The Verifiers
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I.I can tell right away that Iris Lettriste isn t like the others.
Everyone else walks into Veracity wearing some residue of embarrassment. Their gazes skitter about, their sentences are potholed with ums and wells. They overexplain. They worry that we ll judge them, or they get preemptively angry because they assume we do.
Iris Lettriste. This woman sits down and tells us about the guy she wants us to verify like she s ordering her first coffee of an arduous morning and it s vital that the barista gets it right.
Not to mention: Who goes to a dating detective agency to check up on someone they were flirting with on Soulmate Messenger for all of sixteen days?
At my verifier interview, when Komla explained what Veracity did and I said, with maybe a tad too much enthusiasm, Like a detective agency? , he looked faintly perturbed which, I ve come to realize with Komla Atsina, possibly meant he was one wrist flick away from consigning my résumé to the shred pile. That man is harder to read than Finnegans Wake. A detective agency might seem like an obvious parallel, he said, but he tried to dissuade clients from viewing Veracity as such. The verifiers didn t solve crimes, and they didn t intervene in the course of events beyond reporting their findings to their clients. Think of us, said Komla, as a personal investments advisory firm.
A month into the job, it s obvious to me that all our clients think of us as a detective agency.
It s highly unusual, Komla is saying to Iris, for clients to ask us to verify matches they haven t yet met in person.
She frowns like she thinks he s making an excuse to pass on the case. Why?
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Iris Lettriste is rosy, compact, and purposeful. She looks like someone who makes lists for everything and derives satisfaction from checking off items one by one. According to her Soulmate profile (Flora or Fauna) she s thirty-six years old, a lawyer, into contemporary art and Japanese food. It also appears, seeing her in person now, that the photos she uploaded were all from several years ago, when she was ten pounds lighter and her skin hadn t yet had to negotiate with gravity.
It s a waste of our time and your money, says Becks. Becks Rittel would be the Mean Girl who grew up without ever getting her comeuppance. I can t decide which aggravates me more, that I think she s hot she looks like a Valkyrie and dresses like she runs a fashion line for overperforming female executives or that she thoroughly intimidates me.
Why is it a waste of your time if you re getting paid? asks Iris.
Komla says, We only take on cases where we feel we can have a meaningful impact. Here, given that Iris s match whom she knows only as Charretter, his username on Soulmate is no longer in contact with her, it would make no difference to Iris whether he was lying about anything he had written in his profile or in his chats with her.
It might make a difference to other people.
I can sense Komla and Becks exchanging their telepathic equivalent of a hmm interesting look. The two of them are so in sync they could set up a trapeze act. Komla s the boss, theoretically, but Becks talks shit about him all the time, both behind his back and to his face. If this were an Inspector Yuan novel, my comfort-read murder mystery series, it d be easy: Komla would be the headline name and Becks the sidekick. But I m pretty sure Becks would sooner self-defenestrate than be thought of as anyone s Watson.
Komla says, Do you have any reason to believe he might be lying?
He disappeared once
Iris Lettriste is rosy, compact, and purposeful. She looks like someone who makes lists for everything and derives satisfaction from checking off items one by one. According to her Soulmate profile (Flora or Fauna) she s thirty-six years old, a lawyer, into contemporary art and Japanese food. It also appears, seeing her in person now, that the photos she uploaded were all from several years ago, when she was ten pounds lighter and her skin hadn t yet had to negotiate with gravity.
It s a waste of our time and your money, says Becks. Becks Rittel would be the Mean Girl who grew up without ever getting her comeuppance. I can t decide which aggravates me more, that I think she s hot she looks like a Valkyrie and dresses like she runs a fashion line for overperforming female executives or that she thoroughly intimidates me.
Why is it a waste of your time if you re getting paid? asks Iris.
Komla says, We only take on cases where we feel we can have a meaningful impact. Here, given that Iris s match whom she knows only as Charretter, his username on Soulmate is no longer in contact with her, it would make no difference to Iris whether he was lying about anything he had written in his profile or in his chats with her.
