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A delivery boy, Barney Northrup, rides his bicycle around the city of Westingtown, delivering letters to prospective tenants of Sunset Towers, a new apartment building on the Lake Michigan shore. The prospective tenants were specifically chosen, though it is not explained how. As the book explains,

"a restauranteur, a doctor, etc, and a bookie and a bomber and a mistake"

-Turtle, Doug, Theo and Sandy talk about the Westing house. Turtle, seeing an opportunity to make enough money to afford a Wall Street Journal subscription, bets the others she can remain in the house. Upon entering, she finds the body of billionaire Sam Westing.

Sixteen residents of Sunset Towers are summoned to the Westing House for the reading of the will. Lawyer E.J. Plum explains that Westing's will has named them all as participants in "the Westing Game":

"objective of the game: to win."

The heirs are broken down into eight pairs. Each pair is provided with five clues, each typed on a square of Westing brand toilet paper.

Forest Dunes Golf Club is a public golf course located north of Roscommon, Michigan. Opened in 2002, the Tom Weiskopf-designed course has garnered multiple years' recognition on Golf Digest's annual "America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses" list. In 2016, the a second course called "The Loop" was opened on the property; the new course is unique in being designed as a "reversible" course, capable of being played either forward or backward.

Forest Dunes Course
Each of Forest Dunes' 18 holes is named after an aspect of the hole; for example, the eighth hole, which brings players out of the deep forest and into the more open dunes portion of the course, is called "Forest's Edge". Each hole has four tee boxes, numbered using Roman numerals, with I playing the longest yardage. A fifth option for players is the "Combo II & III" tees, which calls for players to play from the II boxes on 13 of the holes and the III tees from five holes.

The Bye Hole
At the conclusion of the 18 hole course, there is a 19th hole, referred to as the "Bye Hole". The hole is intended to allow players to settle any remaining wagers or challenges between themselves, and scoring on the hole is not intended to be included in a player's final score. The 125-yard hole has no official par and does not appear on the scorecard. The green is a large two-tiered green with a significant drop between tiers. In addition to bunkers placed around the edge of the green, there is a large sand trap in the center of the green.

The Loop
In 2016, a new course called "The Loop" was opened at the property. Designed by Tom Doak, the course is designed to be reversible, playing a clockwise "Black" direction one day, then a counterclockwise "Red" direction the next. The course features no rough, fescue fairways,

Lodging and Dining
Opened in 2013, a small hotel next to the clubhouse features 14 rooms and six cottages. The clubhouse features Sangomore's, a full-service restaurant.

Course Expansion
In 2014, Forest Dunes announced the beginning of construction on a new 18-hole course. Designed by Traverse City native Tom Doak, the course is being designed to be a reversible layout, in which holes can be played either forward or backward. The course is expected to open in late 2016.

Recognition
Forest Dunes has received widespread acclaim from golf-related publications; the course appeared at #99 on Golf Digest's 2011-12 list of the greatest golf courses in the United States; on their list of America's greatest public courses, the course was ranked 20th. Golfweek ranked the course #87 on its 2012 list of best modern courses, and in 2010, the course was ranked #1 in the Golf World Readers' Choice award.