Gaius Petreius Ruso Series by Ruth Downie, Simon Vance

3.98 · 138 ratings
  • Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso #1)
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    Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso #1)

    Ruth Downie

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings · published 2006

    Gaius Petrius Ruso is a divorced and down-on his luck army doctor who has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in an inclement outpost of the Roman Empire, namely Britannia. His arrival in Deva (more commonly known as Chester, England) does little to improve his mood, and after a straight thirty six hour shift at the army hospital, he succumbs to a moment of weakness and rescues an injured slave girl, Tilla, from the hands of her abusive owner... more

  • Terra Incognita (Gaius Petreius Ruso #2)
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    Terra Incognita (Gaius Petreius Ruso #2)

    Ruth Downie

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2008

    “Downie’s attention to day-in-the-life period details, judiciously doled-out twists, and dry British humor make Incognita one hell of a toga party.”—Entertainment Weekly Following her widely acclaimed, New York Times bestselling debut, Ruth Downie sends beleaguered army doctor Gaius Petrius Ruso to the uncivilized borders of the Roman Empire, where the Roman-controlled Britannia meets the independent tribes of the north... more

  • Persona Non Grata  (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #3)  A Novel of the Roman Empire (Gaius Petreius Ruso #3)
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    Persona Non Grata (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #3) A Novel of the Roman Empire (Gaius Petreius Ruso #3)

    Ruth Downie, Simon Vance

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2008

    The third novel in the acclaimed Gaius Petreius Ruso series by the New York Times bestselling Ruth Downie—this time set in ancient Gaul. At long last, Gaius Petreius Ruso and his companion, Tilla, are headed home—to Gaul. Having received a note consisting only of the words “COME HOME!” Ruso has (reluctantly, of course) pulled up stakes and brought T illa to meet his family... more

  • Caveat Emptor (Gaius Petreius Ruso #4)
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    Caveat Emptor (Gaius Petreius Ruso #4)

    Ruth Downie

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2010

    In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain, as it closes in on her leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso.Ruso and Tilla, now newlyweds, have moved back to Britannia, where Ruso's old friend and colleague Valens has promised to help him find work. But it isn't the kind of work he'd had in mind-Ruso is tasked with hunting down a missing tax man named Julius Asper.Of course, there's also something else missing: money... more

  • Semper Fidelis (Gaius Petreius Ruso #5)
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    Semper Fidelis (Gaius Petreius Ruso #5)

    Ruth Downie

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2013

    Back at his post as a doctor in the Twentieth legion 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... more

  • Tabula Rasa (Gaius Petreius Ruso #6)
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    Tabula Rasa (Gaius Petreius Ruso #6)

    Ruth Downie

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2014

    The medicus Ruso and his wife Tilla are back in the borderlands of Britannia, this time helping to tend the builders of Hadrian's Great Wall. Having been forced to move off their land, the Britons are distinctly on edge and are still smarting from the failure of a recent rebellion that claimed many lives. Then Ruso's recently arrived clerk, Candidus, goes missing. A native boy thinks he sees a body being hidden inside the wall's half-finished stonework, and a worrying rumor begins to spread... more

  • Vita Brevis (Gaius Petreius Ruso #7)
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    Vita Brevis (Gaius Petreius Ruso #7)

    Ruth Downie

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2016

    Ruso and Tilla and their new baby daughter have left Roman-occupied Britain for Rome, but their excitement at arriving in the city is soon dulled when they find that the grand facades of polished marble mask an underworld of corrupt landlords and vermin-infested tenements. There are also far too many doctors – some skilled, but others positively dangerous... more

  • Memento Mori (Gaius Petreius Ruso #8)
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    Memento Mori (Gaius Petreius Ruso #8)

    Ruth Downie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2018

    The eighth gripping novel in the bestselling Medicus series, in which Ruso and Tilla investigate the death of the wife of Ruso's friend in the sacred hot spring of Aquae Sulis.A scandal is threatening to engulf the popular spa town of Aquae Sulis (modern-day Bath). The wife of Ruso's best friend, Valens, has been found dead in the sacred hot spring, stabbed through the heart... more

  • Prima Facie (Gaius Petreius Ruso #8.5)
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    Prima Facie (Gaius Petreius Ruso #8.5)

    Ruth Downie

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2019

    A novella from the author of bestseller Medicus, featuring reluctant investigator Ruso and his partner Tilla. A tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal in Roman Gaul. It's AD 123 and the sun is shining on southern Gaul. Ex-military medic Ruso and his British wife Tilla are back after a long absence - but it's not the reunion anyone had hoped for. 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... more

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