The cases for 2026-09-11

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. Statements were taken from all 4 diggers; Penelope Drake's is the first page.

1. 1. Bram Halloway and the digger drinking the mint tea had exactly 1 tent between them.
2. 2. Penelope Drake was right next to the digger guarding the ivory comb.
3. 3. The digger drinking the ginger beer was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the mint tea.
4. 4. The digger drinking the ginger beer was in the tent right before the digger drinking the fig wine.
5. 5. Rashid el-Amin and the digger guarding the tomb figurine are the same person.
6. 6. Rashid el-Amin was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the mint tea.
7. 7. The digger drinking the lime cordial was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the mint tea.
8. 8. The digger guarding the ivory comb was in the tent right before the digger drinking the fig wine.
9. 9. Penelope Drake was right next to the digger drinking the ginger beer.
10. 10. Bram Halloway was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger guarding the jade beetle.
11. 11. The digger guarding the tomb figurine was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the mint tea.
12. 12. The digger guarding the ivory comb was somewhere after the digger guarding the bronze dagger but before the digger guarding the tomb figurine.
13. 13. The digger guarding the bronze dagger was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the fig wine.
14. 14. Bram Halloway was in a lower-numbered tent than Lucien Mercer.
15. 15. Lucien Mercer and the digger guarding the jade beetle are the same person.
16. 16. Bram Halloway was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the fig wine.

Between the toast and the closing bell, someone traded a canvas for a forgery worth nothing but trouble. The guests drifted, but each ended the night at one spot on the gallery wall. Fix every patron to their spot. Statements were taken from all 5 patrons; Ezra Bloom's is the first page.

1. 1. Freya Holt was in the spot right before the patron holding the martini.
2. 2. Anton Wolfe was in the spot right before the patron looking at the still life.
3. 3. Otto Krane was somewhere after Beatrix Hale but before Freya Holt.
4. 4. Beatrix Hale and the patron looking at the oil portrait had exactly 2 spots between them.
5. 5. The patron looking at the miniature was in the spot right before the patron looking at the tapestry.
6. 6. Otto Krane was in the spot right before the patron looking at the oil portrait.
7. 7. Anton Wolfe and the patron holding the white wine are the same person.
8. 8. Anton Wolfe was in the spot right before the patron holding the club soda.
9. 9. Freya Holt and the patron holding the lemonade are not the same person.

The night train pulled in one passenger short. The remaining travelers each rode in a different compartment, numbered from the engine back. Reconstruct the carriage. Statements were taken from all 5 passengers; Quinn Sutherland's is the first page.

1. 1. Odette Laurent and whoever ordered the plum tart are the same person.
2. 2. The passenger headed to Saltcliff was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the beef wellington.
3. 3. The passenger headed to Coldwater was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Saltcliff.
4. 4. Leo Fontaine was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Eastgate.
5. 5. Quinn Sutherland and the passenger headed to Pinehurst had exactly 1 compartment between them.
6. 6. The passenger with the steamer trunk and whoever ordered the beef wellington had exactly 3 compartments between them.
7. 7. Mona Reyes was right next to the passenger with the leather satchel.
8. 8. The passenger headed to Pinehurst was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the grilled sole.
9. 9. Quinn Sutherland was right next to the passenger headed to Saltcliff.
10. 10. The passenger with the typewriter case was right next to whoever ordered the plum tart.
11. 11. Stefan Iverson was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the oysters.
12. 12. The passenger with the medical bag was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the oysters.
13. 13. Leo Fontaine was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Eastgate.
14. 14. The passenger headed to Eastgate and whoever ordered the grilled sole are the same person.
15. 15. The passenger with the typewriter case and the passenger headed to Dunmore are the same person.