The cases for 2026-08-31

A cask of the estate's finest vintage was drained and switched the night before the auction. Each vintner worked alone in a different cellar vault along the chalk tunnel. Work the tunnel, vault by vault, and name who swapped the wine. Statements were taken from all 4 vintners; Amélie Mirabel's is the first page.

1. 1. Cosima Ricci was right next to the vintner using the oak barrel.
2. 2. Amélie Mirabel was in the vault right before the vintner using the wax sealer.
3. 3. Rafe Sterling was in a lower-numbered vault than Henri Faure.
4. 4. The vintner blending the sangiovese was in the vault right before the vintner blending the grenache.
5. 5. Rafe Sterling was right next to the vintner blending the sangiovese.
6. 6. Rafe Sterling and the vintner blending the chardonnay had exactly 2 vaults between them.
7. 7. Cosima Ricci was in a lower-numbered vault than Henri Faure.
8. 8. Rafe Sterling was in the vault right before the vintner using the bottling cradle.
9. 9. Cosima Ricci and the vintner blending the chardonnay had exactly 1 vault between them.
10. 10. Amélie Mirabel was right next to the vintner blending the sangiovese.
11. 11. Amélie Mirabel and the vintner using the oak barrel are the same person.
12. 12. The vintner blending the chardonnay and the vintner using the wax sealer are the same person.
13. 13. Rafe Sterling was right next to the vintner using the bottling cradle.
14. 14. The vintner blending the merlot was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the wax sealer.

Night on the dig is black as the tomb itself. When the lamps were lit, the find box stood open and every member of the expedition was in a tent — or says so. Set the line of tents straight. The file names 5 diggers; Penelope Drake's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The digger guarding the sealed papyrus was in the tent right before the digger guarding the painted mask.
2. 2. Theo Wren was in the tent right before Major Hugh Petrie.
3. 3. Penelope Drake was right next to the digger drinking the fig wine.
4. 4. The digger drinking the ginger beer was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the goat's milk.
5. 5. Penelope Drake was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the goat's milk.
6. 6. The digger guarding the bronze dagger was right next to the digger drinking the barley water.
7. 7. The digger guarding the obsidian blade was in the tent right before the digger drinking the fig wine.
8. 8. Lucien Mercer was right next to the digger guarding the obsidian blade.
9. 9. The digger guarding the sealed papyrus was right next to the digger drinking the goat's milk.
10. 10. The digger guarding the lapis amulet was right next to the digger drinking the hibiscus tea.
11. 11. Idris Faulkner and the digger guarding the painted mask had exactly 3 tents between them.
12. 12. Major Hugh Petrie and the digger drinking the ginger beer had exactly 1 tent between them.
13. 13. The digger guarding the bronze dagger was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the barley water.
14. 14. The digger guarding the obsidian blade was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger guarding the bronze dagger.

Midnight, and the storm still has not broken. Somewhere between the first toast and the last thunderclap, the Blackwood heirloom walked out of its case. Every guest kept to a room along the great hall — pin each of them to theirs. The file names 5 guests; Felix Marsh's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The guest carrying the opera glasses was right next to whoever was last seen at 1 am.
2. 2. Bennett Cole was in a lower-numbered room than Kit Lawrence.
3. 3. Kit Lawrence was in the room right before the guest drinking the port.
4. 4. The guest carrying the silver flask and whoever was last seen at midnight had exactly 2 rooms between them.
5. 5. The guest carrying the silver flask and whoever was last seen at 9 pm are the same person.
6. 6. The guest carrying the opera glasses was in the room right before the guest carrying the letter opener.
7. 7. Clara Voss was in the room right before whoever was last seen at midnight.
8. 8. Bennett Cole was in a lower-numbered room than whoever was last seen at 9 pm.
9. 9. The guest drinking the cocoa was in the room right before the guest drinking the red wine.
10. 10. The guest drinking the red wine was right next to the guest carrying the opera glasses.
11. 11. The guest drinking the port was in the room right before the guest drinking the mulled wine.
12. 12. The guest carrying the pocket watch and whoever was last seen at 10 pm are the same person.
13. 13. Clara Voss was in the room right before the guest drinking the cocoa.
14. 14. The guest drinking the absinthe was in a lower-numbered room than the guest carrying the letter opener.
15. 15. Genevieve Wren was right next to the guest drinking the port.
16. 16. Bennett Cole and whoever was last seen at 6 pm had exactly 1 room between them.