The cases for 2026-08-05

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. The employee with the lemon tea was right next to the one from accounting.
2. 2. Quentin Ash was in the desk right before the employee with the double espresso.
3. 3. Tess Whitman was right next to the one from procurement.
4. 4. Rosa Delgado and the one from security are the same person.
5. 5. Rosa Delgado and the employee with the sparkling water are the same person.
6. 6. The employee with the green tea was in the desk right before the one from procurement.
7. 7. Tess Whitman was in the desk right before Quentin Ash.
8. 8. Quentin Ash and the one from procurement are the same person.
9. 9. The employee with the lemon tea and the one from security were exactly 2 desks apart.
10. 10. Tess Whitman and the employee with the sparkling water were exactly 3 desks apart.
11. 11. Sam Okafor was right next to the employee with the sparkling water.
12. 12. Tess Whitman was somewhere before the one from security in the line.
13. 13. Tess Whitman was in the desk right before the employee with the lemon tea.
14. 14. The employee with the lemon tea was somewhere before the one from marketing in the line.

A fake high-value chip worth a fortune slipped through the cashier's cage just before the house closed the books. Every suspect sat in a different private gaming room set out in a single long row. Trace the row and unmask the forger.

1. 1. Bianca Reymond was in the room right before whoever stacked the silver chips.
2. 2. The faro player was right next to whoever stacked the silver chips.
3. 3. Lev Ostrovsky and the keno player are the same person.
4. 4. Lev Ostrovsky was right next to whoever stacked the onyx chips.
5. 5. Bianca Reymond was somewhere after Jasper Quaid but before Cordelia Frost.
6. 6. Cordelia Frost and the high-stakes baccarat player are the same person.
7. 7. Lev Ostrovsky was in the room right before Cordelia Frost.
8. 8. Lev Ostrovsky and whoever stacked the rose-gold chips were exactly 3 rooms apart.
9. 9. The high-stakes baccarat player and whoever stacked the crimson chips are the same person.
10. 10. The baccarat player and whoever stacked the rose-gold chips are the same person.
11. 11. The baccarat player was somewhere before whoever stacked the emerald chips in the line.
12. 12. Jasper Quaid and the baccarat player are the same person.

A priceless old book vanished from the college library the night of the founder's feast, and the night porter's keys went with it. Each professor withdrew to a separate room running the length of the old cloister. Reconstruct that night, room by room, before the warden calls a hearing.

1. 1. Dr. Albright was right next to the one who claimed to be at the rose garden.
2. 2. Dr. Albright was in the room right before Tutor Penhallow.
3. 3. The scholar reading the treatise on optics was somewhere before the scholar reading the botanical atlas in the line.
4. 4. The scholar reading the star chart was right next to the one who claimed to be at the rose garden.
5. 5. Sister Beaumont was somewhere before whoever the porter saw at half past eight in the line.
6. 6. Dean Holloway was in the room right before the one who claimed to be at the muniment room.
7. 7. Magister Finch was somewhere before Sister Beaumont in the line.
8. 8. The scholar reading the alchemical manual was in the room right before whoever the porter saw at half past nine.
9. 9. The one who claimed to be at the porter's lodge and whoever the porter saw at eleven o'clock were exactly 2 rooms apart.
10. 10. The scholar reading the star chart and whoever the porter saw at half past ten are the same person.
11. 11. The scholar reading the star chart was somewhere before whoever the porter saw at half past eight in the line.
12. 12. Sister Beaumont and whoever the porter saw at midnight were exactly 2 rooms apart.
13. 13. Magister Finch was right next to the scholar reading the treatise on optics.
14. 14. The scholar reading the treatise on optics was somewhere before whoever the porter saw at eleven o'clock in the line.
15. 15. The scholar reading the Greek primer was somewhere before the scholar reading the botanical atlas in the line.
16. 16. The one who claimed to be at the rose garden and whoever the porter saw at half past eight are the same person.
17. 17. Dr. Albright and the one who claimed to be at the wine cellar were exactly 3 rooms apart.