Laws in conflict
By: Cora Harrison
Edition: 1st world ed.
Series: The Burren mysteries
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Sutton, Surrey, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780727881786; 9781847514349
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; Women judges; History; Detective and mystery stories; Fiction
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.