To hear Simon Vance reading part of the story, visit the Tantor Media website. The author has created a beautiful array of characters and a lovely setting, the perfect foil to Ruso.” – Carly SilverĬlick here to read the start of MEMENTO MORI “…a genuinely thrilling action sequence towards the end of the book makes for heart-pounding reading. “Downie is masterful at depicting life in ancient Rome, and the setting of Aquae Sulis (still open to tourists) is a crime scene coup. The inclusion of a map, period quotations, and a cast of characters not only aids armchair detectives, but enhances authenticity.” – Kirkus Reviews As promised, his friend Valens has found him a job, but it isn’t quite what he was expecting. Ruso has arrived back in Britannia with his new wife Tilla and a trunk full of wedding crockery. “As usual, Downie can be relied on for crisp, balanced prose and a sharp eye for historic detail. CAVEAT EMPTOR: A novel featuring death, taxes and angry barbarians. Could Ruso’s friend really be guilty as charged? Ruso and Tilla do their best to help, but it’s difficult to get anyone-even Valens himself-to reveal what really happened. If Valens turns up to face trial, he will risk execution. But the dead woman’s father is demanding justice, and he’s accusing Valens of murder. A combination of nosiness and a childish fascination with mud means she is never happier than when wielding an archaeological. Fearing the wrath of the goddess and the ruin of the tourist trade, the temple officials are keen to cover up what’s happened. Ruth is the author of nine mysteries featuring Roman Army medic Gaius Petreius Ruso and his British partner Tilla. The wife of Ruso’s best friend, Valens, has been found dead in the sacred hot spring, stabbed through the heart. In the first book in Medicus Investigation series, the author Ruth Downie makes use of tension that exist between the Roman army and the British local to create an engaging historical setting and a charming page-turning mystery. “Yes, but it never really mattered before.”Ī scandal is threatening to engulf the popular spa town of Aquae Sulis (modern-day Bath). Ruth Downie began Medicus Investigation series in 2006 when Medicus the first book in the series was published. I’m his oldest friend, we came all this way, and he lied to me.” When his slave girl Tilla’s former lover is accused of murder, Ruso is once again honor bound to try and solve the case.“He lied to me, Tilla. He brings his slave girl along which is again nothing but trouble for him as her tribe is looking to rebel against the Roman Empire. This book sees Ruso head to edge of the Roman Empire to replace a demented doctor. Terra Incognita is the second book in the series. It’s up to Ruso to discover the truth as the doctor becomes detective. A thrilling historical mystery about impoverished British aristocrats from the New York Timesbestselling author of The Good Earth (Boston Herald). She is famously known as the author of Medicus Investigation series. She’s trouble on her own, but leads him into more trouble as he gets caught up in the middle of a murder investigation of some dead prostitutes. Ruth Downie is an English author of mystery & thrillers and historical fiction books. After a particular long shift working the army hospital, he ends up saving a slave girl from her abusive owner. We are introduced to Gaius Petrius Ruso who is an army doctor and divorcee. Ruth Downie 1955- Author Website Gaius Petreius Ruso, a Roman army physician in second century Roman Britain, in the Medicus series: Medicus and the. The first book now known as Medicus takes us to Britannia in the Roman Empire. If You Like Ruth Downie Books, You’ll Love…
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