The Moonstone is one of the most famous suspense novels of all time:
a masterpiece of construction and the ultimate page-turner, it
introduced one of the world's most beloved genres, the detective
story.
At a party celebrating her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder wears
the stunning yellow diamond she unexpectedly inherited from her uncle,
Colonel John Herncastle.
She is not aware that the precious gem, known as the Moonstone, has been
missing since it was plundered from a sacred Hindu shrine in southern
India where her uncle had served with the British army fifty years ago.
But someone knows the secret of the Moonstone and will go to desperate
measures to retrieve it. When it goes missing later that night,
suspicions are raised and accusations fly. Could it be a trio of
mysterious Indian jugglers seen near the house? Or a love-struck
housemaid suddenly behaving strangely? And there is Rachel herself, who
becomes furious when her paramour, Franklin Blake, directs attempts to
find it.
As divergent accounts reveal more details, the diamond's recovery is
complicated by unexpected twists and turns. Sifting through a compelling
list of suspects, the indomitable Sergeant Cuff must find the truth
about the Moonstone and its mysterious disappearance.
The Moonstone features 66 black and-white woodcut illustrations
throughout.
