★ 美國紐伯瑞兒童文學金牌獎

For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite.
 
This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings! Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.
 
Winner of the Newbery Medal
Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award
An ALA Notable Book
A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century
 
"A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review
 
"Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review
 
"A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges—a demanding but rewarding book." —The Horn Book


超高難度的神祕小說，極富機智，又非常好笑。

這同時也是一本老少咸宜的神祕謀殺案件推理小說，但又跟一般的偵探小說很不一樣。

繼承人遊戲的主人翁山姆‧希汀是個移民，他感謝美國給他的一切，決定以自己的遺產為獎金，藉著愛國為主題，讓十幾名與他相關的人，分成八組，解開他所設下的一個推理案件。其中的線索、典故、笑話、解題模式都是美式的。讀者隨著書中的人物一起進入這個佈置好的謎面中，一層層的再深入，每每都有新的發現。直至全書結束，才恍然原來沒有被害人，每個都是受益人，甚且連最大的遺產受益人都得要付出心血才能得到。