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    By Graeme Cameron

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    “Hypnotic and chilling–you won't forget this in a hurry.” – Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author

    'Creepy yet genuinely funny, I didn't like NORMAL, I loved it.' – Michael Robotham, Internationally bestselling author

     

    “The truth is I hurt people. It's what I do. It's all I do. It's all I've ever done.”

    He lives in your community, in a nice house with a well–tended garden. He shops in your grocery store, bumping shoulders with you and apologizing with a smile. He drives beside you on the highway, politely waving you into the lane ahead of him.

    What you don't know is that he has an elaborate cage built into a secret basement under his garage. And the food that he's carefully shopping for is to feed a young woman he's holding there against her will–one in a string of many, unaware of the fate that awaits her.

    This is how it's been for a long time. It's normal…and it works. Perfectly.

    Then he meets the checkout girl from the 24–hour grocery. And now the plan, the hunts, the room…the others–he doesn't need any of them anymore. He only needs her. But just as he decides to go straight, the police start to close in. He might be able to cover his tracks, except for one small problem–he still has someone trapped in his garage.

    Discovering his humanity couldn't have come at a worse time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateJul 1, 2015
    ISBN9780857994394
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    Graeme Cameron

    Graeme Cameron lives with his family in Norfolk, UK. Normal is his first novel.

