The cases for 2026-07-30

The 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. 1. Gideon Frost and the one flashing the ostrich-feather fan are the same person.
2. 2. Marcus Trent was right next to the one flashing the ruby stickpin.
3. 3. Ruby Calhoun and the one flashing the ostrich-feather fan were exactly 2 booths apart.
4. 4. The one flashing the ostrich-feather fan was somewhere after the one flashing the ruby stickpin but before the one flashing the pearl choker.
5. 5. The one drinking the old fashioned was right next to the one flashing the ostrich-feather fan.
6. 6. The one drinking the soda water was in the booth right before the one flashing the engraved lighter.
7. 7. The one drinking the soda water and the one flashing the pearl choker were exactly 3 booths apart.
8. 8. Gideon Frost was right next to the one drinking the old fashioned.
9. 9. Hazel Quartermain and the one flashing the pearl choker are the same person.
10. 10. Ruby Calhoun was somewhere before the one flashing the pearl choker in the line.
11. 11. The one drinking the soda water was in the booth right before the one drinking the old fashioned.
12. 12. Hazel Quartermain and the one drinking the sidecar are the same person.
13. 13. Marcus Trent was somewhere before Gideon Frost in the line.
14. 14. Ruby Calhoun and the one flashing the ruby stickpin are the same person.
15. 15. Gideon Frost was right next to the one flashing the engraved lighter.
16. 16. Ruby Calhoun was in the booth right before the one flashing the engraved lighter.

The 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. 1. Priya Nair was right next to the employee with the drip coffee.
2. 2. Priya Nair and the one from payroll were exactly 2 desks apart.
3. 3. The employee with the chai was in the desk right before the employee with the green tea.
4. 4. Priya Nair and the employee with the double espresso were exactly 2 desks apart.
5. 5. Yusuf Demir was in the desk right before the employee with the green tea.
6. 6. The employee with the double espresso and the one from records are the same person.
7. 7. The one from compliance was in the desk right before the one from procurement.
8. 8. Yusuf Demir and the one from payroll are the same person.
9. 9. Tess Whitman and the one from compliance are the same person.
10. 10. The one from procurement was somewhere before the one from security in the line.
11. 11. The one from payroll was somewhere before the one from compliance in the line.
12. 12. Quentin Ash was in the desk right before the one from records.

An 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. 1. Lukas Brandt and whoever was warming up with the aquavit were exactly 4 cabins apart.
2. 2. Caro Lindholm was in the cabin right before the skier in the fur-lined cape.
3. 3. Henrik Dale was right next to the one who skied in on the toboggan.
4. 4. The skier in the loden cloak was in the cabin right before the skier in the silver puffer.
5. 5. Lukas Brandt and the one who skied in on the horse sleigh were exactly 4 cabins apart.
6. 6. The one who skied in on the nordic skis was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the buttered grog.
7. 7. The skier in the quilted gilet was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the buttered grog in the line.
8. 8. Lukas Brandt was right next to whoever was warming up with the eggnog.
9. 9. Caro Lindholm was right next to the skier in the quilted gilet.
10. 10. The skier in the fur-lined cape and whoever was warming up with the spiced rum are the same person.
11. 11. The skier in the loden cloak was right next to the one who skied in on the nordic skis.
12. 12. Whoever was warming up with the buttered grog was somewhere after whoever was warming up with the eggnog but before whoever was warming up with the aquavit.
13. 13. The skier in the tartan scarf and the one who skied in on the funicular are the same person.
14. 14. The skier in the silver puffer and whoever was warming up with the aquavit are the same person.
15. 15. Bram Solheim and the one who skied in on the cable car were exactly 2 cabins apart.