Books

The In-Between
-Coming soon- A supernatural thriller by Thaddeus Cain

In the summer of 1986, sixteen-year-old Mark Russo asks Beth Costa out on the last day of eighth grade. She says yes. Eighteen months later, she’s dead—stabbed in her home along with her mother and little sister—and Mark’s world collapses.

Then Beth comes back.

At first, it’s subtle: the scent of roses, a flicker of light, the narrow space between Mark’s bed and the wall where he used to hide. But her presence becomes undeniable. She appears. She shows him fragments—glimpses of that night and of the person he trusts most. Beth never commands. She only returns, pulling Mark toward a truth he isn’t ready to face.

Across town, Detective John Murphy catches the case. A Vietnam veteran with a shattered leg and a marriage that quietly emptied out, Murphy has survived guilt before. What he hasn’t survived is what begins circling him as he investigates—something ancient and patient that doesn’t ask. It offers, then takes, then owns. The deeper Murphy digs, the tighter its grip becomes, turning the case into a fight for his sanity—and his soul.

THE IN-BETWEEN is an upmarket supernatural thriller set in 1980s Rhode Island, combining coming-of-age dread with moral, investigative suspense. It is a standalone with series potential.

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