Ruth Downie
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Ruth Downie (born 18 April 1955, North Devon, England) is an English author. She is best known for her mysteries featuring the “reluctant sleuth”, Gaius Petreius Ruso, that are set in the Roman world.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/r-s-downie/|title=Ruth Downie|website=www.fantasticfiction.com}}
Bibliography
- Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls (2006), published as Medicus in the United States{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8972580|title='Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire'|website=NPR.org}}
- Ruso and the Demented Doctor (2008), published as Terra Incognita in the United States
- Ruso and the Root of all Evils (2009), published as Persona Non Grata in the United States
- Ruso and the River of Darkness (2010), published as Caveat Emptor in the United States
- Semper Fidelis (2013)
- Tabula Rasa (2014)
- Vita Brevis (2016){{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/9c445e50-74f0-11e6-bf48-b372cdb1043a|title=Vita Brevis by Ruth Downie review — crime fiction set in ancient Rome|website= Financial Times}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-best-crime-fiction-of-2016-1.2901463|title=The best crime fiction of 2016|first1=Declan|last1=Burke|first2=Declan|last2=Hughes|newspaper=The Irish Times}}
- Memento Mori (2018){{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-best-crime-fiction-of-2018-1.3722683|title=The best crime fiction of 2018|first1=Declan|last1=Hughes|first2=Declan|last2=Burke|newspaper=The Irish Times}}
- Prima Facie (2019)
References
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External links
- {{official|http://rsdownie.co.uk}}
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Category:20th-century English novelists
Category:20th-century English women writers
Category:English detective fiction writers
Category:English crime fiction writers
Category:English women novelists
Category:English women mystery writers
Category:Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity
Category:Writers of historical mysteries
Category:English women historical novelists
Category:21st-century English novelists
Category:21st-century English women writers
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