Introduction and Notes by David Blair, Rutherford College, University of Kent.
The phlegmatic Sergeant Cuff is called in, and with the help of Betteredge, the.
Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid, on Rachel\'s cousin Franklin Blake, on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers, and on Rachel herself.
That very night, the stone is stolen.
The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday.
Introduction and Notes by David Blair, Rutherford College, University of Kent