A part-time librarian, she is married with two sons and lives in Milton Keynes, England. Ruth Downie, age 98 of Pittsfield, died May 5, 2012.

I have a Master of Education in Lifelong Learning from Mount Saint Vincent University, and a Master of Education in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Legacy invites you to offer condolences and share memories of Ruth in the Guest Book below. Ruth Downie the author of the New York Times bestselling Medicus, Terra Incognita, and most recently Persona Non Grata. I have worked for 22 years as a registered Nurse in the Canadian health care system after graduating from Saint Francis-Xavier University with a BSc in Nursing in 1988. Ruth Downie's passing has been publicly announced. 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. 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. 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.

And the council of the town of Verulamium is bickering over what's become of it. Of course, there's also something else missing: money. Downie unfolds the investigation at her customary smooth, deliberate pace, filling her pages with well-realized characters. 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. 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Ruso and The Demented Doctor by Ruth Downie. In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain, as it closes in on her winsome leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso. Unlike a lot of authors, Ruth Downie didnt always want to be a writer or even see that as a career path for herself.

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