The cases for 2026-09-03

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 4 vintners; Sylvie Laurent's is the first page.

1. 1. Klaus Bauer was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner blending the syrah.
2. 2. The vintner blending the zinfandel was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner blending the pinot noir.
3. 3. Pilar Navarro was right next to the vintner using the funnel and hose.
4. 4. Pilar Navarro was in a lower-numbered vault than Sylvie Laurent.
5. 5. Sylvie Laurent was right next to the vintner blending the syrah.
6. 6. Pilar Navarro and the vintner using the glass jug are the same person.
7. 7. The vintner blending the zinfandel was right next to the vintner using the glass jug.
8. 8. Klaus Bauer was right next to the vintner using the glass jug.
9. 9. Sylvie Laurent and the vintner blending the pinot noir are the same person.
10. 10. The vintner blending the tempranillo was right next to the vintner using the cork press.
11. 11. The vintner blending the tempranillo was in the vault right before the vintner using the cork press.
12. 12. Klaus Bauer was somewhere after Amélie Mirabel but before Sylvie Laurent.
13. 13. Sylvie Laurent and the vintner using the funnel and hose are the same person.
14. 14. Amélie Mirabel and the vintner blending the tempranillo are the same person.

A gold scarab vanished from the dig the night the tomb was broken into. Each member of the expedition bedded down in a different tent strung along the excavation trench. Work the line of tents, tent by tent, and name the thief. The file names 5 diggers; Bram Halloway's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The digger guarding the lapis amulet was in the tent right before the digger drinking the pomegranate juice.
2. 2. The digger guarding the tomb figurine was in the tent right before the digger drinking the barley water.
3. 3. The digger guarding the ivory comb was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the barley water.
4. 4. Rashid el-Amin and the digger drinking the barley water had exactly 3 tents between them.
5. 5. Margot Ashford was right next to the digger drinking the fig wine.
6. 6. Rashid el-Amin and the digger guarding the ivory comb are the same person.
7. 7. Bram Halloway and the digger guarding the painted mask are the same person.
8. 8. The digger guarding the painted mask was in the tent right before the digger drinking the fig wine.
9. 9. The digger drinking the spiced chai was in the tent right before the digger drinking the cold cocoa.
10. 10. The digger guarding the lapis amulet and the digger drinking the fig wine are the same person.
11. 11. Lucien Mercer was in the tent right before the digger drinking the pomegranate juice.

The power failed at ten; by the time the candles were lit, the display case stood open and empty. The guests swear they never left their rooms off the great hall. The hall remembers otherwise — map who was where. Statements were taken from all 5 guests; Bennett Cole's is the first page.

1. 1. The guest drinking the sherry was right next to the guest carrying the sealed envelope.
2. 2. Kit Lawrence was in a lower-numbered room than the guest carrying the silk gloves.
3. 3. The guest drinking the mulled wine and whoever was last seen at half past nine had exactly 3 rooms between them.
4. 4. Hollis Tate and whoever was last seen at half past nine had exactly 3 rooms between them.
5. 5. The guest carrying the monocle was in the room right before the guest carrying the sealed envelope.
6. 6. Genevieve Wren was in the room right before Kit Lawrence.
7. 7. The guest drinking the mulled wine was in a lower-numbered room than whoever was last seen at half past nine.
8. 8. The guest carrying the monocle was in a lower-numbered room than whoever was last seen at 3 am.
9. 9. The guest drinking the sherry was in the room right before whoever was last seen at 3 am.
10. 10. The guest drinking the red wine and the guest carrying the silk gloves are the same person.
11. 11. The guest carrying the monocle and whoever was last seen at 8 pm are the same person.
12. 12. The guest drinking the red wine was right next to the guest carrying the cigar case.
13. 13. Genevieve Wren was right next to the guest drinking the cocoa.
14. 14. The guest drinking the sherry was right next to the guest carrying the cigar case.
15. 15. Bennett Cole was right next to the guest drinking the cocoa.
16. 16. Whoever was last seen at quarter to one was somewhere after whoever was last seen at 8 pm but before whoever was last seen at 1 am.