The cases for 2026-10-13

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. Statements were taken from all 4 crew members; Marcus Kemp's is the first page.

1. 1. Ruby Marsh was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the prop diamond.
2. 2. Marcus Kemp and the set painter had exactly 1 soundstage between them.
3. 3. The makeup artist and the crew member holding the script binder had exactly 1 soundstage between them.
4. 4. The sound mixer and the crew member holding the spotlight gel had exactly 1 soundstage between them.
5. 5. The crew member holding the prop diamond was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the script binder.
6. 6. Faye Okonkwo and the crew member holding the spotlight gel are the same person.
7. 7. Marcus Kemp and the sound mixer are the same person.
8. 8. Faye Okonkwo was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the glass goblet.
9. 9. Faye Okonkwo was right next to the crew member holding the glass goblet.
10. 10. The makeup artist was in a lower-numbered soundstage than the crew member holding the script binder.
11. 11. Sid Brennan and the prop master are the same person.
12. 12. Marcus Kemp and the crew member holding the prop diamond are the same person.
13. 13. Marcus Kemp was somewhere after Ruby Marsh but before Sid Brennan.

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 5 guests; Oscar Dunne's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Rosalind Carver was in a lower-numbered suite than Seraphina Holt.
2. 2. Gideon Marsh and the guest carrying the jade key tag had exactly 1 suite between them.
3. 3. The guest pretending to be the perfumer was in the suite right before the guest pretending to be the retired colonel.
4. 4. Gideon Marsh and the guest carrying the onyx key tag are the same person.
5. 5. Seraphina Holt and the guest pretending to be the perfumer had exactly 3 suites between them.
6. 6. The guest pretending to be the horse breeder was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest pretending to be the travel writer.
7. 7. Oscar Dunne was in the suite right before the guest carrying the mother-of-pearl key tag.
8. 8. The guest pretending to be the retired colonel was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest carrying the crystal key tag.
9. 9. The guest pretending to be the perfumer was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest pretending to be the horse breeder.
10. 10. Lillian Royce was right next to the guest carrying the jade key tag.
11. 11. The guest carrying the jade key tag was somewhere after the guest carrying the onyx key tag but before the guest carrying the mother-of-pearl key tag.
12. 12. Seraphina Holt was right next to the guest pretending to be the travel writer.
13. 13. Rosalind Carver and the guest pretending to be the film producer had exactly 1 suite between them.

Snowed in, counted, and one short at breakfast. The cabins along the ridge held every visitor overnight: the drifts kept them honest about leaving, not about where. Work out who stayed in which. The file names 5 visitors; Caro Lindholm's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Caro Lindholm was in the cabin right before the skier in the silver puffer.
2. 2. The skier in the tartan scarf was right next to whoever was warming up with the cocoa.
3. 3. The skier in the black shearling and the visitor who came up on the mountain rail had exactly 2 cabins between them.
4. 4. Whoever was warming up with the herbal tisane was somewhere after whoever was warming up with the spiced wine but before whoever was warming up with the peppermint tea.
5. 5. The skier in the red parka was right next to whoever was warming up with the cocoa.
6. 6. Caro Lindholm was right next to the skier in the silver puffer.
7. 7. Lukas Brandt was right next to the skier in the red parka.
8. 8. The visitor who came up on the cable car was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the dark rum.
9. 9. Lukas Brandt and whoever was warming up with the cocoa are the same person.
10. 10. The skier in the silver puffer and the visitor who came up on the mountain rail are the same person.
11. 11. The visitor who came up on the mountain rail and whoever was warming up with the cocoa are the same person.
12. 12. Caro Lindholm and the visitor who came up on the snowshoes are the same person.
13. 13. The skier in the black shearling and whoever was warming up with the peppermint tea are not the same person.
14. 14. The visitor who came up on the snowmobile was in a lower-numbered cabin than whoever was warming up with the peppermint tea.
15. 15. Dietrich Vahl and the skier in the tartan scarf are not the same person.
16. 16. Lukas Brandt was in a lower-numbered cabin than the skier in the black shearling.
17. 17. Annika Frost was right next to the skier in the tartan scarf.