Well now, it turns out that my review of this one vanished into the ether. naturally, it being a Doug book, it was not only pre-ordered, but I was up for the release at midnight too.

This is, on the face of it at least, something of a departure for Doug - both aliens based on real evidence and a first person narrative are unusual things.
Nonetheless, it does seem to have made for a fascinating story, and I found myself as gripped on this reread as I was the first time through. Even now recognising many of the twists and turns before their reveals, I still truly enjoyed myself.
I can't imagine the mental gymnastics needed to keep rescuing heroes from the jaws of death as Doug manages in every single novel, and really hope that, even though he mentions finding new ideas hard to find sometimes, we keep seeing novels of this calibre for a long time to come. Whilst Unidentified hasn't made its way into my top spots, it's undeniably a hallmark work of his and I am sure I'll pick it off my shelf again one day in the coming months.