The Verifiers

Introducing 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 . . .

Claudia 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.

A 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, The Verifiers is a clever and incisive examination of how technology shapes our choices, and the nature of romantic love in the digital age.

A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/22/2022
ISBN: 9780593313794
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.69d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/13/2021
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2021
Booklist 02/01/2022 pg. 24