Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this eARC. I received an advance copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

"Inside Information" is a captivating exploration of the human heart, where secrets simmer beneath the surface, and intimacy dances with uncertainty. Eshkol Nevo, known for his thought-provoking narratives, delivers once again with this intricate novel.

The story unfolds through three interlocking tales, each revealing a different facet of love and connection. Nevo's prose is both poetic and precise, drawing readers into a web of emotions that linger long after the last page.

A South American honeymoon takes a dark turn, transforming romance into a chilling nightmare. Nevo's vivid descriptions transport us to lush landscapes, but lurking shadows hint at deeper mysteries. The couple grapples with fear and mistrust, and we're left questioning the fragility of love.

Dr. Yonatan, a seasoned physician, feels an inexplicable urge to shield a young resident. Their interactions are charged with tension, blurring professional boundaries. Nevo masterfully explores the complexities of mentorship, desire, and vulnerability.

A seemingly ordinary Saturday morning walk turns surreal when a man vanishes without a trace. His wife's grief becomes a haunting melody, echoing through the orchards. Nevo delves into loss, memory, and the ache of absence.

Nevo crafts characters who breathe authenticity. Their flaws and desires resonate, making them feel like old friends.

The settings come alive—the sultry heat of South America, the sterile hospital corridors, and the whispering orchards.

Nevo doesn't shy away from raw emotions. Love, longing, and heartache blend seamlessly.

Narration: Neil Shah and Sharon Freedman infuse the audiobook with warmth and nuance. Shah's voice captures the urgency of secrets, while Freedman's tones evoke vulnerability. Their collaboration enhances the storytelling experience.

In *Inside Information*, Nevo invites us to peer beyond the obvious, to explore the hidden recesses of our hearts. Whether you're a lover of psychological suspense or simply crave beautifully rendered prose, this novel leaves you pondering the enigma of intimacy.

These are three highly emotional, socially very critic and also thrilling stories that make you think deeply!

Usually I don't read books like this but it kept me going and Neil Shah and Sharon Freedman narrated it in an enchanting way!

Thank you #NetGalley #RB Media, HighBridge Audio for this audiobook

This book wasn't really my jam but it was well written and flowed well. I had a hard time getting into it and staying with the story but think that is a me issue and not an author or writing issue

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This book is a very interesting exploration of relationships. I enjoyed the writing and the prose was incredibly engaging

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for they ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks # netgalley for this book in exchange for an honest review. I enjoyed the authors writing but I'm still unsure if I actually enjoyed the story

Thank you NetGalley for an audio copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I have never read Nevo before. At first this book snuck up on me. The narrators are fabulous. The first story is about a couple on their honeymoon in S America. A divorced man runs into them and they have ice cream together. The husband dies in a tragic bike accident. Of course, the wife is blamed as is the divorced man. The next story is about a doctor who takes a young resident under his wing. She tries to accuse him of sexual misconduct. The last story is about a man who walks into an orchard and disappears. In all the stories, telling the truth has interesting consequences. All the people are Israeli. All the stories will haunt you and make you want to read this with some one so you can find out if they loved it as much as you did. Book club this!!!!!

OK I apologize because this is an audiobook and I could not remember any of the names as they are not familiar names to me but what I will say is this book is captivating from the very first story with a couple on their honeymoon to the very last story you will not want to put this down. The narrators do a stellar job but I think even with a terrible narrator the story is enough to keep you glued to the narrative wanting to know the ending. Imagine meeting a woman while on vacation and she’s on her honeymoon and she comes to your room at midnight and kisses you before she leaves and it winds up getting you arrested for the murder of her husband then another couple goes on the same walk they do every week but when the husband excuses to sell for a moment he’s never seen again this book was so good I absolutely enjoyed it I love books written about other countries and this is one of those books things happen in different countries throughout the book and it sticks to the same theme couples in crime and OMG it’s absolutely phenomenal. I have never read a book by this author before but I will definitely be looking for his books in the future. I apologize for not being able to remember the names of the people but the names were not common names known to me except for Moore’s name whose name was actually Maria but you have to read the book to figure it all out and it’s so worth doing. What a great listen. keep in mind if you’ve ever heard they save the best for last it’s as if each story just gets better because they have three couples and three Crime‘s but the last one was my absolute favorite this is so worth reading I loved it and highly recommend it. I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

I enjoyed this book and its trio of stories. I found myself confused if characters were overlapped in the stories. It was a bit harder to follow in the audiobook since I wasn’t sure if the names. This is no fault of the book.
The stories were interesting and revolved first person around love, family, hate, death, abuse and loss .I think there was great character development that gave me empathy to several characters. I think I enjoyed the first story the most . I didn’t know if all 3 stories were merge at the end and I’d find out what really happened to the cyclist .
Thank you to the author , Highbridge Audio and NetGalley for this audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

4 stars

Three short novellas explore themes of family & romantic relationships, betrayal, identity, and hope with depth & nuance. The final one was a bit hard for me to understand, but it was still very poignant.

[What I liked:]

•I really enjoyed the writing. The prose, the characters’ voices, and the subtle revelations that shifted my perspective as each story unfolded. It’s very skillfully done.

•I like how the stories share a theme (all hinging on a piece of information that’s held back by one of the important players), yet the feel of each one is unique. The first is noir, the second a family drama, & the last a fantastical exploration of gender identity.

