Anna Mazzola
@annamazz.bsky.social
Writer. Very small. Books normal size. THE CLOCKWORK GIRL, BOOK OF SECRETS etc. Writes thrillers as Anna Sharpe.
Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
The Book of Secrets, winner of the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2025, is 99p on kindle for a limited time.
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Book of Secrets, winner of the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2025, is 99p on kindle for a limited time.
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
Happy Halloween, witches! Remember to hold tight to your horse or goat when riding to the meet tonight.
Frenzy of Exultations, 1893, by Władysław Podkowiński, and Witches Going to Their Sabbath, 1878, by Luis Ricardo Falero.
#happyhalloween
Frenzy of Exultations, 1893, by Władysław Podkowiński, and Witches Going to Their Sabbath, 1878, by Luis Ricardo Falero.
#happyhalloween
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Happy Halloween, witches! Remember to hold tight to your horse or goat when riding to the meet tonight.
Frenzy of Exultations, 1893, by Władysław Podkowiński, and Witches Going to Their Sabbath, 1878, by Luis Ricardo Falero.
#happyhalloween
Frenzy of Exultations, 1893, by Władysław Podkowiński, and Witches Going to Their Sabbath, 1878, by Luis Ricardo Falero.
#happyhalloween
Thrills, chills, possibly spills (of wine) this Thursday. Join us at Waterstones Greenwich for a drink and a chat. @nadinematheson.com @holly.bsky.social
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/thril...
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/thril...
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thrills, chills, possibly spills (of wine) this Thursday. Join us at Waterstones Greenwich for a drink and a chat. @nadinematheson.com @holly.bsky.social
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/thril...
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/thril...
Didn’t do it again though, did he?
October 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Didn’t do it again though, did he?
Reposted by Anna Mazzola
NEW
Award-winning novelist Anna Mazzola recommends five fabulous works of fiction that bring to life the impact of crimes in historical settings, from Victorian Britain to 18th-century Jamaica.
@annamazz.bsky.social @margaretatwood.bsky.social
fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
Award-winning novelist Anna Mazzola recommends five fabulous works of fiction that bring to life the impact of crimes in historical settings, from Victorian Britain to 18th-century Jamaica.
@annamazz.bsky.social @margaretatwood.bsky.social
fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
The Best Historical Crime Novels
Award-winning novelist Anna Mazzola recommends five historical crime novels that are all great works of fiction
fivebooks.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
NEW
Award-winning novelist Anna Mazzola recommends five fabulous works of fiction that bring to life the impact of crimes in historical settings, from Victorian Britain to 18th-century Jamaica.
@annamazz.bsky.social @margaretatwood.bsky.social
fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
Award-winning novelist Anna Mazzola recommends five fabulous works of fiction that bring to life the impact of crimes in historical settings, from Victorian Britain to 18th-century Jamaica.
@annamazz.bsky.social @margaretatwood.bsky.social
fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
Unsolicited writing advice from someone who's just regained their writing mojo:
Stop worrying about the market. Just write something you think is fascinating.
If you can, distance yourself from people who sap your confidence about your writing and yourself.
Celebrate every achievement.
Stop worrying about the market. Just write something you think is fascinating.
If you can, distance yourself from people who sap your confidence about your writing and yourself.
Celebrate every achievement.
September 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Unsolicited writing advice from someone who's just regained their writing mojo:
Stop worrying about the market. Just write something you think is fascinating.
If you can, distance yourself from people who sap your confidence about your writing and yourself.
Celebrate every achievement.
Stop worrying about the market. Just write something you think is fascinating.
If you can, distance yourself from people who sap your confidence about your writing and yourself.
Celebrate every achievement.
BEST ONE YET GUYS
September 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
BEST ONE YET GUYS
Me at the beginning of the school holidays: We are going to clear out the house and learn new languages!
Me at the end of the holidays: [crying] if you stop screaming and hitting each other I’ll give you your third packet of haribo gummy bears
Me at the end of the holidays: [crying] if you stop screaming and hitting each other I’ll give you your third packet of haribo gummy bears
August 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Me at the beginning of the school holidays: We are going to clear out the house and learn new languages!
Me at the end of the holidays: [crying] if you stop screaming and hitting each other I’ll give you your third packet of haribo gummy bears
Me at the end of the holidays: [crying] if you stop screaming and hitting each other I’ll give you your third packet of haribo gummy bears
I love how Jellycat have run out of things do make cute toy versions of so are going ever more off piste: an egg with a wedding veil. Vampire frog. An exploded eye ball. A tongue. Toilet duck. Pat Sharp’s hair.
