Medic Ruso and his wife Tilla have been posted to a small settlement
along Hadrian’s Wall. Ruso’s clerk Candidus has gone missing, and the
couple are about to spend the night with some distant friends of
Tilla’s.
Life is uneasy in the area, what with Ruso’s missing man, a kidnapped
soldier and a search gone wrong. Then a rumour abounds about a body in
the wall. When it appears that a lad spread the rumour, Tilla goes to
speak to him. The problem is that the boy has disappeared. It would
appear that a soldier had asked him to come back to the fort, but he is
nowhere to be found.
Both the local Brits and the army set out in search of the lad. Ruso
has some suspects in mind, but nothing to prove that they were
involved. Tilla helps the mother of the boy to search, but they also
have no luck.
How will they find the boy, and will Tilla and Ruso get the wedding
blessing she was hoping for? Author Ruth Downie has plenty of
adventures awaiting the pair, with a surprising conclusion.
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