book cover of Grit Through Torment
 

Grit Through Torment

(2026)
(The ninth book in the Possum Gap series)
A novel by

 
 
Sheriff Sadie Mills is barely keeping her life from coming apart. She is raising a rebellious teenager, juggling unexpected houseguests, and fending off interest from two very different men, all while trying to outrun the grief of losing someone she loved. Tough, capable, and stretched to the breaking point, Sadie is a woman already fighting battles on every front.

In autumn, Possum Gap looks like a postcard with its rugged mountains washed in color, pristine rivers, and campgrounds packed with visitors chasing the beauty of the Kentucky wilderness. But beneath the scenic surface lies an Appalachian coal-mining town scarred by generations of violence, secrets, and lawlessness that never truly died. In Possum Gap, the landscape is breathtaking and deadly.

For the Firman family from Ohio, a quiet camping trip becomes every parent’s worst nightmare when their teenage daughters, Bethany and Alice, vanish without a trace. What begins as a desperate search in the woods quickly opens the door to something far darker than anyone imagined.

With only a skeleton crew behind her, Sadie is in a race against time to find the girls. But in Possum Gap, every answer comes with a cost, and this case is about to hit closer to home than she ever feared. As the investigation deepens, Sadie must face the town’s darkest truths before tragedy returns to the hills she calls home.

Possum Gap comes alive as a gripping, dangerous, and vibrant world in this terrifying and unputdownable installment. Prepare to be turning pages well past midnight.



Genre: Mystery



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