August 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I love how Jellycat have run out of things do make cute toy versions of so are going ever more off piste: an egg with a wedding veil. Vampire frog. An exploded eye ball. A tongue. Toilet duck. Pat Sharp’s hair.
Brains of BlueSky: can you think of stories about lost or stolen treasures or artefacts? Book, film, TV, whatever. The gems. Thank you kindly.
August 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Brains of BlueSky: can you think of stories about lost or stolen treasures or artefacts? Book, film, TV, whatever. The gems. Thank you kindly.
This is barmy. Lindsey Fitzharris is an incredible historian and UK citizen and the Home Office won’t let her back in despite having the correct docs. She has also been battling cancer. Pls email [email protected] and spread the word.
The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to [email protected]. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
August 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This is barmy. Lindsey Fitzharris is an incredible historian and UK citizen and the Home Office won’t let her back in despite having the correct docs. She has also been battling cancer. Pls email [email protected] and spread the word.
Burglar Bill. The Jolly Postman. Each Peach. I can still recite it off my heart. What a legacy Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg have left. Janet died in 1994. Allan has just died, aged 87. Clever, funny, wise books that both I and my kids loved. Which was your favourite? I think Burglar Bill was mine
August 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Burglar Bill. The Jolly Postman. Each Peach. I can still recite it off my heart. What a legacy Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg have left. Janet died in 1994. Allan has just died, aged 87. Clever, funny, wise books that both I and my kids loved. Which was your favourite? I think Burglar Bill was mine
Reposted by Anna Mazzola
A vivid and compelling historical thriller set in 1659 Rome.
Men are dying; an inquisitor investigates, suspecting poison.
Women, abused, powerless and in danger, turn to Girolama and her knowledge of herbs and potions.
Based on true events; detailed, descriptive and atmospheric.
#books
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Men are dying; an inquisitor investigates, suspecting poison.
Women, abused, powerless and in danger, turn to Girolama and her knowledge of herbs and potions.
Based on true events; detailed, descriptive and atmospheric.
#books
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July 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A vivid and compelling historical thriller set in 1659 Rome.
Men are dying; an inquisitor investigates, suspecting poison.
Women, abused, powerless and in danger, turn to Girolama and her knowledge of herbs and potions.
Based on true events; detailed, descriptive and atmospheric.
#books
💙📚⏳📚⚡️
Men are dying; an inquisitor investigates, suspecting poison.
Women, abused, powerless and in danger, turn to Girolama and her knowledge of herbs and potions.
Based on true events; detailed, descriptive and atmospheric.
#books
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My bestselling novel The Clockwork Girl is 99p on Kindle this month if you fancy some mystery, glamour, squalor and moving dolls. 18th century Versailles. Real copies from bookshops also available! (I always feel conflicted sharing these deals, but there we are).
amzn.eu/d/1W9aX3q
amzn.eu/d/1W9aX3q
August 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
My bestselling novel The Clockwork Girl is 99p on Kindle this month if you fancy some mystery, glamour, squalor and moving dolls. 18th century Versailles. Real copies from bookshops also available! (I always feel conflicted sharing these deals, but there we are).
amzn.eu/d/1W9aX3q
amzn.eu/d/1W9aX3q
Reposted by Anna Mazzola
UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to ceasefire
UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to ceasefire
Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting
The UK will formally recognise the state of Palestine this September as a result of the “increasingly intolerable” situation on the ground in Gaza, unless Israel abides by a ceasefire and commits to a two-state solution for the Middle East.
Keir Starmer’s cabinet has agreed to support a roadmap for peace in the region after coming under intense domestic pressure over the mounting humanitarian crisis in the territory, and internal calls to follow France in acknowledging Palestinian statehood. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to ceasefire
Last chance to get in person tickets for St Hilda’s Gothic Crime weekend. Lots of fascinating talks in a beautiful setting, a murder mystery play, bats, books, drinks etc.
Online tickets also available. They send you a bat in a bag.*
www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...
*maybe
Online tickets also available. They send you a bat in a bag.*
www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...
*maybe
July 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Last chance to get in person tickets for St Hilda’s Gothic Crime weekend. Lots of fascinating talks in a beautiful setting, a murder mystery play, bats, books, drinks etc.
Online tickets also available. They send you a bat in a bag.*
www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...
*maybe
Online tickets also available. They send you a bat in a bag.*
www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...
