Pulp Poem of the Week

Sometimes

words

are just

a nuisance.

John Farris

Baby Moll

1958

Book Review: John Farris, Baby Moll (1958)

Pete Mallory has cut his ties with the mob. He has a woman he loves, and they are engaged to be married. Pete is ready to live a normal life . . . that is, until his old boss blackmails him into doing one last job, etc., etc., etc. Competent but forgettable. As with quite a few Hard Case Crime reprints, it is difficult to figure why this one was deemed worthy of rescue from oblivion. Grade: C