Highly recommended” – Library Journal, starred review Her characters are wonderfully memorable, particularly the dry and acerbic Ruso, whose internal dialog provides some genuinely funny laugh-out-loud moments despite shipwrecks, ex-wives, gruesome gladiatorial games, unruly children, family discord, and, of course, mayhem and murder. “This lively sequel to Medicus and Terra Incognita continues Downie’s delightful historical series. Formerly published as Ruso and the Root of All Evils. The third novel in the bestselling Gaius Petreius Ruso series. Even Tilla, his loyal companion, may not be able to save him from the clutches of a most devious killer… When Ruso takes a job stitching up gladiators in the local amphitheatre, matters come to a head. What role did Severus play in the deliberate sinking of a cargo ship? Who are the brutal investigators sent by Rome? And how worrying is the outbreak of the new religion, Christianity, in the neighbourhood? His family are in terrible debt to dangerous men and when the principal creditor, Severus, is poisoned in the Ruso home, they become the primary suspects in his murder.īut the crimes go far deeper. Little does he realize the letter summoning him back has been forged, and that the sunny Mediterranean lifestyle conceals dark threats. Roman and Greek doctors were very wise about many things but they were also known to prescribe donkey dung and boiled cockroaches.įind out more at Finally Gaius Petreius Ruso, doctor to the Legions, is to return home to Gaul.
Absolutely none of the medical advice in the Ruso books should be followed. She is not the same person as the RS Downie who writes real medical textbooks. Ruth lives in North Devon with a husband, a fine view and too many cats. IN 2019 she was a contributor to 'RUBICON', the Historical Novel Society's collection of Roman-era short stories. 2017 saw the publication of 'THE BEAR AND THE WOLF', a short story of love and danger on Rome's northern border, written with SJA Turney. In 2015 Ruth helped to put together 'A YEAR OF RAVENS: a novel of Boudica's rebellion' with co-conspirators Stephanie Drey, E Knight, Kate Quinn, Vicky Alvear Shecter, SJA Turney and Russell Whitfield.
SEMPER FIDELIS (at last, only one title!) PERSONA NON GRATA ('Ruso and the Root of All Evils')ĬAVEAT EMPTOR ('Ruso and the River of Darkness') TERRA INCOGNITA ('Ruso and the Demented Doctor') MEDICUS (the first story, AKA 'Medicus/Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls') The latest book is a novella, PRIMA FACIE, published in July 2019.
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In the meantime she is also the New York Times bestselling author of a mystery series featuring Roman legionary doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso and his British partner, Tilla. Ruth (RS) Downie left university with an English degree and a plan to get married and live happily ever after. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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