Jack is a childrens author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by an irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent, and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in Jacks script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown as Jack is forced to confront his worst fears; among them love, laundry and serial killers.