Two middle aged men, Perry and Ivan, find love and respect having experienced loss, betrayal and the need to meet the assumptions and expectations of their respective cultural backgrounds and social groups in 'The In-Between', the latest novel by Christos Tsiolkas. Charli blames herself for her mother’s death and the township blames her for a bush fire and now she has made a gruesome discovery in the lake. Can these incidents be connected to the Sanctuary, a conservative closed community in ‘Deep in the Forest’, a crime thriller by Erina Reddan.