![]() ![]() Light in touch, with modern language, and occasional humour, it is a fairly easy read. ![]() The writing style here is very similar to Lindsey Davis. Tilla, as he calls her, (because he can’t pronounce her native name) proves nothing but trouble. Along the way, he acquires, almost by accident, a slave girl who is destined to play a significant role. But a series of events leads him to suspect that something odd is happening, and he eventually gets drawn into investigating. No-one seems particularly interested, and Ruso himself doesn’t give it much thought. So when he is recommended by an old friend, he takes the opportunity with both hands.īut no sooner has he arrived, than a body appears, washed up in the river. He needs a place to recover his well-being and his finances. In a sense, he is running away from a failed marriage and from debts left after his father’s death. ![]() Gaius Petreius Ruso has just arrived in Britannia. Where do I go next for a bit of Roman mystery fiction? Well, Ruth Downie’s series following her army doctor Ruso sounded like it might just fit the bill, so I thought I’d try the first in the series – Medicus. So I’ve come to the end of the Falco series by Lindsey Davis, and exhausted the Gordianus books by Steven Saylor. ![]()
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