Kriminalroman om den orientalske ædelsten, Månestenen, der er kommet i en engelsk frøkens besiddelse. Stenen bliver stjålet, og gennem en række vidneudsagn fra de implicerede søger detektiven, sergent Cuff, at løse gåden.
The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder.
The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder.
With a reconstruction of the crime, red herrings and a 'locked-room' puzzle, The Moonstone was also a major precursor of the modern mystery novel.
The Moonstone is a text that grows imaginatively out of the secrets that the unconventional Collins was obliged to keep as he wrote the novel.
The moonstone is a yellow diamond of unearthly beauty brought from India and given to Rachel Verrinder as an eighteenth birthday present, but the fabled diamond carries with it a...
Classic detective/mystery genre, concerning the disappearce of a sizeable diamond that once adorned a rare Hindu idol and has since come to England.
The story was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are widely considered Wilkie Collins' best novels.
When Nancy Drew receives a valuable moonstone as a gift from an unknown person, she is amazed and puzzled.
But most especially--emerging readers will love this series filled with humor, action, intrigue and wonderful artwork from Kelly Murphy.
The Moonstone is one of the most famous suspense novels of all time: a masterpiece of construction and the ultimate page-turner, it introduced one of the world’s most beloved genres, the detective story.