Liza Rodman

Glavnaja tru-krajm kniga 2021 goda po versii Marie Claire. Burnye 1960-e, vremja khippi, rok-n-rolla i narkotikov. U malenkoj Lajzy ne samaja luchshaja mat. Devochka slyshit ot nee tolko rugan i prenebrezhenie, a sama mama bolshe ozabochena poiskom novykh muzhchin, chem vospitaniem docheri. No vse menjaetsja, kogda v ikh seme pojavljaetsja "njanka" - mestnyj raznorabochij Toni Kosta, kotoryj inogda prismatrivaet za Lajzoj i ee mladshej sestrenkoj. On vozit devochek na svoem furgone, pokupaet im sladosti, i vpervye Lajza poluchaet ot kogo-to komplimenty, a ne tychki i zatreschiny. Oni s sestroj dumajut, chto Toni - "otlichnyj paren". No chego oni ne znajut: ikh "njanka" na samom dele - serijnyj ubijtsa. Toni Kosta, prozvannyj "plotnikom-ubijtsej" i "Dzhekom-Potroshitelem epokhi khippi", vel asotsialnyj obraz zhizni, ubival i raschlenjal devushek, s kotorymi blizko soshelsja na pochve upotreblenija narkotikov. V detstve Lajza ne ponimala, chto zagadochnye ubijstva, o kotorykh shepchutsja vzroslye, - delo ruk Toni, no povzroslev i osoznav, pogruzilas v rassledovanie ego ubijstv. "Njanka" - chastichno tru-krajm, chastichno sobstvennye vospominanija - eto kniga o zlobnom serijnom ubijtse, kotoryj po stecheniju obstojatelstv stal kharizmatichnym "njankoj" dlja malenkoj devochki, zhazhduschej ljubvi i vnimanija. "Zakhvatyvajusche, ostro i dusherazdirajusche... Avtory v svoej knige vykhodjat za ramki prostogo razvlechenija i issledujut disfunktsionalnye semi. V kontse kontsov, eto istorija vyzhivanija Lajzy Rodman - i ee sily dukha". - The Bookreporter "Ubeditelnyj i delikatnyj gibrid memuarov i tru-krajma - besposchadnyj v svoej prjamote". - The Independent "Intimnyj, lichnyj vzgljad ot pervogo litsa i legkij dlja chtenija stil priklejat chitatelej k stranitsam! " - Booklist "Zakhvatyvajusche... Ne otorvatsja". - Publishers Weekly

This chilling true story and "harrowing account of the evil that can lurk around the edges of girlhood" (Carolyn Murnick, author of The Hot One)--reminiscent of Ann Rule's classic The Stranger Beside Me--follows a little girl longing for love who finds friendship with her charismatic babysitter, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer. Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitter--the kind, handsome handyman at the motel where her mother worked--took her and her sister on adventures in his truck. He bought them popsicles and together, they visited his "secret garden" in the Truro woods. To Liza, he was one of the few kind, understanding, and safe adults in her life. But there was one thing she didn't know; their babysitter was a serial killer. Though Tony Costa's gruesome case made screaming headlines in 1969 and beyond, Liza never made the connection between her friendly babysitter and the infamous killer of numerous women, including four in Massachusetts, until decades later. Haunted by nightmares and horrified by what she learned, Liza became obsessed with the case. Now, she and cowriter Jennifer Jordan reveal "a suspenseful portrayal of murderous madness in tandem with a child's growing loneliness, neglect, and despair, a narrative collision that will haunt" (Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita) you long after you finish it.

This chilling true story and "harrowing account of the evil that can lurk around the edges of girlhood" (Carolyn Murnick, author of The Hot One)--reminiscent of Ann Rule's classic The Stranger Beside Me--follows a little girl longing for love who finds friendship with her charismatic babysitter, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer. Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitter--the kind, handsome handyman at the motel where her mother worked--took her and her sister on adventures in his truck. He bought them popsicles and together, they visited his "secret garden" in the Truro woods. To Liza, he was one of the few kind, understanding, and safe adults in her life. But there was one thing she didn't know; their babysitter was a serial killer. Though Tony Costa's gruesome case made screaming headlines in 1969 and beyond, Liza never made the connection between her friendly babysitter and the infamous killer of numerous women, including four in Massachusetts, until decades later. Haunted by nightmares and horrified by what she learned, Liza became obsessed with the case. Now, she and cowriter Jennifer Jordan reveal "a suspenseful portrayal of murderous madness in tandem with a child's growing loneliness, neglect, and despair, a narrative collision that will haunt" (Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita) you long after you finish it.