First published 1991
Dr. Nick Quinn faces a patient whose fixations threaten to consume everything around him. The psychiatrist finds himself drawn into a web of compulsive behaviors that blur the boundaries between healer and victim. As Quinn attempts to treat his patient's destructive obsessions, he discovers that the line between professional duty and personal involvement grows increasingly thin. The case forces Quinn to confront his own hidden compulsions while navigating the treacherous territory of a mind that refuses conventional treatment. Wilson crafts a story where therapeutic sessions become battlegrounds and where the doctor's own psychological stability hangs in the balance. The novel examines how obsessive thoughts can transform ordinary people into instruments of their own destruction, while those trying to help them risk being pulled into the same destructive spiral.
Genres: fiction, suspense, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
317 pages · Hardcover · Dark Harvest Books
Content warnings: mental-illness