The cases for 2026-08-14

A storm, a sealed manor, and a missing heirloom. Each guest spent the evening in a different room along the great hall. Work out who was where — and with what. 4 guests, 4 rooms, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Dorian Pike.

1. 1. Juniper Shaw was in the room right before the guest carrying the sealed envelope.
2. 2. Clara Voss was right next to the guest carrying the fountain pen.
3. 3. The guest drinking the cocoa was in a lower-numbered room than the guest carrying the pocket watch.
4. 4. Lavinia Crane and the guest carrying the sealed envelope had exactly 1 room between them.
5. 5. The guest drinking the chamomile was in the room right before the guest carrying the pocket watch.
6. 6. Lavinia Crane and the guest drinking the mulled wine are the same person.
7. 7. The guest drinking the absinthe was right next to the guest carrying the sealed envelope.
8. 8. The guest drinking the absinthe was right next to the guest carrying the fountain pen.
9. 9. The guest carrying the pocket watch was somewhere after the guest carrying the opera glasses but before the guest carrying the fountain pen.
10. 10. The guest carrying the pocket watch was in a lower-numbered room than the guest carrying the fountain pen.
11. 11. Juniper Shaw was right next to the guest drinking the chamomile.
12. 12. Juniper Shaw was in a lower-numbered room than the guest carrying the pocket watch.

The tower's top corridor sleeps a handful of strangers, each with a rehearsed story. By checkout the register is short one truth and the night manager is not talking. Sort every guest into the right suite. Statements were taken from all 5 guests; Emerson Gale's is the first page.

1. 1. The guest pretending to be the diplomat and the guest carrying the amber key tag had exactly 1 suite between them.
2. 2. Oscar Dunne was in the suite right before the guest carrying the mother-of-pearl key tag.
3. 3. Constance Vail was in the suite right before the guest pretending to be the wine merchant.
4. 4. The guest carrying the mother-of-pearl key tag was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest carrying the ebony key tag.
5. 5. Julius Renard was in the suite right before the guest carrying the garnet key tag.
6. 6. Oscar Dunne was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest pretending to be the stage magician.
7. 7. Cassius Lange and the guest carrying the ebony key tag are the same person.
8. 8. Julius Renard was right next to the guest carrying the garnet key tag.
9. 9. Oscar Dunne and the guest pretending to be the wine merchant had exactly 2 suites between them.
10. 10. The guest pretending to be the diplomat was somewhere after the guest pretending to be the stage magician but before the guest pretending to be the wine merchant.
11. 11. The guest pretending to be the diplomat was right next to the guest carrying the ebony key tag.
12. 12. Emerson Gale and the guest carrying the ebony key tag had exactly 3 suites between them.
13. 13. Emerson Gale was in the suite right before Oscar Dunne.
14. 14. Oscar Dunne was right next to the guest pretending to be the art dealer.

Chalk dust, cellar cold, and a cask that rings hollow. The vintage was switched by someone who knew the tunnel like their own hands. Pin every vintner to a vault before the gavel falls. Statements were taken from all 5 vintners; Dmitri Volkov's is the first page.

1. 1. The vintner using the funnel and hose and whoever jotted down oak and plum had exactly 1 vault between them.
2. 2. The vintner blending the cabernet and the vintner using the cork press had exactly 3 vaults between them.
3. 3. The vintner using the funnel and hose was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the mixing paddle.
4. 4. The vintner using the bottling cradle was in a lower-numbered vault than whoever jotted down citrus peel.
5. 5. The vintner blending the tempranillo was right next to whoever jotted down oak and plum.
6. 6. The vintner blending the tempranillo and the vintner using the copper still are the same person.
7. 7. Dmitri Volkov was in the vault right before the vintner using the mixing paddle.
8. 8. Odette Blanc and the vintner using the copper still had exactly 1 vault between them.
9. 9. Marco Bellini and the vintner using the bottling cradle had exactly 3 vaults between them.
10. 10. Marco Bellini was right next to the vintner blending the merlot.
11. 11. The vintner blending the pinot noir was right next to the vintner using the mixing paddle.
12. 12. Klaus Bauer was in the vault right before the vintner using the copper still.
13. 13. The vintner blending the pinot noir was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the mixing paddle.
14. 14. The vintner blending the pinot noir and whoever jotted down toasted almond are the same person.
15. 15. Klaus Bauer was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner blending the zinfandel.
16. 16. The vintner blending the pinot noir was in the vault right before whoever jotted down crushed violets.
17. 17. Klaus Bauer was right next to whoever jotted down citrus peel.