Winchester, Tennessee, 1946—where secrets don’t just come to light, they drag you into the dark. By day, Martina Grace helps her uncle run the local café. By night, she writes horror under a male pseudonym—because no one in town believes a woman capable of such terrifying tales. She’s managed to keep a low profile… until the FBI storms in, hunting for agents gone missing while investigating a drug ring. Then a teenage boy turns up murdered—his body staged, the message clear. When the sheriff calls Martina in for questioning, she’s blindsided by what they want: answers about her missing brother. She doesn’t trust the law, the Feds, or the relentless agent who keeps asking questions she can’t afford to answer. Every truth she shares tightens the noose—putting her brother at risk and painting a target on her own back. As bodies pile up and shadowy figures close in, Martina faces an impossible choice: protect the people she loves—or survive long enough to expose what’s really happening in Winchester. Between Hope and Hell is a gritty Southern noir thriller about betrayal, justice, and survival in a town where power protects the guilty—and the truth can get you killed.