TY - BOOK AU - Collins,Wilkie TI - The Moonstone AV - PR PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - England -- Fiction KW - Country homes -- Fiction KW - Police -- England -- Fiction KW - Jewelry theft -- Fiction KW - East Indians -- England -- Fiction KW - Mystery fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moonstone; Release date is 2006-01-12; John Hamm and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins is a novel published in 1868. A cursed Indian diamond, stolen during a colonial siege, arrives as an inheritance for young Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That night, the precious stone vanishes from her bedroom, launching a complex investigation involving suspicious servants, mysterious Indian priests, and shocking betrayals. This pioneering detective story unfolds through multiple narrators, each revealing new layers of deception as they race to solve the theft and recover the legendary gem. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/155 ER -