Digging Deeper is based on my experiences in north-eastern Angola in 1998-99. We worked beside a project that was attacked by UNITA who shot some of the white managers and used others to carry their booty. The whole contract was a nightmare, especially since it was six months long with no break. The only relief as the odd Sunday football or rugby game on the solitary television, and clandestine fishing trips (forbidden for security purposes).
Sam Harris has taken the job, as I did, out of desperation for money. Like Sam, I was supposed to be based in the Capital, Luanda, but I found myself sent out to the provinces, near the UNITA base. Why didn’t I leave? Because they thought they could force me out. It became a battle of wills. I did six months, and, bonuses included, it paid for me to do an MBA. For me, it was worth it. I know it was crazy, but being a woman in that industry was always a compromise between swallowing casual sexism and the odd physical assault, and doing the job I trained for.
Digging Deeper is on Pre-Order for 31st of August. First reviews are in. Here is one I am particularly proud of:
‘Your writing (especially in Digging Deeper) HAS REACHED MY HEART, MY SOUL, AND ALL THE REST OF ME. (My spirit guides capitalized that and I agree).
Especially adorable are Pibe and Edison Jr. and the way Sam feels about them, and the way they feel about her. The Beatles were right: All You Need Is Love.
Digging Deeper is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious times a million!! It could be (and I think it should be) made into a movie.’
I took these photos during a year I spent working in Senegal. I am using the experience as background for one section of book 7, the Concrete Jungle, which I am writing now. It will be the last book in the Sam Harris Adventure Series.
Out today! ARC readers love this thriller. You will too. Get it here
‘The Sam Harris series just keeps getting better!’
‘And what I can say, but wow, wow, wow. Yet again, PJ has delivered a great adventure for Sam.’
‘I absolutely adored this book!’
Geologist Sam Harris has been round the block, but she’s prone to nostalgia, so she snatches the chance to work in Sierramar, her old stomping ground. But she never expected to be working for a company that seems to be breaking all the rules.
When the analysis results from drilling are suspiciously high, Sam makes a decision that puts her life in peril. Can she blow the lid on the conspiracy before they shut her up for good?
The Bonita Protocol is the fifth book in the Sam Harris Adventure series. If you like gutsy heroines, complex twists and turns, and heart pounding action, then you’ll love PJ Skinner’s thrilling novel.
I’m really glad to report that the cover for The Bonita Protocol has been delivered. Here it is! I hope you like it. See below for the chance to be the first to receive Sam’s latest adventure.
An erratic boss. Suspicious results. Stock market shenanigans. Can Sam Harris expose the scam before they silence her?
It’s 1996. Geologist Sam Harris has been around the block, but she’s prone to nostalgia, so she snatches the chance to work in Sierramar, her old stomping ground. But she never expected to be working for a company that is breaking all the rules.
When the analysis results from drill samples are suspiciously high, Sam makes a decision that puts her life in peril. Can she blow the lid on the conspiracy before they shut her up for good?
The Bonita Protocol is the fifth book in the Sam Harris Adventure series. If you like gutsy heroines, complex twists and turns, and heart pounding action, then you’ll love PJ Skinner’s thrilling novel.
Pre-Order The Bonita Protocol and have your own gold rush today.
In 2002 I went to Siberia on a consulting trip to train people to write reports for the stock exchange. As you can see from the pictures, dinner involved rather a lot of cheap vodka (bottles in the foreground of the picnic photo). Cheap vodka is deadly and not recommended.
It was the perfect time to visit. The snows had mostly melted and the mosquitos hadn’t hatched yet. The food was meat, fish, bread, dairy and potates with no vegetables or fruit. The climate does not allow for much vegetable growing and at that time no fresh produce reached this part of Siberia from outside markets.