It might make a difference to other people.
I can sense Komla and Becks exchanging their telepathic equivalent of a hmm interesting look. The two of them are so in sync they could set up a trapeze act. Komla s the boss, theoretically, but Becks talks shit about him all the time, both behind his back and to his face. If this were an Inspector Yuan novel, my comfort-read murder mystery series, it d be easy: Komla would be the headline name and Becks the sidekick. But I m pretty sure Becks would sooner self-defenestrate than be thought of as anyone s Watson.
Komla says, Do you have any reason to believe he might be lying?
He disappeared once
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Autoren-Porträt von Jane Pek
JANE PEK was born and grew up in Singapore. She holds a BA from Yale University, a JD from the New York University School of Law, and an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College. Her short fiction has appeared in The Brooklyn Review, Witness, Conjunctions, Literary Hub, and twice in The Best American Short Stories. She currently lives in New York, where she works as a lawyer at a global investment company.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jane Pek
- 2022, 368 Seiten, Maße: 12,7 x 20 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: VINTAGE
- ISBN-10: 0593313798
- ISBN-13: 9780593313794
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
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ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR THE WASHINGTON POST BOOKRIOT SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLYLONGLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE JOSEPH HANSEN AWARD FOR LGBTQ CRIME WRITING
NOMINATED FOR THE LEFTY AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT MYSTERY
ONE OF THE YEAR'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS! Harper s Bazaar Good Morning America BuzzFeed USA Today Electric Lit Literary Hub Book Riot Bustle CrimeReads Medium Alma Lambda Literary LGBTQ Reads PopSugar Publishers Weekly
Your go-to summer read. . . . Really fun and will keep you hooked.
Emily Henry, bestselling 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, bestselling author of Station Eleven
Pek s engrossing debut novel gives us a thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction.
Editors Choice, The New York Times Book Review
I loved this book. I'm a huge fan of Veronica Mars, and I was a big Nancy Drew fan as a kid, and it really scratched that same itch.
Natalie Escobar, NPR's "Weekend Edition"
A commentary on love in the time of iPhones, a thrilling ride to discover what was really going on with the client that disappeared, and a look at one family making their way through all types of distance.
Zibby Owens, Good Morning America
Clever, dryly funny. . . . This is a fascinating, carefully layered mystery novel as well as a love letter to New York City and complicated families.
Grace D. Li, The Washington Post, 8 Thrillers and Mysteries to Read This Summer
[Claudia] serves as the perfect guide as she finds herself drawn into a missing persons case that takes place both online and in real life.
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Kevin Wilson, TODAY
Jane Pek s The Verifiers kept me up reading until 1 a.m. last night.
Rachel Nussbaum, InStyle
Exhilarating. . . . Pek s plot centers on the potential for evil in the matching industry, but it s the keen, sprightly, incidentally lesbian heroine and her complex Chinese immigrant family you can t get enough of.
Richard Lipez, The Washington Post
[A] funny and touching modern detective story.
Keely Weiss, Harper s Bazaar, The Best, Buzziest New Books of 2022
This astute, page-turning debut sheds light on the necessities and limitations of interpersonal interaction, the role technology plays in its evolution (and de-evolution), and what it means to be human and looking for love in the 21st century.
Dahlia Adler, BuzzFeed
A mystery of the classic gumshoe kind. . . . It s also a wonderful look at family dynamics. . . . Both mystery and family combine nicely for a satisfying story.
Liberty Hardy, Book Riot
Through Claudia s perceptive and entertaining narration, The Verifiers underscores the pitfalls and absurdities of modern technology. The novel is also an intimate portrait of a young, queer Chinese American person forging her own path.
Poets & Writers
Claudia is single, gutsy (she s a cyclist in New York), and a really funny narrator of this wonderfully entertaining mystery.
