A long-shot political candidate is found dead in his car. Nobody seems to care why. Jake Horn does.
On a late summer night in Rhode Island, a tired old man answers his door and finds something he wasn't expecting.
And years earlier — before the cases, before the reputation — one decision set Henry Walsh on a path he can't walk back.
The Winner — Election night in Boston. A church basement. A dead candidate. What looks like a quiet night turns into something much darker.
Late August — A short story about loss, small kindnesses, and the kind of night that stays with you.
Crossroad — Before he became the man people call, Henry Walsh faced a choice that changed everything. This is where it started.
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