One fateful day, sixteen people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. To their surprise, the will turns out to be a contest, challenging the heirs to find out who among them is Westing’s murderer. Forging ahead, through blizzards, burglaries, and bombings, the game is on. Only two people hold all the clues. One of them is a Westing heir. The other is you!

This was a cute and fun kid’s/young adult read. It sort of reminded me of Clue with all the different characters, except unlike that book/game/movie, the reader is presented with all the clues in a way that each individual character in the story is not. And even as I read along, and took notes to solve the puzzle, once the puzzle was solved, there were still a few other unanswered questions that come to light. A fun book!

i’ve read this book so many times since i first read it for class in 6th grade. it’s so wonderful.

one of my favourite books from childhood… a great plot with many twists and lots of humour.

Solve the puzzle before the characters do!

Solve the puzzle before the characters do!