Sorry, I Have To

He warned only the dog — telling it that it was first on his list.

19th century, North America.

The timing of the murders is no accident: the village is cut off from the world by heavy snow. The choice of victims is no accident. And even the strange boy-like dolls left with the bodies are no accident.

Jeff Arlington, the village’s finest hunter and unofficial Sheriff, assembles a team of the most trusted men to find the murderer. But in the frozen silence, suspicion takes root: if the murderer is one of their own, then even the "best" cannot be trusted.

Jeff realizes that every time he speaks to someone, he might be looking into the eyes of the murderer without knowing it. Yet he has no choice but to dig deeper to stop the terror gripping the village — before the new morning brings a new victim.

Sorry, I have to is a standalone dark psychological mystery that delivers a gut punch. And then another. And another.