The Verifiers

Introducing Claudia Lin: a sharp-wittedamateursleuth for the 21st century. This debut novel follows Claudia as she verifiespeople’sonline lives, and lies, for a dating detective agency in New YorkCity.Until a client with an unusual request goes missing. . . .

The world of social media, big tech and internet connectivity provides fertilenew ground for humans to deceive, defraud and possibly murder one another. . .. Well rendered and charming. . . . Original and intriguing. The New YorkTimes Book Review

Claudia is used to disregarding her fractious familys model-minorityexpectations: she has no interest in finding either a conventional career or anice Chinese boy.Shes also used to keeping secrets fromthem, suchas that she prefers girlsand that she’sjust been stealth-recruited byVeracity, a referrals-only online-dating detective agency.

A lifelong mysteryreaderwho wrote her senior thesis onJaneAusten,Claudia believesshe’s landed herideal job. But when aclient vanishes, Claudia breaks protocol to investigateand uncoversamaelstrom of personal and corporate deceit.Part literary mystery, partfamily story,TheVerifiersis acleverandincisive examination of howtechnology shapesour choices, and thenature of romantic love in the digital age.

About the Author

JANE PEK was born and grew up in Singapore. She holdsa BA from Yale University, a JD from the New York University School of Law, andan MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College.

Her short fiction has appeared inTheBrooklynReview,Witness,Conjunctions, Literary Hub, andtwice inThe Best American Short Stories. She currently lives inNew York, where she works as a lawyer at a global investment company.