Helen Saxton Author
@deadherringuk.bsky.social
#truecrime and #crimefiction #writer 🎭 📖
Profile 📸 @jamieledwith
Profile 📸 @jamieledwith
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#TrueCrime author saying 👋🏻 on @bsky.app!
📕 #AmandaKnox - Crime, Trial, Release and Controversy (out now)
📕 #JeremyBamber - Murder and Turmoil at White House Farm (out May 2026)
both through @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Would love to chat 💬
#TrueCrime #writer #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimeStories
📕 #AmandaKnox - Crime, Trial, Release and Controversy (out now)
📕 #JeremyBamber - Murder and Turmoil at White House Farm (out May 2026)
both through @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Would love to chat 💬
#TrueCrime #writer #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimeStories
Final, final final proof arrived from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social of my #JeremyBamber book. All being well it will be printed in April for release in May 📚
Watch this space...👀
#publishedauthor #bookpublishing #bookrelease #truecrime
Watch this space...👀
#publishedauthor #bookpublishing #bookrelease #truecrime
January 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Final, final final proof arrived from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social of my #JeremyBamber book. All being well it will be printed in April for release in May 📚
Watch this space...👀
#publishedauthor #bookpublishing #bookrelease #truecrime
Watch this space...👀
#publishedauthor #bookpublishing #bookrelease #truecrime
I'm running one of my Dead Herring #murdermystery events tomorrow so found myself creating fake newspaper articles while winging myway to to Winchester on a train! 🕵️♀️🚂
#props #selfemployed #soletrader #backstage
#props #selfemployed #soletrader #backstage
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I'm running one of my Dead Herring #murdermystery events tomorrow so found myself creating fake newspaper articles while winging myway to to Winchester on a train! 🕵️♀️🚂
#props #selfemployed #soletrader #backstage
#props #selfemployed #soletrader #backstage
Currently reading #SuicideThursday by @willcarver.bsky.social (well, listening on #BorrowBox 😀)
I'm only a few chapters but in absolutely invested.
I chose it because I currently have too many ideas for my book and can't get past the planning stage; the blurb did its job 📚🤩
#amreading #writing
I'm only a few chapters but in absolutely invested.
I chose it because I currently have too many ideas for my book and can't get past the planning stage; the blurb did its job 📚🤩
#amreading #writing
January 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Currently reading #SuicideThursday by @willcarver.bsky.social (well, listening on #BorrowBox 😀)
I'm only a few chapters but in absolutely invested.
I chose it because I currently have too many ideas for my book and can't get past the planning stage; the blurb did its job 📚🤩
#amreading #writing
I'm only a few chapters but in absolutely invested.
I chose it because I currently have too many ideas for my book and can't get past the planning stage; the blurb did its job 📚🤩
#amreading #writing
Finding out I have @discoveryplus.bsky.social and so watching back to back #truecrime documentaries is essential research, I promise...
#writerslife #research #procrastination
#writerslife #research #procrastination
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Finding out I have @discoveryplus.bsky.social and so watching back to back #truecrime documentaries is essential research, I promise...
#writerslife #research #procrastination
#writerslife #research #procrastination
I've recently begun joining the Writer's Hours run by @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social; what a fabulous way to focus! ⌛
Around 300 of us from all over the world connected on a Zoom just chipping away at our #writing tasks for 50 minutes 📚
#focus #amwriting #writingtarget #accountability
Around 300 of us from all over the world connected on a Zoom just chipping away at our #writing tasks for 50 minutes 📚
#focus #amwriting #writingtarget #accountability
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I've recently begun joining the Writer's Hours run by @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social; what a fabulous way to focus! ⌛
Around 300 of us from all over the world connected on a Zoom just chipping away at our #writing tasks for 50 minutes 📚
#focus #amwriting #writingtarget #accountability
Around 300 of us from all over the world connected on a Zoom just chipping away at our #writing tasks for 50 minutes 📚
#focus #amwriting #writingtarget #accountability
I can just about get away with these Christmas decorations peeking into my last #shelfie of 2025 before they all come down ready for 2026 - the year I intend to write my first novel ✍️ 📖🌟. Who better to inspire me than #BarbaraVine?
