The cases for 2026-08-20

The Coastal Line runs express after dark — no stops, no excuses. When it braked at dawn a compartment stood empty and nobody would say whose. Rebuild the carriage from the engine back. Statements were taken from all 4 passengers; Leo Fontaine's is the first page.

1. 1. Leo Fontaine was right next to the passenger with the hat box.
2. 2. The passenger with the leather satchel and the passenger headed to Harborview are the same person.
3. 3. Ruth Calder and the passenger with the steamer trunk are the same person.
4. 4. Ruth Calder was right next to the passenger headed to Saltcliff.
5. 5. Mona Reyes was in the compartment right before the passenger with the leather satchel.
6. 6. Katya Brandt and the passenger headed to Saltcliff are the same person.
7. 7. Katya Brandt was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Coldwater.
8. 8. Mona Reyes was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger with the leather satchel.
9. 9. Katya Brandt and the passenger with the violin case are the same person.
10. 10. The passenger with the steamer trunk was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Dunmore.
11. 11. Mona Reyes was right next to the passenger with the steamer trunk.
12. 12. Leo Fontaine and the passenger headed to Coldwater had exactly 1 compartment between them.

The pass is buried, the wires are down, and the lodge strongbox has been picked clean. Nobody has left the ridge — nobody can. Pin every visitor to a cabin before the thaw gives someone a way out. Statements were taken from all 5 visitors; Finn Aldous's is the first page.

1. 1. Ingrid Voss and the skier in the grey wool coat are the same person.
2. 2. Lukas Brandt was in the cabin right before the skier in the red parka.
3. 3. The skier in the sealskin jacket was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the ski lift.
4. 4. Finn Aldous was right next to the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
5. 5. Finn Aldous and the visitor who came up on the pack mule are the same person.
6. 6. Finn Aldous was right next to the visitor who came up on the dog team.
7. 7. The skier in the sealskin jacket and the visitor who came up on the sledge had exactly 1 cabin between them.
8. 8. Greta Halvorsen was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the sledge.
9. 9. The skier in the sealskin jacket was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the ski lift.
10. 10. Lukas Brandt was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the ski lift.
11. 11. The skier in the fox stole was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
12. 12. The skier in the red parka was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the sledge.
13. 13. The skier in the fox stole and the visitor who came up on the pack mule are the same person.
14. 14. The skier in the black shearling and the visitor who came up on the mountain rail had exactly 1 cabin between them.
15. 15. Greta Halvorsen was somewhere after Ingrid Voss but before Karin Ahlberg.

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. 5 employees, 5 desks, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Vera Stone.

1. 1. The employee from procurement was in the desk right before whoever badged out at 9:05.
2. 2. Abel Mwangi was right next to the employee from procurement.
3. 3. The employee from procurement was in the desk right before the employee from legal.
4. 4. The employee with the green tea was in a lower-numbered desk than the employee with the matcha latte.
5. 5. The employee with the green tea and the employee from compliance are the same person.
6. 6. Zoe Park was in the desk right before the employee from legal.
7. 7. Vera Stone was right next to the employee from accounting.
8. 8. Priya Nair was in a lower-numbered desk than the employee from legal.
9. 9. Priya Nair and the employee with the oat latte had exactly 2 desks between them.
10. 10. The employee from compliance and whoever badged out at 6:15 had exactly 3 desks between them.
11. 11. The employee with the americano was right next to the employee from compliance.
12. 12. Vera Stone and whoever badged out at 5:50 had exactly 1 desk between them.
13. 13. Vera Stone and the employee with the cold brew had exactly 2 desks between them.
14. 14. Whoever badged out at 11:20 was in the desk right before whoever badged out at 5:50.