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The Westing Game Grace Good A mystery story I really enjoyed was __The Westing Game__ by Ellen Raskin. The detectives are everyone in Sunset Towers. They also happen to be the suspects. Sunset Towers is where Sam Westing's heirs live. Westing mansion is where Samuel Westing lived before he died. Some of the heirs are: Sydelle Pulaski, Turtle Wexler, Mr. Hoo, Flora Baumbach, and Otis Amber. Sam Westing's will, a list says that one of the heirs is a murderer. The mystery is to find the murderer. That is what everyone wants to know. Samuel Westing gives each heir a partner. Whoever can find his murderer gets his fortune. Each pair gets a set of clues and $10,000 to spend wisely. When they get back to Sunset Towers, it snows very hard. It snows so hard that the heirs are trapped! Then, three bombs go off. One in the coffee shop, one in Shin Hoo's Chinese Restaurant ( Hoo's On First), and one during Angela Wexler's ( Turtle's perfect sister) wedding party. Then the heirs return to Westing mansion. The will tells the heirs to go to the library, so that is they do. When they are in the library, the doors lock. They decide to put their clues together. The clues make the song America the Beautiful. The missing letters spell out a name- Berthe Erica Crow! Crow goes to jail. Right after Crow is found out, Sandy McSouthers- the doorman- dies. Everyone (Except Sandy and Crow) go back to Sunset Towers. Back at the apartment, Turtle plays judge to see if Crow is really guilty. Then Crow comes back to Sunset Towers! Earlier, on Halloween night, Turtle goes to Westing mansion on a bet. She sees Mr. Westing on a bed, but he is a wax dummy. Then, Turtle figures it out- Barney __North__rup (the salesman), Sandy Mc__South__ers (her friend), Samuel __West__ing (a joker), and she was going to see Dr. Julian __East__man. I really liked this book because you never know who murdered Sam Westing. My favorite character is Turtle because she finally solves the mystery. I learned this from The Westing Game: Never jump to conclusions.