I really enjoyed this sixth book in Ruth Downie's Medicus series about a doctor in the Roman army in the 2nd century. In this book Gaius and his British wife Tilla are working with a unit that is building Hadrian's wall in the north. Tilla has found some long-lost family members and they plan to hold a wedding ceremony for Gaius and Tilla who got married when they were away in Gaul. But the plans are derailed when Gaius' secretary goes missing, and rumors about a body being hidden in the wall's construction site lead to the kidnapping of a young boy. Gaius and Tilla must both work their connections to try to find out what happened to the secretary, Candidus (who happens to be Gaius' former secretary's nephew), and Branan, the young boy who has been kidnapped and sold into slavery. I like the way this series paints a picture of what life might have been like in Britain under Roman occupation, including details about food, clothing, furniture, medicine, and much more.
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