num_pages: 249
description: On 15th March 1878 Kord Littleby, an English eccentric and collector, is found murdered in his Paris house together with nine members of his staff. A gold whale is found in the victim's hand - a badge owned only by first class ticket-holders on the maiden voyage of the Leviathan, the world's largest steamship.Commissioner Gauche of the French police is called to solve the 'Crime of the Century' and narrows the suspects down to ten, who are forced to eat every meal together in the ship's Windsor Suite. Amongst these ten is the elegant young Erast Fandorin. Can he discover the murderer's identity before Gauche?
language: English
title: Murder on the Leviathan
titlecomplete: Murder on the Leviathan (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #3)
genres: Crime, Historical, Detective, Russian Literature, Russia, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery
ratings_count: 7704
places: Bombay, Paris
series: Приключения Эраста Фандорина (серия «Новый детектив»), תיבת פנדורין
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gumshoe Award
category: Best European Crime Novel
publisher: Phoenix