The Moonstone

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is one of the great landmarks of Victorian literature and is widely regarded as one of the earliest modern detective novels. At the center of the mystery is a magnificent Indian diamond, stolen from a sacred temple and later inherited by a young Englishwoman. When the priceless gem suddenly disappears from her country house, suspicion falls upon servants, relatives, guests, and perhaps even those closest to her.


Told through a series of shifting narrators, The...