The cases for 2026-09-16

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. Statements were taken from all 4 passengers; Leo Fontaine's is the first page.

1. 1. Nils Berg and the passenger with the medical bag are the same person.
2. 2. Nils Berg was right next to the passenger with the map tube.
3. 3. The passenger with the steamer trunk and the passenger headed to Greyfield are the same person.
4. 4. The passenger with the map tube was right next to the passenger headed to Windmere.
5. 5. The passenger with the map tube and the passenger headed to Marrow Bay are the same person.
6. 6. Nils Berg was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Marrow Bay.
7. 7. The passenger with the typewriter case was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Greyfield.
8. 8. The passenger headed to Dunmore was somewhere after the passenger headed to Windmere but before the passenger headed to Greyfield.
9. 9. The passenger with the typewriter case was right next to the passenger headed to Marrow Bay.
10. 10. Stefan Iverson and the passenger headed to Marrow Bay are the same person.
11. 11. Leo Fontaine and the passenger with the map tube had exactly 1 compartment between them.
12. 12. Stefan Iverson was right next to the passenger with the medical bag.
13. 13. Stefan Iverson was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Dunmore.
14. 14. Nils Berg and the passenger with the steamer trunk had exactly 2 compartments between them.

The pass is buried, the wires are down, and the lodge strongbox has been picked clean. Nobody has left the ridge. Nobody can. Pin every visitor to a cabin before the thaw gives someone a way out. The file names 5 visitors; Finn Aldous's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Finn Aldous was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the toboggan.
2. 2. The visitor who came up on the mountain rail was somewhere after the visitor who came up on the snowmobile but before the visitor who came up on the toboggan.
3. 3. The skier in the silver puffer was right next to the visitor who came up on the horse sleigh.
4. 4. Ingrid Voss was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the sledge.
5. 5. The skier in the red parka was right next to the visitor who came up on the toboggan.
6. 6. The visitor who came up on the horse sleigh was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the toboggan.
7. 7. The skier in the silver puffer was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the sledge.
8. 8. The skier in the sealskin jacket was right next to the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
9. 9. Elsa Norgaard was right next to the visitor who came up on the snowmobile.
10. 10. Jorah Klein was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the horse sleigh.
11. 11. Elsa Norgaard and the visitor who came up on the mountain rail are the same person.
12. 12. Jorah Klein was in the cabin right before the skier in the tartan scarf.
13. 13. The skier in the sealskin jacket was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the toboggan.

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. 5 employees, 5 desks, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Umar Haddad.

1. 1. Umar Haddad was at the desk right before the employee with the double espresso.
2. 2. The employee with the green tea was at the desk right before the employee from accounting.
3. 3. The employee with the energy drink was at the desk right before the employee from facilities.
4. 4. The employee with the double espresso and the employee from accounting are the same person.
5. 5. The employee with the double espresso was at a lower-numbered desk than the employee from sales.
6. 6. Wes Porter was right next to the employee with the green tea.
7. 7. The employee from sales was right next to whoever badged out at 8:05.
8. 8. Sam Okafor was right next to the employee with the americano.
9. 9. The employee with the energy drink was at a lower-numbered desk than the employee from facilities.
10. 10. Whoever badged out at 6:45 was somewhere after whoever badged out at 7:15 but before whoever badged out at 11:20.
11. 11. The employee with the green tea and the employee from sales had exactly 3 desks between them.
12. 12. The employee with the energy drink was at the desk right before the employee with the chai.
13. 13. Abel Mwangi was at a lower-numbered desk than whoever badged out at 9:30.
14. 14. Quentin Ash and the employee from security had exactly 3 desks between them.