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Book Description:
Introduction by Catherine Peters.
The Moonstone was published in 1868 and concerns the huge yellow diamond originally 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 acquired the moonstone by means of murder and theft.
The stone disappears on the very night it is given to Rachel. Sergeant Cuff, a famous London detective, investigates the crime to discover the culprit.
Mysterious Indians appear frequently. There is an air of confusion and the unknown until the mystery is eventually solved.
The Moonstone was published in 1868 and concerns the huge yellow diamond originally 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 acquired the moonstone by means of murder and theft.
The stone disappears on the very night it is given to Rachel. Sergeant Cuff, a famous London detective, investigates the crime to discover the culprit.
Mysterious Indians appear frequently. There is an air of confusion and the unknown until the mystery is eventually solved.
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3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I don't re-read many books, but over the years I keep going back to this one ... and it's a good sized book!
The lovely Moonstone has a curse on it, that dooms each owner. It's passed from hand to hand for different reasons ... sometimes as revenge with a hope the curse will "get" the next owner! There are turbaned Indians creeping around corners, in through the windows, who knows where next, trying to recover their sacred stone. Meanwhile, people who are at first thrilled to own this beautiful gem suddenly find themselves in the midst of a nightmare. The mystery rolls along pulling you in ... just my kind of a great read. Enjoy!
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