Левиафан

aka Левиафан: герметический детектив [Leviathan: Hermetic Detective Mystery]

Murder on the Leviathan

Author

Boris Akunin

Language

Russian

Year

1998

First Pub.

Russia

Genre

Novel

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Murder on the Leviathan is the third novel in the Erast Fandorin historical detective series by Russian writer Boris Akunin. It was the second book in the series to be translated into English. Its subtitle is герметический детектив. Akunin conceived of the Fandorin series as a summary of all the genres of detective fiction, with each novel representing a different genre. Leviathan is his nod to Agatha Christie's style, with an exotic setting, a cast of unusual characters who each have secrets of their own, and a strange murder to start the action.