![]() Downie’s trademark humor is in evidence, but her superior plotting skills aren’t, in an entry that downplays the historical background. Meanwhile, a smelly barrel dumped in front of Kleitos’s door turns out to contain the corpse of an unidentified man, which doesn’t inspire confidence among prospective patients. ![]() ![]() Hope turns to disappointment after Ruso learns that Kleitos has taken all his medical supplies with him. Included in this bundle are all eight books in the series: Medicus Terra Incognita Persona Non Grata Caveat Emptor Simper Fidelis Tabula Rasa Vita Brevis Memento Mori. Then Ruso gets a note from Kleitos, explaining that he is going to be out of town for a bit and inviting Ruso to take over both his house and practice. With a gift for comic timing and historic detail, Ruth Downie has conjured an ancient world as raucous and real as our own and a hero readers will root for through every adventure. ![]() Their accommodations are vermin-infested, and the doctor, Kleitos, who was to send Ruso some patients, isn’t home when Ruso calls on him. Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Downie’s uneven seventh Gaius Ruso mystery (after 2014’s Tabula Rasa) takes the former medical officer his wife, Tilla and their infant daughter, Mara, from second-century Britannia to Rome to start a new life. Read Vita Brevis by Ruth Downie with a free trial. ![]()
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