Murder on Mars

{{Short description|1975 novel by Hugh Walters}}

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{{Infobox book |

| name = Murder on Mars

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| image = File:MurderOnMars.jpg

| border = yes

| caption = First edition

| author = Hugh Walters

| cover_artist = David Knight

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| series = Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A

| genre = Science fiction novel

| publisher = Faber

| release_date = 1975

| media_type = Print (Hardback)

| pages = 131

| isbn = 0-571-10717-6

| oclc = 3065278

| dewey = 823/.9/1J

| congress =

| preceded_by = Tony Hale, Space Detective

| followed_by = The Caves of Drach

}}

{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}

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.{{cite news |last=K.B. |date=January 8, 1976 |title=Exciting space thriller for boys |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/burton-observer-and-chronicle-exciting-s/165184013/ |work=Burton Observer and Chronicle |access-date=February 10, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} It was the second in the series to focus on Tony Hale's detective work rather than Chris Godfrey.{{Cite book |last=D'Ammassa |first=Don |author-link=Don D'Ammassa |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Science_Fiction/AJxbAgAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |date= |publisher=Facts on File |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4381-4062-9 |language=en |chapter=Walters, Hugh}}