The cases for 2026-10-26

Every guest on the top floor signed the book under a name that is not theirs. The bell captain kept his own count — suites, keys, and lies, front to back. Reconcile the corridor. 4 guests, 4 suites, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Gideon Marsh.

1. 1. Nathaniel Brandt and the guest pretending to be the heiress are the same person.
2. 2. The guest pretending to be the antique dealer and the guest carrying the brass key tag had exactly 1 suite between them.
3. 3. Nathaniel Brandt was right next to the guest pretending to be the retired colonel.
4. 4. Cassius Lange was right next to the guest carrying the silver key tag.
5. 5. Cassius Lange and the guest pretending to be the antique dealer are the same person.
6. 6. Nathaniel Brandt was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest pretending to be the art dealer.
7. 7. Rosalind Carver and the guest carrying the ivory key tag are the same person.
8. 8. Gideon Marsh and the guest pretending to be the antique dealer had exactly 1 suite between them.
9. 9. Gideon Marsh was right next to the guest carrying the silver key tag.
10. 10. Cassius Lange was in the suite right before the guest pretending to be the art dealer.
11. 11. Gideon Marsh was in a lower-numbered suite than Rosalind Carver.
12. 12. Nathaniel Brandt was right next to the guest pretending to be the antique dealer.
13. 13. Nathaniel Brandt was somewhere after Gideon Marsh but before Rosalind Carver.

An avalanche sealed the only road, a guest never came down to breakfast, and a strongbox sits empty. Each visitor took a separate cabin strung along the snowbound ridge. Work out who stayed where before the thaw lets the inspector through. 5 visitors, 5 cabins, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Henrik Dale.

1. 1. Annika Frost was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the snowshoes.
2. 2. The skier in the grey wool coat was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the snowcat.
3. 3. Annika Frost and the skier in the sealskin jacket had exactly 1 cabin between them.
4. 4. Greta Halvorsen was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the ski lift.
5. 5. Dietrich Vahl was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the snowcat.
6. 6. Lukas Brandt was in a lower-numbered cabin than Annika Frost.
7. 7. The skier in the fox stole and the visitor who came up on the ski lift are the same person.
8. 8. The skier in the fox stole was in a lower-numbered cabin than the skier in the sealskin jacket.
9. 9. Greta Halvorsen and the skier in the white snowsuit are the same person.
10. 10. Lukas Brandt was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the mountain rail.
11. 11. The visitor who came up on the sledge was in the cabin right before the visitor who came up on the ski lift.

The Coastal Line runs express after dark — no stops, no excuses. When it braked at dawn a compartment stood empty and nobody would say whose. Rebuild the carriage from the engine back. 5 passengers, 5 compartments, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Quinn Sutherland.

1. 1. Quinn Sutherland and the passenger headed to Coldwater are the same person.
2. 2. The passenger with the violin case was in the compartment right before the passenger with the birdcage.
3. 3. Tilda Moreno was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the beef wellington.
4. 4. The passenger with the carpet bag was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Larkspur.
5. 5. The passenger with the film canister and the passenger headed to Pinehurst are the same person.
6. 6. Iris Calloway was right next to the passenger headed to Larkspur.
7. 7. Whoever ordered the lamb chops was in a lower-numbered compartment than whoever ordered the consommé.
8. 8. The passenger with the film canister was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the lamb chops.
9. 9. Tilda Moreno and whoever ordered the onion soup had exactly 1 compartment between them.
10. 10. Jonah Webb was in the compartment right before the passenger with the carpet bag.
11. 11. The passenger headed to Pinehurst and whoever ordered the onion soup are the same person.
12. 12. The passenger headed to Pinehurst was in the compartment right before the passenger headed to Coldwater.
13. 13. Whoever ordered the beef wellington was in the compartment right before whoever ordered the rice pudding.
14. 14. The passenger headed to Saltcliff was in a lower-numbered compartment than whoever ordered the rice pudding.
15. 15. Iris Calloway and the passenger with the birdcage are the same person.