Mystery
Murder on the Leviathan
2004·336 pages
A Russian detective boards a luxury steamship bound for India to unmask a mass murderer among the first-class passengers in a Christie-style historical mystery.
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A Russian detective boards a luxury steamship bound for India to unmask a mass murderer among the first-class passengers in a Christie-style historical mystery.
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The first Erast Fandorin novel was shortlisted for a CWA Gold DaggerOn 15th March 1878, Lord Littleby, an English eccentric and collector, is found murdered in his Paris house together with nine members of his staff. A gold whale in the victim's hand leads Erast Fandorin to board the Leviathan, the world's largest steamship, for the murderer must be one of the ship's 142 First Class passengers. As more passengers are murdered and the Leviathan heads towards Calcutta, Fandorin needs all his inves...
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Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Household mass murder and further passenger killings; deaths central but not graphic
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Light imperial-era backdrop; international aristocratic social milieu
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Brutal murder of household staff; cruelty tied to the central crime
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