{"product_id":"the-verifiers","title":"The Verifiers","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Claudia Lin: a sharp-witted amateur\nsleuth for the 21st century. This debut novel follows Claudia as she verifies\npeople's online lives, and lies, for a dating detective agency in New York\nCity. Until a client with an unusual request goes missing. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“The world of social media, big tech and internet connectivity provides fertile\nnew ground for humans to deceive, defraud and possibly murder one another. . .\n. Well rendered and charming. . . . Original and intriguing.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York\nTimes Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nClaudia is used to disregarding her fractious family’s model-minority\nexpectations: she has no interest in finding either a conventional career or a\nnice Chinese boy. She’s also used to keeping secrets from them, such\nas that she prefers girls—and that she's just been stealth-recruited by\nVeracity, a referrals-only online-dating detective agency. \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nA lifelong mystery reader who wrote her senior thesis on Jane\nAusten, Claudia believes she's landed her ideal job. But when a\nclient vanishes, Claudia breaks protocol to investigate—and uncovers a\nmaelstrom of personal and corporate deceit. Part literary mystery, part\nfamily story, \u003ci\u003eThe Verifiers\u003c\/i\u003e is a clever and\nincisive examination of how technology shapes our choices, and the\nnature of romantic love in the digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJANE PEK\u003c\/b\u003e was born and grew up in Singapore. She holds\na BA from Yale University, a JD from the New York University School of Law, and\nan MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHer short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\nReview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWitness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, Literary Hub, and\ntwice in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently lives in\nNew York, where she works as a lawyer at a global investment company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44931454959823,"sku":"9780593313794","price":29.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_ee4818cd-d826-4420-8662-456f5390a5f8.jpg?v=1774181459","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-verifiers","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}