The Moonstone
The Moonstone
By: Wilkie Collins
While on a military campaign, two young men take decidedly different turns in their lives when one makes a decision that the other just can not accept. Cut to years later, when a precious stone is left to a relative. Complicated relationships and chaos abound in this mystery by Collins.
Franklin Blake has been entrusted with delivering the stone to its heir. His decision as to whether or not even give it to the girl is complicated by its history. He does giver Rachel the stone, and from the evening of her birthday until over a year later their lives are both turned upside down with the disappearance of the moonstone.
The fun part of this book is trying to figure out who stole the moonstone. Collins will lead you in one direction while subtly pointing you in another. Pretty soon you're going to suspect so many people you'll wonder if it will ever be figured out. Well, I had a couple of choice suspects, but I couldn't figure out if they really were the culprits, and if they were, just how in the heck did they get away with it? Needless to say, I was justified in my suspicions, yet still surprised as to how Collins describes the way the mystery was solved. Franklin Blake very much reminds me of another Collins character, a Walter Hartwright from The Woman in White. (I highly recommend that one!)
Recommended To:
- Those who are fans of Arthur Conan Doyle, or Charles Dickens
- Mystery fanatics
- Even those who like their romance!
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