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Veil of Lies

A Crispin Guest Medieval Mystery, Book 1

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Veil of Lies

By: Jeri Westerson
Narrated by: Noah James Butler
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"A disgraced knight earns a meager living as a private inquiry agent in 1383 London" in a series debut that "will appeal to mystery and history fans alike" (Kirkus Reviews).

Accused of treason and stripped of his knighthood, Crispin Guest has survived on the gritty streets of London by reinventing himself as The Tracker, an investigator for hire who can locate lost objects and uncover secrets. When the merchant Nicholas Walcote hires Guest to investigate his young wife Philippa for adultery, he discovers an underground world of danger and dirty dealings. Philippa is indeed hiding something—but she's not the only one. Walcote himself is rumored to possess a holy relic so powerful that some would even kill for it.

To get to the truth about the mysterious Walcotes, Guest must contend with his nemesis, Sheriff Simon Wynchecombe, as he becomes entangled in a strange world of superstition, seduction, and murder.

With vivid period detail and a complex, thrilling story, Veil of Lies was a finalist for the Macavity and Shamus Awards.

©2015 Jeri Westerson (P)2022 Tantor Detective Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Medieval Mystery Private Investigators Exciting England

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good tale . ruined by the worst voice i've ever had to endure . who ever let him near line of work must be deaf .just get a load of most of his pronunciations . when he said milan i was physically sick . worst of all where is south work ?

shoot the narrator

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An excellent story marred by simply appalling narration
The narrator is, obviously, not a native English speaker and the pronunciation was grating.

Learn English

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This is the first book of hers that I've listened to. A really good exciting story. I got used to the narrator. what is it with Americans and English accents. Why do they go over the top. But he was well into the story and made it exciting. I just wish he would sort out those elongated vowel sounds. I don't use them. I'm a Northerner but even I know you you don't pronounce passage as pa-rssage.
Anyway I begin to get to know the characters and like them. Hope they reappear in future.

Really enjoyed it!

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disliked the narrators affected voice, it didn't sound natural and was irritating. The story was monotonous and weak

strange violent outbursts

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There are two mysteries in the story and neither is very strong. I know the character is designed to feel human by giving him flaws but he just came across as stupid and unlikable.

Weak Mystery

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I kind of enjoyed this despite myself, so to speak. It was a decent enough story and plot, and an interesting set of characters, but somehow it just didn't hit the spot... I found that I had to keep reminding myself that it was supposed to be happening in 1383, and not in Victorian London, or after the Restoration... There was a lack of atmosphere in general, to be honest, although there was plenty of 'period' detail and constant mentions of bowls, not glasses, of wine, and descriptions of clothes with lo g pointed sleeves... And although I'm sure that Jeri Westerson knows the period well, and spent time researching it, that just didn't come across, we the whole book was just kinda flat.

But the biggest gripe I have, and the reason why I almost gave up before the third chapter, was the quite dreadful, unbearably phoney and misguided 'posh' accent used by this narrator. Quite apart from various mis -pronounciations, Mr Butler, whom I hadn't heard of till now, thankfully, seems to have decided that 14th century nobility pronounced every word with a flat letter 'a'... So instead of the 'a' in 'flash' sounding like the 'a' in apple, it's pronounced 'flaash' like the flat 'a' in 'apart'. And this goes on and on, 'paassage' 'slaash' 'eyelaash' to the point where you want to stick waax in your ears to make it stop !!!

I'm just thankful it was free, or at least 'Included in my membership' .

"Veil of Lies"

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The completely incompetent narrator. Although the story started reasonably interesting it needs a narrator who can speak in an English accent. It was so irritating I deleted it after 2 chapters.

The completely incompetent narrator

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The awful "plum in the mouth" upper class accent and inability to pronounce simple words and place names properly totally spoils a really good plot.

Great story. Awful narrator.

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Good book. Historical murder mystery that gets you hooked to know more about the main character. Shame the narrator overdoes the accents and mispronounces repeatedly

Poor narrator

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I have to admit I never got far in this book - this is possibly the worst narration of all the many books I have listened to. I had to rate the story with a star, but it's not valid as I never could listen to it.

The narration is the worst

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