A Newbery Medal winner Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." (BOOKLIST , starred review) A bizarre chain of events begins when 16 unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. 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's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead...but that won't stop him from playing one last game!
