johnnyb1954 's review for:

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
5.0

Most of what I would say about this novel is in the other reviews. The manner in which the perpetrator was eventually identified was overly contrived, in my opinion, but because it is the first of a genre it created, I wouldn't make too much of that. The thing I appreciated most about it was that it was written in the time, not a recreation of a period, so it reflects actual culture and perceptions of the 1800s