An amiable dog-catcher is given a murder mystery novel as a gift from his wife. As he begins to read the book, it becomes apparent that there are startling similarities between the story and Walter's own past, leading him to become obsessed with the publication. Walter begins to share the central character's fixation with the number 23, believing that it is the key to a deadly secret. Thriller, starring Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen and Logan Lerman.

Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.