Murder on the Leviathan: A Novel: Book 3 of 12 in the Erast Fandorin Series
by Boris Akunin
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- 1400060516
- ISBN 13
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Murder on the Leviathan: A Novel - Boris Akunin Which of ten unticketed passengers on the "Leviathan" is the rue de Grenelle killer. Paris, 1878: Eccentric antiquarian Lord Littleby &his ten servants are found murdered in Littleby's mansion on the rue de Grenelle, a priceless Indian shawl is missing. Police commissioner "Papa" Gauche recovers only one piece of evidence from the crime scene: a golden key shaped like a whale. Gauche soon deduces that the key is in fact a ticket of passage for the "Leviathan," a gigantic steamship soon to depart Southampton on its maiden voyage to Calcutta. The murderer must be among its passengers. In Cairo, the ship is boarded by a young Russian diplomat with a shock of white hair--none other than Erast Fandorin, the celebrated detective of Boris Akunin's The Winter Queen. The sleuth joins forces with Gauche to determine Which of ten unticketed passengers on the "Leviathan" is the rue de Grenelle killer. Book 3 of 12 in the Erast Fandorin Series Hard cover book in very good condition, Beige hard covers with tan wrapped spine. gold lettering are all in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is in good condition, has a small tear at the top of the front. Translated by Andrew Bromfield, Publisher Random House, 2004 Stated First Edition, Dust jacket designed by Two Associates ISBN 1400060516, 9781400060511 - 223 pages Subjects Fiction Mystery & Detective General Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into- City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit MurderLeviathan 4686 HC Fiction 44 BMK
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BORIS AKUNIN is the pen name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, who was born in the republic of Georgia in 1956. A philologist, critic, essayist, and translator of Japanese, he published his first detective stories in 1998 and quickly became one of the most widely read authors in Russia. He has written ten Erast Fandorin novels to date, which have sold more than eight million copies in Russia and been translated into nearly two dozen languages. He lives in Moscow. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA (US)
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- 4686
- Title
- Murder on the Leviathan: A Novel
- Author
- Boris Akunin
- Illustrator
- Dust jacket designed by Two Associates
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400060516
- ISBN 13
- 9781400060511
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Murder on the Leviathan: A Novel Author Boris Akunin Translated by Andrew Bromfield Publisher Random House, 2004 Stated First Edition Dust jacket designed by Two Associates ISBN 1400060516, 9781400060511 Length 223 pages Subjects Fiction Mystery & Detecti
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- fiction literary;
- Size
- about 6.5 x 9.5 x 1 in
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