Normal by Graeme Cameron
Waiting for the next (and last!)
Dexter book? Or have a burning need to
read something darkly comic yet pretty sick?
Look no further!
A man breaks into a house and
accidently kills a girl in her kitchen. She
wasn’t supposed to die that soon. He
cleans up the crime scene and bags up the body methodically, these things
happen. He pulls his van up to the yard and
discovers something unfortunate. He
locked his keys in the car. So begins the
journey of small mistakes that plague our anti-hero as he kidnaps women, kills
and gets away with it until the unexpected seems to happen all at once. He meets a kindred spirit, saves a life,
makes a friend and quite possibly falls in love. But one thing to always remember, he is not
normal.
The author uses humor to make you
like his serial killer. You can’t
justify him being a good guy like with Dexter who only kills other
killers. This guy (who is never named or
described to reinforce that he could be anyone) kills woman randomly because he
likes to play games with them and kill them.
There is nothing redeeming about him, but you find yourself liking him
and wanting him to get away with all the horrible things he’s done. Then you remember what he’s done and feel
wrong for rooting for him. This is an
author with talent. Can’t wait to see
what he does next.
