Deed of Murder (Burren Mystery #7)

by Cora Harrison

Overview

The enthralling new Burren mystery . . .

April 1511, Ireland. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, is celebrating the christening of her son when she notices that three of her law students have disappeared from the party. The next morning, one of them is found dead on a lone mountain pass with suspicious wounds. He was carrying an important legal document that has now disappeared.

But why did he choose to deliver it during the night, and what of the two other missing students? Mara must uncover the truth, and it at first seems that the stolen deed holds all the answers . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847513724
Publisher:	Severn House
Publication date:	06/01/2012
Series:	Burren Mystery Series , #7
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.56(w) x 8.48(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

Cora Harrison published twenty-six children's books before turning to adult novels with the ‘Mara’ series of Celtic historical mysteries set in 16th century Ireland. Cora lives on a farm near the Burren in the west of Ireland.

Editorial Reviews

"Intrigue, deception, and age-old feuds between neighboring kingdoms culminate in a suspensefully clever conclusion"

Booklist

Peter Tremayne fans who can’t get enough of his feisty seventh-century Irish sleuth, Sister Fidelma, will find Harrison’s 16th-century Irish “judge and lawgiver,” Mara, a more than acceptable substitute. At the start of the seventh entry (after May 2011’s Scales of Retribution), Mara and her husband, King Turlough Donn O’Brien, are holding a belated christening party for their baby son, Cormac, at their castle in western Ireland. Then three of the guests go missing: flirtatious Fiona MacBetha, a law student of Mara’s; another law student, Fachtnan, who’s sweet on Fiona; and 26-year-old lawyer Eamon, Fachtnan’s rival for Fiona’s affections. Later, farmer Muiris O’Hynes finds Eamon’s dead body in a flax shed. O’Hynes recently caused a stir by winning a bid for a land lease that historically always went to a large local family, but the deed formalizing his right to work the property has disappeared. As usual, Harrison makes combining a whodunit with the subtleties of Irish law look easy. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

"Intrigue, deception, age-old feuds between neighboring kingdoms culminate in a suspensefully clever conclusion"

Booklist

Prepare to be immersed in 16th-century Ireland as Mara (Scales of Retribution), Brehon of the Burren, tracks down a stolen deed after one of her law students is murdered.

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