{"product_id":"the-verifiers-claudia-lin","title":"The Verifiers by Jane Pek (Preloved-Very Good)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is preloved, which means someone else enjoyed it before you. Because it's in Very Good condition, you might notice some minimal wear in addition to a great discounted price!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eONE 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....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClaudia 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heather \u0026 Pine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251556438188,"sku":"9780593313794","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/1683\/0124\/files\/9780593313794.jpg?v=1778795389","url":"https:\/\/heatherandpinebooks.com\/products\/the-verifiers-claudia-lin","provider":"Heather \u0026 Pine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}