Bitsevsky Maniac. Chess Player with a Hammer

The story of a ruthless maniac who killed only to fill the squares of a chessboard with victims. The author reveals the motives of the killer, Alexander Pichushkin. It shows how step by step a troubled teenager grew into a... monster. How his mother, stepfather, friends, and mass culture influenced him. Not only do Pichushkin's deadly ideas look horrifying and strange, but so does the behavior of his victims. What helped catch the killer? His mistakes? Or the investigators' correct calculation? Perhaps being caught and becoming known to the whole world was the frightening plan of a psychopath and sadist!? Answers to these and many other questions will be voiced for the first time in this book. Yelizaveta Buta, the author of this book, is a criminal psychologist. Her books have been translated into six languages. The bright and captivating style of her prose is combined with the ability to create an accurate profile of the criminal. She shows the reader the world through the killer's eyes, plunges into the very depths of the human soul, but always leaves a ray of hope.