{"product_id":"9780857309204","title":"The Verifiers","description":"Author: Jane Pek\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857309204\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Crime \u0026amp; Mystery Club\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia Lin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart literary mystery, part family story,\u003ci\u003e The Verifiers\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Your go-to summer read...Really fun and will keep you hooked.'  Emily Henry, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeach Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pek's engrossing debut novel gives us a thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction.'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Clever, dryly funny...This is a fascinating, carefully layered mystery novel as well as a love letter to New York City and complicated families.'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814084759710,"sku":"ADS-9780857309204","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780857309204.jpg?v=1778334545","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780857309204","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}