Rating: 3/5
Barney Northrup does not exist.
The old Westing House, sitting alone and haunted near Sunset Towers, is the supposed resting place of the long-dead Samuel Westing.
One day, letters are delivered by Barney Northrup to a few selected persons, advertising the apartment block Sunset Towers. Each family has a room specially chosen for them previously, and everyone buys their assigned room in the end.
But there is a mistake. Barney Northrup delivered a letter to the wrong person.
When Sam Westing’s will is read, he announces that one of the people living in Sunset Towers is the heir to his fortune. He also states that he did not die of natural causes: he was murdered by one of the Sunset Towers’ inhabitants.
To find out who is the murderer and who is the heir, each of the apartment block’s inhabitants must partake in a ‘game’ set by Westing in his will: The Westing Game.