The cases for 2026-08-19

Somewhere between the coast and the end of the line, a compartment went quiet. The conductor's passenger list survives, but the names have slid loose from the compartments. Put every remaining passenger back behind the right door. The file names 4 passengers; Odette Laurent's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Odette Laurent and the passenger headed to Saltcliff are the same person.
2. 2. The passenger with the hat box was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Dunmore.
3. 3. Pavel Novak was right next to the passenger headed to Saltcliff.
4. 4. Katya Brandt was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Saltcliff.
5. 5. The passenger with the map tube was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Saltcliff.
6. 6. Odette Laurent was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Dunmore.
7. 7. Odette Laurent was in the compartment right before the passenger with the typewriter case.
8. 8. Pavel Novak and the passenger with the typewriter case are the same person.
9. 9. Katya Brandt was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger with the wicker hamper.
10. 10. Stefan Iverson and the passenger with the wicker hamper are the same person.
11. 11. Katya Brandt was right next to the passenger headed to Pinehurst.
12. 12. The passenger with the map tube was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Pinehurst.
13. 13. The passenger headed to Greyfield was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Pinehurst.

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. The file names 5 visitors; Karin Ahlberg's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The skier in the sealskin jacket and the visitor who came up on the snowmobile are the same person.
2. 2. Henrik Dale was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the ski lift.
3. 3. The skier in the grey wool coat was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the snowmobile.
4. 4. Karin Ahlberg was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the snowmobile.
5. 5. Dietrich Vahl was right next to the skier in the fur-lined cape.
6. 6. The skier in the fur-lined cape was somewhere after the skier in the quilted vest but before the skier in the grey wool coat.
7. 7. Karin Ahlberg and the skier in the grey wool coat are the same person.
8. 8. Karin Ahlberg was right next to the skier in the white snowsuit.
9. 9. Henrik Dale and the visitor who came up on the pack mule are the same person.
10. 10. Jorah Klein was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the nordic skis.
11. 11. The skier in the white snowsuit was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the nordic skis.

Security says nobody left between the last badge-in and midnight. The ledger says a small fortune did. Pin every employee to a desk before the auditor takes the elevator up. The file names 5 employees; Rosa Delgado's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Quentin Ash and whoever badged out at 8:40 had exactly 3 desks between them.
2. 2. The employee from research was right next to whoever badged out at 7:40.
3. 3. The employee with the energy drink was in the desk right before the employee with the green tea.
4. 4. The employee from legal was in a lower-numbered desk than whoever badged out at 8:40.
5. 5. The employee with the oat latte was in the desk right before whoever badged out at 8:40.
6. 6. Ximena Cruz and the employee from payroll are the same person.
7. 7. Sam Okafor was in a lower-numbered desk than whoever badged out at 10:55.
8. 8. The employee with the oat latte was right next to whoever badged out at 8:40.
9. 9. The employee from legal and whoever badged out at 5:50 are the same person.
10. 10. The employee with the energy drink was in the desk right before whoever badged out at 7:15.
11. 11. Priya Nair and the employee from accounting are the same person.
12. 12. Rosa Delgado and the employee with the americano are the same person.
13. 13. The employee with the green tea was in the desk right before the employee with the americano.
14. 14. Priya Nair and whoever badged out at 5:50 had exactly 1 desk between them.