5/20/2023 0 Comments Ruth downie new book![]() ![]() Ruso packs up his household, which includes Tilla, their new adopted daughter, Mara - whose biological mother happens to be Virana, Albanus’ wife - and their two slaves, Narina (Mara’s nanny) and the inattentive Esico. Valens, who is in hiding from his vengeful father-in-law, has sent Albanus to ask for Ruso’s help in clearing him of the murder charge. ![]() Pertinax is out for Valens’ head and doesn’t much care for how he gets it. Ruso’s former clerk, Albanus, arrives at Ruso’s home one morning to tell him that his best friend and colleague, Valens, is wanted for the murder of his wife, Serena, whose father-in-law, Pertinax, is their former legionnaire commander. Think of Ruso and Tilla as ancient predecessors of Nick and Nora Charles, without the constant drinking.Īt the time of Memento Mori, Ruso is an ex-army doctor now married to his former British slave, the fair-haired Tilla. ![]() Ruth Downie brings back Medicus Ruso and his wife, Tilla, for their eighth adventure investigating murder in the Roman Empire in the second century AD. ![]()
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