The Pick-Up
| By Raymond Marshall | |
| Publisher | Harlequin Romance #340 |
| Release Month | 1955 (US) |
| Harlequin Romance Series # | |
| Preceded by | Nurses Are People |
| Followed by | Ruthless |
- Author: Raymond Marshall
- Publisher: Harlequin Romance #340
- Year: 1955
Book Description
THis is the story of an ordinary, unambitious young man named Harry Ricks who falls hopelessly in love with a girl he meets by chance in a pub. Unluckily for him, the girl, Clair Dolan, also falls in love with him.
Even when Harry discovers Clair is a pick-pocket, working with a gang, headed by Robert Brady, an unscrupulous blackmailer, he doesn't hesitate to marry her, believing his love and influence will prevent her from returning to her old mode of life.
For a time, everything goes well for them; then from out of the past comes Robert Brady to blackmail Clair. Caught in a trap of her own making, Clair reverts to type, and her reckless reaction to Brady's demands finally culminates in murder.
Here is a lively thriller...written at Raymond Marshall's usual exciting pace, with a realistic and unexpected twist in the very last line.
