ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST’S BEST MYSTERY BOOKS OF THE YEAR Introducing Claudia Lin: a sharp-wittedamateur sleuth for the 21st century. This debut novel follows Claudia as she verifies people’sonline 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 Review

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

A lifelong mysteryreaderwho wrote her senior thesis onJane Austen,Claudia believesshe’s landed herideal job. But when a client vanishes, Claudia breaks protocol to investigateand uncoversa maelstrom of personal and corporate deceit.Part literary mystery, part family story, TheVerifiers is acleverand incisive examination of howtechnology shapesour choices, and the nature of romantic love in the digital age.