*maybe
Yodel: We have left your item in your safe place!*
____________
* Your safe place can be defined as:
a) on your doorstep in a high crime area,
b) in your bin,
c) in your neighbour's bin, or
d) up your cat's arse.
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* Your safe place can be defined as:
a) on your doorstep in a high crime area,
b) in your bin,
c) in your neighbour's bin, or
d) up your cat's arse.
July 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Yodel: We have left your item in your safe place!*
____________
* Your safe place can be defined as:
a) on your doorstep in a high crime area,
b) in your bin,
c) in your neighbour's bin, or
d) up your cat's arse.
____________
* Your safe place can be defined as:
a) on your doorstep in a high crime area,
b) in your bin,
c) in your neighbour's bin, or
d) up your cat's arse.
Montenegro so far winning ‘country with the most religious paintings of fish eating men that I’ve ever been to.’
The first fresco shows Tito, Engels, Marx and other ‘church haters’ being swallowed into Hell. In the second, sea creatures eat human body parts, but I just don’t know why.
The first fresco shows Tito, Engels, Marx and other ‘church haters’ being swallowed into Hell. In the second, sea creatures eat human body parts, but I just don’t know why.
July 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Montenegro so far winning ‘country with the most religious paintings of fish eating men that I’ve ever been to.’
The first fresco shows Tito, Engels, Marx and other ‘church haters’ being swallowed into Hell. In the second, sea creatures eat human body parts, but I just don’t know why.
The first fresco shows Tito, Engels, Marx and other ‘church haters’ being swallowed into Hell. In the second, sea creatures eat human body parts, but I just don’t know why.
Just remembered one of my biggest disappointments as a child: realising that ‘adopting a penguin’ at a zoo did not mean you got to take the penguin home with you. Such a scam.
July 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just remembered one of my biggest disappointments as a child: realising that ‘adopting a penguin’ at a zoo did not mean you got to take the penguin home with you. Such a scam.
Bosniaaaaa (and Herzegovina). What a beautiful, fascinating, incredible country.
We were in Sarajevo during the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre - the war crime that the West failed to stop. Worth remembering.
We were in Sarajevo during the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre - the war crime that the West failed to stop. Worth remembering.
July 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Bosniaaaaa (and Herzegovina). What a beautiful, fascinating, incredible country.
We were in Sarajevo during the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre - the war crime that the West failed to stop. Worth remembering.
We were in Sarajevo during the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre - the war crime that the West failed to stop. Worth remembering.
Good morning. Turns out the original bronze Bruce Lee sculpture in Mostar has been stolen by local scallywags and melted down for scrap, so it was recreated by me, my husband and this dog.
July 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Good morning. Turns out the original bronze Bruce Lee sculpture in Mostar has been stolen by local scallywags and melted down for scrap, so it was recreated by me, my husband and this dog.
Timeline of the Srebrenica genocide, July 1995, and room of peace at the Museum of War and Genocide, Mostar, Bosnia. If only humans learned from their history.
July 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Timeline of the Srebrenica genocide, July 1995, and room of peace at the Museum of War and Genocide, Mostar, Bosnia. If only humans learned from their history.
‘We are all living under the same sky.’
Street art at the bullet-ridden Sniper Tower in Mostar, Bosnia - a former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian war and now covered with art.
Officially, you can no longer enter, but in fact you can climb in with a leg up.
Street art at the bullet-ridden Sniper Tower in Mostar, Bosnia - a former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian war and now covered with art.
Officially, you can no longer enter, but in fact you can climb in with a leg up.
July 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
‘We are all living under the same sky.’
Street art at the bullet-ridden Sniper Tower in Mostar, Bosnia - a former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian war and now covered with art.
Officially, you can no longer enter, but in fact you can climb in with a leg up.
Street art at the bullet-ridden Sniper Tower in Mostar, Bosnia - a former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian war and now covered with art.
Officially, you can no longer enter, but in fact you can climb in with a leg up.
Loved this book powerfully. Murder, betrayal and ice cream. I don’t know what more you want.
THE ART OF A LIE, is out TODAY! It's a tale of murder, trickery, love, betrayal & Georgian London's first 'iced cream' parlour. I can't wait for you to meet Hannah & William, my two favourite characters of any of my books. Look at that beautiful cover
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BUY NOW: www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Lie-Grip...
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BUY NOW: www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Lie-Grip...
July 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Loved this book powerfully. Murder, betrayal and ice cream. I don’t know what more you want.