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Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Jul 8

#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

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · 9d

Could not be happier to see two of my favourites together! 😍🕵️‍♀️

#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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Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Sep 4

#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?

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

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?

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Who's your favourite #Poirot? 🕵️‍♀️

#agathachristie #crimefiction #detectives

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 24

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

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's In Her Defence all about?

#TheatreScripts #playwright #agathachristie #meettheauthor #OneAct #Playwriting

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 22

🤩 "The ending is so brilliantly clever it matches the dastardly denouement of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (voted ‘best crime novel ever written’ CWA) and the unexpected culprit in The Mousetrap)" 🤩

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 22

3 years ago *to the minute*, we stepped out for our first performance of In her Defence at the @edfringe.bsky.social 🎭 🤩

One of the most thrilling weeks of my life, oh how I wish we were there now!!

Check out the play (and the ⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews) here 👇

#edfringe

https://f.mtr.cool/zhlbmnpapu

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Oh ok then, just one more! Throwback to reviews of In Her Defence at @edfringe.bsky.social 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

#edfringe #theatrereview

Theatre review: In Her Defence from Dead Herring at theSpace on North Bridge

Theatre review of In Her Defence (Helen Saxon) from Dead Herring at theSpace on North Bridge - reviewer: Robin Strapp

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Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 20

@edfringe.bsky.social is in full swing; I've got huge #FOMO! Looking back to reviews of my first play In Her Defence in 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

#edfringe #theatrereviews #edfringereviews #agathachristie

In Her Defence, theSpace on North Bridge, Review

“I specialise in murders of quiet, domestic interest.” Agatha Christie ‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’ was first published in 1920 and a century on, Agatha Christie is still the world’s best-selling crime fiction writer while her play ‘The Mousetrap’ holds the record as the longest running show on stage.

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Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 19

Oh the research! I'm so glad it was obvious 🫡

#bookreview #authorlife #amandaknox #truecrimewriter #crimeresearch

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 18

What do you think happened?

None of us can really know for sure, but that doesn’t stop us from having opinions. I’ve got mine too, of course, but I was happy to see this reviewer felt my book came across as neutral ⚖️

#AmandaKnox #truecrimewriter #truecrimeauthor

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 17

Stock photo of #TheHotelAvocodo because I was enjoying it too much to take the obligatory photo with sunny legs in the background but managed to photograph #HowToSolveYourOwnMurder to check if my Mum had already read it (as I knew she'd love it too!)

#holidayreading #holidaybooks #holidayread

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 17

The absolute bliss of being allowed to sit quietly for hours and just read on holiday... two very different books but still finished each of them in pretty much one sitting 🤩

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 17

😊 Indulge me with one last throwback! Last November I got to meet so many amazing local authors at this event organised by @wberkslibraries.bsky.social

#localauthors #locallibrary #authortalks #truecrime #truecrimeauthor

Local authors swap top tips at library showcase

‘It went extremely well and we are looking forward to hosting it again next year’ .

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Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Does anyone else pay particular attention as to when they reach page 100, 200, 300 etc. of the book they are reading and, more importantly, do a quick check to see if anything of note happened on that page? Or just me?!

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Throwback to last year chatting to Jim on @kennetradio.bsky.social about art, writing, music and of course my #amandaknox book 📻 📘🎨🎼

https://tinyurl.com/3xe7w6wk

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 12

Never mind, I'll content myself with looking look back at appearing in my local newspaper (covering my appearance on @news.sky.com) and look forward to appearing on a slightly bigger screen one day!

East Ilsley author’s unexpected national TV news appearance after Amanda Knox reconviction

Media call on Helen Saxton’s expertise after her recently published a book on the Meredith Kercher murder case.

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Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 12

I was in talks w/ Fox Nation last week to share my expertise about the #AmandaKnox case in a new documentary they are making. Unfortunately we couldn't get the logistics to work (they are in New York, I'm not!) and despite trying to hook me up with a film crew in London it's not happening for now 🧵

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 11

Did you know I also write fictional murder mysteries and plays? ✍️🕵️‍♀️🎭

Read more about my publications here and while you're at it, take a look at what else I do at Dead Herring 👇

#crimewriter #writer #theatre #murdermystery #crimefiction #truecrime

True Crime Books - Dead Herring

We don't just do murder mysteries! We also write True Crime books and are currently working on The Controversial Story of Amanda Knox

deadherring.co.uk

Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 10

🕵️ “Despite everything I’ve read before, I learned something new.”
An essential read for anyone still questioning what really happened.
– NetGalley, Natalie Gardner

Read full review here:

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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Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 9

🧩 “Well written, well considered, and truly neutral.”
A rare true crime book that offers insight, not verdicts.
– NetGalley, Ruth Giles

Read full review here:

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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Helen Saxton Author @deadherringuk.bsky.social · Aug 8

🎭 “More than a whodunnit — it’s a study of media, bias, and justice.”
An in-depth look at one of the most controversial cases of our time.
– NetGalley, Amy Darcy

#bookreview #truecrime #writerlife

Read full review here:

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…

tinyurl.com