Steph Gaunt
@steffogrunt.bsky.social
Writer, eclectic blogger, wise (hopefully) old warrior woman, lives in Hastings UK. Ex-Brummie, married to the Philosopher, grandmother, Cosy crime novel : ‘Death Deceit and Cake’ from Amazon. https://www.hastingsbattleaxe.com.
Hastings Battleaxe goes to Chichester, sees the Light Show at the Cathedral.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hastings Battleaxe goes to Chichester, sees the Light Show at the Cathedral.
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At last, they said, a positive post from Hastings Battleaxe - a beautiful autumn walk in Alexandra Park. #Hastings
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October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
At last, they said, a positive post from Hastings Battleaxe - a beautiful autumn walk in Alexandra Park. #Hastings
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Happy #Caturday. Loving the Saturday morning lie-in. #catsofbluesky
October 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Happy #Caturday. Loving the Saturday morning lie-in. #catsofbluesky
Hastings Battleaxe doing this that and the other. This is a lovely vintage Hastings travel poster...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Hastings Battleaxe doing this that and the other. This is a lovely vintage Hastings travel poster...
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This is granddaughter at Beachy Head last week... Hastings Battleaxe on Granny duty
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October 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is granddaughter at Beachy Head last week... Hastings Battleaxe on Granny duty
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Love these shoes! Hastings Battleaxe is safely back in Hastings. In this post, she goes to a #HastingsInternationalPiano concert at the White Rock, the latest #HastingsContemporary exhibitions, and rabbits on about a few other things.
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October 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Love these shoes! Hastings Battleaxe is safely back in Hastings. In this post, she goes to a #HastingsInternationalPiano concert at the White Rock, the latest #HastingsContemporary exhibitions, and rabbits on about a few other things.
www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2025/09/hast...
www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2025/09/hast...
Autumn is here! Why not curl up in front of the fire with a cuppa and a comforting cosy crime novel? Keep warm with ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’, but watch for the shivers down the spine!
Download to your Kindle or buy the paperback from Amazon. Here’s the link:
amzn.eu/d/h0JVAbG
Download to your Kindle or buy the paperback from Amazon. Here’s the link:
amzn.eu/d/h0JVAbG
October 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Autumn is here! Why not curl up in front of the fire with a cuppa and a comforting cosy crime novel? Keep warm with ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’, but watch for the shivers down the spine!
Download to your Kindle or buy the paperback from Amazon. Here’s the link:
amzn.eu/d/h0JVAbG
Download to your Kindle or buy the paperback from Amazon. Here’s the link:
amzn.eu/d/h0JVAbG
Oh phew, exhausted.... Hastings Battleaxe's second post about our Road Trip... we enjoyed it all but are glad to be home! Sorry the post is a bit long...
Sunset from our Newcastle hotel room. What a view we had...
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Sunset from our Newcastle hotel room. What a view we had...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Oh phew, exhausted.... Hastings Battleaxe's second post about our Road Trip... we enjoyed it all but are glad to be home! Sorry the post is a bit long...
Sunset from our Newcastle hotel room. What a view we had...
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Sunset from our Newcastle hotel room. What a view we had...
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How appropriate - and poignant, is this? On the day of the despot Trump’s visit to the UK we were lucky enough to view the actual Magna Carta in Durham Cathedral….
September 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
How appropriate - and poignant, is this? On the day of the despot Trump’s visit to the UK we were lucky enough to view the actual Magna Carta in Durham Cathedral….
Wey Aye Pet! Death Deceit and Cake has hit Newcastle!
September 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Wey Aye Pet! Death Deceit and Cake has hit Newcastle!
‘Death, Deceit and Cake’ appeals to readers of all ages! I hope you like cosy crime, Mia! #Booksky #readersofBlueSky #books
September 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
‘Death, Deceit and Cake’ appeals to readers of all ages! I hope you like cosy crime, Mia! #Booksky #readersofBlueSky #books
Happy #Caturday. Digby isn’t happy about ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’. ‘It is far too successful and taking too much attention away from me! Why should I care about your cosy crime novel! Feed me!’ #booksky
Ignore Digby, he can’t read. Get the novel: amzn.eu/d/he6qVP6
Ignore Digby, he can’t read. Get the novel: amzn.eu/d/he6qVP6
August 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Happy #Caturday. Digby isn’t happy about ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’. ‘It is far too successful and taking too much attention away from me! Why should I care about your cosy crime novel! Feed me!’ #booksky
Ignore Digby, he can’t read. Get the novel: amzn.eu/d/he6qVP6
Ignore Digby, he can’t read. Get the novel: amzn.eu/d/he6qVP6
Hastings Battleaxe has had enough of summer... Here's a hot dog at last week's Bottle Alley Art Fair.
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August 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Hastings Battleaxe has had enough of summer... Here's a hot dog at last week's Bottle Alley Art Fair.
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Enjoyed a good summer read? If you have a moment, please leave a rating or a review on Amazon. Us new authors need them! You can leave a review even if you didn’t get your copy from Amazon.
If you haven’t yet immersed yourself in Caroline and Olga’s world, here is the link:
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If you haven’t yet immersed yourself in Caroline and Olga’s world, here is the link:
amzn.eu/d/2O4cRxo
August 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Enjoyed a good summer read? If you have a moment, please leave a rating or a review on Amazon. Us new authors need them! You can leave a review even if you didn’t get your copy from Amazon.
If you haven’t yet immersed yourself in Caroline and Olga’s world, here is the link:
amzn.eu/d/2O4cRxo
If you haven’t yet immersed yourself in Caroline and Olga’s world, here is the link:
amzn.eu/d/2O4cRxo
Happy #Caturday. Digby settles down with a good book. Download ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’ from Amazon if you enjoy cosy crime. Murder and mayhem at the Women’s Institute! And whatever happened to the Vicarage cat?
