When Mac comes across Lauren Sinclair in the library, Lauren says she is reading "The Westing Game." This is a real young adult novel by
Ellen Raskin, originally published by Dutton in 1978. The plot revolves around a teenage girl who solves a complicated murder mystery involving a large group of possible suspects - just as the main character of
"Veronica Mars" (2004) does over the course of the first season.
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