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Harrison, Cora.

A Fatal Inheritance. A Celtic Historical Mystery Set in 16th Century Ireland Cora Harrison, - United Kingdom Severn House Pub Ltd 2016. - 320 p. 23 cm. - A Burren Mystery 13 .

Mara, Brehon of the Burren, must battle superstitious beliefs and fears as she sets out to solve a brutal murder. When a woman's body is discovered, strangled and bound with rope to the stone torso of Far Breige, the ancient stone god which stands sentinel above the haunted caves and ancient fortifications of the Atlantic cliffs, the locals believe it was the god who killed her. In life, Clodagh O'Lochlainn had been a disgrace to her clan, tormenting her former priestly lover, jeering at her husband, robbing her relatives: but could she really have been slaughtered by a vengeful god, as the local population believes? Abandoning preparations for the celebration of her fiftieth birthday, Mara, Brehon of the Burren, with the assistance of Fachtnan and her scholars, takes up the task of solving the murder. Ignoring the ancient legends, she concentrates instead on bringing a mortal killer to justice. But it's only when Fachtnan's small daughter is lost in the labyrinth of passages among the caves that the horrifying truth begins to emerge.

ISBN: 9780727894755 0727894757

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mara, Brehon of the Burren (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Ireland--Fiction.
Women judges--Ireland--Burren--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Burren (Ireland)--History --16th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.