The cases for 2026-10-06

Backstage at the Lyceum, the corridor of dressing rooms holds the whole company — and one very good liar. The hair-clip vanished before the final blackout. Assign every performer to a room before the reviews land. 4 performers, 4 dressing rooms, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Emil Sandoval.

1. 1. Nadia Volkova was right next to the performer in the silver tunic.
2. 2. Nadia Volkova and the performer holding the shepherd's crook are the same person.
3. 3. The performer in the feathered mask was in the dressing room right before the performer holding the hand mirror.
4. 4. Augustin Reyes and the performer holding the wooden dagger are the same person.
5. 5. Augustin Reyes was right next to the performer holding the hand mirror.
6. 6. The performer holding the shepherd's crook was somewhere after the performer holding the ivory comb but before the performer holding the hand mirror.
7. 7. The performer in the velvet cloak was right next to the performer holding the wooden dagger.
8. 8. The performer in the velvet cloak was in the dressing room right before the performer holding the wooden dagger.
9. 9. Augustin Reyes and the performer in the feathered mask are the same person.
10. 10. The performer in the silver tunic and the performer holding the wooden dagger had exactly 1 dressing room between them.
11. 11. Della Fontaine and the performer holding the hand mirror are the same person.
12. 12. The performer in the silver tunic and the performer holding the ivory comb are the same person.
13. 13. Emil Sandoval was in the dressing room right before the performer in the velvet cloak.

The chief steward logged every first-class passenger to a cabin on the promenade deck. Then the lights dimmed for the captain's toast, and a diamond brooch vanished mid-ocean. The log is torn. Restore it, cabin by cabin. 5 passengers, 5 cabins, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Maxim Volkov.

1. 1. Whoever spent the evening at the music salon was somewhere after whoever spent the evening at the observation deck but before whoever spent the evening at the promenade rail.
2. 2. Ingrid Solberg was right next to the passenger in the naval greatcoat.
3. 3. Beatrice Lyle and the passenger in the beaded shawl had exactly 1 cabin between them.
4. 4. Rafael Mendoza and the passenger in the naval greatcoat are the same person.
5. 5. Ingrid Solberg and the passenger in the crimson kimono are the same person.
6. 6. The passenger in the beaded shawl and whoever spent the evening at the promenade rail had exactly 3 cabins between them.
7. 7. Whoever spent the evening at the observation deck was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the ballroom.
8. 8. Ingrid Solberg and the passenger in the lace veil had exactly 1 cabin between them.
9. 9. Beatrice Lyle and the passenger in the lace veil are the same person.
10. 10. The passenger in the lace veil was in a lower-numbered cabin than the passenger in the naval greatcoat.
11. 11. Whoever spent the evening at the observation deck was in a lower-numbered cabin than whoever spent the evening at the wireless office.
12. 12. Maxim Volkov was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the wireless office.

A priceless old book vanished from the college library the night of the founder's feast, and the night porter's keys went with it. Each professor turned in for the night in a separate room along the old stone corridor. Reconstruct that night, room by room, before the college calls a hearing. Statements were taken from all 5 professors; Reader Vane's is the first page.

1. 1. Dr. Rosendale and the professor who claimed to be at the dining hall are the same person.
2. 2. The professor reading the psalm book was right next to whoever the porter saw at quarter past eight.
3. 3. Dr. Albright was in a lower-numbered room than whoever the porter saw at one o'clock.
4. 4. Magister Finch was in the room right before the professor who claimed to be at the dining hall.
5. 5. Dr. Albright and the professor reading the Greek primer are the same person.
6. 6. The professor reading the botanical atlas was in the room right before whoever the porter saw at quarter past eight.
7. 7. Reader Vane was in a lower-numbered room than the professor who claimed to be at the dining hall.
8. 8. The professor reading the account ledger was in a lower-numbered room than the professor reading the psalm book.
9. 9. Provost Crewe was right next to the professor who claimed to be at the porter's lodge.
10. 10. Provost Crewe and the professor reading the account ledger are the same person.
11. 11. The professor reading the Greek primer was in the room right before the professor who claimed to be at the porter's lodge.
12. 12. Dr. Albright was in the room right before the professor reading the botanical atlas.
13. 13. The professor who claimed to be at the boathouse and whoever the porter saw at midnight had exactly 2 rooms between them.
14. 14. The professor reading the Greek primer and the professor who claimed to be at the lecture theatre are the same person.
15. 15. Magister Finch was right next to whoever the porter saw at half past ten.
16. 16. Dr. Rosendale was right next to whoever the porter saw at one o'clock.