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 →A Bad Night at the Velvet Canary — the Marlowe file
EASY · 11 cluesThe 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. The one drinking the southside was right next to the one flashing the engraved lighter.
- 2. Hazel Quartermain was right next to the one drinking the gin rickey.
- 3. Hazel Quartermain was in the booth right before the one flashing the engraved lighter.
- 4. The one drinking the gin rickey was in the booth right before the one drinking the french 75.
- 5. Ruby Calhoun was right next to the one flashing the silver hip flask.
- 6. Vivienne Marlowe and the one flashing the alligator wallet are the same person.
- 7. Marcus Trent was right next to the one flashing the engraved lighter.
- 8. The one drinking the gin rickey was in the booth right before the one flashing the ostrich-feather fan.
- 9. Vivienne Marlowe was in the booth right before the one flashing the silver hip flask.
- 10. Hazel Quartermain was in the booth right before the one drinking the gin rickey.
- 11. The one drinking the whiskey sour was in the booth right before the one drinking the southside.
The Late Shift at Halloran & Co. — the Delgado file
MEDIUM · 12 cluesThe books don't add up — five figures short, one long night. Every employee was at a different desk down the office floor. Figure out who sat where before the auditor arrives.
- 1. Rosa Delgado was somewhere before the one from facilities in the line.
- 2. Wes Porter and the employee with the double espresso were exactly 3 desks apart.
- 3. Vera Stone was somewhere after Rosa Delgado but before Priya Nair.
- 4. Rosa Delgado and the one from research are the same person.
- 5. Priya Nair and the one from legal are the same person.
- 6. Wes Porter was right next to the one from payroll.
- 7. The employee with the drip coffee was in the desk right before the one from legal.
- 8. Abel Mwangi and the employee with the drip coffee are the same person.
- 9. Wes Porter was somewhere before the employee with the double espresso in the line.
- 10. The one from research was in the desk right before the one from procurement.
- 11. The employee with the hot chocolate was right next to the one from research.
- 12. The employee with the cold brew was somewhere before the one from procurement in the line.
The Whiteout at Glentarn Lodge — the Klein file
HARD · 15 cluesAn 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. The skier in the white snowsuit and the one who skied in on the funicular are the same person.
- 2. The skier in the black shearling was right next to the one who skied in on the funicular.
- 3. The skier in the black shearling was right next to the one who skied in on the snowshoes.
- 4. Ingrid Voss was somewhere before the skier in the loden cloak in the line.
- 5. The skier in the white snowsuit and whoever was warming up with the eggnog were exactly 3 cabins apart.
- 6. The one who skied in on the cable car was right next to whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee.
- 7. Jorah Klein was somewhere before the skier in the grey wool coat in the line.
- 8. The skier in the white snowsuit was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee in the line.
- 9. Ingrid Voss was somewhere before the one who skied in on the snowshoes in the line.
- 10. The one who skied in on the sledge was right next to whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee.
- 11. Lukas Brandt and whoever was warming up with the herbal tisane are the same person.
- 12. Elsa Norgaard was in the cabin right before the one who skied in on the funicular.
- 13. Ingrid Voss and whoever was warming up with the schnapps are the same person.
- 14. Lukas Brandt and the skier in the loden cloak were exactly 2 cabins apart.
- 15. The one who skied in on the sledge was somewhere after the one who skied in on the nordic skis but before the one who skied in on the cable car.
Every Verdict case has exactly one solution, provably reachable by deduction alone — no guessing required. Can you close all three?