
Medicus
A Novel of the Roman Empire
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Narrated by:
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Simon Vance
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By:
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Ruth Downie
About this listen
Now he has a new problem: a slave who won't talk and can't cook, and drags trouble in her wake. Before he knows it, Ruso is caught in the middle of an investigation into the deaths of prostitutes working out of the local bar.
A few years earlier, after he rescued Emperor Trajan from an earthquake in Antioch, Ruso seemed headed for glory: now he's living among heathens in a vermin-infested bachelor pad and must summon all his forensic knowledge to find a killer who may be after him next.
Who are the true barbarians, the conquered or the conquerors? It's up to Ruso (certainly the most likeable sleuth to come out of the Roman Empire) to discover the truth. With a gift for comic timing and historic detail, Ruth Downie has conjured an ancient world as raucous and real as our own.
©2007 Ruth Downie (P)2007 Tantor Media Inc.Critic Reviews
"Downie's auspicious debut sparkles with beguiling characters and a vividly imagined evocation of a hazy frontier." (Publishers Weekly)
"Fans of Alexander McCall Smith will delight in this series debut set in Roman-occupied Britain and featuring wry army doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso." (Booklist)
A+ presentation A + voice great character portral
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The narration definitely fits the "Roman" style!
I love the characters
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good characters
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ER meets Midsomer Murders meets ancient Rome
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I'm glad I did, as it's well written and well narrated.
If you are in the mood for a whodunnit novel that is not too dark and has warmth and heart at the core of the story, with some interesting tellings of life in the time of the Roman Empire thrown in, then this book will not disappoint.
I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
Four stars from this reader.
Enjoyable Historical Fiction Crime Novel
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Entertaining who done it
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fascinating and funny
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Mills and Boon
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