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Dec 7, 2024 | 
bookreporter.com | Jane Pek
In Jane Pek's debut novel, THE VERIFIERS, protagonist Claudia Lin was inspired by her favorite fictional sleuth, Inspector Yuan, which ultimately informed her own amateur detective work. In THE RIVALS, Claudia finds herself reluctantly turning to the fictional world of the Somnang Files, a series of spy films, as her world increasingly resembles an espionage thriller.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Jane Pek |Olivia Ho
“I’m so sick of online love,” sings American pop star Chappell Roan. As if online dating were not already laden with enough pitfalls, soon you might be questioning not only if someone is lying on his or her profile, but also if you are talking to a real person at all.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
bnsglobalnews.com | Jane Pek
Please consider joining our Facebook group by CLICKING HERE. Find out more about the books below. Words on a page are just the beginning of getting a book published. It often takes teamwork between an author and a literary agent. In 2022, author Jane Pek’s first book, “The Verifiers,” was named a Top 10 Best Mystery Novel by the Washington Post. It’s now given the same honor to her new book “The Rivals,” out this week.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
crimereads.com | Jane Pek
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com | Rachel Tran |Jane Pek
By Rachel Tran | November 29 2024 | NewsFridayReads Have you read this yet? Reading this right now?
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com | Rachel Tran |Katie Holt |Jane Pek |Emily Rath
By Rachel Tran | November 15 2024 | NewsLibraryReads Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to the books selected for the December 2024 LibraryReads Top Ten List. Listen to Audiobook Clips Here.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com | Jane Pek |M. T. Anderson |Cece Bell |Del Sandeen
By Jennifer Rubins | November 4 2024 | Excerpts & VideosFrom the Author What happens when books are banned?
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Jane Pek |Janet Evanovich |David Baldacci
A keen knowledge of spy thrillers and detective stories fuels Lin’s excellent investigation into matchmaking apps. When a client dies unexpectedly, professional verifier Claudia Lin and her business partner explore the possibility that certain dating apps may be offering customers more than they bargained for.
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
electricliterature.com | Wynter K. Miller |Jane Pek
Introduction by Wynter K Miller Share article Issue No 589 Written by Jane Pek Recommended by Wynter K Miller When you lose someone beloved to illness or violence, there can be comfort—cold comfort, but comfort nonetheless—in the stability of details. There is even, perhaps, someone to blame. The doctors, the medical system, the cancer. Or, the defendant, the criminal justice system, the gun. The point is: there are facts and things to do. There is a time of death. There are funeral...
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Jun 27, 2023 | 
crimereads.com | Julia Seales |Elle Cosimano |Tana French |Jane Pek
Since they first appeared in fiction, women detectives have been a force to be reckoned with. Often underestimated, they use this to their advantage, eavesdropping on important conversations and drawing confessions out of the most unlikely suspects. Whether seen as coquettish or ignored for being matronly, our favorite fictional female sleuths know how to manipulate misconceptions for their own benefit.
