The cases for 2026-07-27

A fake painting surfaced at last night's opening. Each guest stopped at a different spot along the gallery wall. Trace their evening, spot by spot.

1. 1. Greta Lindqvist was right next to the one holding the kir royale.
2. 2. The one looking at the triptych was right next to the one holding the vermouth.
3. 3. Cyrus Vane was in the spot right before Greta Lindqvist.
4. 4. Greta Lindqvist was right next to the one looking at the triptych.
5. 5. Beatrix Hale was in the spot right before the one looking at the triptych.
6. 6. Anton Wolfe and the one holding the red wine were exactly 2 spots apart.
7. 7. The one looking at the glass sculpture was somewhere before the one holding the kir royale in the line.
8. 8. The one holding the red wine was somewhere after the one holding the white wine but before the one holding the vermouth.
9. 9. Beatrix Hale was somewhere before the one holding the kir royale in the line.
10. 10. The one looking at the glass sculpture was right next to the one holding the red wine.
11. 11. Greta Lindqvist was somewhere after Cyrus Vane but before Anton Wolfe.
12. 12. Cyrus Vane and the one looking at the triptych are the same person.
13. 13. The one holding the white wine was in the spot right before the one holding the red wine.
14. 14. Beatrix Hale and the one looking at the seascape are the same person.

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. The script girl and the one holding the clapperboard were exactly 3 soundstages apart.
2. 2. The camera operator was somewhere before the clapper loader in the line.
3. 3. Faye Okonkwo and the one holding the feather boa were exactly 2 soundstages apart.
4. 4. Cyril Dunne was in the soundstage right before the one holding the clapperboard.
5. 5. Faye Okonkwo was right next to the one holding the glass goblet.
6. 6. Lars Aberg and the clapper loader are the same person.
7. 7. Cyril Dunne and the one holding the glass goblet are the same person.
8. 8. Faye Okonkwo was right next to the camera operator.
9. 9. Ruby Marsh was somewhere before the sound mixer in the line.
10. 10. The one holding the megaphone was in the soundstage right before the one holding the feather boa.
11. 11. The camera operator was somewhere after the script girl but before the best boy.

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. Cordelia Ashe was right next to whoever spent the evening at the wireless office.
2. 2. The passenger in the emerald sash was right next to the one getting off at Lisbon.
3. 3. The passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat was somewhere before the passenger in the fur stole in the line.
4. 4. The one getting off at Genoa was in the cabin right before the one getting off at Trieste.
5. 5. Vivienne Aubert and the one getting off at Valletta are the same person.
6. 6. Vivienne Aubert was right next to the passenger in the naval greatcoat.
7. 7. Ingrid Solberg was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the grand staircase.
8. 8. The passenger in the naval greatcoat was right next to the one getting off at Valletta.
9. 9. Vivienne Aubert was in the cabin right before the one getting off at Genoa.
10. 10. The passenger in the fur stole was right next to the one getting off at Naples.
11. 11. The passenger in the emerald sash was right next to whoever spent the evening at the smoking room.
12. 12. The passenger in the tweed suit and the one getting off at Lisbon were exactly 2 cabins apart.
13. 13. Marguerite Bell and whoever spent the evening at the wireless office are the same person.
14. 14. Whoever spent the evening at the smoking room was somewhere after whoever spent the evening at the purser's desk but before whoever spent the evening at the grand staircase.
15. 15. Ingrid Solberg was in the cabin right before the one getting off at Naples.
16. 16. The one getting off at Trieste was somewhere after the one getting off at Genoa but before the one getting off at Lisbon.
17. 17. Rafael Mendoza and whoever spent the evening at the cocktail bar are the same person.