The cases for 2026-08-04

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. The one flashing the emerald ring was in the booth right before the one flashing the alligator wallet.
2. 2. The one drinking the ginger highball was somewhere before the one flashing the emerald ring in the line.
3. 3. Gideon Frost and the one drinking the soda water are the same person.
4. 4. The one drinking the ginger highball was in the booth right before the one flashing the gold cigarette case.
5. 5. Dashiell Pope and the one drinking the soda water were exactly 3 booths apart.
6. 6. The one drinking the old fashioned was somewhere before the one flashing the alligator wallet in the line.
7. 7. The one drinking the old fashioned was right next to the one flashing the gold cigarette case.
8. 8. Dashiell Pope was in the booth right before the one drinking the whiskey sour.
9. 9. Dashiell Pope and the one flashing the emerald ring were exactly 2 booths apart.
10. 10. The one drinking the whiskey sour was somewhere before the one flashing the emerald ring in the line.
11. 11. The one drinking the whiskey sour was in the booth right before the one flashing the emerald ring.
12. 12. The one drinking the ginger highball was somewhere before the one flashing the gold cigarette case in the line.
13. 13. Hazel Quartermain and the one drinking the old fashioned are the same person.

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. Tess Whitman and the employee with the oat latte were exactly 3 desks apart.
2. 2. The employee with the sparkling water was in the desk right before the one from records.
3. 3. The employee with the sparkling water was somewhere before the one from records in the line.
4. 4. The one from records was somewhere before the one from payroll in the line.
5. 5. Quentin Ash was somewhere before the employee with the drip coffee in the line.
6. 6. The employee with the green tea was somewhere before the one from accounting in the line.
7. 7. The employee with the hot chocolate and the one from IT are the same person.
8. 8. Ximena Cruz was right next to the employee with the hot chocolate.
9. 9. Sam Okafor was somewhere after Tess Whitman but before Umar Haddad.
10. 10. The employee with the oat latte was in the desk right before the one from IT.
11. 11. The employee with the drip coffee and the one from accounting are the same person.

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. The skier in the white snowsuit and the one who skied in on the funicular were exactly 3 cabins apart.
2. 2. The skier in the fur-lined cape was right next to the one who skied in on the funicular.
3. 3. Henrik Dale was somewhere before the skier in the silver puffer in the line.
4. 4. The skier in the navy anorak was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee.
5. 5. Caro Lindholm was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the schnapps in the line.
6. 6. Dietrich Vahl was somewhere before the one who skied in on the dog team in the line.
7. 7. Karin Ahlberg was right next to whoever was warming up with the spiced rum.
8. 8. Ingrid Voss was somewhere before the one who skied in on the dog team in the line.
9. 9. The skier in the loden cloak and the one who skied in on the dog team are the same person.
10. 10. Whoever was warming up with the spiced rum was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the glühwein.
11. 11. Caro Lindholm was in the cabin right before the skier in the navy anorak.
12. 12. The one who skied in on the dog team and whoever was warming up with the schnapps were exactly 3 cabins apart.
13. 13. The skier in the white snowsuit and the one who skied in on the mountain rail are the same person.
14. 14. Henrik Dale was right next to whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee.
15. 15. Ingrid Voss and the one who skied in on the toboggan are the same person.