I recently read the book and it is Jake Westing.Turtle says it,and Mr.Hoo asks about a bet he placed. Just to help a bookie is someone who gambles illegally :)
The bookie in "The Westing Game" is Sandy McSouthers, also known as Sam Westing. This is revealed in the book when the characters uncover his true identity through the clues left in the Westing mansion.
The podiatrist Jake Wexler
Jake Wexler
what does turtle predict the next part of the will. in the westing game
In "The Westing Game," the bookie is Barney Northrup, who sets up the game for Sam Westing's heirs to solve. Barney is actually Sam Westing in disguise, orchestrating the game to bring out the best in the heirs.
He's a bookie.
Jake is revealed as the bookie in the ninth chapter of "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin.
Jake Wexler becomes the bookie in The Westing Game because his wife, Grace Wexler, has a gambling addiction. Jake becomes involved in bookmaking as a way to support their gambling habits and to try to win more money.
The bomber was Angela Wexler, the mistake was Crow, and the burglar was Sandy McSouthers, who was also revealed to be Sam Westing.
Dr. Jake Wexler
The doorman's face reddened because Judge Ford's request for a "bookie" was a mispronunciation of "bouquet," which the doorman had initially mistaken for a bookie. This mix-up caused embarrassment for the doorman.
The statement means that Jake had abandoned two personal habits or practices that he used to do in private while trying to solve the mystery in the Westing Game.
In "The Westing Game," it is revealed that Turtle's father, Jake Wexler, had been wrongly accused of the bombing at the apartment building. He was actually a bomber during the war but had changed his ways. Jake's innocence was discovered during the course of the mystery.
First of all he's not a book keeper he's a bookie which is someone who gambles you figure it out
Grace was sure that Mr. Hoo wasn't the murderer in "The Westing Game" because she knew him well enough to trust his character and felt that his behaviors and actions did not align with those of a murderer. Additionally, Grace believed that Mr. Hoo did not have a motive to commit the crime based on her understanding of his background and personality.