Erast Fandorin, a famous detective who has just returned from Japan.
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This play features Akunin's character, the Russian detective Erast Fandorin along with his Japanese manservant Masahiro "Masa" Sibata and is placed shortly after Fandorin's return from Japan.
Murder on the Leviathan (Russian: Левиафан ("Leviathan"); British edition titled Leviathan) is the third novel in the Erast Fandorin historical detective series by Boris Akunin, although it was the second book in the series to be translated into English.
In Boris Akunin's novel, The Diamond Chariot, Erast Fandorin investigates the plot to assassinate Ōkubo but fails to prevent the assassination.
The State Counsellor, the seventh novel in the Erast Fandorin series by Boris Akunin