Nate's Reviews > Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell

His best book yet

I've read all of Shoalts' books, and this one is by far his most engrossing. He mixes adventure, mystery, detective wiles, biography, and history altogether so smoothly that the read is compelling.

I can't say that I was taken by his two most recent books, Where the Falcon Flies and The Whisper On The Night Wind, though they are still very fine. This latest effort recalls what I think are his best two books, Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic and Alone Against the North.

Shoalts' gift is an economy with words combined with an eye for detail, a balancing act that few writers possess. He is always a pleasure to read, and not just for the thrills (which are plenty!)