The cases for 2026-09-27

The tower's top corridor sleeps a handful of strangers, each with a rehearsed story. By checkout the register is short one truth and the night manager is not talking. Sort every guest into the right suite. The file names 4 guests; Gideon Marsh's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The guest pretending to be the travel writer was right next to the guest carrying the copper key tag.
2. 2. Cassius Lange was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest carrying the crystal key tag.
3. 3. Gideon Marsh was right next to the guest pretending to be the heiress.
4. 4. Cassius Lange was in the suite right before the guest carrying the copper key tag.
5. 5. Cassius Lange was right next to the guest carrying the copper key tag.
6. 6. Philippa Drake was somewhere after Cassius Lange but before Adelaide Frost.
7. 7. Philippa Drake was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest pretending to be the horse breeder.
8. 8. Gideon Marsh was right next to the guest carrying the copper key tag.
9. 9. Philippa Drake was right next to the guest pretending to be the diplomat.
10. 10. The guest pretending to be the horse breeder and the guest carrying the mother-of-pearl key tag are the same person.
11. 11. The guest pretending to be the travel writer was in the suite right before the guest carrying the mother-of-pearl key tag.
12. 12. The guest pretending to be the heiress was in the suite right before the guest carrying the crystal key tag.
13. 13. The guest pretending to be the travel writer was in the suite right before the guest pretending to be the horse breeder.
14. 14. Gideon Marsh was in the suite right before Adelaide Frost.

The eclipse bought a few minutes of perfect dark, and someone spent them well. The map case hangs open and the ridge is thick with alibis. Walk the domes and name the thief. The file names 5 astronomers; Wendell Frost's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Pieter Aldous and the astronomer tracking the eclipse had exactly 1 dome between them.
2. 2. The astronomer using the hourglass and the astronomer tracking the morning star had exactly 3 domes between them.
3. 3. The astronomer using the star catalogue was in the dome right before the astronomer tracking the eclipse.
4. 4. Cyrus Penn was in a lower-numbered dome than the astronomer using the plate camera.
5. 5. The astronomer using the reflector scope and the astronomer tracking the eclipse had exactly 1 dome between them.
6. 6. Dr. Halley Vance was in the dome right before the astronomer using the reflector scope.
7. 7. Pieter Aldous was right next to the astronomer using the spectroscope.
8. 8. Pieter Aldous was in a lower-numbered dome than the astronomer using the hourglass.
9. 9. Soren Vaughn and the astronomer using the spectroscope had exactly 1 dome between them.
10. 10. Soren Vaughn and the astronomer using the hourglass are the same person.
11. 11. The astronomer using the plate camera and the astronomer tracking the double star had exactly 2 domes between them.
12. 12. The astronomer using the spectroscope was in the dome right before the astronomer tracking the star cluster.

On closing night the lead singer's diamond hair-clip vanished between the second-act bow and the final blackout. Each member of the company waited out the chaos in a separate dressing room down the backstage corridor. Walk the corridor, door by door, and place them. 5 performers, 5 dressing rooms, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Augustin Reyes.

1. 1. The performer holding the glass vial was right next to whoever was last seen at the mad scene.
2. 2. Thaddeus Crowe and the performer holding the folding fan had exactly 3 dressing rooms between them.
3. 3. Bianca Orsini was in the dressing room right before whoever was last seen at the curtain call.
4. 4. The performer holding the ivory comb was right next to whoever was last seen at the second-act entrance.
5. 5. The performer holding the laurel wreath was in the dressing room right before whoever was last seen at the first-act aria.
6. 6. The performer holding the glass vial was somewhere after the performer holding the laurel wreath but before the performer holding the folding fan.
7. 7. Thaddeus Crowe was in a lower-numbered dressing room than Petra Halvorsen.
8. 8. Lucien Beaumont was in a lower-numbered dressing room than Petra Halvorsen.
9. 9. Petra Halvorsen was in the dressing room right before the performer in the jester's costume.
10. 10. The performer in the gold breastplate was right next to the performer holding the glass vial.
11. 11. Whoever was last seen at the mad scene was in a lower-numbered dressing room than whoever was last seen at the duet finale.
12. 12. Bianca Orsini was right next to the performer in the gold breastplate.
13. 13. The performer in the powdered wig and whoever was last seen at the mad scene had exactly 2 dressing rooms between them.
14. 14. Petra Halvorsen was right next to whoever was last seen at the duet finale.
15. 15. Thaddeus Crowe was right next to the performer in the silver tunic.
16. 16. The performer in the gold breastplate was in the dressing room right before the performer holding the lute.