When Todd Whitlaw is offended by an author at a book signing, he decides to retaliate. With the support of his friends, he uses an AI software package called Scrape.it to create a poorly written murder mystery novel, publishing it under the author's name to embarrass him. However, the book unexpectedly succeeds, earning the author more money than he ever made from his own works. Frustrated and losing touch with reality, Whitlaw, in a fit of sexual frenzy, reenacts the murder imagined by Scrape.it in the book.