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    • 4/5
      This review first appeared on One Curvy Blogger.I picked up Normal because I was absolutely fascinated by the idea of reading a love story (notice I didn’t call Normal a romance novel) written in the POV of a serial killer, because I have been fascinated with serial killers for years. What makes them tick, how they do it, why they kill people, what turns them into humans that kill and mutilate other humans – these are only a few questions that have plagued me since I first heard the term “serial killer.” So it was not a complete surprise that I absolutely loved reading Normal.However, there comes a point in a reader’s life-long love of fiction where contemporary fiction needs to be semi-believable to sway the reader. If contemporary fiction wasn’t in some shape or form realistic it wouldn’t be contemporary fiction, instead it would be fantasy. I freely admit that I loved this novel, but it wasn’t in any way believable (to me) that a sociopathic serial killer whom has killed people for as long as This Guy has, could change his stripes in the short amount of time as it takes Him to spot a beautiful girl in a grocery store a couple of times and instantly realize what he does sickens him. He has murdered since he was a kid – how the hell is he only just figuring out what he does is horrible? Plus, he was entirely inconsistent with whom he killed and how he went about it. I realize that not all serial killers stick to a strict MO but there is usually consistency when it comes to victimology, and He is anything but consistent. I also question how he hasn’t been caught yet because some of his clean up procedures were incorrect! I was correcting this dude’s serial killing … This probably says something bad about me, and not the author …Not only was the MO inconsistent, there were too many unanswered questions for my taste. This probably wouldn’t irritate readers who aren’t as nosy, but it bothered me. I don’t consider this a fault of the author, however, because Cameron wanted Normal this way. He wanted to create a character that could be anybody, so he tried to answer as few questions as possible that could describe the killer as a man. At the end of the book, I could probably describe his house better than I could describe the man. No name, no description of the man, no idea what he does to afford a custom-built cage under his garage. The unknown didn’t seem to bug Tika as much as it did me, but I know Blessie had a couple of questions she wants to be answered, herself.Regardless of how irked I was by the idea that a serial killer of This Guy’s caliber could fall in love, I enjoyed reading Normal. I probably wouldn’t re-read it while house-sitting in a strange house, but I could see myself reading more from this author. Especially if he decides to write a follow-up book or at least a spin-off because I hated that dang cliffhanger!
    • 4/5
      In the same vein as the television show, Dexter, this novel presents us with a main character who is an interesting, funny, if not quite likeable, serial killer who gets his life upended in several ways -- and by several different characters. A decent -- and short -- read, but frustrating at times, especially when the main character loses the cold hard shell of serial killer. Any more and too much is given away.
    • 5/5
      Normal by Graeme Cameron is told in the first person, by an unnamed man who lives in a lovely English farmhouse with a separate garage, drives a white Transit van, and enjoys cooking.The novel opens as our mystery man is cleaning up after the murder and dismemberment of his latest victim, and is interrupted by an unsuspecting young woman whom he abducts. With Erica safely caged in his purpose built, underground games room our protagonist goes grocery shopping."I know exactly when it all started to go wrong for me. It was April 5 at 19:23:17, and it started with a pair of eyes."It is there that he meets Rachel and his life begins to unravel.Cameron has created a rather startling antihero, a serial killer who falls in love with a checkout girl. For years he has happily stalked, kidnapped, murdered and even eaten young women, but meeting Rachel throws him off his game."I stared down at my feeble prey lying cock-eagled on the floor, and I felt all of the craving, all of the desperate, clawing need simply evaporate. Abruptly, everything in my head was Rachael, everything in my gust was regret and everything at my feet was a ridiculous, unfathomable error of judgement."The question is what to do with his most recent captive, who turns out to be quite an unusual young woman, and the police detectives who are persistently curious about his house guest. The killer is clever and resourceful but slowly he begins to lose control of his carefully constructed, 'normal' life, and shockingly elicits some sympathy for his predicament.The best surprise is in the black humour, which is often sly and offbeat. Ordinary scenes are injected with a dark twist that provoke a startled snicker."In Fruit & Veg I selected a peach. Small, rosy and perfectly rounded, she set my mouth watering the moment she caught my eye. Her burly, bruised companion, however, swiftly killed my appetite."Disturbing and whimsical in equal measure, Normal has its flaws, but overall is an entertaining, provocative and sharply written novel.
    • 3/5
      Started off well, or different at least, but soon degenerated into a typical American shootout. In fact, is Graeme Cameron British or American, because I couldn't really tell from his writing, which reads like a very good UK copy editor has been at a US draft copy. Anyway - anonymous serial killer comes unstuck when he kidnaps the friend of his latest victim, rescues a woman he's stalking from an attempted rape and meets the love of his life in the supermarket. Seriously, he's like a needy victim magnet. Then the police come knocking. Entertaining and disturbing in equal measure, Cameron's unnamed killer is a likeable maniac, but I don't think the author really knew how to wrap everything up.
    • 4/5
      What happens when a serial killer starts caring? First he allows one of his victims to live long past the time period he usually does, then he starts actually taking care of her. Meanwhile he meets a woman working in a grocery store and starts an actual relationship with her. Since timing is everything, it is at this point the cops start putting the clues together, making it a very interesting ending.
