The Rivals Author Surname:Pek

The Rivals Author Surname:PekClaudia Lin mystery novel superfan and, until recently, cliched underemployed English major has scored her dream job: co running Veracity, a dating detective agency for chronically online New Yorkers who want to know if their prospective partners are telling the truth. Unfortunately, along the way, she and her colleagues tech savant Squirrel, and the elegant and intimidating Becks have uncovered a far reaching AI conspiracy. And the corporate

No one seems to be investigating

and a tendency to kill first and ask questions later

and in the burgeoning metropolis of Melbourne

Annie flees Peony Lane

her skeletal remains discovered three years later in the ashes of a burned-out house

the party turns into a murder scene

Garrett and Coleman are caught up in a deadly cat-and-mouse game shot through with vengeance and suspicion

the death of another woman in a fast-food parking lot changes everything

When the body of 44-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland

nutcrackers coming to life

They just need to meet the right person

in what seems to have been a cruel and macabre ritual