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The third installment of the Sister Pelagia series: “whodunits that, because of their literary overtones, can be guiltlessly consumed as entertainment” (Los Angeles Times)Murder aboard the Sturgeon!Manuila, the leader of a mystical Jewish sect who claims to be the Messiah, is viciously murdered aboard a steamer bound for Jerusalem. But the badly beaten body is a decoy; the real Manuila is on his way to the promise... 

Carissa says: “I usually love Akunin's books, but this finale to the Sister Pelagia trilogy was a disappointment...”