    • 5/5
      A brilliant and original story! Absolutely loved it and I'd recommend it to all lovers of spine tingling crime fiction
    • 4/5
      I love me a good serial killer story. What I really enjoyed about this one is that the killer was nameless. As the author explained with a interview in the back of the book he did this on purpose because me as the reader could let me mind run wild and imagine anyone as the killer. This thus in turn makes the killer even more scarier. Another thing that I liked about this book is that the killer did have a conscience. Do serial killers really have a conscience? Isn't that like actually saying that Big Foot really exists!Well in this book the killer does have a heart, only what do you do when you are falling in love and as the saying goes "Threes a crowd". Only there is a big problem as the authorities are on to you and closing in fast. I read this book in two days. If this is Mr. Cameron's debut novel I can't wait to see what his next is all about.
    • 5/5
      Have you ever been out in public -- whether you're shopping, hanging out with friends, or just taking a solo stroll and think , " Mmm, which one of these men are serial killers? " & as you scanned the area, all of a sudden suspicious, did you think it was the short pale guy with the beady eyes, bushy eyebrows, and glasses too small for his face? I bet you mentally ruled him out. What about the gentlemen holding his wife's hand? The one with the salt & pepper hair, and who damn near drooled at the sight of another women's breast? His " wandering eyes " gave him the creepiest vibe, but you didn't rule him out, just mentally cataloged him under the " maybe-maybe-not " and the " possibly-just-a-cheating-bastard " category. But what about Mr.Tall-Dark-And-Damn-He's-So-Handsome? The one with the dark brown eyes that were hooded with mystery. Clean cut, with nerdy glasses that you knew weren't prescription. Beautiful creamy skin, that oddly smelled like Ivory soap & women's perfume. The same one you followed (no judging here girl) into the bookstore, as he browsed books he probably doesn't even read. The lad with the dazzling smile, and dimpled cheeks, that you bravely slid your number to after chatting about The Game Of Thrones. You didn't want it to be him, but you had a feeling right? This nagging feeling in the back of your mind. Woman's intuition? I think so baby. I mean HELLO, it's always the cute ones. So again, have you ever wondered WHO could be a serial killer? No? Well shit, me either. But after reading this book . . .EVERY DAMN BODY IS A SUSPECT !!One, Two Freddy's Coming For You" The truth is I hurt people. It's what I do. It's all I do. It's all I ever done. I'm not . . . normal. "If you're reading this book expecting this crazed, sick, deranged serial killer, then I'll be the one to let the cat out of the box -- you won't find him here. In his place is the idea of this handsome guy, charming, VERY charming actually, with a great sense of humor. Dark humor, but still hilarious enough to make you giggle. He was shy in a way, not used to be around a ton of people, but still cool enough to blend in and have a good time. I would be a liar if I said I didn't like this guy, I may have even LOVED him. We don't know his name, or anything about him besides the " hobby " he does on his spare time. So how does that work? How in the world can I feel so invested in him, but yet I can read other stories about characters that I KNOW, and still don't have any type of connection with them? Clever is the word for this. The author just happens to be one clever man." I pulled her back inside and straddled her naked hips and pressed my thumbs into her windpipe, silencing her screams. I maintained my grasp long after her hands fell away and her legs stopped thrashing, after her disbelieving, panicked stare faded and her eyes rolled back in her head. I held on through the faint twitching, until my arms ached and my fingers cramped and every trace of pink had vanished from her skin. And even then, I held on some more. "He see's you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake . . .I buddy read Normal along with two of my favorite girls, Blessie @mischievousreads and Sarah @onecurvyblogger, and it was so interesting to see how differently we felt about the novel. While Blessie rated it 3 stars after the shift in his personality, Sarah and I loved it, rating it 4 and 5 stars. But even though we all enjoyed it, ALL of us had different views as to what happened, what didn't happened, and what should have happened, that it sparked an intense, but healthy debate on voxer. I absolutely, 100% loved this book. I've read stories about serial killers before, but THIS, this was different. It answered questions that we as humans ask when it comes to these sick individuals, " Why do they kill? Do they want to stop? Do they feel guilty for what they do? Can they fall in love? " and according to Normal, the answer to these questions is YES. From chapter 1 to the end, I was completely hooked. The story was so riveting, so engrossing, that I finished it in less than a day. I read it out while running errands, and our character had me so on edge, that every man I passed that fit his description in my mind, was a suspect! The characters are bat-shit crazy in their own little way, (one was actually crazier than our serial killer!) and the romance while unexpected, pulled the story from the typical " I'm a serial killer and that's all the hell I do " to " I'm a serial killer, I'm falling in love, and dammit I want to be normal, but there's no damn way I can." This was my favorite aspect of the story because it gave us the sense that this happens with killers, (Even though I'm pretty sure it does.) that they strive to live normal lives, but the urge of killing keeps them trapped in darkness forever.The writing, so incredible in a sick and twisted way, sold a vision that these monsters actually have a completely different side to them . . . our serial killer most certainly did. Usually sharp as a tack, always ontop of his game, he became distracted by the idea of being in love. Like anyone, it clouded his judgement, he was no longer crossing his T's and dotting his I's. Instead he started slipping -- being careless, making mistakes he NEVER would've made otherwise. He was a killer for god's sake, BUT underneath was the flickering light of humanity, and Normal was fucking brilliant for showing us that.
