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Reviewed by Ankita Shukla for Readers' Favorite
In Finn Adair Morgan's psychological thriller At the Risk of Recovery, Aran Moreau (the protagonist) wakes up from his bender, only he has no memory of how he ended up at the beach or how long he was passed out. The memory gaps alone are enough to drive him insane; however, the many voices running wild in his head are making it impossible for him to think straight. On top of it all, he can't imagine why he knows the gruesome details of certain murders which he has no way of knowing unless he is the serial killer himself. His last hope of finding the missing pieces of the puzzle, a session with his psychiatrist, proves to be in vain when she ends up -- for want of a better term -- firing him as her patient. His situation gets even more desperate when he finds a dead body, and the voices in his head identify this person and his personality traits.
At the Risk of Recovery begins at a slow pace with Aran's intrusive thoughts, his conversations with himself, something about oxifier repairs, etc. At one point, I wondered if the story would pick up the pace. However, the quality of Finn Adair Morgan's writing signaled that my patience would soon be rewarded. Within a few pages, the plot became captivating, practically hypnotizing. Aran Moreau's thoughts, ranging from morose to violent, coupled with the bizarre flashes of memory made him an untrustworthy protagonist. Could he be a serial killer and not know it? This question will propel the reader to keep reading until the very end. At the Risk of Recovery ticks all the boxes of an intriguing psychological thriller - a well-written story with a gripping plot.