# The killer department

**Author(s):** Robert Cullen
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**Genres:** biography, true-crime
**Pages:** 258
**Publisher:** Orion
**Published:** Fri Jan 01 1993 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781857972108
**ISBN-10:** 0517130963
**ASIN:** B0C8RR4WN3
**Amazon categories:** Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Criminology
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-killer-department

## Description

The spellbinding true tale of the discovery, chase, capture, and execution of Andrei Chikatilo, a serial killing madman who sexually assaulted, mutilated, and killed at least 53 women and children near Rostov-on-Don, Russia, between 1978 and 1986. The story is told by Colonel Vicktor Burakov, Soviet Militia, a brilliant, tenacious investigator who would be the very last man I'd want pursuing me for a crime I committed. This story, by Robert Cullen, was made into the HBO movie *Citizen X*.

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**Themes:** Crime Investigation