Laws in conflict

By Cora Harrison

Subjects: Ireland, fiction, History, Women judges, fiction, Fiction, Murder, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Investigation, Fiction, crime, Detective and mystery stories, Women judges

Description: February, 1512. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, judge and lawgiver, has been invited to the city state of Galway, which is ruled by English laws and a royal charter originally granted by Richard III. Mara wonders whether she can use her legal knowledge to save the life of a man from the Burren who's been caught stealing a meat pie, but events soon take an even more dramatic turn when the mayor's son is charged with a heinous crime.