The Westing Game

Sunset Towers, a peculiar building facing east with no towers, is the setting for a complex mystery. On the Fourth of July, a strange delivery boy distributes letters to select tenants, inviting them to live in the luxurious building. The tenants include a diverse group: a dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge, and others, each with their own secrets. The building is owned by the mysterious Sam Westing , who has not been seen for years. The tenants soon learn they are part of a game orchestrated by Westing, who claims to have been murdered by one of them. The chosen tenants,

Theme 1: Sunset Towers Mystery

This thread running through The Westing Game gives the story its emotional weight. Ellen Raskin weaves it into the narrative with skill, ensuring that the reader feels the stakes as deeply as the characters do.

Theme 2: The Heirs Assemble

This thread running through The Westing Game gives the story its emotional weight. Ellen Raskin weaves it into the narrative with skill, ensuring that the reader feels the stakes as deeply as the characters do.

Theme 3: The Westing Will

This thread running through The Westing Game gives the story its emotional weight. Ellen Raskin weaves it into the narrative with skill, ensuring that the reader feels the stakes as deeply as the characters do.

What Readers Say About The Westing Game

The Westing Game has resonated with readers for its emotional honesty and vivid storytelling. Many describe finishing it in a single sitting — drawn forward by Ellen Raskin's prose and an almost desperate need to know how it ends.

A Passage Worth Sitting With

"Sunset Towers Mystery" — Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game

About the Author

Ellen Raskin is the author of The Westing Game. Known for emotionally resonant storytelling, their work has found devoted readers across the globe.