The cases for 2026-10-24

The tomb kept its seal for three thousand years; the expedition kept theirs for one season. The scarab is gone and the sand shows no tracks out of camp. Work the tents along the trench and name the thief. Statements were taken from all 4 diggers; Penelope Drake's is the first page.

1. 1. The digger guarding the silver ankh and the digger drinking the black coffee are the same person.
2. 2. Penelope Drake was in a lower-numbered tent than Margot Ashford.
3. 3. The digger guarding the ivory comb and the digger drinking the spiced chai are the same person.
4. 4. Margot Ashford and the digger guarding the ivory comb had exactly 1 tent between them.
5. 5. Margot Ashford and the digger guarding the silver ankh are the same person.
6. 6. Yusra Kassab was right next to the digger guarding the painted mask.
7. 7. Penelope Drake was right next to the digger guarding the ivory comb.
8. 8. The digger guarding the ivory comb was right next to the digger drinking the hibiscus tea.
9. 9. The digger drinking the cold cocoa was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the spiced chai.
10. 10. Penelope Drake was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger drinking the black coffee.
11. 11. Yusra Kassab was in a lower-numbered tent than the digger guarding the sealed papyrus.
12. 12. Lucien Mercer was in a lower-numbered tent than Yusra Kassab.

A fake high-value chip worth a fortune slipped through the cashier's cage just before the house closed the books. Every suspect sat in a different private gaming room set out in a single long row. Trace the row and unmask the forger. The file names 5 players; Jasper Quaid's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The roulette player and whoever stacked the pearl chips had exactly 1 room between them.
2. 2. Anselm Berger was in the room right before the mahjong player.
3. 3. The gin rummy player was right next to whoever stacked the amber chips.
4. 4. The craps player and whoever stacked the emerald chips had exactly 3 rooms between them.
5. 5. Whoever stacked the amber chips was in the room right before whoever stacked the pearl chips.
6. 6. Anselm Berger was in a lower-numbered room than the mahjong player.
7. 7. Romy Castellan and the gin rummy player had exactly 1 room between them.
8. 8. Jasper Quaid was right next to the roulette player.
9. 9. Anselm Berger and whoever stacked the emerald chips are the same person.
10. 10. The gin rummy player and whoever stacked the bronze chips had exactly 1 room between them.
11. 11. The craps player and whoever stacked the bronze chips are the same person.
12. 12. The mahjong player was in a lower-numbered room than whoever stacked the silver chips.
13. 13. Salvatore Greco was in the room right before whoever stacked the silver chips.

The bloom they waited a decade for lasted one night. By morning the stem was cut and the glasshouses stood quiet along the path. Fix each botanist to a glasshouse before the curator's inventory. Statements were taken from all 5 botanists; Tobias Crane's is the first page.

1. 1. The botanist carrying the potting fork was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the plant ledger.
2. 2. The botanist tending the bonsai pine and the botanist carrying the potting fork are the same person.
3. 3. The botanist tending the carnivorous lily was in the glasshouse right before the botanist carrying the spray bottle.
4. 4. The botanist tending the silver moss was somewhere after the botanist tending the carnivorous lily but before the botanist tending the dragon tree.
5. 5. The botanist tending the ghost fern and whoever was sipping the hibiscus tea had exactly 3 glasshouses between them.
6. 6. Dr. Fern Whitlock was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the spray bottle.
7. 7. Marisol Vega and whoever was sipping the rooibos tea had exactly 1 glasshouse between them.
8. 8. The botanist carrying the spray bottle was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the plant ledger.
9. 9. Marisol Vega and whoever was sipping the hibiscus tea are the same person.
10. 10. Rashid Noor and whoever was sipping the mint water are the same person.
11. 11. The botanist tending the silver moss was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the magnifying loupe.
12. 12. Dr. Fern Whitlock was right next to the botanist carrying the potting fork.
13. 13. The botanist tending the dragon tree was in the glasshouse right before whoever was sipping the iced coffee.
14. 14. Harriet Bell was in the glasshouse right before the botanist carrying the plant ledger.