The cases for 2026-10-29

The picture wrapped at midnight; the final reel never made it to the vault. The backlot row held the whole crew while security swept the lot. Trace the soundstages and find who palmed it. The file names 4 crew members; Lars Aberg's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Vera Sokolova was in the soundstage right before the best boy.
2. 2. The prop master was in a lower-numbered soundstage than the crew member holding the boom mic.
3. 3. Vera Sokolova was right next to the costume cutter.
4. 4. Vera Sokolova was right next to the crew member holding the glass goblet.
5. 5. The costume cutter was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the clapperboard.
6. 6. The best boy and the crew member holding the boom mic are the same person.
7. 7. Vera Sokolova was in a lower-numbered soundstage than the crew member holding the boom mic.
8. 8. Marcus Kemp and the costume cutter are the same person.
9. 9. Hal Ridley and the crew member holding the boom mic had exactly 2 soundstages between them.
10. 10. The crew member holding the megaphone was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the glass goblet.
11. 11. The script girl was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the boom mic.

The tower's top corridor sleeps a handful of strangers, each with a rehearsed story. By checkout the register is short one truth and the night manager is not talking. Sort every guest into the right suite. 5 guests, 5 suites, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Nathaniel Brandt.

1. 1. Emerson Gale was in the suite right before the guest carrying the garnet key tag.
2. 2. Nathaniel Brandt was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest carrying the garnet key tag.
3. 3. Nathaniel Brandt was in the suite right before the guest carrying the pewter key tag.
4. 4. Seraphina Holt was in the suite right before the guest pretending to be the travel writer.
5. 5. The guest pretending to be the retired colonel was right next to the guest carrying the amber key tag.
6. 6. Emerson Gale was right next to the guest pretending to be the film producer.
7. 7. The guest pretending to be the retired colonel and the guest carrying the pewter key tag are the same person.
8. 8. Seraphina Holt was right next to the guest pretending to be the travel writer.
9. 9. Philippa Drake was in the suite right before the guest carrying the crystal key tag.
10. 10. The guest pretending to be the film producer was in the suite right before the guest carrying the silver key tag.
11. 11. The guest carrying the amber key tag was in the suite right before the guest carrying the pewter key tag.
12. 12. The guest pretending to be the travel writer and the guest carrying the silver key tag are the same person.
13. 13. Emerson Gale was in a lower-numbered suite than the guest pretending to be the film producer.
14. 14. Nathaniel Brandt and the guest pretending to be the perfumer had exactly 3 suites between them.

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. 5 visitors, 5 cabins, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Bram Solheim.

1. 1. Finn Aldous was in the cabin right before the skier in the grey wool coat.
2. 2. Finn Aldous was right next to whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee.
3. 3. The skier in the fur-lined cape was right next to whoever was warming up with the herbal tisane.
4. 4. Annika Frost was in a lower-numbered cabin than whoever was warming up with the dark rum.
5. 5. Greta Halvorsen and the visitor who came up on the horse sleigh had exactly 2 cabins between them.
6. 6. Whoever was warming up with the eggnog was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the brandy coffee.
7. 7. The visitor who came up on the mountain rail and whoever was warming up with the dark rum are the same person.
8. 8. Annika Frost was in the cabin right before Greta Halvorsen.
9. 9. Annika Frost and the visitor who came up on the pack mule had exactly 2 cabins between them.
10. 10. The skier in the hooded cloak was in the cabin right before the skier in the red parka.
11. 11. Finn Aldous was right next to whoever was warming up with the herbal tisane.
12. 12. Annika Frost was in a lower-numbered cabin than the skier in the navy anorak.
13. 13. The skier in the grey wool coat and whoever was warming up with the buttered grog had exactly 3 cabins between them.
14. 14. The visitor who came up on the toboggan was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the dark rum.
15. 15. Dietrich Vahl and whoever was warming up with the herbal tisane are the same person.