The cases for 2026-10-23

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. 4 visitors, 4 cabins, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Annika Frost.

1. 1. Karin Ahlberg and the skier in the fur-lined cape had exactly 1 cabin between them.
2. 2. The skier in the silver puffer was right next to the visitor who came up on the dog team.
3. 3. The skier in the sealskin jacket and the visitor who came up on the snowcat are the same person.
4. 4. The visitor who came up on the pack mule was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the snowcat.
5. 5. Annika Frost and the visitor who came up on the toboggan are the same person.
6. 6. Lukas Brandt was in a lower-numbered cabin than Annika Frost.
7. 7. The skier in the fur-lined cape was in the cabin right before the skier in the silver puffer.
8. 8. The skier in the black shearling was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the snowcat.
9. 9. Karin Ahlberg and the visitor who came up on the pack mule are the same person.
10. 10. Jorah Klein was right next to the skier in the silver puffer.
11. 11. The skier in the black shearling was right next to the visitor who came up on the snowcat.
12. 12. Karin Ahlberg was right next to the skier in the sealskin jacket.
13. 13. The skier in the black shearling was in the cabin right before the skier in the sealskin jacket.
14. 14. Lukas Brandt and the skier in the sealskin jacket are the same person.
15. 15. The skier in the sealskin jacket was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the dog team.
16. 16. Lukas Brandt and the visitor who came up on the snowcat are the same person.

Somewhere between the coast and the end of the line, a compartment went quiet. The conductor's passenger list survives, but the names have slid loose from the compartments. Put every remaining passenger back behind the right door. The file names 5 passengers; Katya Brandt's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Jonah Webb was in the compartment right before Tilda Moreno.
2. 2. The passenger with the steamer trunk was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Windmere.
3. 3. The passenger with the film canister and the passenger headed to Windmere are the same person.
4. 4. Katya Brandt was in the compartment right before the passenger with the film canister.
5. 5. Quinn Sutherland and the passenger headed to Pinehurst had exactly 1 compartment between them.
6. 6. The passenger with the steamer trunk and the passenger headed to Coldwater had exactly 1 compartment between them.
7. 7. Pavel Novak and the passenger with the medical bag are the same person.
8. 8. Quinn Sutherland and the passenger headed to Windmere are the same person.
9. 9. Jonah Webb was right next to the passenger with the violin case.
10. 10. The passenger with the medical bag was in a lower-numbered compartment than the passenger headed to Coldwater.
11. 11. Tilda Moreno was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Dunmore.

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. 5 astronomers, 5 domes, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Mira Castellan.

1. 1. The astronomer using the sextant was right next to the astronomer tracking the comet.
2. 2. The astronomer using the brass telescope and the astronomer tracking the double star are the same person.
3. 3. The astronomer tracking the star cluster was in a lower-numbered dome than the astronomer tracking the meteor shower.
4. 4. The astronomer using the star catalogue was right next to whoever was drinking the spiced cider.
5. 5. The astronomer using the celestial globe was right next to the astronomer tracking the meteor shower.
6. 6. Bram Sutcliffe and the astronomer tracking the comet are the same person.
7. 7. The astronomer using the star catalogue was right next to the astronomer tracking the star cluster.
8. 8. The astronomer using the star catalogue was somewhere after the astronomer using the sextant but before the astronomer using the brass telescope.
9. 9. The astronomer tracking the ringed planet and whoever was drinking the strong tea had exactly 1 dome between them.
10. 10. The astronomer using the brass telescope was in a lower-numbered dome than the astronomer tracking the meteor shower.
11. 11. Lena Ostrov was in the dome right before the astronomer using the plate camera.
12. 12. Bram Sutcliffe was right next to the astronomer tracking the star cluster.
13. 13. Lena Ostrov was right next to whoever was drinking the ginger tea.
14. 14. The astronomer using the plate camera was right next to the astronomer tracking the ringed planet.
15. 15. The astronomer tracking the star cluster was in the dome right before the astronomer tracking the comet.
16. 16. The astronomer tracking the double star was in a lower-numbered dome than whoever was drinking the ginger tea.
17. 17. Soren Vaughn and whoever was drinking the chicory brew are the same person.
18. 18. Mira Castellan was in the dome right before whoever was drinking the strong tea.