7/6/2023 0 Comments Medicus by Ruth Downie![]() ![]() The series takes place (mostly) in the height of Roman occupation of Britain, which serves as a great background to view the empire at it’s Western extreme.Įach novel is a mystery, where Ruso is reluctantly ( he’s a doctor, dammit, not an investigator!) dragged to solve murders no one else wants to take a close look at. ![]() ![]() Ruso is a physician, serving as a medic in Rome’s Legio XX stationed in Britannia at the start of Hadrian’s reign. (I wrote individual reviews for each book on Amazon & Goodreads). Since I do not include spoilers in my reviews and the below applies equally to all volumes I’ve read, I’ve made this post a review of the whole series. That should give you an idea about how much I love the series. I actually wrote this post after finishing the 3rd volume, Persona Non Grata, back in November – but since I schedule posts in advance and have been catching up on my reading over the holidays, I had the chance to finish the other volumes in the series between writing this and posting. Below are my thoughts on the whole series, as I’ve just finished the last published volume, Vita Brevis. ![]() I’ve read the first two books a couple of years ago, and have been reading the rest of the series this year. I strikes me that while I have mentioned Ruth Downie‘s writing before, have interviewed her protagonist Gaius Petreius Ruso, and have even used him for a guest appearance – with permission! – in In Numina, I have never actually wrote a full review of her books. ![]()
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