The cases for 2026-09-05

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. The file names 4 passengers; Nils Berg's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The passenger with the typewriter case was in the compartment right before the passenger with the film canister.
2. 2. Katya Brandt was right next to the passenger with the film canister.
3. 3. The passenger with the film canister and the passenger headed to Greyfield are the same person.
4. 4. The passenger with the violin case and the passenger headed to Greyfield had exactly 2 compartments between them.
5. 5. The passenger with the violin case and the passenger headed to Larkspur are the same person.
6. 6. Leo Fontaine was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger with the typewriter case.
7. 7. Leo Fontaine and the passenger headed to Larkspur are the same person.
8. 8. Katya Brandt and the passenger with the typewriter case are the same person.
9. 9. The passenger with the film canister was right next to the passenger headed to Windmere.
10. 10. Katya Brandt was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Greyfield.
11. 11. The passenger with the wicker hamper was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Windmere.
12. 12. Leo Fontaine was right next to the passenger headed to Saltcliff.
13. 13. Nils Berg and the passenger with the wicker hamper had exactly 1 compartment between them.
14. 14. The passenger with the violin case was in the compartment right before the passenger with the wicker hamper.
15. 15. The passenger with the typewriter case was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Greyfield.
16. 16. Tilda Moreno was right next to the passenger with the typewriter case.

Snowed in, counted, and one short at breakfast. The cabins along the ridge held every visitor overnight — the drifts kept them honest about leaving, not about where. Work out who stayed in which. Statements were taken from all 5 visitors; Bram Solheim's is the first page.

1. 1. Dietrich Vahl was in the cabin right before Jorah Klein.
2. 2. The visitor who came up on the snowshoes was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the snowcat.
3. 3. Elsa Norgaard was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the dog team.
4. 4. The skier in the red parka was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the snowcat.
5. 5. Elsa Norgaard was in a lower-numbered cabin than the skier in the sealskin jacket.
6. 6. The skier in the red parka was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the dog team.
7. 7. Elsa Norgaard was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the snowmobile.
8. 8. The skier in the sealskin jacket was right next to the visitor who came up on the snowshoes.
9. 9. Bram Solheim was right next to the visitor who came up on the dog team.
10. 10. Bram Solheim was in the cabin right before the skier in the tartan scarf.
11. 11. The visitor who came up on the snowshoes was somewhere after the visitor who came up on the horse sleigh but before the visitor who came up on the dog team.
12. 12. Dietrich Vahl and the skier in the tartan scarf had exactly 2 cabins between them.
13. 13. The skier in the sealskin jacket was in a lower-numbered cabin than the skier in the white snowsuit.
14. 14. Elsa Norgaard was in the cabin right before the skier in the red parka.

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. Statements were taken from all 5 employees; Sam Okafor's is the first page.

1. 1. The employee with the matcha latte and the employee from legal are the same person.
2. 2. The employee with the cold brew was at the desk right before whoever badged out at 7:40.
3. 3. The employee from legal was at a lower-numbered desk than whoever badged out at 9:05.
4. 4. The employee with the matcha latte was at the desk right before the employee from compliance.
5. 5. Tess Whitman was right next to the employee with the matcha latte.
6. 6. The employee with the sparkling water and whoever badged out at 10:10 had exactly 3 desks between them.
7. 7. The employee with the green tea was right next to whoever badged out at 10:10.
8. 8. Tess Whitman and whoever badged out at 7:40 had exactly 1 desk between them.
9. 9. The employee with the sparkling water and whoever badged out at 9:05 had exactly 1 desk between them.
10. 10. The employee from sales was somewhere after the employee from compliance but before the employee from marketing.
11. 11. The employee with the matcha latte was at a lower-numbered desk than whoever badged out at 9:05.
12. 12. Rosa Delgado and the employee from records had exactly 1 desk between them.
13. 13. Ximena Cruz was right next to the employee with the green tea.
14. 14. The employee with the cold brew and the employee from marketing had exactly 1 desk between them.
15. 15. Sam Okafor and whoever badged out at 9:30 are the same person.