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"Westerson has perfected her topic and has applied that information to produce erudite entertainment." --Richmond Times-Dispatch on Veil of LiesDisgraced knight Crispin Guest gets herself into some serious trouble in London and like a result is pressured to simply accept a project far-out of town.  The Archbishop of Canterbury has particularly required Guest to research a risk from the bones of saint and martyr Thomas a Beckett, which are on show inside the cathedral in Canterbury.  The archbishop has received letters threatening the security of the items, and he desires Guest to protect them and discover whomever is after them.When he gets to Canterbury, Guest is accosted by a classic associate from court – one Geoffrey Chaucer – and is enclosed by an organization around on the pilgrimage. Trapped between the pilgrims (who have been, potentially, the design for Chaucer’s well-known tale period), searching for a killer, a concealed heretic and an answer to the question that'll permit him to return home, Crispin Guest discovers his considerable wit and intelligence taxed to its very limit.