Mortal Mission – Pip Skinner 


 

The first crewed mission to Mars has been launched. But will the astronauts find life on Mars, or death?

When the science officer for the first mission to Mars dies suddenly, backup Hattie Fredericks gets the coveted place on the crew. But her presence on the Starship provokes suspicion when it coincides with a series of incidents which threaten to derail their mission, one of the main objectives of which is the collection of the samples from the Perseverance Rover to establish or refute the presence of life on the planet.

After a near-miss while landing on the planet, the world watches as Hattie and her fellow astronauts struggle to survive. But worse than coping with the harsh elements on Mars, is their growing realisation that someone, somewhere, is trying to kill them and sabotage the mission.

When more astronauts die, Hattie doesn’t know who to trust. And her only allies are 35 million miles away. As the tension ratchets up, violence and suspicion invade both worlds.

A scifi mystery set in the not-too-distant future. If you like science-based sci-fi, and a locked-room mystery with a twist, you'll love this book.

SPSFC Year 2023

Subgenres: Crime & Mystery, Space Exploration

Date first published:  June 14, 2022

On Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Website: https://pjskinner.com

Biography: The author has spent 30 years working as an exploration geologist managing remote sites and doing due diligence of projects in more than thirty countries. Her latest book, published under the name of Pip Skinner, is a whodunnit set on Mars. Think the Martian with fewer potatoes and more murders; a cross between Agatha Christie and the Da Vinci Code. It follows the first crewed mission to Mars to pick up the Perseverance samples from the surface and was inspired by the author's interest in space exploration. She also writes under the pen names of PJ Skinner (adventure thrillers) and Kate Foley (Irish novels).

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