Daneet Steffens Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Daneet Steffens is a writer, editor, researcher and book critic. Bookish words for @bostonglobe @CrimeReads @LitHub @LAReviewofBooks @seattlereviewof Also: swimfan.

Small World
Laura Zigman
‘Small World’ is a love letter to a sisterhood forged through disability and death ... Zigman is terrific at melding heartbreaking situations with humorous, evocative details without once veering off into saccharine sentimentality.
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kate Atkinson
Armelle Parey
The new #KateAtkinson is a reading pleasure. My review of #ShrinesOfGaiety for @BGlobeBooks: https://t.co/L3v7wKp3Yi
Hardcover, 2022
$120.00$95.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
B Is for Burglar: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
Sue Grafton
“I want the character to inform the plot, and not the plot to inform the character.” Also: Sue Grafton’s B IS FOR BURGLAR, sprinting with friends, and rewriting to the max. @kellyekell chats with @elicranor and it is ace: https://t.co/kyU9r0I44c
Paperback, Mass Market, 2005
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Cactus League
Emily Nemens
Already one of my favorite books of 2020: the perfectly formed, exciting and engaging read that is THE CACTUS LEAGUE by @EmilyNemens.
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shrines of Gaiety
Kate Atkinson
The new #KateAtkinson is a reading pleasure. My review of #ShrinesOfGaiety for @BGlobeBooks: https://t.co/L3v7wKp3Yi
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. Sutanto
A suspicious death in Vera Wong’s San Francisco “World-Famous” tea shop throws a motley crew of individuals together in this madcap murder mystery rife with malapropisms, misunderstandings, misdirection, and the comforting power of a proper, familial meal.
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes
Anthony Veasna So
Anthony Veasna So's talent for evoking the anxieties, longings, and memories of diasporic Cambodian Americans is put to vivid use in this new collection of delicately hinged essays that address everything from "deep reality TV" to So's stint as an art student.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Prom Mom
Laura Lippman
Lippman, a master of chill-inducing misdirection and slow-burn suspense, spins a noir-inflected story that’s both timeless and utterly contemporary.
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book