Point of View

The novel is narrated by Claudia, the protagonist, who is a former English major that loves nothing more than reading mystery novels. Because of this, she is constantly comparing herself to characters in literature and thinking about her life as if it were a novel. Even before Claudia gets roped into a murder investigation, she is obsessed with seeing the world through the lens of a literary detective, which are her favorite characters to read about.

When she first gets hired at Veracity, she is excited about the type of work she gets to do because of her obsession with mystery novels: “These client referrals are the exclusive basis on which Veracity accepts new cases. In the verifiers’ line of work, Komla likes to say, discretion is the best part of everything. It all makes me feel delightfully like I’m a heroine in a...