![]() ![]() Roman and Greek doctors were very wise about many things but they were also known to prescribe donkey dung and boiled cockroaches. 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. Read her books and discover her complete book list and reading order. Ruth lives in North Devon with a husband, a fine view and too many cats. 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. Explore the books of Ruth Downie, bestselling author. 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. Ruth Downies books about second-century AD Roman Army doctor Ruso and his British wife Tilla, herself a healer and midwife, are among my favourite of all historical crime series. SEMPER FIDELIS (at last, only one title!) We have two grown-up sons, two three two cats at the last count, and an unknown number of badgers who live down a dark hole in the garden. ![]() 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. 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. With Ruso's reputation under threat, he and Tilla must protect their small family from Doctor Kleitos's debt collectors and find allies in their new home while they track down the vanished doctor and find out the truth about the heiress's dead father-Ruso's patient-and the unfortunate man in the barrel. Distracted by the body and his efforts to help a friend win the hand of a rich young heiress, Ruso makes a grave mistake, causing him to question both his competence and his integrity. Ruso thinks he has been offered a reputable medical practice only to find that his predecessor Doctor Kleitos has fled, leaving a dead man in a barrel on the doorstep and the warning, Be careful who you trust. There are also far too many doctors-some skilled, but others positively dangerous. 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. Ruso and Tilla's excitement at arriving in Rome with their new baby daughter is soon dulled by their discovery that the grand facades of polished marble mask an underworld of corrupt landlords and vermin-infested tenements. (2008) Persona Non Grata / Ruso and the Root of All Evils (2009) Caveat Emptor / Ruso and the River of Darkness (2010) Semper Fidelis (2013) Tabula Rasa (2014) Vita Brevis (2016) Memento Mori (2018) Prima Facie (2019) Short Stories/Novellas Book Covers The Bear and the Wolf (With: S.J.A. ![]()
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