Normal

"Normal" by Graeme Cameron is about an unnamed serial killer who likes to keep women locked up in a cage in his basement. He's playing a dangerous game with the local police, who have him on their radar after the disappearance of a prostitute leads them to him. The killer has also fallen in love, of sorts, with a girl named Rachel. At one point I thought I had the twist figured out: that Rachel would be a serial killer and be trapping *him* but I was wrong (and disappointed, that would have made for an excellent book!). The killer also has a young woman named Erica locked up in his cage, and because of his distraction with Rachel it's causing him to do stupid things with Erica. The book lost a little bit of believability for me at the point when Erica had a chance to escape and instead came back to him, because living with a guy who keeps you locked up in a cage is better than living with your stepfather. Um...no. It was still a good story and I liked the ending.