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Book review: Jane Pek’s dating app mystery The Rivals puts a spy in the house of love

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Singaporean writer Jane Pek's The Rivals is a sequel to her 2022 debut The Verifiers.

Singaporean writer Jane Pek's The Rivals is a sequel to her 2022 debut The Verifiers.

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By Jane Pek
Mystery/Vintage/Paperback/401 pages/$30.35

“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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