A highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, one thing is for sure: Sam Westing may be dead...but that won't stop him from playing one last game! All they have to do is find the answer—but the answer to what? It's this that stands in their way of becoming millionaires. The Westing game is tricky and dangerous, but the heirs play on... Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century