The cases for 2026-09-29

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 4 patrons; Freya Holt's is the first page.

1. 1. Imogen Frey was right next to the patron looking at the charcoal sketch.
2. 2. Freya Holt and the patron holding the vermouth are the same person.
3. 3. The patron looking at the pastel drawing and the patron holding the sherry are the same person.
4. 4. Freya Holt was right next to the patron holding the lemonade.
5. 5. Freya Holt was in the spot right before the patron looking at the marble torso.
6. 6. Imogen Frey was in the spot right before the patron looking at the charcoal sketch.
7. 7. The patron looking at the miniature was somewhere after the patron looking at the pastel drawing but before the patron looking at the marble torso.
8. 8. Imogen Frey was in a lower-numbered spot than Otto Krane.
9. 9. The patron looking at the pastel drawing was in a lower-numbered spot than the patron holding the lemonade.
10. 10. Freya Holt was in the spot right before the patron holding the lemonade.
11. 11. Imogen Frey was in the spot right before the patron holding the vermouth.
12. 12. Imogen Frey and the patron holding the negroni are the same person.
13. 13. Otto Krane and the patron looking at the marble torso are the same person.
14. 14. Otto Krane was right next to the patron holding the vermouth.
15. 15. Imogen Frey and the patron looking at the miniature are the same person.

On Stage Nine they shot the ending twice: once on film, once for real. The reel is gone and the crew is scattered down the backlot row, each with a stage and a story. Match them up. The file names 5 crew members; Cyril Dunne's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Ruby Marsh and the script girl are the same person.
2. 2. Vera Sokolova was in a lower-numbered soundstage than the makeup artist.
3. 3. The set painter was right next to the crew member holding the prop diamond.
4. 4. Lars Aberg was right next to the crew member holding the prop diamond.
5. 5. Vera Sokolova and the best boy are the same person.
6. 6. The crew member holding the glass goblet was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the boom mic.
7. 7. Lars Aberg and the set painter are the same person.
8. 8. Lars Aberg was right next to the film loader.
9. 9. The film loader was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the megaphone.
10. 10. The script girl was in a lower-numbered soundstage than the makeup artist.
11. 11. The makeup artist was right next to the crew member holding the prop diamond.
12. 12. The set painter and the crew member holding the glass goblet had exactly 3 soundstages between them.
13. 13. Cyril Dunne was right next to the script girl.

Days from the nearest port, the Aurelia is a locked room with an ocean for a moat. The brooch left its cabin; its owner did not. Chart the promenade deck, front to back. Statements were taken from all 5 passengers; Ingrid Solberg's is the first page.

1. 1. Sterling Fox was in the cabin right before the passenger in the lace veil.
2. 2. Ingrid Solberg was right next to the passenger getting off at Marseille.
3. 3. Whoever spent the evening at the ballroom and the passenger getting off at Marseille had exactly 3 cabins between them.
4. 4. Sterling Fox and the passenger in the crimson kimono had exactly 2 cabins between them.
5. 5. The passenger in the lace veil was right next to the passenger getting off at Gibraltar.
6. 6. Cordelia Ashe was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the grand staircase.
7. 7. Ingrid Solberg was right next to whoever spent the evening at the library.
8. 8. The passenger in the tweed suit and the passenger getting off at Gibraltar are the same person.
9. 9. Whoever spent the evening at the card lounge was in a lower-numbered cabin than whoever spent the evening at the wireless office.
10. 10. The passenger in the tweed suit was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the library.
11. 11. The passenger in the captain's blazer was in the cabin right before the passenger in the tweed suit.
12. 12. The passenger getting off at Naples was in the cabin right before the passenger getting off at Port Said.
13. 13. Vivienne Aubert was in a lower-numbered cabin than whoever spent the evening at the card lounge.
14. 14. The passenger in the crimson kimono was right next to whoever spent the evening at the card lounge.