Deserted Place: How Maniacs Are Caught in Russia

Since the mid-1990s, the bodies of murdered and raped women have been found almost every month in the small Siberian city of Angarsk. The search for the man who committed these crimes took more than 15 years, primarily because few people wanted to look for him. Journalist Sasha Sulim's book is the story of the bloodiest killer in Russia and the story of people who professionally searched for, found, and imprisoned serial criminals despite the inertia and resistance of the law enforcement system. This is the answer not only to the question of how maniacs are caught in Russia, but also to the question of why they are often not caught at all.