Carole E. Barrowman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Verifiers is as delightful as it is insightful. . . . Pek poses deep and thoughtful questions about romance, privacy, family, data, corporate greed and big tech. . . . The Verifiers is sure to leave readers looking for more from this new voice in the genre. . . . A perfectly paced whodunit.
Kerry McHugh, Shelf Awareness
Pek s first novel is a whip-smart and super charming techno thriller that feels at once contemporary and classic.
Michelle Hart, Electric Lit, The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of 2022
Pek s book is funny in a sly way and smart in the way it explores the intersection between identity and technology.
Lisa Levy, CrimeReads, 5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This February
I was so taken in by [Pek's] descriptive language and lush, immersive imagery. . . . She s adept at crafting the rich inner world of her characters.
Vanessa Willoughby, Literary Hub, Lit Hub s Most Anticipated Books of 2022
A twisty and smart mystery about online dating algorithms layered with a poignant tale about second-generation Asian American identity.
Emily Burack, Alma, Alma s Favorite Books for Winter 2022
Claudia s wit [is] a great source of humor throughout the book. . . . This is an all-around interesting mystery that doesn t sacrifice characterization for plot.
Erica Ezeifedi, Book Riot
That rare combination of technothriller and traditional mystery. . . . When Claudia s client vanishes, she goes down an ugly rabbithole into the nature of truth, and the truth of corporate malfeasance.
Molly Odintz, CrimeReads, The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2022
A can t-miss debut mystery.
Sabienna Bowman, PopSugar
The Verifiers is a really terrific debut novel that melds a borderline techno thriller mystery with a contemporary comedy of manners. The depiction of Claudia s own complicated personal life . . . makes for really absorbing and to me, relatable reading. Claudia is smart, funny, self-aware, and loves a good mystery as much as I do. . . . Claudia is such a great, fresh detective protagonist, and I m very eager to read more of her ongoing adventures.
Doreen Sheridan, Criminal Element
A clever and thought-provoking mystery laced with wit and insights about technology and relationships, who we are and who we pretend to be. Smart, twisty fun.
Charles Yu, National Book Award-winning author of Interior Chinatown
Suspenseful and hilarious, The Verifiers builds on the tropes of the whodunnit to bring us something entirely new. In quick-witted gumshoe Claudia Lin, Pek has created an irresistible heroine who must untangle her own family drama even as she investigates the malfeasance of warring online-dating platforms. This novel is a genre-defying joy!
Anna North, New York Times bestselling author of Outlawed
The Verifiers is both witty and profound, at once a propulsive read and a meditation on our moment. Jane Pek delivers an intricate murder mystery, a portrait of fraught family dynamics, and an interrogation of algorithmic matchmaking. Claudia Lin is a memorable and magnetic protagonist, and this debut is riveting, a twinkle in its eye even as it takes on deep questions about how technology enhances and intrudes on our lives.
Helen Phillips, author of The Need
Pek s thoughtful, well-constructed debut introduces irrepressible Claudia Lin. . . . This nuanced novel will leave readers eagerly awaiting Pek s next book.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A cool, cerebral, and very funny novel. . . . Claudia is the seductive protagonist in a tale that delves into the dark heart of contemporary technology, not to mention the foibles of the human heart. With an inquisitive, clever, and curious narrator, this adventurous mystery is both scary and hilarious.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Jane Pek s The Verifiers kept me up reading until 1 a.m. last night.
Rachel Nussbaum, InStyle
Exhilarating. . . . Pek s plot centers on the potential for evil in the matching industry, but it s the keen, sprightly, incidentally lesbian heroine and her complex Chinese immigrant family you can t get enough of.
Richard Lipez, The Washington Post
[A] funny and touching modern detective story.
Keely Weiss, Harper s Bazaar, The Best, Buzziest New Books of 2022
This astute, page-turning debut sheds light on the necessities and limitations of interpersonal interaction, the role technology plays in its evolution (and de-evolution), and what it means to be human and looking for love in the 21st century.
