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The first book in Medicus Investigation series is a brilliant read.

Additionally, despite his bankruptcy, Ruso cannot stop himself from “buying” an injured slave girl and tending to her broken arm. The soft-hearted army doctor cannot stop himself from investigating especially when a second body is discovered. While Ruso is trying to work for the promised army bonus and his payday cheque, a body of a young girl is brought into the local hospital where he works, and this sets in motion a local mystery. But of course, Ruso’s friend mentions to him of the unwelcoming natives, the scorching weather and the hospital administration that Ruso would meet in Britannia. However one of his old acquaintance requests Ruso to join him in a remote outpost of the Roman Empire, and Ruso grabs the opportunity with the aim of making some good money to get him out of the bankruptcy situation and get a chance to escape from his ex-wife.

Medicus introduces us to a Roman army doctor, Gaius Petreius Ruso who is trying to retain an excellent social image of his bankrupt family without letting anyone in the society know how bankrupt his father was. In the first book in Medicus Investigation series, the author Ruth Downie makes use of tension that exist between the Roman army and the British local to create an engaging historical setting and a charming page-turning mystery.

Ruth Downie began Medicus Investigation series in 2006 when Medicus the first book in the series was published. Medicus Investigation series features a main character named Gaius Petreius Ruso, a military medical officer who transfers to the 20th Legion in the rural Britannia Port of Deva now known as Chester to get his life back on track after his father’s death and a divorce ruin his marriage. Medicus Investigation is a series of historical fiction books written by bestselling author of historical fiction, mystery and thriller novels Ruth Downie.