Pre-Owned Tabula Rasa: A Crime Novel of the Roman Empire (Paperback) by Ruth Downie

from fhudnell

This is the sixth book in a series featuring the Roman medicus Gaius Petreius Ruso and his wife Tilla, who is a trainee medicus. I have not read any of the other books. Ruso is temporarily stationed in Britannia. The book starts promisingly with an accident at a quarry which requires Ruso's medic...

from barlow304

Time for confession: I was disappointed by the second book in this series, Terra Incognita. So I've skipped two books and have now read "Tabula Rasa". All in all, it's an entertaining read, but the author doesn't play quite fair with the reader, with clues strung out so parsimoniously that even w...

from nbmars

This is the sixth installment of an entertaining historical crime fiction series set in the Ancient Roman Empire. It is A.D. 122 and Roman Army medic Gaius Petreius Ruso is now back with the Twentieth Legion after sojourns in Gaul and Britannia. He is currently stationed in Parva at a temporary f...

from keywestnan

Another excellent entry in this series -- I am starting to look forward to each new entry more than the last. Ruso, a medicus with the Roman army, is back in Britain with his British wife Tilla. First his new clerk disappears. Then a local boy also goes missing and it all acts to ratchet up the t...

from janerawoof

The author has really outdone herself!! This novel really shines in all respects; it's one of her best to date and highly recommended. Medicus Ruso is with a vexillation from the XX Legion, based temporarily at a small fort involved in building Hadrian's Wall. Tilla, his wife is with him. First, ...