Pj Skinner

Mortal Mission (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Will they find life on Mars, or death?

After years of training, backup astronaut Hattie Fredericks has resigned herself to watching humanity's first voyage to Mars from the sidelines. But when the lead science officer is found dead days before launch, Hattie's dream suddenly becomes reality. Her arrival on the crew sparks resentment, and when a string of accidents threatens the mission, resentment turns to suspicion. As further crew members die in mysterious circumstances, paranoia spreads through the team. Is someone trying to sabotage the mission? Meanwhile, on Earth, journalist Chuck Gomez grows uneasy about the unexplained deaths linked to the mission. Fuelled by expensive sushi - and sheer force of character - he uncovers a conspiracy that could doom the entire crew.

Stranded millions of miles from Earth, Hattie must battle not only the brutal Martian environment but the terrifying truth: a killer may be among them. As the stakes rise, she must navigate a deadly web of deception and betrayal to save the mission - before everyone dies.

Mortal Mission is a gripping sci-fi mystery where The Martian meets Agatha Christie. Perfect for fans of science-driven adventure and locked-room mysteries with a cosmic twist.

Solve a locked-room mystery on the Red Planet

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Parkin Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781913224738
• Artikelnr.: 75512296

Autorenporträt

PJ Skinner was born in Guildford, one of seven siblings. When she was six, the family moved to Ireland where she attended school. She went to Trinity College, Dublin University, graduating as a geologist. After graduation, PJ spent 35 years working in over thirty countries as an exploration geologist. PJ worked in many remote, strange, and often dangerous places, and loved every minute, despite encountering her fair share of misogyny and other perils. During this time, she collected the tall tales and real-life experiences which inspired her to write the Sam Harris Adventure Series. The series chronicles the adventures of a pioneering female geologist in an almost exclusively male world.

After finishing the Sam Harris Adventure series, PJ's childhood in Ireland inspired her to write the Green Family Saga, which follows the fortunes of an English family who move to Ireland just before the start of the Troubles, under the name of Kate Foley.

PJ moved to the south coast of England just before the Covid pandemic. There she wrote Mortal Mission, a sci-fi mystery set on Mars, inspired by her fascination with all things celestial. It is a science-based murder mystery; think The Martian with fewer potatoes and more bodies.

The enjoyment of writing Mortal Mission encouraged her to try writing a mystery series. She has always been a massive fan of crime and mystery, so it was inevitable she would turn her hand to it eventually. She published Deadly Return, the first book in the Seacastle Mysteries in July 2023 to great success. The Seacastle Mystery Series is a contemporary cosy mystery series with an amateur female sleuth, her grumpy ex-husband, hacker stepson and ungrateful rescue cat. The ensemble cast adds banter and humour as the series follows their stories between the murder mysteries. Malign Fortune, book 9, was released on the 31st of August 2025.