Today's three cases

The night the band played its last set, a book of marked bills disappeared from behind the bar. Every regular sat with a drink in a different booth running the length of the wall. Reconstruct the row, booth by booth.

1. 1. Otis Brennan was somewhere after Hazel Quartermain but before Ruby Calhoun.
2. 2. Fay Delacroix was right next to the one drinking the mint julep.
3. 3. Hazel Quartermain was right next to the one drinking the southside.
4. 4. The one drinking the southside was right next to the one flashing the jeweled garter.
5. 5. Fay Delacroix and the one drinking the bathtub gin are the same person.
6. 6. The one flashing the ruby stickpin was in the booth right before the one flashing the jeweled garter.
7. 7. The one drinking the bathtub gin was in the booth right before the one flashing the diamond cufflinks.
8. 8. Fay Delacroix and the one flashing the opera glasses are the same person.
9. 9. Fay Delacroix was in the booth right before the one flashing the diamond cufflinks.
10. 10. Fay Delacroix was in the booth right before the one drinking the mint julep.
11. 11. Hazel Quartermain was in the booth right before the one drinking the southside.
12. 12. The one drinking the mint julep was somewhere before the one flashing the jeweled garter in the line.
13. 13. The one drinking the mint julep was right next to the one flashing the ruby stickpin.

The books don't add up — five figures short. Six desks, one long night. Every employee was at a different desk down the office floor. Figure out who sat where before the auditor arrives.

1. 1. Yusuf Demir was right next to the one from payroll.
2. 2. The employee with the chai was somewhere before the one from procurement in the line.
3. 3. Sam Okafor was right next to the one from records.
4. 4. Umar Haddad and the one from marketing are the same person.
5. 5. The employee with the energy drink was right next to the one from procurement.
6. 6. Priya Nair and the employee with the chai are the same person.
7. 7. Priya Nair and the one from records are the same person.
8. 8. Yusuf Demir and the employee with the oat latte were exactly 2 desks apart.
9. 9. Umar Haddad was somewhere after Priya Nair but before Quentin Ash.
10. 10. The employee with the cold brew was somewhere before the employee with the energy drink in the line.
11. 11. Quentin Ash was in the desk right before Yusuf Demir.
12. 12. The employee with the oat latte was right next to the one from sales.
13. 13. Quentin Ash was right next to the employee with the oat latte.

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.

1. 1. The skier in the white snowsuit was in the cabin right before the one who skied in on the snowmobile.
2. 2. Bram Solheim was right next to whoever was warming up with the buttered grog.
3. 3. The skier in the navy anorak was right next to the one who skied in on the sledge.
4. 4. Bram Solheim was somewhere before Ingrid Voss in the line.
5. 5. Bram Solheim was somewhere before the skier in the navy anorak in the line.
6. 6. The skier in the loden cloak was in the cabin right before the skier in the fur-lined cape.
7. 7. Karin Ahlberg and whoever was warming up with the eggnog are the same person.
8. 8. The skier in the navy anorak was somewhere before whoever was warming up with the peppermint tea in the line.
9. 9. The skier in the red parka was right next to the one who skied in on the sledge.
10. 10. Lukas Brandt and the skier in the loden cloak are the same person.
11. 11. The one who skied in on the snowshoes was in the cabin right before the one who skied in on the funicular.
12. 12. Annika Frost was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the peppermint tea.
13. 13. The one who skied in on the cable car was in the cabin right before whoever was warming up with the aquavit.
14. 14. The one who skied in on the cable car and whoever was warming up with the peppermint tea were exactly 4 cabins apart.