Bittsev maniac. A chess player with a hammer. Buta E.M.

The story of a ruthless maniac, who killed only then to fill the cages of the chessboard. The author reveals the motives of the killer, Alexander Pichushkin. Shows how a monster grew up step by step from a dysfunctional teenager. How his mother, stepfather, friends and mass culture influenced him. Not only Pichushkin’s deadly ideas look terrifying and strange, but also the behavior of his victims.

What helped to catch the killer? His mistakes? Or the correct calculation of investigators? Perhaps to be caught and become known to the whole world - this was the terrible plan of the psychopath and sadist!? The answers to these many other questions will be raised for the first time in this book.

Elizabeth Buta, the author of this book is a criminal psychologist. Her books are translated into six languages. A bright and fascinating syllable of her prose is combined with the ability to create an accurate profile of the criminal. She shows the reader the world through the eyes of the killer, immerses to the very bottom of the human soul, but always leaves a ray of hope.