![]() ![]() For Amazon in Germany, click here.Īn audiobook of PRIMA FACIE, read by Simon Vance, will be available on 19 November from Tantor Media. If you buy from, this is where you’ll find it. She is best known for her mysteries featuring the reluctant sleuth, Gaius Petreius Ruso, that are set in the Roman world. Terra Incognita Mar-2008 / Historical Mystery A Novel of the Roman Empire - 2 IN THE HINTERLANDS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. ( Paperback ISBN: 9781916469488)Įbook and print copies are available from Amazon UK via this link. Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls (2006) Ruso and the Demented Doctor (2008) Ruso and the Root of All Evils (2009) Ruso and the River of Darkness. Book List in Order: 10 titles Medicus Mar-2007 / Historical Mystery A Novel of the Roman Empire - 1 THE BELOVED FIRST BOOK IN A NEW MYSTERY SERIES. PRIMA FACIE is available to order in print via all good bookshops. “…a tongue-in-cheek, engaging novella which takes a large cast of well observed characters and the world they inhabit and portrays them in exuberant Technicolor.” – Lynne Patrick, Mystery People “The dialogue snaps and crackles with life… a perfect introduction to a series I will now happily read my way through.” – Anna Belfrage, Discovering Diamonds PRIMA FACIE was crowned July’s “Book of the Month” on the Discovering Diamonds site – here’s part of their review: Readers who have never spent time with Ruso and Tilla will, I hope, enjoy the story without needing to know anything about what happened beforehand. With a gift for comic timing and historic detail, Ruth Downie has conjured an ancient world as raucous and real as our own and a hero readers will root for through every adventure. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over. She is best known for her mysteries featuring the reluctant sleuth, Gaius Petreius Ruso, that are set in the Roman world. Regular readers will meet some familiar faces here. Explore books by Ruth Downie with our selection at. Did they call in on Ruso’s family in the south of Gaul? Indeed they did. Ruth Downie is a new author for me and Ive put more of her books on my wish list to follow Medicus Ruso in his career. Several friends of Ruso and Tilla have asked what happened between their trip to Rome in VITA BREVIS and their arrival back in Britannia in MEMENTO MORI. ![]() Meanwhile their sister Flora has run away to rescue her boyfriend, who’s accused of murdering a wealthy guest at a party.Ĭan Ruso and Tilla save the boyfriend from the murder charge – or should they be saving Flora from the boyfriend? Will any of the guests tell the truth about the fatal party before it’s too late? And how long can Ruso continue to lie about what’s inside the bath house? Ruth Downie began her Medicus Investigation series in 2006 with the novel Medicus (aka Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls). ‘Downie’s attention to detail both historical detail and human detail makes this series a joy to read for the mystery lover, the classics fan, or anyone seeking more character-driven genre fiction. The sun is shining on Roman Gaul, but Ruso’s brother has left him in charge of a farm he has no idea how to manage, a chronic debt problem and a gaggle of accident-prone small children. ![]() PRIMA FACIE: a crime novella of the Roman Empire… ![]()
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