flask in the line.
7. 7. Carmine Russo was right next to the one pretending to be the society heiress.
8. 8. Dashiell Pope was in the booth right before the one flashing the ostrich-feather fan.
9. 9. The one drinking the mint julep was right next to the one flashing the ostrich-feather fan.
10. 10. The one flashing the ruby stickpin and the one pretending to be the society heiress were exactly 3 booths apart.
11. 11. The one drinking the mint julep and the one flashing the ruby stickpin were exactly 3 booths apart.
12. 12. Carmine Russo was in the booth right before the one flashing the silver hip flask.
13. 13. Vivienne Marlowe was somewhere before the one pretending to be the society heiress in the line.
14. 14. The one pretending to be the off-duty cop was in the booth right before the one pretending to be the union organizer.
15. 15. Dashiell Pope and the one drinking the sidecar are the same person.
16. 16. The one drinking the bathtub gin was somewhere before the one pretending to be the society heiress in the line.
17. 17. Marcus Trent was in the booth right before the one drinking the gin rickey.