The cases for 2026-07-18

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. Rashid Noor and the one tending the silver moss are the same person.
2. 2. Rashid Noor was somewhere before the one carrying the seed tray in the line.
3. 3. The one tending the silver moss was somewhere before the one carrying the wire trellis in the line.
4. 4. Rashid Noor was right next to the one carrying the wire trellis.
5. 5. The one tending the climbing fig was right next to the one carrying the seed tray.
6. 6. Tobias Crane was in the glasshouse right before the one carrying the plant ledger.
7. 7. The one tending the wax flower was in the glasshouse right before the one tending the climbing fig.
8. 8. The one tending the wax flower was right next to the one carrying the plant ledger.
9. 9. The one tending the bonsai pine was somewhere before the one carrying the plant ledger in the line.
10. 10. Tobias Crane and the one tending the wax flower are the same person.
11. 11. Rashid Noor was in the glasshouse right before the one carrying the wire trellis.
12. 12. Harriet Bell was in the glasshouse right before Tobias Crane.
13. 13. The one tending the bonsai pine was in the glasshouse right before the one carrying the seed tray.

A diamond brooch went missing the night the Aurelia steamed out of port. Each first-class passenger retired to a different cabin along the promenade deck, numbered bow to stern. Reconstruct the deck, cabin by cabin.

1. 1. Ingrid Solberg and whoever spent the evening at the ballroom were exactly 3 cabins apart.
2. 2. The passenger in the beaded shawl was somewhere before the passenger in the captain's blazer in the line.
3. 3. Cordelia Ashe and the passenger in the beaded shawl are the same person.
4. 4. Cordelia Ashe was right next to whoever spent the evening at the wireless office.
5. 5. The passenger in the lace mantilla was somewhere before the passenger in the captain's blazer in the line.
6. 6. The passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat and whoever spent the evening at the wireless office are the same person.
7. 7. The passenger in the lace mantilla and whoever spent the evening at the purser's desk were exactly 3 cabins apart.
8. 8. Ambrose Whitby and the passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat are the same person.
9. 9. The passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat and whoever spent the evening at the card lounge were exactly 3 cabins apart.
10. 10. Theo Marchetti and whoever spent the evening at the ballroom are the same person.
11. 11. The passenger in the beaded shawl was right next to whoever spent the evening at the ballroom.
12. 12. The passenger in the emerald sash was somewhere before whoever spent the evening at the card lounge in the line.
13. 13. The passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat was somewhere before whoever spent the evening at the ballroom in the line.
14. 14. Ambrose Whitby was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the library.

The reel of the final scene vanished from the lot the night the picture wrapped. Each member of the crew waited out the search on a different soundstage down the backlot row. Trace the row, stage by stage, and find who took it.

1. 1. Otto Lindqvist was in the soundstage right before the best boy.
2. 2. The camera operator was somewhere before the stunt double in the line.
3. 3. The best boy was somewhere before whoever wrapped at 7 pm in the line.
4. 4. Nina Castile and the one holding the fake telegram are the same person.
5. 5. The one holding the spotlight gel was somewhere before the one holding the prop revolver in the line.
6. 6. The sound mixer was right next to the one holding the spotlight gel.
7. 7. The prop master and whoever wrapped at 8 pm are the same person.
8. 8. Lars Aberg and the prop master are the same person.
9. 9. Sid Brennan was right next to whoever wrapped at 8 pm.
10. 10. The stunt double and whoever wrapped at 5 pm are the same person.
11. 11. The camera operator was in the soundstage right before whoever wrapped at quarter to ten.
12. 12. Cyril Dunne was right next to the one holding the prop revolver.
13. 13. The stunt double and whoever wrapped at 10 pm were exactly 2 soundstages apart.
14. 14. Lars Aberg was right next to the sound mixer.
15. 15. The one holding the fake telegram was somewhere before the one holding the spotlight gel in the line.
16. 16. The one holding the fake telegram was in the soundstage right before whoever wrapped at 5 pm.
17. 17. The sound mixer was right next to whoever wrapped at 8 pm.
18. 18. Nina Castile was right next to the one holding the reel canister.
19. 19. The sound mixer and the one holding the reel canister were exactly 3 soundstages apart.