The Killer Department

The Killer Department: Detective Viktor Burakov's Eight-Year Hunt for the Most Savage Serial Killer in Russian History is a non-fiction book detailing the manhunt, capture and subsequent conviction of Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. Written by Robert Cullen (at the time a foreign reporter covering issues relating to the Soviet Union and Russia for The New Yorker magazine), the book was released in 1993.^[1]

The Killer Department: Detective Viktor Burakov's Eight-Year Hunt for the Most Savage Serial Killer in Russian History

Author	Robert Cullen
Subject	Andrei Chikatilo
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Pantheon Books
Publication date	1993
ISBN	0679422765

The Killer Department was made into a feature film titled Citizen X in 1995.

Overview

The hardcover overview from amazon.com says: "obsessed with finding the killer, faced formidable odds-among them the maze of the Soviet system".^[2]