December 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I can just about get away with these Christmas decorations peeking into my last #shelfie of 2025 before they all come down ready for 2026 - the year I intend to write my first novel ✍️ 📖🌟. Who better to inspire me than #BarbaraVine?
Happy 'I don't know what day it is and I've eaten too much cheese' week 😀
Today's #shelfie involves a hippo guarding one of my favourites; The Secret History by Donna Tartt (slightly well-read copy dating back to the early 90s...) alongside my Thomas Harris collection.
Good combination?
Today's #shelfie involves a hippo guarding one of my favourites; The Secret History by Donna Tartt (slightly well-read copy dating back to the early 90s...) alongside my Thomas Harris collection.
Good combination?
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Happy 'I don't know what day it is and I've eaten too much cheese' week 😀
Today's #shelfie involves a hippo guarding one of my favourites; The Secret History by Donna Tartt (slightly well-read copy dating back to the early 90s...) alongside my Thomas Harris collection.
Good combination?
Today's #shelfie involves a hippo guarding one of my favourites; The Secret History by Donna Tartt (slightly well-read copy dating back to the early 90s...) alongside my Thomas Harris collection.
Good combination?
December 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I love receiving whodunnit/crime/book related presents at Christmas 🕵️♀️ 🎁
Here's my little crime scene #booknook and #anxietybookshelf hiding a few #AgathaChristie classics from my Mum's original collection
Off to hang up my stocking in anticipation... 🧦
#shelfie #bookworm #booklover #christmaseve
Here's my little crime scene #booknook and #anxietybookshelf hiding a few #AgathaChristie classics from my Mum's original collection
Off to hang up my stocking in anticipation... 🧦
#shelfie #bookworm #booklover #christmaseve
December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I love receiving whodunnit/crime/book related presents at Christmas 🕵️♀️ 🎁
Here's my little crime scene #booknook and #anxietybookshelf hiding a few #AgathaChristie classics from my Mum's original collection
Off to hang up my stocking in anticipation... 🧦
#shelfie #bookworm #booklover #christmaseve
Here's my little crime scene #booknook and #anxietybookshelf hiding a few #AgathaChristie classics from my Mum's original collection
Off to hang up my stocking in anticipation... 🧦
#shelfie #bookworm #booklover #christmaseve
Today, #AnthonyHorowitz and a sneak preview as to what's sitting comfortably next to him on the shelf (coming up tomorrow! 📚)
I particularly love the Daniel Hawthorne series; he has so successfully created this #metafiction that apparently some readers believe they are based on real events... 🤔
I particularly love the Daniel Hawthorne series; he has so successfully created this #metafiction that apparently some readers believe they are based on real events... 🤔
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Today, #AnthonyHorowitz and a sneak preview as to what's sitting comfortably next to him on the shelf (coming up tomorrow! 📚)
I particularly love the Daniel Hawthorne series; he has so successfully created this #metafiction that apparently some readers believe they are based on real events... 🤔
I particularly love the Daniel Hawthorne series; he has so successfully created this #metafiction that apparently some readers believe they are based on real events... 🤔
In 1982 my primary school teacher suggested that I read a newly published book called 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole' by Sue Townsend as he recognised that it would appeal to my sense of humour.
#shelfie #suetownsend #youngreader #adrianmole
#shelfie #suetownsend #youngreader #adrianmole
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In 1982 my primary school teacher suggested that I read a newly published book called 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole' by Sue Townsend as he recognised that it would appeal to my sense of humour.
#shelfie #suetownsend #youngreader #adrianmole
#shelfie #suetownsend #youngreader #adrianmole
Lesser known (to me, at the time of reading) classic whodunnit trilogy by James Anderson nestling amongst the fake plant and wooden giraffe 🦒🍃🕵️
December 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Lesser known (to me, at the time of reading) classic whodunnit trilogy by James Anderson nestling amongst the fake plant and wooden giraffe 🦒🍃🕵️
Michael Crichton and scented candles don't seem to go together, but here we are! 🕯️🦖
Jurassic Park has got to epitomise the phrase 'the book was way better than the film', agreed?