    • 4/5
      I found a lot of this book jarring - here we have a psycho who has sliced up his latest victim within a couple of pages, but from the jokey tone of the first person narrative, we are supposed to find it funny. To laugh with him - in effect to sympathise with him - is a tough ask. It's a bit like American Psycho but written by Harlan Coben ("heyyy enough with the dismembering..."). I wondered when it would stop making me feel nauseated.But I never leave a book unfinished, and against all expectation, I was won over to a degree. What helps is that the author writes well. No - he writes brilliantly. It didn't feel like a first novel, it was so self-assured, clever and insightful. There are clever twists to the plot. It leaves room for the reader to hope that maybe it's all some kind of misunderstanding, and it's OK to laugh. We are never told the name of the narrator/psycho guy. It normally annoys me when authors do this, though it's understandable here. What it did mean was that elements of the narrative didn't ring true - his girlfriend has to leave messages on his answering machine starting "hey you" rather than using his name. The police (about whom there is more than a whiff of incompetence anyway) turn up and question him without once establishing his identity. All this has to be put down to an unreliable narrator of course, but it does show the limitations of this increasingly popular literary quirk.All in all it was a good if at times uncomfortable reading experience. I hope this author goes on to write lots more - I feel as though I would enjoy reading anything he wrote provided it didn't involve people my kids' age being cut up and distributed between bin-bags. Too much to ask?
    • 3/5
      This story has an intriguing premise. Told from a serial killer's perspective, we go along with him as he murders young women, abducts and keeps one, all while falling in love with an unassuming woman. The dialogue kept me entertained. The killer has a dry wit and humorous comebacks during conversation. The pace is quick, though the plot doesn't hold many surprises, at least for me. I was able to predict most of what happened along the way.My biggest issue with this book is that I didn't completely buy into the serial killer's character. The main aspect of his personality is a cold-blooded psychopath who gets off on the power he holds while kidnapping and killing women. Yet there is also a soft side to him, the side that falls in love. This is sudden and new to him. While I, oddly, sympathized with his plight, I just wasn't able to make that leap from unfeeling bad guy to a man who suddenly develops a conscience. Another problem I had was the typically inept police work. These characters felt too stereotypical. And, finally, I have no idea how this guy supported himself. I might have missed that information somewhere along the line. An inheritance, maybe? He didn't have a job, as far as I could tell, and never worried about paying the bills.I think the intention here was for a Dexter-like comparison, but ultimately the main character falls short. Still, there was enough here to keep me reading. This is the type of book that makes us rethink what we know about the people we interact with.*I received a review copy from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for my honest review.*
    • 5/5
      Fast paced, weird, funny and tragic all at the same time this is a great black comedy. Never did you think you would be routing for a serial killer but there is something about Graeme's killer that makes you start routing for him. I couldn't put this down once I started it and finished it in a few days - it may have been sooner if I didn't have such a busy life that kept getting in the way! I've heard this book compared to the series Dexter, and I can see the similarities where we actually for once don't want the serial killer caught! Graeme's killer undergoes a transformation during this book and while its happening you aren't sure if it is a good thing or a bad thing. I just found this book so different and entertaining. I didn't want it to end and when it did I was left wishing I had someone to discuss it with. I needed to talk about that ending and what it meant and what if and oh so may things. I haven't really loved a book as much as this in a long time. It was unique and fun, creepy and is bound to stay with me for a long time. I am definitely recommending this to anyone who likes crime fiction and mystery books. Bravo Graeme!
    • 4/5
      A very unusual story about a serial killer and written from his perspective, which is largely sympathetic as well as being quite funny in places. However I felt that the serial killer needed to have some visible means of income, he didn't ever work, there was no suggestion of inherited wealth and he didn't rob his victims, so how did he support his comfortable lifestyle?
    • 4/5
      Normal by Graeme Cameron is probably the first book I have read that begins with an extremely twisted serial killer and turns into a love story. While well written, it is difficult for me to wrap my head around what I read. I really enjoy twisted serial killer books, however I am not a real fan of romance novels and mixing the two creates a dilemma for me. Cameron creates the perfect serial killer, he could be anyone, he lives in a nicely kept house in a nicely kept neighborhood, he runs into neighbors everyday, and yet he has a torture chamber of sorts under his garage, however no one would suspect by his polite manner or appearance. So far do good, a lovely creepy serial killer and then the twist, he falls in love with the checker at the 24 hour grocery while shopping for food for his current victim who is caged in his secret basement. Normal begins with a deeply disturbed serial killer and then turns into an almost dark comedy of sorts, when Cameron has his killer fall in love with Rachel. I am not a psychiatrist, therefore I cannot say just how plausible this part is, however it is interesting to read how our sadistic murderer attempts to win Rachel while keeping a prisoner in his hidden basement. As odd as the storyline may sound, Cameron’s masterful writing and story lines keeps the reader fully engaged. My only regret is I did not have someone to discuss the ending of this book.
