The Verifiers

Introducing a sharp-witted heroine for the 21st a new amateur sleuth exploring the landscape—both physical and virtual—of New York in a debut novel about love, technology, and murder.

Claudia Lin is used to disregarding her fractious family’s model-minority 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 goes missing, 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.

'Your go-to summer read...Really fun and will keep you hooked.' Emily Henry, author of Beach Read

'This book is exhilaratingly well-written. I loved it so much that I didn't want it to end.' Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven

'Pek's engrossing debut novel gives us a thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction.' New York Times (Editors' Choice)

'Clever, dryly funny...This is a fascinating, carefully layered mystery novel as well as a love letter to New York City and complicated families.' Washington Post