Ship of Death — Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir

FLOATING COFFIN?
When the United Nations finally decides to leave New York, a Greek shipping magnate, one of the world's wealthiest men, makes them an offer they can't refuse: their new headquarters will be the biggest ship in the world, a floating pleasure palace where the diplomats of the world can work -- and play -- far away from the prying eyes of the world and the free press.

Even before the ship goes to sea, however, something goes wrong...corpses are being discovered on it. America is worried for the safety of the UN, and Remo and Chiun are ordered to go on the ship's maiden voyage and make sure no more lives are lost.

But Remo and Chiun have had enough assignments for two lifetimes and decide to seek employment elsewhere. That leaves it up to Dr. Harold W. Smith, head of the supersecret agency, CURE, to find out who is trying to doom the ship's maiden voyage and why.

Smith stumbles on to a plot so bizarre and byzantine that he can hardly believe it. Bombs start exploding, and suddenly Remo and Chiun are on the scene, trying to save the international organization from a watery grave.