Murder on the Leviathan
Subtitle: A Novel
Contributors: Andrew Bromfield (Translator)
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: February 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780812968798
Subjects: General; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Fiction; Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction / General; Reading Group Guide; Mystery fiction
First sentence: AT PORT SAID another passenger boarded the Leviathan, occupying stateroom number eighteen, the last first-class cabin still vacant, and Gustave Gauche's mood immediately improved.
Description: In 1878 two detectives are pitted against other aboard the steamship Leviathan. Young Russian diplomat, Erast Fandorin, and police commissioner "Papa" Gauche, must find a stolen statue and catch the murdered before the ship reaches it's Calcutta destination.