The Edgar Awards Revisited: The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling (Best Novel; 1980)
By Thomas Wickersham
July 9, 2019Arthur 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…