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by Simon Wood (Author)
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"A virtual virtuoso of suspense - Simon Wood layers tension until you ache." -- Elaine Flinn, award winning author of The Molly Doyle Mysteries

"Warning: This book is 100% adrenalin. Wood is pure gold." -- J.A. Konrath, author of Rusty Nail

“A virtual virtuoso of suspense - Simon Wood layers tension until you ache.” --Elaine Flinn, award winning author of The Molly Doyle Mysteries

“Warning: This book is 100% adrenalin. Wood is pure gold.” --J.A. Konrath, author of Rusty Nail

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The workplace can be dangerous. If the job doesn't kill you, your colleagues just might. In Working Stiffs, Simon Wood has put together a collection of suspenseful short stories along with his first novella, The Fall Guy. Each tale offers a dark look at how even ordinary jobs can turn deadly. Working Stiffs . . . Some jobs are worth killing for.

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Blue Cubicle Press (May 15, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0974590045
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974590042
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,891,323 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simon Wood has got the chops!!, October 26, 2006
WORKING STIFFS by Simon Wood
Review by Nickolas Cook

Crime anthologies have enjoyed a great tradition in American literature. For a genre fiction, they get a heck of a lot less grief from publishing than horror or science fiction, and don't suffer from the ghetto slap from critics. Some of crime literature's best anthologies were the old Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery. Well, Simon Wood has single handedly channeled the ghosts of that fine old series of books with his newest collection, WORKING STIFFS.
The stories are quick and mean, edited down to the bone, like the best noir fiction. His characters are believable, work-a-day (pun definitely intended) types who find themselves facing shifts in their simple lives as violence intrudes. The prose is tight, clean, and gives that sense of balance that only damn good writing can provide. Wood's humor comes through in the most peculiar ways, in dialogue and descriptive passages akin to the Mathesons, Blochs, or Hunters of old. His style will seem effortless to the reader and turn every writer green with envy. Wood's years of writing tirelessly for the short story markets can be seen in this new collection.
Each of the stories has to do with the work we do- the thing that takes up a significant portion of each of our lives. But Wood examines the idea of a job as something more than punching the clock for our daily bread. There are jobs we love and jobs we hate; jobs we never see as work, and those that grind chunks of our souls away each day. He knows this and digs under the surface of his characters to expose their worn souls and lost dreams.
"Old Flames Burn the Brightest" is something MacDonald would have loved. Femme fateles can never be trusted, can they?
"My Father's Secret" could easily have been an episode of "The Sopranos", it's that good.
"A Break in the Old Routine" had me all the way to the end slap in the face.
"Parental Control" examines the desperation of the parenting gig in modern society, and just how far a father is willing to go to keep his son alive and safe. Some people have the taste for violence and learn its power.
"The Real Deal" has a nice twist ending, even if you can see it coming from a few miles away.
"Officer Down" is a peculiar revenge story that leaves the reader unsure how to feel about the protagonist; but this is yet another example of Wood's brilliant craftsmanship.
While the whole collection is great reading, the novella, "Fall Guy", is its best offering. It all starts innocuously enough with a minor fender bender misdeed, but quickly spirals out of control for the intrepid protagonist. Todd just can't seem to stay out of trouble, and the harder he tries to wriggle out of his new life of crime the worse it gets. Wood writes this tale with a sense of fun and humor, but don't let that fool you into thinking the danger isn't real. It's an examination, as the best crime fiction usually is, of the criminal mind. Todd has no direction or aptitude for the straight life, and only finds satisfaction and vigor in being a criminal. Before long he's as comfortable with his new role as a seasoned pro. The supporting characters he meets along the way are as quirky as those found in a Tarantino film. While Wood leaves plenty of ambiguity about a life of crime compared to a life of dead end jobs and weekly paychecks that don't stretch nearly far enough, he helps Todd seek redemption by tale's end. The denouement is very satisfying meat upon which to chew.
For a novice reader of Wood's work, this is an excellent place to start.

--Nickolas Cook
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of shorts!, May 9, 2007
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... And you think YOUR worklife is the stuff of nightmares ... Simon Wood's WORKING STIFFS puts all that in perspective. I loved this collection of stories, and I'm not, in general, a fan of short stories. But Simon's a great writer: Read one short from this collection, and you'll just have to read another (rather like a box of chocolates... you can't stop after just one).
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