02486cam a2200361 i 4500 625843910 TxAuBib 20220817120000.0 220805s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021047501 9780593535172 hardcover 0593535170 hardcover (OCoLC)1338688358 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda rda FSP rda FSP FSP IK2 TXAAL TxAuBib FSP IK2 TXAAL TxAuBib rda Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-, author. Babysitter / Joyce Carol Oates. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. 431 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "This is a Borzoi book"-- Title page verso. From one of America's most renowned storytellers--the best-selling author of Blonde --comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and redemption, against a backdrop of shocking murders in the affluent suburbs of Detroit. In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s, in the wake of unsolved child-killings that have shocked Detroit, the lives of several residents are drawn together with tragic consequences. There is Hannah, wife of a prominent local businessman, who has begun an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger whose identity remains elusive; Mikey, a canny street hustler who finds himself on a chilling mission to rectify injustice; and the serial killer known as Babysitter, an enigmatic and terrifying figure at the periphery of elite Detroit. As Babysitter continues his rampage of abductions and killings, these individuals intersect with one another in startling and unexpected ways. Suspenseful, brilliantly orchestrated, and engrossing, Babysitter is a starkly narrated exploration of the riskiness of pursuing alternate lives, calling into question how far we are willing to go to protect those whom we cherish most. In its scathing indictment of corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and the enabling of sexual predation in America, Babysitter is a thrilling work of contemporary fiction. 20220823. Kidnapping Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Serial murderers Fiction. Detroit (Mich) Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Fiction. TXAAL