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Otis amber
The Westing Game starts with a delivery boy delivering letters to tenants who are supposed to move into Sunset Towers.
a boy
Judge Ford. (J.J Ford, Josie-Jo Ford) hired Otis Amber, a private investigator, who was disguised as a 62-year old delivery boy, who visited Sunset Towers, and later married Berthe Erica Crow(Sam Westing's former wife), so he could investigate, or spy on, all 16 heirs. He investigated all of them, but not Sandy McSouthers, or the Judge. Otis Amber was also hired by Barney Northrup and Samuel Westing.
There was no crime in The Westing Game.
The Westing Game
16 people compete in the westing game
There was no crime in The Westing Game.
OTIS JOSEPH AMBER. Age: 62. delivery boy. Fourth-grade dropout. IQ: 50. Lives in the basement of Green's Grocery. A bachelor. No living relatives. Westing connection: Delivered letters from E. J Plum, Attorney, both times.
The Westing Game was created in 1978.
Mrs. Westing was Berthe Erica Crow in the Westing Game. She got divorced to Sam Westing because he thought she killed Violet Westing.
Westing is Sam Westing's last name, and the whole book is based on his game in the will, which is also titled the "westing game".