Today's three cases
Three deduction cases — Easy, Medium, Hard. Each has exactly one solution, reachable by logic alone. No guessing, ever. Solve any one to keep your streak.
Pick your level — free →The Final Curtain at the Lyceum — the Beaumont file
EASY · 15 cluesOn 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. Lucien Beaumont and the one holding the laurel wreath were exactly 2 dressing rooms apart.
- 2. The performer in the velvet cloak and the one holding the letter scroll are the same person.
- 3. The performer in the tattered cape was right next to the one holding the glass vial.
- 4. Cordelia Strauss was somewhere before the performer in the gold breastplate in the line.
- 5. The performer in the mourning veil and the one holding the laurel wreath are the same person.
- 6. Mauro Castellani was in the dressing room right before the one holding the laurel wreath.
- 7. Thaddeus Crowe was in the dressing room right before Lucien Beaumont.
- 8. Cordelia Strauss was right next to the one holding the letter scroll.
- 9. Mauro Castellani was in the dressing room right before the performer in the mourning veil.
- 10. Mauro Castellani and the performer in the gold breastplate were exactly 2 dressing rooms apart.
- 11. The one holding the glass vial was in the dressing room right before the one holding the lute.
- 12. The performer in the mourning veil was somewhere before the one holding the lute in the line.
- 13. Thaddeus Crowe was right next to the performer in the tattered cape.
- 14. Lucien Beaumont and the one holding the lute are the same person.
- 15. Cordelia Strauss was in the dressing room right before the performer in the gold breastplate.
The Spoiled Vintage at Château Mirabel — the Faure file
MEDIUM · 12 cluesA 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. Marco Bellini and the one using the stoneware jug were exactly 2 vaults apart.
- 2. The one blending the viognier was somewhere before the one using the steel vat in the line.
- 3. Odette Blanc was in the vault right before the one using the steel vat.
- 4. The one using the wine thief was somewhere before the one using the stoneware jug in the line.
- 5. Pilar Navarro was right next to the one using the wine thief.
- 6. The one using the tasting pipette was somewhere after the one using the wine thief but before the one using the steel vat.
- 7. Odette Blanc was in the vault right before Marco Bellini.
- 8. The one blending the viognier was in the vault right before the one blending the sauvignon blanc.
- 9. The one blending the sangiovese was somewhere before the one using the wine thief in the line.
- 10. Bianca Conti was right next to the one blending the sauvignon blanc.
- 11. Pilar Navarro was right next to the one blending the merlot.
- 12. Odette Blanc was right next to the one blending the sauvignon blanc.
The Night Bloom at Kew Hollow — the Osei file
HARD · 15 cluesA 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. Emeka Osei and the one carrying the seed tray are the same person.
- 2. The one carrying the spray bottle was right next to whoever was sipping the iced coffee.
- 3. Marisol Vega was in the glasshouse right before Emeka Osei.
- 4. Petra Vance and the one tending the night orchid were exactly 2 glasshouses apart.
- 5. The one tending the wax flower was right next to the one carrying the spray bottle.
- 6. The one tending the silver moss was right next to the one carrying the glass cloche.
- 7. The one carrying the grafting knife was in the glasshouse right before the one carrying the seed tray.
- 8. Emeka Osei was somewhere before the one carrying the spray bottle in the line.
- 9. The one carrying the grafting knife and whoever was sipping the cold cocoa are the same person.
- 10. The one tending the night orchid was somewhere before whoever was sipping the ginger beer in the line.
- 11. The one tending the silver moss was right next to the one carrying the grafting knife.
- 12. Dr. Fern Whitlock was in the glasshouse right before the one tending the carnivorous lily.
- 13. Dr. Fern Whitlock and the one carrying the glass cloche are the same person.
- 14. Marisol Vega and the one carrying the glass cloche were exactly 2 glasshouses apart.
- 15. Marisol Vega and whoever was sipping the mint water were exactly 4 glasshouses apart.
Every Verdict case has exactly one solution, provably reachable by deduction alone — no guessing required. Can you close all three?