His arrival in Deva (more commonly known as Chester, England) does little to improve his mood, and after a straight thirty six hour shift at the army hospital, he succumbs to a moment of weakness and rescues an injured slave girl, Tilla, from the hands of her abusive owner.
Terra Incognita (2008) aka Ruso and the Demented Doctor 3. Now he has a new problem: a slave who won't talk and can't cook, and drags trouble in her wake. Medicus (2006) aka Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls 2.
A few years earlier, after he rescued Emperor Trajan from an earthquake in Antioch, Ruso seemed headed for glory: now he's living among heathens in a vermin-infested bachelor pad and must summon all his forensic knowledge to find a killer who may be after him next.īefore he knows it, Ruso is caught in the middle of an investigation into the deaths of prostitutes working out of the local bar. Who are the true barbarians, the conquered or the conquerors? It's up to Ruso-certainly the most likeable sleuth to come out of the Roman Empire-to discover the truth. With a gift for comic timing and historic detail, Ruth Downie has conjured an ancient world as raucous and real as our own. Ruth is the author of nine mysteries* featuring Roman Army medic Gaius Petreius Ruso and his British partner Tilla. A combination of nosiness and a childish fascination with mud means she is never happier than when wielding an archaeological trowel. Downie, but she isn't the person with the same name who writes medical textbooks, and recommends that readers should never, ever take health advice from a two thousand year old man who prescribes mouse droppings. 8 primary works 9 total works Gaius Petreius Ruso is a military medicus (or doctor), who transfers to the 20th Legion in the remote Britannia port of Deva (now Chester) to start over after a ruinous divorce and his father's death. *The first four books have all had two titles. Persona Non Grata was Ruso and the Root of All Evils,Ĭaveat Emptor was Ruso and the River of Darkness -īut SEMPER FIDELIS, TABULA RASA, VITA BREVIS, MEMENTO MORI and PRIMA FACIE only have one title each - hooray! Terra Incognita was Ruso and the Demented Doctor, Medicus was Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls, Since she is unable to wind back time, British readers may find it useful to know that: Ruth is still wondering how this ever seemed like a good idea. book by Ruth Downie ISBN: 1501173219 ISBN13: 9781501173219 All the Light We Cannot See by Ruth Downie See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.69 - 5.19 Paperback 4.39 - 8.39 Audio CD - Select Condition Like New - Very Good 5.19 Good 4. Medicus is what I call a 'popcorn' book: a book to pick up and settle in with for an evening's cozy reading. Entertainment value: 5 stars, but several months from now I'll have a hard time remembering much beyond the main characters: Gaius Petrius Ruso, a physician stationed in Brittania with the Roman army, and Tilla, the slave girl he reluctantly purchases from an abusive master.
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