using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;                 

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var thing = @"{something:123}";

        var jObject = JObject.Parse(thing);

        var notAThing = jObject["notexists"]; // this should probably throw an error right?

        Console.WriteLine(notAThing);

    }

}