The cases for 2026-08-25

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 4 visitors; Henrik Dale's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Greta Halvorsen was right next to the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
2. 2. Henrik Dale was in a lower-numbered cabin than the skier in the white snowsuit.
3. 3. Greta Halvorsen and the visitor who came up on the sledge had exactly 1 cabin between them.
4. 4. The skier in the grey wool coat was right next to the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
5. 5. Greta Halvorsen was in the cabin right before the skier in the white snowsuit.
6. 6. The skier in the red parka was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
7. 7. The skier in the grey wool coat was right next to the visitor who came up on the cable car.
8. 8. The skier in the tartan scarf was right next to the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
9. 9. Henrik Dale and the skier in the red parka are the same person.
10. 10. Caro Lindholm was in the cabin right before the skier in the tartan scarf.
11. 11. The skier in the red parka was right next to the visitor who came up on the horse sleigh.
12. 12. The skier in the white snowsuit was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the sledge.
13. 13. The visitor who came up on the horse sleigh was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
14. 14. The skier in the red parka was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the horse sleigh.
15. 15. Caro Lindholm was right next to the skier in the tartan scarf.

The bloom they waited a decade for lasted one night. By morning the stem was cut and the glasshouses stood quiet along the path. Fix each botanist to a glasshouse before the curator's inventory. Statements were taken from all 5 botanists; Lorne Maddox's is the first page.

1. 1. Camille Dubois was somewhere after Lorne Maddox but before Ingrid Solveig.
2. 2. The botanist carrying the pruning shears was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the magnifying loupe.
3. 3. The botanist tending the night orchid was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the spray bottle.
4. 4. The botanist carrying the plant ledger was in the glasshouse right before the botanist carrying the potting fork.
5. 5. Dr. Fern Whitlock was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist tending the moon cactus.
6. 6. Dr. Fern Whitlock was right next to the botanist carrying the plant ledger.
7. 7. The botanist tending the moon cactus and the botanist carrying the pruning shears had exactly 3 glasshouses between them.
8. 8. Camille Dubois and the botanist carrying the spray bottle are the same person.
9. 9. Lorne Maddox was right next to the botanist tending the flame protea.
10. 10. Dr. Fern Whitlock was somewhere after Camille Dubois but before Harriet Bell.
11. 11. Harriet Bell and the botanist tending the bonsai pine are the same person.
12. 12. The botanist carrying the pruning shears was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the plant ledger.

Word is the marked bills never left the building. The row of booths kept its regulars close and its secrets closer. Work the wall, booth by booth, before the place is padlocked for good. Statements were taken from all 5 regulars; Inez Montoya's is the first page.

1. 1. The regular drinking the ginger highball was in the booth right before the regular pretending to be the silent-film actress.
2. 2. The regular flashing the ruby stickpin was in the booth right before the regular flashing the alligator wallet.
3. 3. The regular drinking the ginger highball was right next to the regular pretending to be the silent-film actress.
4. 4. Sal Brigante and the regular pretending to be the racetrack bookie are the same person.
5. 5. Gideon Frost and the regular pretending to be the society heiress had exactly 1 booth between them.
6. 6. The regular flashing the opera glasses and the regular pretending to be the traveling salesman are the same person.
7. 7. Gideon Frost was right next to the regular flashing the ostrich-feather fan.
8. 8. The regular drinking the bathtub gin was in the booth right before the regular drinking the mint julep.
9. 9. Sal Brigante and the regular pretending to be the bootlegger's cousin had exactly 3 booths between them.
10. 10. The regular drinking the gin rickey was in the booth right before the regular flashing the opera glasses.
11. 11. Inez Montoya was in a lower-numbered booth than the regular flashing the ruby stickpin.
12. 12. The regular drinking the mint julep was right next to the regular pretending to be the society heiress.
13. 13. Gideon Frost was in the booth right before the regular pretending to be the silent-film actress.
14. 14. Gideon Frost was in the booth right before the regular flashing the emerald ring.
15. 15. Inez Montoya was in the booth right before the regular pretending to be the society heiress.
16. 16. Dashiell Pope was right next to the regular pretending to be the bootlegger's cousin.