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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

5.0

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Published in 1868, The Moonstone” easily holds its place as one of the best detective stories ever written. The story is a page turner, twisting and turning its way through thievery and betrayal, murder and suicide, romance and marriage. The large cast of characters, including mysterious foreign priests, a snappy hilarious butler, a competent heroine, a detective with unusually brilliant insights, a street urchin with rolling eyeballs and so on - sparkle with satire, humanity and humor in their search for a cursed jewel.