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Fast Forward [Mass Market Paperback]

Judy Mercer (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)


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June 1, 1997

The dream jolts her awake. In the hazy gray glint of a Los Angeles dawn, it leaves her feeling anxious, disconnected...Her memory has vanished. She doesn't know if Ariel Gold, the name on a California driver's license, is hers. All she knows in her panic is that she is badly cut and bruised, she is in a house that has been viciously ransacked, and, on a crumpled heap of clothes, there is a blood-caked shirt -- and a gun.

Alone and completely disoriented, "Ariel" begins her search through a stranger's life, determined to find out who may be trying to harm her. Concealing her amnesia, she starts to improvise her new life, moment by unpredictable moment, in the worlds of high-fashion modeling and the New York theater. But someone is watching her every move -- and Ariel's stubborn quest is leading her right into the sights of a killer.


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From Publishers Weekly

Mercer's debut thriller concerns an investigative reporter suffering from amnesia who must uncover both her past and the killer who is on her trail.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Mercer's first novel should find favor with fans of suspense. A woman wakes to a scene of violence and recognizes nothing, not even herself. She must discover her name (Ariel Gold), piece together her life, and figure out why someone wants her dead?all this while keeping her amnesia a secret. In Gold's favor are her job with a television show dealing with unsolved crimes, a small group of loyal friends, and her intelligence and good humor. Plot twists multiply as she begins to discover connections between herself and the woman she suspects was accidentally murdered in her place. Gold is confident in her own abilities, comfortable financially, and secure enough to have several men as friends (though some readers may lament the lack of sex in the novel). The author keeps the door open for a sequel. For popular collections.?Rebecca S. Kelm, Northern Kentucky Univ. Lib., Highland Heights
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket (June 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671899619
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671899615
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.8 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Quick Read- Ariel's Best., March 8, 2003
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This review is from: Fast Forward (Paperback)
I would give this 5 stars but it's not like it's Shakespeare or Poe...it's a very good novel, though.

I won't recount the story; I'm sure many, many reviewers already have. However, I must say that this is an exceptionally entertaining book. You will have a hard time putting it down, such is the story and it's wonderfully likable characters.

This book is the best of the Ariel Gold series of the three that I've read so far; "Double Take" was a too-long letdown and now that I'm reading "Split Image' I'm finding that I don't even care what happens in the story anymore...I get the feeling this was not intended to be a series.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast Forward is Right!, October 25, 2000
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This review is from: Fast Forward (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the kind of book you read quickly, because nowhere seems a good place to stop. There are too many intriguing questions waiting to be answered. Yes, there are some potentially implausible turns and amnesia is always a tough sell, but those factors only demonstrate what a terrific story-teller Mercer is. I raced merrily through the pages (with my suspended disbelief stumbling along behind), eager to find out what was really going on. A fun read.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A bizarre but fascinating tale., March 27, 2000
This review is from: Fast Forward (Mass Market Paperback)
I liked this book, and I would have given it five stars, except the ending kind of fizzled. The plot was suspenseful and kept me hooked from beginning until I was three quarters of the way through, and then it just sort of faded. Ariel is quite the character, but the references to her weight are never sewn up tightly. I truly expected her to be "someone else". The story leaves many details unexplained and offers a multitude of conjecture that doesn't satisfy the reader at all. Some of the story was so unlikely it was hard for me to absorb and accept as fact. Still, I kept turning the pages, and spent a few extra hours in the evening reading, so four stars is applicable. The book left me not sure if I would read this author again, so I give it a big Maybe.
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Ariel Gold, New York, Los Angeles, Jane Macaulay, Philip Carroll, Michael Gold, David Friedman, Fiona Morgan, Creighton Arnold, Henry Heller, Marguerite Harris, Max Neely, Robert Macaulay, Flying Blind, Frank Eberhardt, San Diego, Beverly Hills, Detective Massey, Adam Shaw, Anita Stroud, Ariel Munson, Philip Morgan, Rachel Mulkerne, Win Peacock, Luis Rodriquez
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