I have no idea where or when I got this book, but it was certainly an interesting read. It chronicles the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo, who murdered over fifty people in the late 1970s to early 1990s, as well as the investigation by Issa Kostoev.
It was an interesting book, and quite well-written, but I don't have a lot to say about it. The narrative style was very dramatic (something that the author admits in the prologue), so it is hard to know exactly what is fact and what is conjecture. In addition, the author is overwhelmingly in favour of the version of events as recounted by Kostoev, dismissing the versions of others involved in the investigation, so the book certainly has a bias.
In general it was a fairly good book and it was an easy read, so it would be worth reading if you are interested in the subject.
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