description: When Rachel Verrinder inherits the Moonstone -- a huge and accursed yellow diamond, a diamond stolen generations ago from an Indian shrine -- from John Herncastle she has no idea what evil waits for her. Herncastle -- a distant relation, and one spitefully alienated from her immediate family -- intended the bequest as a sinister form of revenge. Revenge indeed: Herncastle, we learn, acquired the Moonstone by means of murder and theft, and knew full well that the jewel would bring dreadful luck upon her.
language: English
title: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, Fiction, Classics, Mystery & Detective
titlecomplete: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, Fiction, Classics, Mystery & Detective
characters: Gabriel Betteredge, Rachel Verinder, Rosanna Spearman, Franklin Blake, Drusilla Clack, Dr. Candy, Godfrey Ablewhite, Sergeant Cuff, Ezra Jennings, Penelope Betteredge, Mr. Murthwaite, Lady Julia Verinder, Matthew Bruff
genres: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Crime, Victorian
ratings_count: 91327
places: England, Yorkshire, England, London, England, United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Premio Euskadi de Literatura
category: Traduccion, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Borgo Press