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 Blackwood Manor Affair — the Cole file
EASY · 14 cluesA 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. The guest drinking the earl grey was right next to the one carrying the fountain pen.
- 2. Juniper Shaw and the one carrying the pocket watch are the same person.
- 3. Ivo Blackwood was in the room right before the guest drinking the madeira.
- 4. Esme Hart was somewhere before the one carrying the fountain pen in the line.
- 5. Juniper Shaw and the one carrying the candlestick were exactly 3 rooms apart.
- 6. The guest drinking the madeira and the one carrying the riding crop are the same person.
- 7. Bennett Cole and the guest drinking the madeira are the same person.
- 8. Esme Hart was right next to the one carrying the fountain pen.
- 9. Juniper Shaw and the guest drinking the espresso were exactly 2 rooms apart.
- 10. Bennett Cole was right next to the one carrying the pocket watch.
- 11. The one carrying the fountain pen was in the room right before the one carrying the riding crop.
- 12. Bennett Cole was in the room right before the guest drinking the chamomile.
- 13. Ivo Blackwood was right next to the guest drinking the madeira.
- 14. Esme Hart was in the room right before Ivo Blackwood.
Checkout at the Hotel Meridian — the Holt file
MEDIUM · 14 cluesThe 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. Seraphina Holt was somewhere before the one carrying the silver key tag in the line.
- 2. Lillian Royce was somewhere before the guest pretending to be the diplomat in the line.
- 3. The guest pretending to be the horse breeder was right next to the one carrying the jade key tag.
- 4. Constance Vail and the one carrying the brass key tag are the same person.
- 5. Constance Vail was right next to the guest pretending to be the film producer.
- 6. Seraphina Holt was somewhere before the one carrying the ivory key tag in the line.
- 7. The guest pretending to be the retired colonel was in the suite right before the one carrying the copper key tag.
- 8. Oscar Dunne and the one carrying the copper key tag were exactly 2 suites apart.
- 9. Constance Vail was right next to the one carrying the copper key tag.
- 10. Philippa Drake was right next to the one carrying the jade key tag.
- 11. The guest pretending to be the horse breeder was right next to the one carrying the copper key tag.
- 12. The guest pretending to be the antique dealer was somewhere after the guest pretending to be the film producer but before the guest pretending to be the diplomat.
- 13. The guest pretending to be the horse breeder was in the suite right before the guest pretending to be the antique dealer.
- 14. The one carrying the jade key tag was in the suite right before the one carrying the ivory key tag.
The Spoiled Vintage at Château Mirabel — the Faure file
HARD · 17 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. Whoever jotted down vanilla and spice was somewhere before whoever jotted down ripe pear in the line.
- 2. Pilar Navarro and whoever jotted down cedar and tobacco were exactly 3 vaults apart.
- 3. The one using the crystal decanter was somewhere before whoever jotted down green apple in the line.
- 4. Henri Faure was right next to the one using the tasting pipette.
- 5. Henri Faure and whoever jotted down ripe pear were exactly 3 vaults apart.
- 6. Whoever jotted down vanilla and spice was in the vault right before whoever jotted down ripe pear.
- 7. Rafe Sterling was right next to the one blending the sauvignon blanc.
- 8. The one blending the sangiovese and the one using the crystal decanter were exactly 2 vaults apart.
- 9. Marco Bellini was in the vault right before whoever jotted down cedar and tobacco.
- 10. The one blending the grenache was right next to the one using the crystal decanter.
- 11. Marco Bellini was in the vault right before the one using the tasting pipette.
- 12. Marco Bellini was right next to the one using the tasting pipette.
- 13. Henri Faure and whoever jotted down green apple are the same person.
- 14. The one blending the grenache was in the vault right before the one using the glass demijohn.
- 15. The one using the cork press was somewhere before whoever jotted down citrus peel in the line.
- 16. Pilar Navarro and the one blending the sauvignon blanc are the same person.
- 17. Pilar Navarro and the one blending the riesling were exactly 4 vaults apart.
Every Verdict case has exactly one solution, provably reachable by deduction alone — no guessing required. Can you close all three?