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The 7th in the "Medicus" series of crime novels set in the ancient Roman Empire. Ruso and Tilla leave Roman-occupied Britain, and the military, for a new life as civilians in Rome.

In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain as it closes in on her winsome leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso.

In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain as it closes in on her winsome leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso.

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In her fourth novel, Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain, as it closes in on her winsome leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso.

Back at his post as a doctor in Roman-occupied Britain, Ruso uncovers a new danger even closer to home than the neighboring barbarians. As mysterious injuries, and even deaths, begin to appear in the medical ledgers, it's clear that all is not well amongst the native recruits to Britannia's imperial army.

The seventh adventure in the bestselling "Medicus" series, Downie blends crime and humour.

Ruth Downie brings Roman history to life once more in her latest mystery novel featuring medicus Gaius Petreius Ruso.

The latest in the acclaimed Medicus series from Ruth Downie, who "ranks among the very best of today s generation of Roman writers" (M. C. Scott).

Gaius Petrius Ruso, a down-on-his-luck army doctor, succumbs to a moment of weakness and rescues an injured slave girl, Tilla, from the hands of her abusive owner. Now he has a slave who won't talk, can't cook, and drags trouble in her wake. Before he knows it, Ruso is caught in the middle of an investigation into the deaths of prostitutes working out of the local bar. Now Ruso must summon all his forensic knowledge to find a killer who may be...

Published in the United Kingdom with the title Ruso and the demented doctor by Penguin Books Ltd. in 2008"--T.p. verso.

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In the latest novel in Ruth Downie's Roman Empire series, Ruso and Tilla arrive in Rome to discover that the grand facades of polished marble mask an underworld of corrupt landlords and vermin-infested tenements.

Back at his post as a doctor in Roman-occupied Britain, Ruso uncovers a new danger even closer to home than the neighboring barbarians. As mysterious injuries, and even deaths, begin to appear in the medical ledgers, it's clear that all is not well amongst the native recruits to Britannia's imperial army.

In this highly anticipated sequel to Ruth Downie's New York Times bestselling debut, beloved army doctor Gaius Petrius Ruso strikes out for the uncivilized borders of Roman Britain, where he runs into murder and the ghosts of his vexingly beautiful slave Tilla's past.

This third novel in the acclaimed Roman Empire series by New York Times bestselling author Ruth Downie brings the medicus Ruso home to Gaul, where he is forced to investigate yet another murder.