Once again Maine's mixture of mystery and, mostly realistic, SF makes a good story. As with most of Maine's books this one has good characters and a good story with a little Science Fiction in the mix. His SF is not far in the future or involving aliens. His style of SF is about real people in the 20th century who are using technology just beyond what he saw around him. There were no western launched satellites in his day but he knew they were coming.
I never expect to give his books more then three stars but he surprised me with this one. ( )