The cases for 2026-09-18

The Canary's last night ended with an empty cash drawer and a room that saw nothing. Every regular held a booth along the wall until the lights came up. Put each of them back in theirs. The file names 4 regulars; Marcus Trent's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The regular drinking the french 75 was right next to the regular flashing the jeweled garter.
2. 2. Vivienne Marlowe was in a lower-numbered booth than Carmine Russo.
3. 3. Dashiell Pope was in the booth right before Vivienne Marlowe.
4. 4. The regular flashing the ruby stickpin was in the booth right before the regular flashing the emerald ring.
5. 5. Vivienne Marlowe was in the booth right before the regular drinking the soda water.
6. 6. The regular drinking the french 75 and the regular flashing the ostrich-feather fan are the same person.
7. 7. The regular drinking the sidecar was in a lower-numbered booth than the regular flashing the ostrich-feather fan.
8. 8. Vivienne Marlowe was in the booth right before Carmine Russo.
9. 9. The regular flashing the jeweled garter was in the booth right before the regular flashing the ostrich-feather fan.
10. 10. The regular drinking the french 75 and the regular flashing the ruby stickpin had exactly 2 booths between them.
11. 11. The regular drinking the gin rickey and the regular flashing the emerald ring are the same person.
12. 12. The regular drinking the soda water and the regular flashing the jeweled garter are the same person.
13. 13. Vivienne Marlowe and the regular drinking the gin rickey are the same person.

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 Quentin Ash.

1. 1. Rosa Delgado and the employee from security are the same person.
2. 2. The employee with the sparkling water was at the desk right before the employee with the energy drink.
3. 3. Priya Nair was at the desk right before the employee with the energy drink.
4. 4. Sam Okafor was somewhere after Abel Mwangi but before Quentin Ash.
5. 5. The employee with the sparkling water was at a lower-numbered desk than the employee with the chai.
6. 6. The employee with the sparkling water and the employee from legal had exactly 3 desks between them.
7. 7. Priya Nair was at a lower-numbered desk than the employee from security.
8. 8. The employee with the chai was right next to the employee from marketing.
9. 9. Quentin Ash and the employee with the hot chocolate are the same person.
10. 10. The employee from payroll was somewhere after the employee from compliance but before the employee from legal.
11. 11. The employee with the lemon tea was right next to the employee from security.
12. 12. Quentin Ash and the employee from legal are the same person.
13. 13. Sam Okafor was at the desk right before Rosa Delgado.
14. 14. Abel Mwangi was at the desk right before the employee from marketing.
15. 15. Priya Nair was right next to the employee from payroll.
16. 16. The employee with the chai and the employee from security are the same person.

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. Annika Frost was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the cocoa.
2. 2. The skier in the hooded cloak was somewhere after the skier in the tartan scarf but before the skier in the fox stole.
3. 3. Annika Frost and the visitor who came up on the toboggan are the same person.
4. 4. Finn Aldous and the visitor who came up on the cable car are the same person.
5. 5. The visitor who came up on the snowcat was in a lower-numbered cabin than whoever was warming up with the cocoa.
6. 6. The visitor who came up on the horse sleigh was right next to whoever was warming up with the schnapps.
7. 7. The skier in the navy anorak was in a lower-numbered cabin than the skier in the fox stole.
8. 8. The skier in the navy anorak and whoever was warming up with the buttered grog are the same person.
9. 9. The visitor who came up on the snowcat was somewhere after the visitor who came up on the horse sleigh but before the visitor who came up on the toboggan.
10. 10. Elsa Norgaard was in the cabin right before the skier in the silver puffer.
11. 11. The visitor who came up on the nordic skis was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the horse sleigh.
12. 12. The skier in the tartan scarf was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the horse sleigh.
13. 13. Caro Lindholm and whoever was warming up with the dark rum are the same person.
14. 14. The skier in the tartan scarf and whoever was warming up with the aquavit are the same person.