The Arctic Patrol Mystery (Hardy Boys, No. 48)

I'm reading some of the reviews for this book, and I'm kind of wondering if some of you are confusing this book for something else. All the action was relevant to the plot! And, in my opinion, action is what was lacking in many of the volumes of the series (after a certain point). This book is loaded with action, much of it truely dangerous. In many Hardy Boys books (recent ones) the enemy was so unthreatening that it was laughable. At least in this book, the villains actually do something other than sending threatening letters. As for some of you complaining about a paper-thin plot, give me a break. This is the Hardy Boys! No books since Disappearing Floor actually had good plots! The Disappearing Floor was (most likely) the last book actually written by Franklin W. Dixon. I know this because in the book after that, (Flying Express) the writing style was completely different, the the names of many locations changed. Also, after Disappearing Floor, the stories were no longer mysteries (Except maybe a couple,) they were action stories. So I'm wondering why you all thought this would be any different. Yes, the story is predictable, yes, the mystery can be solved from the moment you find out about it, and yes, the plot was paper thin, but you can say that about every Hardy Boys book that came after Disappearing Floor, basically. The series has been going downhill since then, and Arctic Patrol Mystery happens to at least stand out. By itself, this book is a lackluster mystery story. But comparing it to the volumes of the series that came out before and after this....this wins. If you want real mysteries, read the first 19 volumes of the series. If you want cool action stories that take place in many cool locations, read volumes 20 to 58. This gets 5 stars because I knew what to expect when I started reading it, and I was satisfied.

The Arctic Patrol Mystery is a very good and very interesting book.The way Chet helps to find the imposter,and the way he and his brother think.This is the best book I ever read.And I suggest that you should read this book to.

Franklin W. Dixon, the "should be Nobel laurette" and American genius, creates one of the most satisfying books with "The Arctic Patrol Mystery." It is of such epic proportions and yet so earthy that one is continually struck by the dichotomy. The heroes are simple, poor detectives; they are not great, they will never be great (unlike Achilles who was great all his life). The landscape is so expansive and beautiful that it is hard to imagine a more magnificent scene, and yet this is also a land of hardship and famine and cold death. The book operates on so many levels that all one can do is bathe in its beauty and try to absorb as much as possible; whether the names (Gylfi Hallbjörnsson is exquisite), the land shapes, the farmers life, the love, the hate, the passage of time, the pressure of living an independent, free life, all of this deeply impress you upon reading the work. It is something I enjoyed, enjoy, and hope to read every year hence, so that I may enjoy the epiphanic revelations it provides.

This Hardy Boys adventure takes place in Iceland and is unbeliveably exiting. It is also a great description of both the beutyful Icelandic landscape and the characteristics of the people in Iceland. So you get a very good story and learn a lot on the same ride.