<strong>The Moonstone</strong> is an enormous diamond stolen from an Indian shrine andbequeathed to a young English heiress Rachel Verinder by a malicious uncle... » 

The Moonstone is an enormous diamond stolen from an Indian shrine andbequeathed to a young English heiress Rachel Verinder by a malicious uncle.When the cursed gem vanishes from Miss Verinders bedroom suspicion fallsalternately on a lovesick hunchbacked housemaid a band of Indian jugglersRachels beloved cousin Franklin Blake a sanctimonious suitor named GodfreyAblewhite and even Rachel herself. The eccentric Sergeant Cuff arrives tosolve the mystery employing clever methods of deductive reasoning that havesince been employed by countless fictional detectives.Told in vastlyentertaining narratives highlights include the comical house steward GabrielBetteridge and the religious zealot poor Miss Clack the sensational mysteryhinges on unrequited love the avarice of an evangelical layman the peculiareffects of opium and the looming menace of a trio of Brahmins determined torestore the stolen gem to its original shrine. «