The cases for 2026-09-06

On closing night the lead singer's diamond hair-clip vanished between the second-act bow and the final blackout. Each member of the company waited out the chaos in a separate dressing room down the backstage corridor. Walk the corridor, door by door, and place them. Statements were taken from all 4 performers; Augustin Reyes's is the first page.

1. 1. The performer holding the tin crown was in the dressing room right before the performer holding the wooden dagger.
2. 2. Augustin Reyes was in the dressing room right before the performer in the gold breastplate.
3. 3. Augustin Reyes was right next to the performer holding the tin crown.
4. 4. The performer in the crimson gown and the performer holding the hand mirror are the same person.
5. 5. Cordelia Strauss was in the dressing room right before the performer holding the hand mirror.
6. 6. The performer in the crimson gown and the performer holding the lute had exactly 2 dressing rooms between them.
7. 7. Augustin Reyes was in the dressing room right before Emil Sandoval.
8. 8. The performer in the mourning veil was right next to the performer holding the hand mirror.
9. 9. Bianca Orsini and the performer holding the hand mirror are the same person.
10. 10. Emil Sandoval was right next to the performer holding the wooden dagger.
11. 11. Emil Sandoval was in the dressing room right before the performer holding the wooden dagger.
12. 12. The performer holding the lute was in the dressing room right before the performer holding the tin crown.
13. 13. The performer in the gold breastplate and the performer holding the hand mirror had exactly 1 dressing room between them.
14. 14. The performer in the crimson gown was right next to the performer holding the wooden dagger.

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 5 vintners; Cosima Ricci's is the first page.

1. 1. The vintner using the wax sealer was somewhere after the vintner using the funnel and hose but before the vintner using the crystal decanter.
2. 2. The vintner blending the pinot noir was in the vault right before the vintner using the copper still.
3. 3. Amélie Mirabel was in the vault right before the vintner blending the riesling.
4. 4. Sylvie Laurent and the vintner using the wax sealer had exactly 1 vault between them.
5. 5. Bianca Conti and the vintner using the funnel and hose had exactly 2 vaults between them.
6. 6. Sylvie Laurent and the vintner blending the malbec had exactly 2 vaults between them.
7. 7. The vintner blending the malbec and the vintner using the copper still are the same person.
8. 8. Cosima Ricci was somewhere after Sylvie Laurent but before Bianca Conti.
9. 9. Henri Faure was right next to the vintner using the wax sealer.
10. 10. Cosima Ricci was right next to the vintner using the copper still.
11. 11. Henri Faure was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the crystal decanter.
12. 12. Sylvie Laurent and the vintner blending the sauvignon blanc are the same person.

Someone knew exactly when the orchid would open — and exactly which pane to jimmy. Every botanist worked a glasshouse down the garden path that night. Sort out who tended where. Statements were taken from all 5 botanists; Harriet Bell's is the first page.

1. 1. Whoever was sipping the cold cocoa was somewhere after whoever was sipping the lemonade but before whoever was sipping the mint water.
2. 2. The botanist carrying the grafting knife and whoever was sipping the cold cocoa are the same person.
3. 3. Petra Vance and the botanist tending the blue lotus had exactly 3 glasshouses between them.
4. 4. The botanist tending the bonsai pine was in the glasshouse right before the botanist carrying the brass mister.
5. 5. Harriet Bell was in the glasshouse right before the botanist carrying the soil trowel.
6. 6. The botanist carrying the seed tray and whoever was sipping the rose water are the same person.
7. 7. Marisol Vega was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than whoever was sipping the green tea.
8. 8. Harriet Bell was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than whoever was sipping the mint water.
9. 9. Lorne Maddox was right next to whoever was sipping the green tea.
10. 10. Marisol Vega was right next to the botanist tending the silver moss.
11. 11. Marisol Vega was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the soil trowel.
12. 12. Ingrid Solveig and the botanist carrying the soil trowel are the same person.
13. 13. The botanist carrying the grafting knife was in the glasshouse right before whoever was sipping the rose water.
14. 14. Petra Vance was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist tending the silver moss.
15. 15. Petra Vance was right next to the botanist tending the carnivorous lily.