Murder on the Leviathan

About “Murder on the Leviathan”

Murder on the Leviathan is the third novel in the Erast Fandorin historical detective series by Russian writer Boris Akunin, published in 1998. It was the second book in the series translated into English. Its subtitle is герметический детектив. Akunin conceived the series as a survey of detective fiction genres, with Leviathan styled after Agatha Christie, featuring an exotic setting, secretive characters, and a strange murder. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)