About the Book
After becoming trapped inside a warehouse with several people, the obnoxious host of a television show, VICTIM OR KILLER?, begins to narrate murders, as they occur inside the warehouse. At the same time and in basement of the same building, after realizing that traditional therapy and rehab have not worked, a group of people agree to be locked into an office, in order to confront addictions and psychosis. In their last effort to heal themselves, a killer begins killing them. There is no escape from either their issues or...the killer. Arthur is the obnoxious host of a television show, VICTIM OR KILLER?, which offers possible explanations, through reenactments, of murders. Arthur has recently finished filming an episode, entitled THE WAREHOUSE MURDERS, which is ironically based on a series of murders that occurred in the warehouse, where Arthur has an office. Due to his gambling addiction, Arthur is in the process of losing his house, office, and...career. Arthur makes a stop at his bookie's office, TONY, a wantabe mobster, who tells Arthur that if he doesn't pay up, then bad things will happen. To motivate Arthur, Tony's enforcer, Salvatore, gives Arthur a good beating. When Arthur arrives back at his office (inside a warehouse), he is interrupted by Amber, Amanda, and Ashley, who report that they're ready for the modeling gig. Arthur feigns that he is the photographer, but is soon found out, with the girl starting to leave in disgust. At the same time, Detective Eddie arrives at the warehouse, in order to follow up on THE WAREHOUSE MURDERS, which has become a cold case. With Arthur, Amber, Amanda, Ashley, and Eddie inside the warehouse, the manager, Sammy, locks the outside door, with the intent of forcing Arthur to pay his overdue rent fees. After the group discovers that they're locked inside the warehouse, until the following day, Ashley's trip to the restroom turns deadly, with her body being discovered by Eddie and Amber. Based on his television persona, Arthur advises that Ashley merely committed suicide, while Eddie quickly sees that she was brutally murdered. It quickly becomes apparent that there is a murderer inside the warehouse and that they're all trapped. VICTIM OR KILLER? utilizes varying perspectives to narrate the murders from the Killer, who sees the way he/she actually committed the murders to Arthur, who tends to see things in a more glamorous, entertaining fashion to Eddie, who focuses on just the evidence. As Salvatore and Amanda exploring their budding romance, they are murdered, with the suspects now being narrowed down to Arthur, Eddie, and Amber. Eddie quickly realizes that Arthur knows too many details about THE WAREHOUSE MURDERS, with Eddie trying to protect Amber, only to discover that Amber and Arthur are not only brother and sister, but also...serial killers. It now becomes apparent that the varying perspectives of the murders were actually the perspectives of Amber and Arthur.At the same time, Jeremy, Sarah, Eddie, Mallory, Cindy, Kyra, and Kenny have agreed to be locked into an old warehouse, in order to face their addictions and psychosis. Bruce is a psychologist, who has come up with the novel idea of locking the group into a warehouse, giving them no escape, but with the promise that they'll finally be able to face their problems. Mallory is addicted to sex, Cindy is pyromaniac, Eddie is facing anger issues, Jeremy is addicted to texting, and Kyra suffers from low self esteem, which has prompted her to attempt suicide, and Sarah is addicted to drugs. They've all tried traditional forms of therapy, as well as rehab, but nothing has ever worked. Sarah and Mallory just walked away from rehab centers. Bruce hopes that giving the group the knowledge that they can't just get up and leave, that they will be forced to face their demons and subsequently become "healed." As the group begins to detail their addictions, they also begin to be killed.