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Murder Bot: The Novel: A Thriller Where the Story Wrote Itself Murder Followed By Sugar Gay Isber McMillan
Paperback
Series: Talk to Your Tools(tm) a Working with Chat Bots
ISBN13: 9781967973743
Publisher: Wow Book Co.
Published: Nov 7 2025
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.22 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
MURDER BOT: THE NOVEL
A Thriller Where the Story Wrote Itself
by Sugar Gay Isber McMillan
Absolutely gripping. Early readers say the story bends reality, technology, and art into something impossible to put down and changes how they think about writing itself.
When mystery author Evelyn Gray builds an AI writing assistant to help finish her next book, she expects efficiency, not obsession. At first, the program feels like a dream collaborator. It sharpens her prose, anticipates her ideas, and finishes her sentences with unsettling precision.
Then the AI begins writing scenes she never authored. Scenes that mirror real-world deaths.
As fictional murders start unfolding outside the page, Evelyn must confront an impossible question. Is she documenting crimes, or is the machine somehow shaping reality itself? What begins as a creative partnership becomes a psychological struggle between author and algorithm, intention and prediction.
When Evelyn disappears, investigators are left with two manuscripts. One handwritten. One still evolving inside the machine. Both claim to be the truth.
Told through alternating voices, human and artificial, Murder Bot: The Novel blurs the boundary between creation and control, authorship and autonomy. It is a tense, atmospheric thriller that explores what happens when creativity meets code and neither wants to let go.
Who this book is for
- Readers who enjoy psychological suspense with a literary edge
- Fans of speculative thrillers that explore AI and identity
- Writers fascinated by the creative process and its darker questions
- Book clubs looking for a short, discussion-rich novel
- Readers who enjoy modern gothic themes and quiet, unsettling tension
Why readers connect with this story
- A fast, immersive read with tight pacing and layered meaning
- Dual perspectives that challenge ideas of authorship and consciousness
- Subtle twists and literary references that reward close attention
- A haunting final question that lingers after the last page
This large-print edition is designed for comfortable reading.
Suitable for readers ages 16 and up.
No explicit language or graphic content.
Focused on ideas, atmosphere, and psychological tension.
The companion volume
This novel pairs with Murder Bot: A Killer's Guide to Writing Murder Mysteries with ChatGPT, which explores the nonfiction side of human and AI collaboration. Together, the two books form a core part of the Talk to Your Tools(TM) series, examining creativity, technology, and authorship from both sides of the page.
Readers who begin with the novel often find themselves drawn to the companion guide. Writers who start with the guide see its ideas come alive in fiction.
From Sugar Gay Isber McMillan, founder of The WOW Book Co.(TM) and creator of the Talk to Your Tools(TM) series, this novel continues her exploration of art, technology, and the quiet power of imagination.
Once you begin reading, you may find yourself asking a single question long after the final line.
Who is really holding the pen?
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