Barney Northrup
Barney is old and has a black mustache. Always looking for money. Lies when he is trying to sell an apartment in Sunset Towers. He is not a real person. He sales apartments in Sunset Towers. People think he is a good salesman. He has a connection to the Westings, he is Sam Westing. Barney Northrup was Sam Westing, Sandy McSouthers, and Julian R. Eastman.
Jake Wexler
He is old in his age but well in health. Loves football. He is a Doctor. People think he is a great doctor and people think his family is wealthy also. His connection to the Westings is Grace Windsor Wexler claims that Sam Westing is her real uncle.
He has a Wife and 2 daughters one is getting married and the other one is a brat. He lives in the apartment 3D. He also dropped out of the Westing Games to watch football. His partner was Sun Lin Hoo. After years now Jake is the State Crime Commissioner man.
He has a Wife and 2 daughters one is getting married and the other one is a brat. He lives in the apartment 3D. He also dropped out of the Westing Games to watch football. His partner was Sun Lin Hoo. After years now Jake is the State Crime Commissioner man.
Grace Windsor Wexler
Old in her age but well in health. Loves her oldest daughter Anglea. She thinks Turtle her youngest is worthless and doesn't treat her right. Doesn't like her daughter Turtle. Her maiden name was Windloppel. She is a mother and a heiress. Turtle doesn't like her mother but other people like her as a nice neighbor. Has a family. She lives in apartment 3D. Plays in the Westing games and her partner is James Shin Hoo. Her connection to the Westings is she claims that Sam Westing is her real uncle. Grace gave up her family because she married a Jew. After the Westing Games Grace went into the restaurant business.
Alice/T.R. (Turtle) Wexler/Theodoraski
Turtle is an 13 year old girl who has brown hair, which she always wears in a braid, and often wears hand-me-downs from her sister. Doesn't like when people when people touch her braid then she kicks them. Went into the Westing tower on Halloween night and saw Sam Westing's dead body. She likes to think she is a Witch. People think she is a brat. Has a family. She lives in apartment 3D. Plays in the Westing games and her partner is Flora Baumbach. They received the clue SEA MOUNTAIN AM O and they think they are supposed to invest in the stock market using those clues as a guide. Turtle solved the Westings Games but didn't get any money. Her connection to the Westings is Grace Windsor Wexler claims that Sam Westing is her real uncle. Turtle became a successful business woman. She married Theo Theodoraski. They decided not to have kids because they didn't want to inherit Chris's disease. Now Turtle goes by T.R. Wexler.
Angela Wexler
Beautiful daughter, she is 22, getting married to a doctor. She is perfect but she is not happy underneath the surface. Is nice to everyone. She is not happy underneath the surface. She even said so her self that she does nothing. People think is perfect and beautiful. Has a family. She lives in apartment 3D. Plays in the Westing games and her partner is Sydelle Pulaski. She is getting married to a doctor named Dr. Denton Deere. Her connection to the Westings is Grace Windsor Wexler claims that Sam Westing is her real uncle and she looks like Violet Westing. Angela held of on the marge and decided to go to medical school. Later on Angela and Denton got married. They have a little girl named Alice.
Doctor Denton Deere
He is a Doctor. He thinks he should always be in a hurry. Loves Angela Wexler. People think he is a well doctor and is lucky to be getting married to Angela Wexler. He doesn't live in Sunset Towers. Plays in the Westing games and his partner is Chris Theodorakis. He is getting married to Angela Wexler. His Westing connection is that he is enganed to Angela, who looks like Violet Westing. He is married to Angela Wexler and has a little girl named Alice.
Sydelle Pulaski
She is 50 years old. She went to high school, one year secretarial school. President of Secretary Schultz Sausages. Lived with widowed mother and two aunts until she moved to Sunset Towers. Walked with a crutch even before she broke her ankle in the second bombing. Her partner in the Westing Games was Angela Wexler. Westing connection: ? Sydelle married Conrad Schultz, president of Schultz Sausages. They moved to Hawaii.
James Shin Hoo
Born in Chicago IL, 50 years old. Likes to make things funny. Sometimes grumpy. He was at the Westing Tower garden when the murder happen. Owns a chines cuisine restaurant in Sunset Towers. People think James is a good man. Has a family. Has been remarried to a Woman named Sun Lin Hoo. Lives in Sunset Towers, apartment 4C. His partner in the Westing games is Grace Wexler. First wife died of cancer 5 years ago. Married again lat year. Has a son named Doug Hoo. James Hoo sued Sam Westing over the invention of disposable paper diaper. Case was never in court.(Westing disappeared.) AT the end of the book James Hoo has a home on the lake front and owns a great paper business. He unfortunately dies too in the end.