    • 2/5
      A special thank you to St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. ASYLUM is a shocking, disturbing, and harrowing, yet absorbing mystery by Jeannette de Beauvoir, of innocent children, orphans— being transported to insane asylums in the middle of the night, subjected to torture, harsh treatment, appalling and inhuman experiments, mind control, medical experimentation, and sexual abuse at the hands of psychiatrists, priests, nuns and administrators.Montreal had been experiencing random killings.Women all over the city were being advised to take precautions not to take the bus or the Metro alone, purchase extra locks, and tone up the security. Now the body count is up to four women, in the middle of prime tourist season; found brutally murdered and posed on park benches, throughout the city over several months.Martine LeDuc is the director of public relations the mayor's office in Montreal and she becomes involved in helping police detective Julian Fletcher, after her boss becomes concerned they are rapidly becoming the murder capital of North America --concerned about the city’s image. Being she is in public relations it is her duty to help smooth over this situation. She is not the police and not qualified; however, she is to act as a liaison between the parties. What connects these four women? Appears they may have a connection to the Cité de Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Asylum.We hear from a desperate child (diary) being transported from an orphanage to a strange, scary, and chilling place of screams, offering no protection where the only lesson that mattered, was how to survive--to a disturbing investigation (Watson/Holmes), uncovering dark political secrets dating back to the 1950s. From an orphanage scandal in the 1950s and sixties with churches running orphanages or asylums where at the time it was a sin to have baby out of wedlock—a social sin, or families who could not afford their children, or one parent – they were left at the orphanage.However, some discovered federal grants and support money offered from Canadian government for kids in asylums more than orphanages. Suddenly a number of orphans became mentally ill, sane turned to insane and they were all locked up together. Quebec soon labeled these children, either crazy or mentally deficient and locked them away (Duplessis orphans) and after he died, they kept taking orphans thru the sixties. From straitjackets, electroshock therapy, hydrotherapy, excessive medication, lobotomies, where humans became guinea pigs for pharmaceutical companies. Martine finds herself imprisoned underneath the old asylum, tunnels, drugged, thinking she may be in purgatory or dead--as a race against time for a chilling and complex suspense mystery.The author delivers a heartbreaking tale— yet informative account surrounding political tensions, and controversial issues during this shocking time—much of what fictional protagonist Martine LeDuc learned about Montreal’s past, is unfortunately true.As the author mentions, yet today, evidence reveals the Duplessis Orphans, railroaded into psychiatric hospitals as retarded and mentally ill, were being administered the powerful drug of chlorpromazine as early as 1947 with debilitating effects.An alarming reality, the federal government offered more monetary support for asylums than it did for orphanages—a financial incentive, plus the medical experimentation reward, as these institutions continued the scheme developed from the 1940s-1960s, obtaining additional federal funding for thousands of children. Appears there still remains controversy over the old cemetery at the Cite de St-Jean De-Dieu asylum with nameless children. The author offers a partial list of those identified, as a list of minors under the age of 21 buried in Saint Jean de Dieu Asylum Cemetery, between the years 1933– 1958.From the chilling front cover, to the detailed descriptions, extensive research, vivid settings of Montreal, political tensions, and real-life events; Jeannette de Beauvoir, delivers an absorbing mystery suspense; an intense page-turner thriller.
    • 4/5
      This is a suspense thriller told from an unnamed serial killer's point of view. Preying on young women in England, the narrative unfolds when he is surprised by his latest victim's best friend, Erica happening on the scene. Soon, Erica is also missing.... The author is great at writing "psyche-outs"-- leading the reader into jumping to conclusions and ratcheting the tension up high and then, turning the scene in an unexpected direction. The dark humor rests in the release of that tension, even as the story builds up more. Cameron's skill however, fails at the end with, not quite a cliffhanger; but an unsatisfying note...But then there's Dead Girls, the follow-up novel to Normal, though oddly neither is listed or marketed as having any relation to the other! Told from the investigating officer's point-of view, it has its own surprises though the tension & dark humor doesn't run as high. The novel's chief merit lies in closing the narrative arc of the first book and, the two novels together are stronger than the sum of their parts. Recommended for those who like Dexter (series by Jeff Lindsay), Joe (from You by Caroline Kepnes) and are prepared for some graphic descriptions of violence and bodily harm in the course of things.
    • 4/5
      This story follows a cannibalistic serial killer who likes to keep women in his dungeon until he decides to kill them, and often eat them as well. The story doesn't get too much into his way of life. It seems he's been doing this for awhile when the story picks up, but it covers a brief period of time.I just couldn't really get into this story. It seemed to move too fast, with the characters emotions and infatuation escalating too quickly. The character development was really rather superficial, and I just didn't understand them.The story wasn't very believable, the characters didn't feel authentic, and when it was all over I was mostly left just scratching my head and wondering what just happened?Meh. It was okay, but it didn't live up to my expectations.

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