The cases for 2026-09-26

An avalanche sealed the only road, a guest never came down to breakfast, and a strongbox sits empty. Each visitor took a separate cabin strung along the snowbound ridge. Work out who stayed where before the thaw lets the inspector through. The file names 4 visitors; Elsa Norgaard's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The visitor who came up on the dog team was in a lower-numbered cabin than the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
2. 2. Karin Ahlberg was in the cabin right before Elsa Norgaard.
3. 3. Karin Ahlberg and the skier in the fur-lined cape are the same person.
4. 4. Elsa Norgaard was right next to the skier in the fur-lined cape.
5. 5. The skier in the silver puffer and the visitor who came up on the mountain rail are the same person.
6. 6. Caro Lindholm was right next to the skier in the quilted vest.
7. 7. The skier in the fur-lined cape and the visitor who came up on the dog team are the same person.
8. 8. Karin Ahlberg and the visitor who came up on the dog team are the same person.
9. 9. Elsa Norgaard was somewhere after Karin Ahlberg but before Caro Lindholm.
10. 10. Elsa Norgaard was in the cabin right before Greta Halvorsen.
11. 11. Greta Halvorsen was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
12. 12. The skier in the fur-lined cape was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the toboggan.

A rare orchid worth a small fortune was cut and stolen the night it finally bloomed. Each botanist tended a different glasshouse along the garden path. Sort out who worked where before the curator counts the pots. 5 botanists, 5 glasshouses, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Camille Dubois.

1. 1. Auguste Roy was in the glasshouse right before the botanist tending the silver moss.
2. 2. Camille Dubois and the botanist carrying the glass bell jar had exactly 1 glasshouse between them.
3. 3. The botanist carrying the glass bell jar was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the soil trowel.
4. 4. Rashid Noor was in the glasshouse right before Dr. Fern Whitlock.
5. 5. The botanist carrying the glass bell jar was somewhere after the botanist carrying the spray bottle but before the botanist carrying the brass mister.
6. 6. The botanist carrying the spray bottle was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the seed tray.
7. 7. Emeka Osei was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the soil trowel.
8. 8. Emeka Osei was right next to the botanist tending the moon cactus.
9. 9. Rashid Noor was in the glasshouse right before the botanist carrying the brass mister.
10. 10. Auguste Roy and the botanist carrying the seed tray are the same person.
11. 11. Auguste Roy and the botanist tending the moon cactus are the same person.
12. 12. The botanist tending the passion vine and the botanist carrying the spray bottle had exactly 3 glasshouses between them.
13. 13. The botanist tending the night orchid and the botanist carrying the brass mister had exactly 3 glasshouses between them.

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. Statements were taken from all 5 regulars; Hazel Quartermain's is the first page.

1. 1. Sal Brigante and the regular drinking the bathtub gin had exactly 1 booth between them.
2. 2. The regular drinking the soda water was in a lower-numbered booth than the regular pretending to be the torch singer.
3. 3. Hazel Quartermain was in a lower-numbered booth than the regular drinking the brandy alexander.
4. 4. Sal Brigante was right next to the regular flashing the diamond cufflinks.
5. 5. Hazel Quartermain was in a lower-numbered booth than the regular pretending to be the dance instructor.
6. 6. Inez Montoya and the regular drinking the french 75 had exactly 2 booths between them.
7. 7. The regular flashing the silver hip flask and the regular pretending to be the dance instructor had exactly 1 booth between them.
8. 8. Sal Brigante and the regular pretending to be the silent-film actress are the same person.
9. 9. Carmine Russo and the regular flashing the silver hip flask had exactly 3 booths between them.
10. 10. Sal Brigante and the regular flashing the jeweled garter had exactly 1 booth between them.
11. 11. The regular drinking the bathtub gin was in the booth right before the regular pretending to be the torch singer.
12. 12. Hazel Quartermain was in a lower-numbered booth than the regular pretending to be the torch singer.
13. 13. Hazel Quartermain and the regular drinking the brandy alexander had exactly 1 booth between them.
14. 14. The regular flashing the ruby stickpin was right next to the regular pretending to be the union organizer.
15. 15. Inez Montoya was in the booth right before the regular pretending to be the union organizer.