Murder on Mars is a juvenile science fiction novel, the sixteenth in Hugh Walters' Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series. It was published in the UK by Faber in 1975. It was the second in the series to switch to detective work rather than space exploration.

Murder on Mars
First edition
AuthorHugh Walters
Cover artistDavid Knight
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherFaber
Publication date
1975
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages131
ISBN0-571-10717-6
OCLC3065278
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Preceded byTony Hale, Space Detective 
Followed byThe Caves of Drach 

Plot summary

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In a crater on Mars an engineer from Mars Base has been found dead, his spacesuit slashed. Despite having a large number of suspects to interview, Morrey Kant, Serge Smyslov and Tony Hale's questioning flushes out a prime suspect. But Tony does not believe they have the right man and hatches a dangerous plan to find the real killer.

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