The cases for 2026-09-10

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. The file names 4 vintners; Dmitri Volkov's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Henri Faure was in a lower-numbered vault than Gustave Roux.
2. 2. The vintner using the tasting pipette was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the glass jug.
3. 3. Gustave Roux was right next to the vintner using the glass jug.
4. 4. The vintner using the tasting pipette was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the mixing paddle.
5. 5. Sylvie Laurent was right next to the vintner using the crystal decanter.
6. 6. The vintner blending the grenache was right next to the vintner using the mixing paddle.
7. 7. Henri Faure was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner blending the grenache.
8. 8. The vintner blending the cabernet was right next to the vintner using the glass jug.
9. 9. The vintner blending the cabernet was in the vault right before the vintner using the glass jug.
10. 10. The vintner blending the malbec was right next to the vintner using the crystal decanter.
11. 11. Gustave Roux and the vintner blending the grenache are the same person.
12. 12. The vintner blending the pinot noir and the vintner using the mixing paddle are the same person.
13. 13. The vintner blending the grenache was somewhere after the vintner blending the malbec but before the vintner blending the pinot noir.
14. 14. Sylvie Laurent was in the vault right before the vintner blending the grenache.

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; Margot Ashford's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Penelope Drake was right next to the digger drinking the spiced chai.
2. 2. Idris Faulkner was in the tent right before the digger drinking the cold cocoa.
3. 3. The digger guarding the gold scarab was in the tent right before the digger drinking the fig wine.
4. 4. Penelope Drake was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger guarding the jade beetle.
5. 5. Penelope Drake was somewhere after Nadia Sokolova but before Margot Ashford.
6. 6. The digger guarding the gold scarab was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger guarding the sealed papyrus.
7. 7. The digger guarding the ivory comb was in the tent right before the digger drinking the spiced chai.
8. 8. Margot Ashford and the digger drinking the barley water had exactly 2 tents between them.
9. 9. Idris Faulkner was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger guarding the ivory comb.
10. 10. Penelope Drake was in the tent right before the digger guarding the painted mask.

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. Statements were taken from all 5 guests; Bennett Cole's is the first page.

1. 1. Clara Voss was right next to the guest carrying the cigar case.
2. 2. The guest drinking the black coffee and the guest carrying the cigar case are the same person.
3. 3. The guest drinking the port and the guest carrying the silver flask had exactly 1 room between them.
4. 4. The guest drinking the sherry was in the room right before the guest carrying the cigar case.
5. 5. Lavinia Crane was in the room right before the guest carrying the cigar case.
6. 6. Lavinia Crane and the guest drinking the sherry are the same person.
7. 7. The guest drinking the chamomile was in a lower-numbered room than the guest drinking the sherry.
8. 8. The guest carrying the riding crop and whoever was last seen at 6 pm had exactly 3 rooms between them.
9. 9. The guest carrying the riding crop was right next to whoever was last seen at 1 am.
10. 10. Hollis Tate was in the room right before the guest carrying the silver flask.
11. 11. Esme Hart and the guest drinking the black coffee are the same person.
12. 12. Whoever was last seen at quarter to one was in the room right before whoever was last seen at 10 pm.
13. 13. The guest drinking the port was right next to whoever was last seen at 11 pm.
14. 14. The guest carrying the cigar case was somewhere after the guest carrying the sealed envelope but before the guest carrying the riding crop.