For her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder inherits a fabulous diamond, the Moonstone, stolen long ago in India. That very night, the diamond disappears. Three mysterious Indians prowl around the house, and Sergeant Cuff, a famous London detective, comes to investigate.
Each witness in turn tells what they saw, and the reader pieces the truth together bit by bit. It is one of the very first detective novels, and one of the finest.
Each narrator has a voice of their own, like Betteredge, the old house steward who looks for answers to everything in “Robinson Crusoe”. The novel is a pleasure to read in the language you are learning.
