The Moonstone

One of the earliest examples of the detective novel, this taut and intricate mystery remains a classic work of Victorian literature

The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and when Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachel’s household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels," The Moonstone is a marvellously engrossing tale in which facts and memory can prove treacherous and not everyone is as they first appear.