The Moonstone

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Collins, Wilkie	4-week checkout	Due 04-30-2024

The Moonstone was published in 1868 and concerns the huge yellow diamond of the title that was once stolen from an Indian shrine. Rachel Verrinder receives the stone as a gift and does not realize that it has been passed to her in a sinister form of revenge by John Herncastle who, it transpires, acquired the moonstone by means of murder and theft. The jewel also brings bad luck. The stone disappears on the very night it is given to Rachel, though, and the tale concerns the unveiling of the culprit after the intervention of Sergeant Cuff, a famous London detective. A maid who is under suspicion commits suicide and Rachel herself seems reticent when it comes to aiding the investigation. Mysterious Indians appear frequently and there is an air of confusion and the unknown until the mystery is eventually solved.

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Wilkie Collins- the characters make it worth it submitted by lballard on March 18, 2020, 1:10pm Love the characters and the bits of wisdom that his main character provides. This book is long and drags in places, but Collins shows a true understanding of humanity.

Written a long time ago submitted by mandevil on July 1, 2021, 11:29am Very English. A classic noted as being the first detective story. Written in 1868. Very long and drawn out and seems to take a very long time to get to the solution. Only for the truly dedicated.