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ix, 463 pages : 24 cm "Army doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso is waiting for the gods to smile on him. But, on a posting to the hostile North of Britannia, he's in for a long wait. Not least because the locals have a new hero who likes to strap antlers to his head and scare the Romans silly, while Ruso's slave girl, Tilla, is stubbornly refusing to identify the culprit in a police line-up." "But when Ruso is waylaid at the Fort of Coria, where a fellow doctor has confessed to a grisly murder, it's a case of out of the cauldron and into the fire. With Tilla thrust outside the fort (and into the arms of a former lover), Ruso is landed not only with Doctor Thessalus's patients but also the tricky task of getting him to retract the confession. Something smells fishy about this murder - and Coria is miles from the sea." "Ruso faces a nightmarish investigation - trailed by the secret police, hunted by the Stag Man and betrayed by Tilla, is it any wonder he's seeking solace in the rather-too-watery local beer?"--Jacket

Who reads Ruso and the Demented Doctor: Roman Historical Mystery?

Author

Downie, R. S.

Publisher

Michael Joseph an imprint of Penguin Books

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780718149451

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Rating

3.91 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14