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Thomas Wickersham

Thomas Wickersham is the manager of The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest mystery specialty bookstore in the world, located in New York City. He can be found online at twitter.com/tomwickersham.
Peregrine by William Bayer

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Peregrine by William Bayer (Best Novel; 1982)

By Thomas Wickersham

July 19, 2019

A killer is on the loose. Soaring through the skies above Manhattan, one of nature’s most deadly predators, a peregrine falcon, eyes its potential prey on the sidewalks below. A flash of reflective light on the ground marks the target and signals the moment to strike. A beautiful ice skater is attacked from the sky…

The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling

The Edgar Awards Revisited: The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling (Best Novel; 1980)

By Thomas Wickersham

July 9, 2019

Arthur Maling’s 1979 novel The Rheingold Route may hold the dubious distinction of being the least remembered book to ever win the Edgar Award for best novel of the year. It is a challenge to find anyone who has heard of it, let alone read it. A 2019 internet search turns up virtually nothing besides…

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