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Camille wird zu ihrer Patentante und deren Tochter Lucy geschickt, die in einem kleinen Haus im Wald wohnen. Weit weg vom Komfort der Stadt muss sie sich nun den strengen Regeln ihrer Tante fügen. Camille hat noch nie zuvor jemanden wie Lucy getroffen, ein blasses, kränkliches Mädchen, das von Sternen träumt, aber den Wald nie verlassen hat. Als sich die beiden anfreunden, häufen sich unheimliche Ereignisse: Mysteriöse Tode, Kratzspuren an den Türen und in den Nächten hallt das schreckliche Heulen einer unbekannten Kreatur durch den Wald.

This is heralded as the very first mystery novel. Collins, in his great work, created the guidelines for the genre as we know it today: a fabulous diamond stolen, everyone in the house is suspected, three mysterious Indians sworn to protect the jewel at all costs, the upstairs/downstairs tension from the servants, and a brilliant detective who is eccentrically fond of roses.

Considered the first full-length detective novel in the English language, T.S. Eliot described The Moonstone as 'the first and greatest English detective novel'. The stone of the title is an enormous yellow diamond plundered from an Indian shrine after the Siege of Seringapatam. Given to Miss Verinder on her 18th birthday, it mysteriously disappears that very night. Suspicion falls on three Indian jugglers who have been seen in the neighbourhood. Sergeant Cuff is assigned to the case....

Upon inheriting the Moonstone, a huge and priceless diamond, Rachel Verinder's delight turns to dismay when the gem suddenly disappears. But this is no ordinary theft. Sergeant Cuff of Scotland Yard is called in and immediately suspects an intricate plot. However, not even his powers of detection can penetrate fully the mysteries surrounding the diamond.

Following a scandal at the Vauxhall pleasure gardens, Camille is sent to the woods to live with her reclusive godmother and her strange daughter, Lucy. Cast out from polite society, she must learn to live by her godmother’s strict rules. Camille has never met anyone quite like Lucy before, and as they grow closer and cross forbidden boundaries, strange things begin to happen. Mysterious deaths, claw marks raking the doors, and the nights are pierced by the howls of a creature that sounds almost . . . otherworldly.

Moonstone Bay is full of mysteries, and there’s only one witch who can solve them. Hadley Hunter grew up in the human world but now she knows what she is, and she’s becoming good at what she does. She just needs occasional help from her paranormal best friends to save the day. The ride is about to get bumpy.