Two classic "Solar Patrol" types investigating missing asteroid miners -- unlike (say) Smith's :Lensmen, these "sops" really have to do some serious deduction --I particularly liked the faked asteroid --though the ending involves improbably heroics with 2 patrolmen taking out 11 ships, an armed asteroid base, 25 armed men etc. ( )

Pretty good. There's cop stuff and drinking and bar fights and blowing things up - and there's also major character development, and dealing with impossible problems on the external and internal levels (job and personal life, that is), and team development - the two of them learn more about how the other deals with things. One very Duane phrase, where Joss thanks all available deities. Again, this series is being better than I remembered it - now I need High Moon. ( )