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August 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Happy #Caturday. Digby settles down with a good book. Download ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’ from Amazon if you enjoy cosy crime. Murder and mayhem at the Women’s Institute! And whatever happened to the Vicarage cat?
amzn.eu/d/iUHfagb
amzn.eu/d/iUHfagb
My novel has got all the way to Australia! Here it is with a University of Melbourne kangaroo.
Please leave me a review on Amazon if you enjoyed it, and here’s the link again if you need a download or a paperback copy!
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Please leave me a review on Amazon if you enjoyed it, and here’s the link again if you need a download or a paperback copy!
amzn.eu/d/3ZHBuZh
August 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My novel has got all the way to Australia! Here it is with a University of Melbourne kangaroo.
Please leave me a review on Amazon if you enjoyed it, and here’s the link again if you need a download or a paperback copy!
amzn.eu/d/3ZHBuZh
Please leave me a review on Amazon if you enjoyed it, and here’s the link again if you need a download or a paperback copy!
amzn.eu/d/3ZHBuZh
Hastings Battleaxe writes about her day at the Crime Writers’ event at Hastings Museum. Attendance not great but 9 books sold, cake eaten, valuable learning done and the company of some very pleasant people!
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August 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hastings Battleaxe writes about her day at the Crime Writers’ event at Hastings Museum. Attendance not great but 9 books sold, cake eaten, valuable learning done and the company of some very pleasant people!
www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2025/08/hast...
www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2025/08/hast...
Happy #Caturday. If you can’t relax like Digby, why not enjoy a good cosy crime novel! Download ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’
amzn.eu/d/cshyNmH
Light-hearted murder and mayhem at the fictional Compton Perceval Women’s Institute! Getting 5* reviews.
#booksky #cosycrime
amzn.eu/d/cshyNmH
Light-hearted murder and mayhem at the fictional Compton Perceval Women’s Institute! Getting 5* reviews.
#booksky #cosycrime
July 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Happy #Caturday. If you can’t relax like Digby, why not enjoy a good cosy crime novel! Download ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’
amzn.eu/d/cshyNmH
Light-hearted murder and mayhem at the fictional Compton Perceval Women’s Institute! Getting 5* reviews.
#booksky #cosycrime
amzn.eu/d/cshyNmH
Light-hearted murder and mayhem at the fictional Compton Perceval Women’s Institute! Getting 5* reviews.
#booksky #cosycrime
Good news day today!
The paperback edition of ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’ is available from Amazon!
amzn.eu/d/0XURQiJ
Lots of Kindle downloads already and 5* reviews!
Written by a WI member with a WI theme, but non-WI people are enjoying it as well.
Reviews welcome!
The paperback edition of ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’ is available from Amazon!
amzn.eu/d/0XURQiJ
Lots of Kindle downloads already and 5* reviews!
Written by a WI member with a WI theme, but non-WI people are enjoying it as well.
Reviews welcome!
July 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Good news day today!
The paperback edition of ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’ is available from Amazon!
amzn.eu/d/0XURQiJ
Lots of Kindle downloads already and 5* reviews!
Written by a WI member with a WI theme, but non-WI people are enjoying it as well.
Reviews welcome!
The paperback edition of ‘Death, Deceit and Cake’ is available from Amazon!
amzn.eu/d/0XURQiJ
Lots of Kindle downloads already and 5* reviews!
Written by a WI member with a WI theme, but non-WI people are enjoying it as well.
Reviews welcome!
Hastings Battleaxe has been under the weather - too much stress? For any friends/followers who may have missed it, here is the Amazon link to Death, Deceit and Cake.
amzn.eu/d/bqMY5O1
Enjoyed the current exhibition at the Towner Gallery. Worth seeing.
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Enjoyed the current exhibition at the Towner Gallery. Worth seeing.
www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2025/07/hast...
July 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hastings Battleaxe has been under the weather - too much stress? For any friends/followers who may have missed it, here is the Amazon link to Death, Deceit and Cake.
amzn.eu/d/bqMY5O1
Enjoyed the current exhibition at the Towner Gallery. Worth seeing.
www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2025/07/hast...
amzn.eu/d/bqMY5O1
Enjoyed the current exhibition at the Towner Gallery. Worth seeing.
www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2025/07/hast...
Hastings Battleaxe says 'Death, Deceit and Cake' is doing well! Here is the Kindle link again! Downloads and reviews much appreciated.
amzn.eu/d/7vLAy2y
But here is a baby cutie from my morning at Mallydams.
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But here is a baby cutie from my morning at Mallydams.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hastings Battleaxe says 'Death, Deceit and Cake' is doing well! Here is the Kindle link again! Downloads and reviews much appreciated.
amzn.eu/d/7vLAy2y
But here is a baby cutie from my morning at Mallydams.
www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2025/07/nove...
amzn.eu/d/7vLAy2y
But here is a baby cutie from my morning at Mallydams.
www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2025/07/nove...
Am v pleased. My debut novel has 128 downloads in 5 days on Kindle, and is getting five star reviews. Am told this is good… and the cover design (Patrick Knowles) has received lots of praise.
July 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Am v pleased. My debut novel has 128 downloads in 5 days on Kindle, and is getting five star reviews. Am told this is good… and the cover design (Patrick Knowles) has received lots of praise.
Kindle ebook is out today. 70 sales so far. Good first day for a first-time author. Here is the link: amzn.eu/d/63Ocbfo
July 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Kindle ebook is out today. 70 sales so far. Good first day for a first-time author. Here is the link: amzn.eu/d/63Ocbfo