The cases for 2026-11-04

Days from the nearest port, the Aurelia is a locked room with an ocean for a moat. The brooch left its cabin; its owner did not. Chart the promenade deck, front to back. Statements were taken from all 4 passengers; Ambrose Whitby's is the first page.

1. 1. Honoria Pratt was in a lower-numbered cabin than whoever spent the evening at the card lounge.
2. 2. The passenger in the naval greatcoat was right next to whoever spent the evening at the promenade rail.
3. 3. The passenger in the fur stole was right next to whoever spent the evening at the card lounge.
4. 4. Whoever spent the evening at the purser's desk was in a lower-numbered cabin than whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe.
5. 5. Cordelia Ashe was in a lower-numbered cabin than Ambrose Whitby.
6. 6. Cordelia Ashe and whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe are the same person.
7. 7. Whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe was in a lower-numbered cabin than whoever spent the evening at the promenade rail.
8. 8. The passenger in the naval greatcoat was in the cabin right before the passenger in the fur stole.
9. 9. The passenger in the beaded shawl was right next to whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe.
10. 10. The passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat and whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe are the same person.
11. 11. The passenger in the naval greatcoat was right next to whoever spent the evening at the verandah cafe.
12. 12. Ambrose Whitby was right next to the passenger in the fur stole.
13. 13. The passenger in the naval greatcoat was in the cabin right before whoever spent the evening at the promenade rail.
14. 14. The passenger in the pinstripe waistcoat was somewhere after the passenger in the beaded shawl but before the passenger in the naval greatcoat.
15. 15. Cordelia Ashe was in a lower-numbered cabin than the passenger in the naval greatcoat.

By the time the chapel bells rang, every story matched: locked library, missing volume, a corridor of scholars who saw nothing. The rooms know better. Place every professor before the college calls its hearing. Statements were taken from all 5 professors; Reader Vane's is the first page.

1. 1. Magister Finch was right next to the professor who claimed to be at the archives.
2. 2. The professor reading the treatise on optics and the professor who claimed to be at the observatory had exactly 1 room between them.
3. 3. The professor reading the account ledger was in a lower-numbered room than the professor who claimed to be at the archives.
4. 4. Sister Beaumont and the professor who claimed to be at the observatory are the same person.
5. 5. Warden Thorne was in a lower-numbered room than the professor who claimed to be at the bell tower.
6. 6. Sister Beaumont was in a lower-numbered room than the professor reading the legal codex.
7. 7. The professor reading the treatise on optics and the professor who claimed to be at the boathouse are the same person.
8. 8. The professor who claimed to be at the wine cellar was somewhere after the professor who claimed to be at the bell tower but before the professor who claimed to be at the archives.
9. 9. Dr. Rosendale was in a lower-numbered room than the professor who claimed to be at the observatory.
10. 10. The professor reading the alchemical manual was right next to the professor who claimed to be at the bell tower.
11. 11. The professor reading the alchemical manual was in the room right before the professor reading the legal codex.
12. 12. Magister Finch and the professor reading the treatise on optics had exactly 2 rooms between them.
13. 13. The professor reading the anatomy folio was right next to the professor who claimed to be at the wine cellar.
14. 14. Sister Beaumont was in the room right before the professor reading the legal codex.
15. 15. Magister Finch was right next to the professor reading the alchemical manual.

The reel of the final scene vanished from the lot the night the picture wrapped. Each member of the crew waited out the search on a different soundstage down the backlot row. Trace the row, stage by stage, and find who took it. The file names 5 crew members; Marcus Kemp's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The crew member holding the fake telegram was right next to whoever wrapped at 5 pm.
2. 2. The crew member holding the megaphone and whoever wrapped at half past seven are the same person.
3. 3. The crew member holding the megaphone was right next to whoever wrapped at midnight.
4. 4. The prop master was in a lower-numbered soundstage than the crew member holding the reel canister.
5. 5. Sid Brennan was in a lower-numbered soundstage than Marcus Kemp.
6. 6. Faye Okonkwo was somewhere after Cyril Dunne but before Ruby Marsh.
7. 7. The lead actress was in the soundstage right before the crew member holding the wax candle.
8. 8. The lead actress was in the soundstage right before whoever wrapped at 5 pm.
9. 9. Ruby Marsh was right next to the prop master.
10. 10. Marcus Kemp and whoever wrapped at half past seven are the same person.
11. 11. Ruby Marsh and the makeup artist had exactly 3 soundstages between them.
12. 12. Faye Okonkwo was in the soundstage right before the camera operator.
13. 13. Cyril Dunne was in the soundstage right before whoever wrapped at 7 pm.
14. 14. The crew member holding the fake telegram was in a lower-numbered soundstage than the crew member holding the megaphone.