Caveat Emptor

In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman occupied Britain, as it closes in on her leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso.Ruso and Tilla, now newlyweds, have moved back to Britannia, where Ruso s old friend and colleague Valens has promised to help him find work But it isn t the kind of work he d had in mind Ruso is tasked with hunting down a missing tax man named Julius Asper.Of course, there s also something else missing money And the council of the town of Verulamium is bickering over what s become of it Compelled to delve deeper by a threat from his old sparring partner, Metellus, Ruso discovers that the good townsfolk may not be as loyal to Rome as they like to appear.While Tilla tries to comfort Asper s wife, an anonymous well wisher is busy warning the couple to get away from the case before they get hurt Despite our hero s best efforts to get himself fired as investigator, he and his bride find themselves trapped at the heart of an increasingly treacherous conspiracy involving theft, forgery, buried treasure, and the legacy of Boudica, the Rebel Queen. Free Read [ Caveat Emptor ] Author [ Ruth Downie ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I suspect Ruso was my favourite investigator of crimes by the time I d finished the first book in Ruth Downie s Medicus series The second book expanded this world to include darker themes and the wild north And by the time Ruso went home to Gaul in the third book he was not only my favourite investigator, but one of my favourite characters in any book series Left with something of an uncertain future at the end of that book, I wasn t sure what to expect from the fourth book, other than being I suspect Ruso was my favourite investigator of crimes by the time I d finished the first book in Ruth Downie s Medicus series The second book expanded this world to include darker themes and the wild north And by the time Ruso went home to Gaul in the third book he was not only my favourite investigator, but one of my favourite characters in any book series Left with something of an uncertain future at the end of that book, I wasn t sure what to expect from the fourth book, other than being sure it would be highly entertaining.Caveat Emptor takes us back to Britain, where Ruso and Tilla now man and wife find themselves dragged into problems galore Tilla becomes a friend and helper to a native woman who has got herself into disastrous trouble, her man the tax collector having disappeared with the...The fourth book in Ruth Downie s mystery series about Gaius Petreius Ruso, erstwhile medicus of the XX Legion, finds him and his new bride Tilla aka Darlughdacha back in Britain Wanting to get as far away from his family as possible, Ruso has returned to Londinium looking for a job His friend Valens, another former legionary doctor, helpfully volunteers him for an assignment with the Procurator s office An assignment that has nothing to do with medicine Julius Asper, Verula...I would have rated this novel higher but I felt like the ending was very unfulfilling I know there arebooks to read in the series but I still like a novel to have a strong ending In this one Ruso is an investigator and is trying to solve the murder of a tax man It delvesinto his and Tilla s relat...Returning to the familiar and homey albeit soggy ground of Britain, Ruso s next adventure is not on the frontiers but rather closer to the centre of administration of the emerging province What to ExpectCharming and complex characters, well researched details about Roman life in Roman Britain under Hadrian, murders and other nefarious deeds, a plot and sub plots that twist and build up all for a great read overall.We get a look at the bureaucratic machinations of governance how the Roman Returning to the familiar and homey albeit soggy ground of Britain, Ruso s next adventure is not on the frontiers but rather closer to the centre of administration of the emerging province What to ExpectCharming and complex characters, well researched details about Roman life in Roman Britain under Hadrian, murders and other nefarious deeds, a plot and sub plots that twist and build up all for a great read overall.We get a look at the bureaucratic machinations of governance how the Roman province was run in terms of organisation, money, relations with local chieftains, and the common life As Ruso is out of the legions in this volume, we do...This book is set in second century A.D In this book of the series Ruso and Tila have returned to Britannia from their visit to Ruso s family in Gael Gaius Petreius Ruso, medic is now retired from the Roman Army and starting off his married life with Tila He obtains an assignment as an investigator by the procurator s finances office Ruso is hired to trace the nearby city of Verulamium s tax collector, who has disappeared with t...Good story narration.another good one The previous book had the couple in Gaul at his family s farm They re back in Britain and on home ground Twisty plot, a little confusing at times but it all comes together.You need to read the series in order.Fourth in the Gaius Petreius Ruso Roman mystery series the series keeps changing withof a government and politics air than military in this installment Caveat Emptor begins oddly I feel as though I ve missed a story as, previously in Persona Non Grata, we re left believing Ruso and Tilla are off to Rome to track down stolen money instead, it s two years later and Ruso and Tilla are married, Ruso is unemployed, and, for some reason, they re sailing back to Britain mostly for Tilla s sak Fourth in the Gaius Petreius Ruso Roman mystery series the series keeps changing withof a government and politics air than military in this installment Caveat Emptor begins oddly I feel as though I ve missed a story as, previously in Persona Non Grata, we re left believing Ruso and Tilla are off to Rome to track down stolen money instead, it s two years later and Ruso and Tilla are married, Ruso is unemployed, and, for some reason, they re sailing back to Britain mostly for Tilla s sake I think as both are fed up with people s prejudiced reactions to Tilla the Barbarian It does make for some fascinating asides from Tilla as she comments on the differences between living in Britain and Gaul.Well, the two of them end up in Londinium crashing with Valens who is no longer martially employed but is...To me this one was really a letdown in the series, which is sad because I spenton this one than I really wanted to, and it was the shortest installment.Ruso and Tilla have returned to Britannia where Valens has promised to find Ruso a job When Ruso arrives, however, he learns the job is as an investigator rather than a doctor By this time it should be no surprise that a mystery is afoot and bodies are piling up And even though Tilla and Ruso are married, their relationship is st...In this, the fourth book in the Gaius Petreius Ruso novels, Ruso and his bride Tilla have returned to Britannia to start their lives as a married couple However, it s not going to be as easy as it seems, as Ruso finds himself dragged into an investigation to find a missing tax collector andimportantly, the money he was transporting Along with that, there s rival native tribes, a very pregnant Iceni woman, native councils ready to betray each other for a denarii, and all sorts of mayhem In this, the fourth book in the Gaius Petreius Ruso novels, Ruso an...

• English
• 20 June 2018
Ruth Downie
• Hardcover
• 352 pages
• 1596916087
• Ruth Downie
• Caveat Emptor