The cases for 2026-10-15

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. Freya Holt and the patron looking at the miniature had exactly 1 spot between them.
2. 2. The patron looking at the marble torso was right next to the patron holding the iced tea.
3. 3. The patron looking at the bronze bust and the patron holding the white wine are the same person.
4. 4. The patron looking at the miniature was in the spot right before the patron holding the club soda.
5. 5. The patron looking at the seascape was in a lower-numbered spot than the patron looking at the miniature.
6. 6. Beatrix Hale and the patron holding the iced tea are the same person.
7. 7. The patron looking at the miniature was in a lower-numbered spot than the patron holding the club soda.
8. 8. The patron looking at the seascape was right next to the patron holding the iced tea.
9. 9. The patron looking at the seascape was somewhere after the patron looking at the bronze bust but before the patron looking at the marble torso.
10. 10. Cyrus Vane was in the spot right before the patron holding the iced tea.

A cask of the estate's finest vintage was drained and switched the night before the auction. Each vintner worked alone in a different cellar vault along the chalk tunnel. Work the tunnel, vault by vault, and name who swapped the wine. The file names 5 vintners; Bianca Conti's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Rafe Sterling was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the mixing paddle.
2. 2. The vintner blending the zinfandel was right next to the vintner using the stoneware jug.
3. 3. Cosima Ricci and the vintner using the copper still had exactly 2 vaults between them.
4. 4. The vintner blending the merlot was right next to the vintner using the oak barrel.
5. 5. Rafe Sterling was in the vault right before the vintner blending the zinfandel.
6. 6. The vintner blending the sangiovese was in the vault right before the vintner using the mixing paddle.
7. 7. The vintner blending the sangiovese was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the mixing paddle.
8. 8. Bianca Conti and the vintner blending the pinot noir had exactly 1 vault between them.
9. 9. The vintner using the mixing paddle was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the copper still.
10. 10. Rafe Sterling was right next to the vintner blending the zinfandel.
11. 11. The vintner using the funnel and hose was somewhere after the vintner using the stoneware jug but before the vintner using the copper still.
12. 12. Cosima Ricci was right next to the vintner blending the merlot.
13. 13. Bianca Conti was in the vault right before the vintner using the oak barrel.
14. 14. Amélie Mirabel and the vintner using the oak barrel are the same person.

A storm, a sealed manor, and a missing heirloom. Each guest spent the evening in a different room along the great hall. Work out who was where — and with what. The file names 5 guests; Esme Hart's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The guest drinking the black coffee was in the room right before the guest drinking the absinthe.
2. 2. The guest drinking the mulled wine and the guest carrying the monocle had exactly 2 rooms between them.
3. 3. The guest carrying the riding crop and whoever was last seen at 8 pm had exactly 3 rooms between them.
4. 4. Bennett Cole and the guest drinking the brandy are the same person.
5. 5. The guest drinking the brandy was in the room right before whoever was last seen at midnight.
6. 6. The guest carrying the monocle was in the room right before the guest carrying the candlestick.
7. 7. The guest drinking the chamomile was in a lower-numbered room than the guest drinking the mulled wine.
8. 8. Kit Lawrence was in the room right before the guest drinking the brandy.
9. 9. Lavinia Crane was in the room right before whoever was last seen at 9 pm.
10. 10. The guest drinking the mulled wine and the guest carrying the riding crop are the same person.
11. 11. Esme Hart and the guest carrying the monocle are the same person.
12. 12. Juniper Shaw was right next to the guest carrying the letter opener.
13. 13. The guest drinking the chamomile was right next to whoever was last seen at 7 pm.