Douglas Hoo
He is 18 years old. High school track star. He thinks he is a good runner. He is a runner. People think he is a amazing runner and very smart.Has a family. He lives in apartment 4C. Plays in the Westing games and her partner is Theo Theodorakis. He is a super fast runner, he ran first in all at high school state. He also has a step mom who doesn't speak English. In the end of the book, Doug becomes an Olympic star, winning the gold medal twice, and he is also a sports announcer.
MadamSun Lin Hoo
28 years old. Born in China, Imigrated from Hong Kong two years ago. Is trying her best to make friends. She is a cook. People think she is a nice woman but they don't really know her. Has a family. She lives in apartment 3D. Plays in the Westing games and her partner is James Wexler but she drop out because she doesn't speak English. At the end of the book, Madame Sun Lin Hoo chooses to take over her husbands paper business when he dies rather than go back to China.
Josie Jo Ford
She is 42 years old. For school she went to Columbia; law degree Harvard. Her jobs where a assistant district attorney. She a family court Judge, for the Sate Supreme Court, appellate division. She never married, no children. Westing Connection: Her mother was servant for the Westing family. Mr. Westing paid for her education. At the end of the book she becomes a judge on the Supreme Court.
Alexander (Sandy) McSouthers
His nickname is Sandy. He is 65 years old. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Immigrated to Wisconsin at age 3. He went to school till 8th grade. Jobs: Mill worker, union organizer, prizefighter, doorman. Married, six children, two grandchild's. Westing Connection: Worked in Westing Paper plant 20 years. Fired by Sam Westing himself for trying to organize the worker. No pension.
Theo Theodorakis
He is 17 years old. He is also a High-School senior. Works in the family coffee shop. Wants to be a writer. He always seems lonely; can't find anyone to play chess with. Has a crush on Angela Wexler. Westing Connection: Father was childhood sweetheart of Sam Westing's daughter( she looked like Angela Wexler) Mrs. Westing broke up the affair. She wanted her daughter to marry someone else, but Violet Westing killed herself before the wedding. Neither of the Chris's and Theo parents are heirs. His partner in the Westing Games Doug Hoo. He married Turtle Wexler, he also wrote two novels.
Chris Teodircks
He is 15 years old. His older brother Theo Theodorakis. He is in a wheelchair; disease struck about four years ago. Know a lot about birds, he like to watch birds too. He feels more safe when he is with his brother Theo. Westing Connection: Father was childhood sweetheart of Sam Westing's daughter( she looked like Angela Wexler) Mrs. Westing broke up the affair. She wanted her daughter to marry someone else, but Violet Westing killed herself before the wedding. Neither of the Chris's and Theo parents are heirs. He partner in the Westing Games was Denton Deere. He married Shirley. He also discovered a bird in South America, he named it Christos-Patriot.
Otis Joseph Amber
He is 62 years old. 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. He was a secret anent for Sam Westing. He married Bertha Erica Crow.
Flora Miller Baumbach
She 60 years old, nice woman. She treats Turtle as her daughter. She had a retarded daughter, Rosalie, a Mongoloid child. She died at age 19. She is a dressmaker. People think she is a nice old lady. Turtle loves Ms. Baumbach, Turtle calls her BaBa. Westing Connection: Made a wedding gown for Violet Westing but she never wore it. Her husband left her years ago, sends no money. She sold the bridal shop last year after Rosalie died of pneumonia. Spends most of her time at stockbrokers. She lived Turtle when she got older.
Berthe Erica Crow/Amber
She is 57 years old. Her mother died when she was born, raised by her father(deceased). 1 year of high school. She married at 16, divorced at 40. Ex Husband was Windy Windkloppel (Sam Westing). She has a problem with alcohol. She was arrested 3 times for vagrancy. She gave up drinking when she started religion. She started doing the Good Salvation Soup Kitchen on Skid Row. Works as the cleaning lady at the Sunset Towers, lives in maid's apartment on the fourth floor. Westing Connection: ? She won the Westing Games. She married Otis Amber.
Sam Westing
His four identities to the four cardinal directions: Barney Northrup, Julian Eastman, Sandy McSouthers, and Sam Westing. The real Sam Westing was, a excellent successful businessman. All the heirs thought he was murdered by one of the people playing the Westing game. He was married, but his relationship fell apart when his only daughter died. He became severely injured in a car crash. He loves disguises, dress-up, and play-acting; he also loves games of strategy like chess, and he hardly ever loses. He funded the education of his servants' daughter, J.J. Ford. Julian Eastman also pays for Turtle's education.