![]() ![]() As conspiracy, collusion and overly helpful city officials frustrate his investigation at every turn, Ruso feels increasingly tainted by the moral ambiguities inherent in colonial administration.Ĭaveat Emptor is darker and more complex than previous Ruso mysteries, but balanced by a nicely judged comic touch. Ruso is warned to “keep the locals sweet”, but the natives may not be as friendly as they seem. The Procurator’s finance office hires Ruso to trace nearby Verulamium’s tax collector, who has disappeared along with the self-governing city’s tax collection. “What do women want exactly?” they wonder, baffled. Valens welcomes Ruso and Tilla to Londinium, but appears distracted. Under pressure to provide a home for Tilla, the tableware and maybe a family, Ruso is relieved to hear that his charming but unreliable friend Valens has found him a job. Women always did… and there was only so much planning a man could stand. He’s still stunned to realise that he’s now a married man and to prove it has not only his native British bride Tilla but a wedding gift from his family: a full set of matching red Gallic tableware. ![]() ![]() Set in the second century AD, Caveat Emptor sees former Roman Army medic and sometime investigator Gaius Petreius Ruso return to Britannia from his eventful trip to Gaul. ![]()
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