2026 Reading Challenge

Burren Mysteries Series

14 primary works • 14 total works
Mara, a female judge and lawgiver appointed by King Turlough Donn O’Brien in the early 16th century, on the west coast of Ireland, in the Burren mysteries:

Book 1

My Lady Judge
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3.90 · 1143 Ratings · 175 Reviews · published 2007 · 22 editions
In the sixteenth century, as it is now, the Burren…

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    Book 2

    A Secret and Unlawful Killing
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    4.00     · 490 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 2008 · 14 editions
    It is 1509 and, for the people of the Burren in we…

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    Book 3

    The Sting of Justice
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    4.02     · 407 Ratings · 51 Reviews · published 2009 · 13 editions
    “Once again, Cora Harrison brings sixteenth-centur…

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    Book 4

    Writ in Stone
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    4.03     · 378 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2009 · 7 editions
    A Mystery of Medieval Ireland - Christmas, 1509. M…

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    Book 5

    Eye of the Law
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    4.08     · 310 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2010 · 8 editions
    A Mystery of Medieval Ireland - 1510. A great feas…

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    Book 6

    Scales of Retribution
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    4.10     · 298 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 2011 · 6 editions
    June, 1510: the Burren, west coast of Ireland - Up…

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    Book 7

    Deed of Murder
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    4.01     · 276 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 2011 · 6 editions
    The enthralling new Burren mystery . . .

    April 1511…

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    Book 8

    Laws in Conflict
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    4.00     · 280 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 2012 · 6 editions
    February, 1512. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, judge …

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    Book 9

    Chain of Evidence
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    3.89     · 224 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 2013 · 10 editions
    “Harrison, like Peter Tremayne in his Sister Fidel…

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    Book 10

    Cross of Vengeance
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    4.01     · 208 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2013 · 12 editions
    When a holy relic is destroyed and a community thr…

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    Book 11

    Verdict of the Court
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    4.05     · 184 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 2014 · 7 editions
    A festive celebration turns into a fight for su…

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    Book 12

    Condemned to Death
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    4.02     · 162 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 2015 · 12 editions
    When Mara, Brehon of the Burren, is summoned to th…

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    Book 13

    A Fatal Inheritance
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    4.04     · 133 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2016 · 6 editions
    Mara, Brehon of the Burren, must battle superst…

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    Book 14

    An Unjust Judge
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    4.13     · 129 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2017 · 6 editions
    An unfairly harsh judge meets a gruesome end in …

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