The cases for 2026-09-30

The bloom they waited a decade for lasted one night. By morning the stem was cut and the glasshouses stood quiet along the path. Fix each botanist to a glasshouse before the curator's inventory. The file names 4 botanists; Rashid Noor's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Auguste Roy was right next to the botanist carrying the spray bottle.
2. 2. Rashid Noor and the botanist carrying the spray bottle had exactly 1 glasshouse between them.
3. 3. Emeka Osei and the botanist carrying the grafting knife are the same person.
4. 4. Auguste Roy was right next to the botanist tending the climbing fig.
5. 5. The botanist tending the carnivorous lily and the botanist carrying the grafting knife are the same person.
6. 6. Emeka Osei was right next to the botanist tending the silver moss.
7. 7. The botanist tending the dragon tree was right next to the botanist carrying the spray bottle.
8. 8. The botanist carrying the soil trowel was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the pruning shears.
9. 9. The botanist tending the climbing fig was right next to the botanist carrying the soil trowel.
10. 10. Lorne Maddox was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the grafting knife.
11. 11. Lorne Maddox was in the glasshouse right before the botanist carrying the soil trowel.

A diamond brooch went missing the night the Aurelia steamed out of port. Each first-class passenger settled into a different cabin along the promenade deck, numbered front to back. Reconstruct the deck, cabin by cabin. Statements were taken from all 5 passengers; Marguerite Bell's is the first page.

1. 1. Maxim Volkov was in a lower-numbered cabin than the passenger in the crimson kimono.
2. 2. Whoever spent the evening at the grand staircase was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe.
3. 3. The passenger in the crimson kimono was in a lower-numbered cabin than the passenger in the emerald sash.
4. 4. Rafael Mendoza was somewhere after Marguerite Bell but before Theo Marchetti.
5. 5. The passenger in the tweed suit was in a lower-numbered cabin than the passenger in the crimson kimono.
6. 6. The passenger in the tweed suit and whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe had exactly 1 cabin between them.
7. 7. Sterling Fox was in the cabin right before Theo Marchetti.
8. 8. Marguerite Bell was right next to whoever spent the evening at the grand staircase.
9. 9. The passenger in the crimson kimono and whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe are the same person.
10. 10. Maxim Volkov and the passenger in the lace veil are the same person.
11. 11. Theo Marchetti and whoever spent the evening at the card lounge are the same person.
12. 12. The passenger in the tweed suit and whoever spent the evening at the wireless office are the same person.
13. 13. Sterling Fox was in the cabin right before the passenger in the naval greatcoat.

The reel of the final scene vanished from the lot the night the picture wrapped. Each member of the crew waited out the search on a different soundstage down the backlot row. Trace the row, stage by stage, and find who took it. Statements were taken from all 5 crew members; Hal Ridley's is the first page.

1. 1. Ruby Marsh was in a lower-numbered soundstage than the crew member holding the clapperboard.
2. 2. The lead actress was right next to the crew member holding the feather boa.
3. 3. The camera operator was in a lower-numbered soundstage than whoever wrapped at 5 pm.
4. 4. The costume cutter was right next to whoever wrapped at 6 pm.
5. 5. The crew member holding the clapperboard was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the fake telegram.
6. 6. The lead actress was right next to whoever wrapped at 10 pm.
7. 7. Ruby Marsh and the crew member holding the boom mic are the same person.
8. 8. Ruby Marsh was in the soundstage right before whoever wrapped at 10 pm.
9. 9. The crew member holding the boom mic was in a lower-numbered soundstage than whoever wrapped at 6 pm.
10. 10. Hal Ridley was right next to the crew member holding the prop diamond.
11. 11. Ruby Marsh was right next to the crew member holding the clapperboard.
12. 12. Marcus Kemp was in a lower-numbered soundstage than the crew member holding the prop diamond.
13. 13. The lead actress was somewhere after the camera operator but before the set painter.
14. 14. The camera operator was right next to the crew member holding the fake telegram.
15. 15. The set painter was right next to the crew member holding the feather boa.
16. 16. Greta Lamont was somewhere after Marcus Kemp but before Dolores Vane.
17. 17. The crew member holding the clapperboard was right next to whoever wrapped at quarter to ten.
18. 18. The crew member holding the boom mic and whoever wrapped at quarter to ten are not the same person.