The Edgar Awards Revisited: The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons (Best Novel; 1961)

Englishman Julian Symons (1912-1994) was/is something of an oddity within the world of crime fiction. His is a name that rarely gets mentioned among enthusiasts of the genre. You get the sense that, even in his own time, he flew somewhat under the radar within the realm of suspense novel writers and buffs. All this,…