ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST MYSTERY BOOKS OF THE YEAR โข Introducing Claudia Lin: a sharp-wittedย amateur sleuth for the 21st century. This debut novel follows Claudia as she verifies people'sย online lives, and lies, for a dating detective agency in New York City.ย Until a client with an unusual request goes missing....
โThe 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.โ โThe New York Times Book Review
Claudia is used to disregarding her fractious familyโs model-minority expectations: she has no interest in finding either a conventional career or a nice Chinese boy.ย Sheโs also used to keeping secrets fromย them, such as that she prefers girlsโand that she'sย just been stealth-recruited by Veracity, a referrals-only online-dating detective agency.ย
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A lifelong mysteryย readerย who wrote her senior thesis onย Jane Austen,ย Claudia believesย she's landed herย ideal job. But when a client vanishes, Claudia breaks protocol to investigateโand uncoversย a maelstrom of personal and corporate deceit.ย Part literary mystery, part family story, Theย Verifiers is aย cleverย and incisive examination of howย technology shapesย our choices, and the nature of romantic love in the digital age.