The cases for 2026-10-20

The night train pulled in one passenger short. The remaining travelers each rode in a different compartment, numbered from the engine back. Reconstruct the carriage. Statements were taken from all 4 passengers; Quinn Sutherland's is the first page.

1. 1. Nils Berg and the passenger with the violin case are the same person.
2. 2. The passenger with the violin case was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Coldwater.
3. 3. Quinn Sutherland was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Eastgate.
4. 4. Mona Reyes and the passenger headed to Harborview are the same person.
5. 5. The passenger with the jewelry box was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Eastgate.
6. 6. Nils Berg and the passenger headed to Eastgate had exactly 1 compartment between them.
7. 7. Pavel Novak and the passenger with the typewriter case are the same person.
8. 8. Mona Reyes and the passenger with the jewelry box are the same person.
9. 9. The passenger with the steamer trunk was right next to the passenger headed to Eastgate.
10. 10. The passenger with the jewelry box was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Greyfield.
11. 11. Nils Berg was in the compartment right before Quinn Sutherland.
12. 12. Nils Berg was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Coldwater.
13. 13. Pavel Novak and the passenger headed to Eastgate are the same person.
14. 14. Quinn Sutherland was right next to the passenger headed to Eastgate.
15. 15. The passenger with the steamer trunk and the passenger headed to Harborview had exactly 1 compartment between them.

A priceless star map disappeared the night of the eclipse. Each astronomer worked through the dark in a different dome along the ridge. Walk the domes, one by one, and name the thief. Statements were taken from all 5 astronomers; Cyrus Penn's is the first page.

1. 1. Wendell Frost and the astronomer using the prism box are the same person.
2. 2. Nadia Ellison was in the dome right before Cyrus Penn.
3. 3. The astronomer using the spectroscope was in a lower-numbered dome than the astronomer tracking the star cluster.
4. 4. Nadia Ellison was right next to the astronomer using the reflector scope.
5. 5. The astronomer using the sextant was right next to the astronomer tracking the lunar crater.
6. 6. Mira Castellan was in the dome right before the astronomer using the prism box.
7. 7. The astronomer tracking the red planet was in a lower-numbered dome than the astronomer tracking the ringed planet.
8. 8. Nadia Ellison was somewhere after Wendell Frost but before Cyrus Penn.
9. 9. The astronomer using the reflector scope was right next to the astronomer tracking the red planet.
10. 10. Mira Castellan was in the dome right before the astronomer tracking the lunar crater.
11. 11. Idris Hawke was in the dome right before the astronomer tracking the star cluster.
12. 12. Wendell Frost was right next to the astronomer using the star catalogue.
13. 13. The astronomer using the star catalogue was somewhere after the astronomer using the prism box but before the astronomer using the reflector scope.

The night the band played its last set, a book of marked bills disappeared from behind the bar. Every regular sat with a drink in a different booth running the length of the wall. Reconstruct the row, booth by booth. Statements were taken from all 5 regulars; Carmine Russo's is the first page.

1. 1. The regular drinking the ginger highball was in the booth right before the regular pretending to be the racetrack bookie.
2. 2. The regular drinking the whiskey sour and the regular flashing the diamond cufflinks are the same person.
3. 3. Marcus Trent was right next to the regular pretending to be the union organizer.
4. 4. The regular drinking the mint julep and the regular flashing the alligator wallet are the same person.
5. 5. The regular drinking the ginger highball was right next to the regular flashing the gold cigarette case.
6. 6. The regular flashing the diamond cufflinks was in a lower-numbered booth than the regular pretending to be the union organizer.
7. 7. Marcus Trent and the regular drinking the whiskey sour are the same person.
8. 8. Lena Kowalski was in the booth right before Inez Montoya.
9. 9. Otis Brennan and the regular pretending to be the society heiress are the same person.
10. 10. The regular flashing the alligator wallet was in the booth right before the regular pretending to be the torch singer.
11. 11. The regular drinking the whiskey sour and the regular pretending to be the torch singer are the same person.
12. 12. Otis Brennan and the regular flashing the ostrich-feather fan are the same person.
13. 13. The regular drinking the brandy alexander was somewhere after the regular drinking the ginger highball but before the regular drinking the sidecar.
14. 14. The regular flashing the diamond cufflinks and the regular pretending to be the torch singer are the same person.
15. 15. The regular flashing the gold cigarette case and the regular pretending to be the dance instructor had exactly 2 booths between them.
16. 16. The regular drinking the brandy alexander was in the booth right before the regular flashing the ostrich-feather fan.