Other favourites are Timeline and Pirate Latitudes 🕰️🏴☠️
#shelfie #thebookwasbetter #booktoscreen #jurassicpark
Jurassic Park has got to epitomise the phrase 'the book was way better than the film', agreed?
Other favourites are Timeline and Pirate Latitudes 🕰️🏴☠️
#shelfie #thebookwasbetter #booktoscreen #jurassicpark
December 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Michael Crichton and scented candles don't seem to go together, but here we are! 🕯️🦖
Jurassic Park has got to epitomise the phrase 'the book was way better than the film', agreed?
Other favourites are Timeline and Pirate Latitudes 🕰️🏴☠️
#shelfie #thebookwasbetter #booktoscreen #jurassicpark
Jurassic Park has got to epitomise the phrase 'the book was way better than the film', agreed?
Other favourites are Timeline and Pirate Latitudes 🕰️🏴☠️
#shelfie #thebookwasbetter #booktoscreen #jurassicpark
Small sandstone hippo guarding the precious and well-read Kate Atkinson set (I have her two latest on my to read pile, I am quite behind...) and a few more knocking around somewhere, I must gather them all together for completeness 📚
#shelfie #amreading #tbrpile #TBR
#shelfie #amreading #tbrpile #TBR
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Small sandstone hippo guarding the precious and well-read Kate Atkinson set (I have her two latest on my to read pile, I am quite behind...) and a few more knocking around somewhere, I must gather them all together for completeness 📚
#shelfie #amreading #tbrpile #TBR
#shelfie #amreading #tbrpile #TBR
Nestling behind a cocktail glass (Christmas present from student days) is the sublime set of Alan Bradley gems about the magnificent Flavia De Luce, alongside Mark Gatiss's trilogy about Edwardian secret agent, Lucifer Box.
Haven't revisited these in a while, maybe I'll dust them off again in 2026!
Haven't revisited these in a while, maybe I'll dust them off again in 2026!
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Nestling behind a cocktail glass (Christmas present from student days) is the sublime set of Alan Bradley gems about the magnificent Flavia De Luce, alongside Mark Gatiss's trilogy about Edwardian secret agent, Lucifer Box.
Haven't revisited these in a while, maybe I'll dust them off again in 2026!
Haven't revisited these in a while, maybe I'll dust them off again in 2026!
I'm going to go on a little pre (and post) Christmas tour of my bookshelves, starting with my miscellaneous 'biographies by comedians I like' shelf 😍
Bonus points if you recognise where you might have seen this handsome pigeon (minus his santa hat) on your TV screens...
Bonus points if you recognise where you might have seen this handsome pigeon (minus his santa hat) on your TV screens...
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'm going to go on a little pre (and post) Christmas tour of my bookshelves, starting with my miscellaneous 'biographies by comedians I like' shelf 😍
Bonus points if you recognise where you might have seen this handsome pigeon (minus his santa hat) on your TV screens...
Bonus points if you recognise where you might have seen this handsome pigeon (minus his santa hat) on your TV screens...
🕵️♀️ Do you have a #TrueCrime enthusiast in your life?
🎁 Have you by any chance forgotten to buy them a Christmas gift?
Perfect for stuffing into a stocking 👇
🎁 Have you by any chance forgotten to buy them a Christmas gift?
Perfect for stuffing into a stocking 👇
Amanda Knox
In November 2007 the body of British student Meredith Kercher was discovered in her bedroom in Perugia, Italy. She had been brutally killed. Over the…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🕵️♀️ Do you have a #TrueCrime enthusiast in your life?
🎁 Have you by any chance forgotten to buy them a Christmas gift?
Perfect for stuffing into a stocking 👇
🎁 Have you by any chance forgotten to buy them a Christmas gift?
