Title: Laws in conflict
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.
Subjects: Murder, Investigation, Women judges, History, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, crime, Women judges, fiction, Ireland, fiction
Places: Burren, Burren (Ireland), Ireland
Time periods: 16th century