The Moonstone

I enjoyed reading The Moonstone. What I liked most about The Moonstone was the way Wilkie Collins developed the involvement of each character in the theft of the stone, specifically Godfrey Ablewhite. While reading The Moonstone I did begin to become suspicious of Godfrey, but I didn't expect his reasons for the theft to be as detailed as they were. I initially thought that Godfrey was the thief, because he seemed to escape the the investigation, he wasn't really questioned. Also there was so much focus on Rosanna, Rachel and Franklin, yet Godfrey's role in the novel still seemed to be important.
Although I knew Godfrey was somehow involved, I was surprised when I found out the specific details of his involvement and the double life he led. I assumed Godfrey was a gold digger because he wanted to marry Rachel so badly, and also because his engagement to another heiress had been broken. I didn't expect him to be living off the trustfund of a boy whom he was the guardian of. In the end of the novel I liked how Godfrey was discovered wearing a disguise, but I was upset that Godfrey died, even though he was the villain, I guess I would have liked to have seen some sort of trial for his crime.