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Widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery & suspense novels, The Moonstone tells of the events surrounding the disappearance of a mysterious, cursed yellow diamond. T.S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, & the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre, including a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it’s committed, & two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'Scotland Yard bungler' & the skilled, professional detective.