Nox Dormienda (a long night for sleeping) by Kelli Stanley
This debut novel was a requested purchase by Sharon Larson - good choice, Sharon! I wasn't sure I would like this one as much as "Medicus" by Ruth Downie but I did. This one has a medical man who is half Roman and half British who falls in love with a native woman. Medicus is a Roman medical man who is falling in love with his native slave girl. A courier from the caesar, Domitian, has been killed and his body placed in the temple of Mithra - ruled by Agricola, the governor of Britain. Arcturus, the medic has been called out to view the body and figure out who killed the man. The fear is that Domitian will think that Agricola killed him because he was delivering a message telling Agricola that he was being replaced as governor. A nasty civil war could ensue. Convoluted but very, very good - read it in two days!
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