ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST MYSTERY BOOKS OF THE YEAR • 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....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.” —The New York
Times Book ReviewClaudia 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.
