by Ruth Downie, Simon Vance
bookshelves: spring-2015, ancient-history, historical-fiction, tbr-busting-2015, roman-civilisation, medical-eew, series, families, filthy-lucre, poison Read from July 14, 2011 to May 21, 2015 rosado mp3Description: At long last, Gaius Petreius Ruso and his companion, Tilla, are headed home—to ...
So Roman Britain doesn’t look that bad when you are dealing with massive debts, a sneaky loan collector, a ship wreck, and clogged drains. This entry into the series concerns both the Medicius and Tilla returning to the family home. The mystery really isn’t that mysterious, but the characters and ...
Another entertaining entry in the Ruso series, with a visit to the old family homestead in the south of France. Tilla and Ruso's relationship is really put to the test, especially when it turns out that Ruso's ex is the wife of the murder victim, which everyone thinks that Ruso poisoned. Oops. Fine ...
Gaius Petreius Ruso's penchant for falling into mysteries and his hapless relationships with former wives, family members and strong-willed British women continues to please.This third installment of Ruth Downie's series finds Ruso called back to his family's estates in Gaul by a terse letter ostens...
This is fast becoming one of my favorite historical mystery series. In this entry, Ruso, a doctor serving in the Roman Legions in Britannia, is summoned home to southern Gaul by a cryptic note that seems to have come from his brother. Ruso and Tilla are great characters, the history of the period ...
"I find that in order to best write most of these reviews, I have to give myself a few days to process what I've read. This book falls into this category. My initial impression was that I was unsatisfied with Ruso and Tilla and the entire setting. All of the characters' actions seemed too...modern -...
Goodreads freebie (Thanks!) This is the third book in a series about Gaius Ruso. I have not read the others - normally I prefer to read a series in order -- but this one can be read without having read the others.Gaius Ruso is a medical officer with the Roman Legion serving in Britain when he recei...
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