The Edgar Awards Revisited: God Save the Mark by Donald Westlake (Best Novel; 1968)
By Mariah Fredericks
April 12, 2019My parents were mystery readers. And when my mother died, she left behind a comprehensive library of mysteries popular in the 60s and 70s. Sayers. Le Carré. Margery Allingham. Ngaio Marsh. Most of them were British or British Empire. One lone American stood out: Donald Westlake’s Who Stole Sassi Manoon? Even as a kid, I…