Leviathan

In a fashionable district of Paris, British collector Lord Littleby and all the staff of the mansion are brutally murdered. From the renowned collection of Eastern rarities, a unique gold statuette of the Indian god Shiva and one of the... painted Indian shawls are stolen.
Detective Gustave Gosh from the Paris prefecture begins to investigate the case. In the hand of the deceased, he discovers the emblem of a golden whale. As it turns out, this emblem belongs to the miracle-ship "Leviathan," which is embarking on its maiden voyage to India. All first-class passengers were given such a golden whale along with their ticket. But which of them could commit such a terrible crime? The suspicion falls on five people who do not have a golden whale. Among them is Erast Fandorin…