Perfect for stuffing into a stocking 👇
Currently reading the final proofs from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social of Jeremy Bamber: Murder and Turmoil at White House Farm. It's been a while since I've re-visited it and phew, it's not bad! 😅
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Currently reading the final proofs from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social of Jeremy Bamber: Murder and Turmoil at White House Farm. It's been a while since I've re-visited it and phew, it's not bad! 😅
10 things you may (or may not) like to know about me 👇
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
10 things you may (or may not) like to know about me 👇
Could not be happier to see two of my favourites together! 😍🕵️♀️
#agathachristie #mrmen #nostalgic #firstbooks #childhoodreading #raisingreaders
#agathachristie #mrmen #nostalgic #firstbooks #childhoodreading #raisingreaders
Mr. Poirot and Little Miss Marple
Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are joining the world of Mr. Men Little Miss in a charming and amusing re-telling of a handful of Agatha Christie’s most famous stories.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Could not be happier to see two of my favourites together! 😍🕵️♀️
#agathachristie #mrmen #nostalgic #firstbooks #childhoodreading #raisingreaders
#agathachristie #mrmen #nostalgic #firstbooks #childhoodreading #raisingreaders
#BackToSchool this week! 📚✏️📆
I posted this a couple of years ago on World Book Day and realise I missed out #ToKillAMockingbird which I was one of my set texts for #GCSE (to long ago to think about 😩😂)
What books did you study and fall in love with?
I posted this a couple of years ago on World Book Day and realise I missed out #ToKillAMockingbird which I was one of my set texts for #GCSE (to long ago to think about 😩😂)
What books did you study and fall in love with?
September 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#BackToSchool this week! 📚✏️📆
I posted this a couple of years ago on World Book Day and realise I missed out #ToKillAMockingbird which I was one of my set texts for #GCSE (to long ago to think about 😩😂)
What books did you study and fall in love with?
I posted this a couple of years ago on World Book Day and realise I missed out #ToKillAMockingbird which I was one of my set texts for #GCSE (to long ago to think about 😩😂)
What books did you study and fall in love with?
My initial book contained chapters on #AmandaKnox and #JeremyBamber (since developed into books in their own right) but also the #MendendezBrothers, #LizzieBorden, #DarlieRoutier and #JonBenetRamsey
All are controversial cases in their own way. Any thoughts or opinions?
All are controversial cases in their own way. Any thoughts or opinions?
September 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My initial book contained chapters on #AmandaKnox and #JeremyBamber (since developed into books in their own right) but also the #MendendezBrothers, #LizzieBorden, #DarlieRoutier and #JonBenetRamsey
All are controversial cases in their own way. Any thoughts or opinions?
All are controversial cases in their own way. Any thoughts or opinions?
The @edfringe.bsky.social is over for another year, I hope everyone had a blast! This time 3 years ago we'd just finished our last performance of In Her Defence 🥲
Why not find out more about my characters Catherine and Philip and even check out the script? 👇📖
https://tinyurl.com/mt2tw242
Why not find out more about my characters Catherine and Philip and even check out the script? 👇📖
https://tinyurl.com/mt2tw242
August 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The @edfringe.bsky.social is over for another year, I hope everyone had a blast! This time 3 years ago we'd just finished our last performance of In Her Defence 🥲
Why not find out more about my characters Catherine and Philip and even check out the script? 👇📖
https://tinyurl.com/mt2tw242
Why not find out more about my characters Catherine and Philip and even check out the script? 👇📖
https://tinyurl.com/mt2tw242
August 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
One of the things I loved most about writing In Her Defence was (very loosely) hiding several #AgathaChristie references within the dialogue 🕵️♀️🔎📖
Can you work out what they refer to? 🗝️💭
#CrimeFictionFans #Inspiration
Can you work out what they refer to? 🗝️💭
#CrimeFictionFans #Inspiration
August 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
One of the things I loved most about writing In Her Defence was (very loosely) hiding several #AgathaChristie references within the dialogue 🕵️♀️🔎📖
Can you work out what they refer to? 🗝️💭
#CrimeFictionFans #Inspiration
Can you work out what they refer to? 🗝️💭
#CrimeFictionFans #Inspiration