Dahlia Adler, BuzzFeed
A mystery of the classic gumshoe kind. . . . It s also a wonderful look at family dynamics. . . . Both mystery and family combine nicely for a satisfying story.
Liberty Hardy, Book Riot
Through Claudia s perceptive and entertaining narration, The Verifiers underscores the pitfalls and absurdities of modern technology. The novel is also an intimate portrait of a young, queer Chinese American person forging her own path.
Poets & Writers
Claudia is single, gutsy (she s a cyclist in New York), and a really funny narrator of this wonderfully entertaining mystery.
Carole E. Barrowman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Verifiers is as delightful as it is insightful. . . . Pek poses deep and thoughtful questions about romance, privacy, family, data, corporate greed and big tech. . . . The Verifiers is sure to leave readers looking for more from this new voice in the genre. . . . A perfectly paced whodunit.
Kerry McHugh, Shelf Awareness
Pek s first novel is a whip-smart and super charming techno thriller that feels at once contemporary and classic.
Michelle Hart, Electric Lit, The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of 2022
Pek s book is funny in a sly way and smart in the way it explores the intersection between identity and technology.
Lisa Levy, CrimeReads, 5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This February
I was so taken in by [Pek's] descriptive language and lush, immersive imagery. . . . She s adept at crafting the rich inner world of her characters.
Vanessa Willoughby, Literary Hub, Lit Hub s Most Anticipated Books of 2022
A twisty and smart mystery about online dating algorithms layered with a poignant tale about second-generation Asian American identity.
Emily Burack, Alma, Alma s Favorite Books for Winter 2022
Claudia s wit [is] a great source of humor throughout the book. . . . This is an all-around interesting mystery that doesn t sacrifice characterization for plot.
Erica Ezeifedi, Book Riot
That rare combination of technothriller and traditional mystery. . . . When Claudia s client vanishes, she goes down an ugly rabbithole into the nature of truth, and the truth of corporate malfeasance.
Molly Odintz, CrimeReads, The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2022
A can t-miss debut mystery.
Sabienna Bowman, PopSugar
The Verifiers is a really terrific debut novel that melds a borderline techno thriller mystery with a contemporary comedy of manners. The depiction of Claudia s own complicated personal life . . . makes for really absorbing and to me, relatable reading. Claudia is smart, funny, self-aware, and loves a good mystery as much as I do. . . . Claudia is such a great, fresh detective protagonist, and I m very eager to read more of her ongoing adventures.
Doreen Sheridan, Criminal Element
A clever and thought-provoking mystery laced with wit and insights about technology and relationships, who we are and who we pretend to be. Smart, twisty fun.
Charles Yu, National Book Award-winning author of Interior Chinatown
Suspenseful and hilarious, The Verifiers builds on the tropes of the whodunnit to bring us something entirely new. In quick-witted gumshoe Claudia Lin, Pek has created an irresistible heroine who must untangle her own family drama even as she investigates the malfeasance of warring online-dating platforms. This novel is a genre-defying joy!
Anna North, New York Times bestselling author of Outlawed
The Verifiers is both witty and profound, at once a propulsive read and a meditation on our moment. Jane Pek delivers an intricate murder mystery, a portrait of fraught family dynamics, and an interrogation of algorithmic matchmaking. Claudia Lin is a memorable and magnetic protagonist, and this debut is riveting, a twinkle in its eye even as it takes on deep questions about how technology enhances and intrudes on our lives.
Helen Phillips, author of The Need
Pek s thoughtful, well-constructed debut introduces irrepressible Claudia Lin. . . . This nuanced novel will leave readers eagerly awaiting Pek s next book.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A cool, cerebral, and very funny novel. . . . Claudia is the seductive protagonist in a tale that delves into the dark heart of contemporary technology, not to mention the foibles of the human heart. With an inquisitive, clever, and curious narrator, this adventurous mystery is both scary and hilarious.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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