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[elleodee]

Hello!

I read this book in the early 2000s after picking it up at a library and haven't found it since. Pretty sure it was in the YA section since the main character was a young female (I don't recall if it was a coming-of-age story).

What I remember:
Someone passes away and a bunch of people are brought together for the reading of the will. The person who has passed away had a lot of money & a lot of people wanted to know who it'd go to. The will is read in order "First... Second... Third..." etc. The end of the third 'bullet point' goes something like "the money will go to the person who finds the... Fourth, blah blah blah" and everyone is super confused.

Eventually the main character figures out that the person never passed away and finds Mr. West, who is the 4th person (mentioned in the story are Mr. North, Mr. East, Mr. South), and she gets all the money.

Any help would be super appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Comments

[conuly]

Having never read the book, I still think this might be The Westing Game.

[cyphomandra]

This is definitely Eileen Raskin’s The Westing Game (great book!)

[elleodee]

Looking at the wiki page... I think you might be right! Thank you so much!!

[elleodee]

Thank you! I think that is it! Looking forward to re-reading it. :D