Inside Jobs

Tales from a Time of Quarantine

By: Ben H. Winters

Narrated by: Scott Aiello, Kevin T. Collins, Ellen Archer

Three offbeat stories of crime and conundrum, set in the present moment, from the New York Times best-selling, Edgar Award-winning author of Underground Airlines and The Last Policeman.

Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine includes:

"The Crimson Parrot"

It's not easy masterminding the crime of the century when your whole gang is working from home. A high-stakes tale of larceny, deception, and teleconferencing.

"The Cape House"

As the world shifts around them, two estranged brothers end up in their childhood home. But it's the memories they unearth that will change them forever.

"Stop Motion"

With endless time on her hands, an apartment-bound young woman gets to all the hobbies she's neglected - martial arts, playing the sax, photography...and solving a murder?

©2020 Ben H. Winters (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC

Modern fun.

I had a good laugh with this story. It’s definitely a unique time to be alive and these little Inside Jobs made me smile.
PS. Audible this months collection was wonderful. Thank you. For the last few months I passed on all of them. This month I got four.

Great stuff!

Perfect slices of life. Be careful when you ZOOM, choose carefully who you quarantine with, and keep an eye on your neighbors!

A trio of great and timely stories

Some timely writing - I am impressed that something this good came out so quickly in the covid-timeline. These are stories that could be good listens at anytime but have added significance with the current events and everyone's situation. Touches on how things are changing and different angles on familiar themes.

enjoyable distraction

This is one of the better Audible originals I've listened to so far. These are imaginitive and mostly funny stories set in the context of Covid-19 quarantine.

The first was the best.

Before you read this, understand I’m a suspense fan, not a mystery fan. This was marketed as suspense stories, which i feel was a miss-market and had it been marketed to fit its genre, I would not have picked it. This is not the fault of the author. The writing was good and the performances adequate to outstanding. *spoilers ahead*

The first story was more comedy than mystery which was its saving grace. I actually skipped over the ending of the second story with 2 minutes to the end because the game of cat and mouse between brothers ended and understood that the protagonist would leave his brother for dead. And the third story I listened all the way to the end, but felt the story took a wrong turn when the heroine made the decision to break and enter her neighbor’s home and so the ending felt somewhat apropos when she she finds her neighbor dead and hacked to pieces.

satisfying

3 great short stories. all stand alone very well and feel complete at the end. well developed characters and simple but interesting plots. loved it.

Decent

The first story was a little too silly
The second was a little too creepy
The third story was just right. I loved it!

All the narrators were all excellent.

Inside Jobs

Ben Winters is a long time favorite of mine!! He do not disappoint with these 3 sign of the times we’re now in short stories!! What an amazing writer!! I vote yes for anything by Ben Winters!!! Kudos, Ben!!!

Was wondering when we would hear from Ben Winters!

This was a great, almost in real time, few short stories! I really like the writing of Ben H. Winters and this was no exception. I actually wish there had been more short stories. If you're looking for some fantastic writing from someone who is telling stories like he is reading your mind during quarantine, then take a listen to this and smile the entire time because you can relate. Also, the performances were spot on. It really felt like I was listening to stories from friends and not books.

quarantine read

three brief stories, that kept me intrigued. the stories had interesting plots, with a few quick twists and turns.