•This book made me feel some deep emotions & truly care about the characters. The first-person narration is well done.


[What I didn’t like as much:]

•The ending of the final story is rather esoteric & I wish I understood it better! I’m not sure if the nature party is meant to be a grief induced dream, a figment of the narrator’s fantasy, or a dash of magical realism that was absent from the first two stories.

I think maybe the missing piece is that I’m not quite getting how the story is related to the Pardes parable. (I guess the husband represents the rabbi who looked & died, & his wife the narrator represents the one who came & went in peace? Is their son the one who temporarily went mad? And who is the destroyer?) If anyone has thoughts on this I’d love to hear!

•The stories are advertised as interlocking. While a character name from the other stories gets mentioned in each, there isn’t much overlap or interaction. They are mostly just linked by theme. (This is not a criticism of the book, just not what I expected from the blurb.)

CW: sexism, racism, child abuse, substance abuse, suicide, murder, domestic violence, sexual harassment, infidelity, terminal illness

[I received an ARC ebook copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Thank you for the book!]

Book Title: Inside Information
Author: Eshkol Nevo
Narrator: Neil Shah and Sharon Freeman
Publisher: RB Media – High Bridge Audio
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Pub Date: June 27, 2023
My Rating: 3
Pages: 368

I love audiobooks and was searching for something new and this popped up and the
blurb got my attention:
• A honeymoon in South America that should have been romantic becomes more nightmarish by the minute.
• A senior doctor at a Tel Aviv hospital feels a powerful, inexplicable urge to protect a young female resident who has recently joined the internal medicine department.
• A married couple goes out for their regular Saturday morning walk in the orchards on the outskirts of town. The man walks back into the orchard for a moment—and disappears without a trace.
Okay I am guessing there is ‘Inside Information’ to these three!
I did struggle with this but doesn’t mean it isn’t good ~ I know many readers will enjoy it.

Want to thank NetGalley and RB Media –High Bridge Audio for granting me this early audiobook.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for June 27, 2023.

Inside Information is a unique novel weaves together three unconventional love stories, diving deep into lies, dark secrets and relationships through interconnected stories.

This was a truly fascinating and brilliant book. The author writing style was beautiful I enjoyed every moment reading this book and I literally cannot say any bad thing about this book. It was absolutely perfect!

I highly highly recommend reading this fascinating novel!

Thank you to @netgalley and the publisher for providing me an AudioARC of this title in exchange for my honest review.

"Inside Information" is an excellent title for this novel by Eshkol Nevo. We are given three very loosely interconnected stories, all told in the first person narrative, so the reader is looking at the events from the narrator's point of view, favoring his or her interpretation. But there are mysteries, and things may differ from what we have been told.

The first story is told from a divorced man's perspective who meets a couple of Israelis on his trip to South America. The couple is there on their honeymoon, but it's not happy traveling. The woman fascinates the narrator, and soon he becomes entangled in her marriage story. Still, it's hard to say if she is a victim there or a cold, calculating person to take advantage of the handsome "Viking" type man.

The protagonist of the second story almost immediately wins our sympathy: he's a respected senior doctor at a Tel Aviv hospital and still grieving after his wife. His children live in different countries (a choice that he and his wife never entirely accepted.) He develops a relationship with a young female resident at the hospital, interpreted as a father-daughter connection, trying to protect her. However, his feelings are unclear, even for him; the story has another unexpected twist.

The third story can be interpreted as the final link, the most metaphorical and spiritual one. It's inspired by a Talmud legend of four men walking into an orchard, and only one returned. A couple went into an orchard, and the husband disappeared. It became clear to me quickly that his disappearance meant he had died. Told from a wife's perspective, it deals with accepting the loss and, once more, with the parent-child difficult connection.

I listened to an audiobook, and both narrators did a good job, although I thought that the woman's accent she used in the third story was a bit too strong and distracting. However, the narrators' voices were distinct and interesting. I liked the first two stories the most; the third one had a somewhat repetitive feeling of sadness and gloom, probably understandable as it dealt with death.

Eshkol Nevo is the new author for me. He's, first of all, a storyteller, and that's what I enjoyed the most – following the stories. The flow of the stories is slow and somehow meditative. I was not blown away but still immersed in the narratives – sometimes more, sometimes less. Perhaps reading more books by this author will give me a better understanding of his writing.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an advanced reader's copy in exchange for a fair and honest review. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Neil Shah and Sharon Freedman (which is not a listed version on goodreads).

This was my introduction to Neil Shah and Sharon Freedman. Both narrators had a varied vocal range that included being able to sustain accents. I was immediately dropped into the story.

This was a slow meandering story made up of three separate stories that, by an odd chance of fate, all intertwine. In conversations between an abused wife and a recently divorced man told as a story in the third person, we learn about the wife's deteriorating marriage and her husband's mental state. Mor's mental state was not all that great either. Then there's story of the senior doctor and the resident which was far more poignant. Flipping from the present to the senior doctor's college years, we're given glimpses into his life. Still bound by grief, the senior doctor advocates for patience and trusts that the resident will do the right thing. As for the story of the married couple, this is a dismal portrayal of a long-term relationship and how parents relate to their children.

So, after listening to this story(ies), I feel lost and have a moment of WTF? Overall, it was disjointed and overly romanticised with zero conclusion.