The Devil's Diamond (Valancourt eClassics)

Samuel Hookham and his brother Matthew have not spoken in sixteen years. So it is with great surprise that Samuel learns his estranged brother has died, bequeathing to him a precious diamond worth twenty thousand pounds. Accompanying the jewel is a letter explaining that the stone is known as ‘the Devil’s Diamond’ and that it brings ruin and death to anyone who owns it.At first overjoyed by the valuable acquisition, Hookham soon finds that the diamond is not a blessing, but a curse, as in the days after receiving it, he finds himself in one predicament after another. And when a man dies mysteriously – apparently killed by the diamond’s curse – Hookham will find himself accused of the murder. But the cursed jewel is just getting started, and has plenty of other chilling surprises in store....The first novel by the prolific Richard Marsh (1857-1915), whose more than 80 books included the Victorian horror bestseller The Beetle (1897) and several classic volumes of supernatural tales, The Devil’s Diamond is a highly entertaining story that blends supernatural horror with episodes of farcical humour. This first-ever digital edition reprints the unabridged text of the 1893 first edition published by Henry and Co. of London.

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