MoonStone absolutley has you on edge. It's unlike most books, instead of having a slow begining where they introduce all the cahracters, it goes straight to the plot. It's a tornado of emotion, but one that's easy to follow. The book enables you to feel the danger of death (over a misfit yellow diamond) around every corner. The plot never dies, it's impossible to put the book down once you start. It easily wins over your mind. You'll probably end up reading the same page twice just to get that complete feeling. It takes you back to the times of Victorian Ladies and Gentlemens. The book takes you away from your current life, and lets you enter into a totally new one. 5 stars easily earned