Tim Soloff thrives on adrenalin. He needs it, too. His fiancé broke their engagement. His career is in a coma. He’s got an anti-Semitic boss who gives him the sure-to-fail assignments. (Sometimes he even pulls them off.) This time he has no information, no money, no backup — and everybody’s chasing him. When he joins a pop band as an undercover agent, he discovers there’s a lot more waiting for him than he bargained for — including his own religion.
Henye Meyer’s brilliant thriller may read like a parody but there's not a dull moment between the covers.
I grew up in the US, but I've lived in the UK for over forty years, now, and it was the smartest move I ever made (after marrying the most wonderful husband in the world). As a writer of historicals, it's almost inspiring to live so close to a couple of thousand years of history (or at least historical remains).
The M15 isn't the Mossad - it's boring and predictable. Tom's boss is determined to leave him out of anything interesting, so sending him to infiltrate a shady band is just a distraction. Henye Meyer wrote Adrenaline Rush as a parody combining every thriller trope you've ever read. Fantastic chases through the gritty countryside and the bizarre cast of characters with their sarcastic humor are at once exotic, suspenseful, and hilariously fun.
Funny. Better for older audiences who might be more familiar with the character stereotypes, but the younger readers who have read frum thrillers will get the general idea. Lovely little subplot concerning the only really non-Jewish characters.