A Law Unto Herself

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AN OFF-WORLD MURDER MYSTERY

Commissioner Tanya Jones of the Mars Police is woken early with a report of a mining accident in an outlying crater. On arrival at scene her suspicions are aroused and amongst the tangled wreckage the evidence is reveals the unusual incident as a case of murder. Illicitly modified machinery is set to kill, the question is who modified it, who activated it and why. Peeling back the layers Tanya discovers CIA involvement both in the attempt to discredit her predecessor that brought her to Mars and the murder itself, as a means of covering tracks. Sourcing the method of importation of the trigger mechanism leads Tanya to the uncovering of a diamond smuggling, gun and drug running operation. In finally revealing who and why, Tanya has introduced not only law, but also a court and sentence. She is the law.