February 15th 1976. Ferndale, Michigan. On a cold night a 12 year old boy walks into the darkness and vanishes. Just another runaway? But later his dead body is found in a nearby parking lot. He had been bound, smothered and brutally sexually assaulted. And as more boys and girls vanish, only to be found abandoned, murdered and abused, panic spreads through the community. Police begin a desperate manhunt, but despite witness sightings and trace evidence, the trail stays cold. Who was the killer and where was he hiding the abducted children? This is the incredible true story of the search for a serial killer who not only viciously preyed on children, but also fed, bathed and cared for them. Who was The Babysitter?

スティーヴ・マクレガーが描く本作は、単なる犯罪記録を超え、人間の内面に潜む「慈愛と狂気の不可解な共存」という深淵を抉り出します。犯人が犠牲者に食事を与え、体を洗うという献身の裏で、冷酷な殺意を抱く歪んだ二面性は、読者の倫理観を激しく揺さぶります。平穏な日常が瓦解する恐怖が、重厚な筆致で鮮烈に綴られています。 緻密な取材に基づく地域社会の心理描写は、ミステリーの緊張感以上に、人間心理の脆さを浮き彫りにする文学的な深みを湛えています。救いようのない闇の中で真実を追い求める執念が響き渡る、魂を震わせるノンフィクションの傑作です。この異常なまでのリアリティに、あなたは最後まで目を逸らすことができないでしょう。