{"product_id":"the-verifiers-paperback","title":"The Verifiers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Pek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e'S BEST MYSTERY BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIntroducing Claudia Lin: a sharp-witted amateur sleuth for the 21st century. This debut novel follows Claudia as she verifies people's online lives, and lies, for a dating detective agency in New York City. Until a client with an unusual request goes missing....\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The world of social media, big tech and internet connectivity provides fertile new ground for humans to deceive, defraud and possibly murder one another.... Well rendered and charming.... Original and intriguing.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaudia is used to disregarding her fractious family's model-minority expectations: she has no interest in finding either a conventional career or a nice Chinese boy. She's also used to keeping secrets from them, such as that she prefers girls--and that she's just been stealth-recruited by Veracity, a referrals-only online-dating detective agency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lifelong mystery reader who wrote her senior thesis on Jane Austen, Claudia believes she's landed her ideal job. But when a client vanishes, Claudia breaks protocol to investigate--and uncovers a maelstrom of personal and corporate deceit. Part literary mystery, part family story, \u003ci\u003eThe Verifiers\u003c\/i\u003e is a clever and incisive examination of how technology shapes our choices, and the nature of romantic love in the digital age.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJANE PEK was born and grew up in Singapore. She holds a BA from Yale University, a JD from the New York University School of Law, and an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWitness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, Literary Hub, and twice in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently lives in New York, where she works as a lawyer at a global investment company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692309057599,"sku":"9780593313794","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/32c88fa5903900744ca0b4cbd71fe3bd.webp?v=1764995024","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-verifiers-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}