Helen Saxton Author
@deadherringuk.bsky.social
#truecrime and #crimefiction #writer 🎭 📖
Profile 📸 @jamieledwith
Profile 📸 @jamieledwith
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...
🎶 I once drunkely poured my heart out to the #TheProclaimers after accosting them at the stage door after a gig. They were incredibly polite about it
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎶 I once drunkely poured my heart out to the #TheProclaimers after accosting them at the stage door after a gig. They were incredibly polite about it
9️⃣ #InsideNo9 is one of my biggest inspirations and the live show was AWESOME
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
9️⃣ #InsideNo9 is one of my biggest inspirations and the live show was AWESOME
🏴 I wrote a play as an homage to @agathafestival.bsky.socialand took it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🏴 I wrote a play as an homage to @agathafestival.bsky.socialand took it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
🎨 I did a foundation course in Art & Design at @chelseaual.bsky.socialand recently started painting portraits for fun
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎨 I did a foundation course in Art & Design at @chelseaual.bsky.socialand recently started painting portraits for fun
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 👇
#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
What's In Her Defence all about?
#TheatreScripts #playwright #agathachristie #meettheauthor #OneAct #Playwriting
#TheatreScripts #playwright #agathachristie #meettheauthor #OneAct #Playwriting
August 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
What's In Her Defence all about?
#TheatreScripts #playwright #agathachristie #meettheauthor #OneAct #Playwriting
#TheatreScripts #playwright #agathachristie #meettheauthor #OneAct #Playwriting
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
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
August 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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
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
Oh the research! I'm so glad it was obvious 🫡
#bookreview #authorlife #amandaknox #truecrimewriter #crimeresearch
#bookreview #authorlife #amandaknox #truecrimewriter #crimeresearch
August 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Oh the research! I'm so glad it was obvious 🫡
#bookreview #authorlife #amandaknox #truecrimewriter #crimeresearch
#bookreview #authorlife #amandaknox #truecrimewriter #crimeresearch
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
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
August 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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
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
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 🤩
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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 🤩
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
https://tinyurl.com/3xe7w6wk
August 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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
https://tinyurl.com/3xe7w6wk
I discuss the Hanratty case in my book on #JeremyBamber as an example of suspected wrongful conviction (backed by John Lennon), later confirmed by DNA. Some still believe he's innocent, showing forensic “slam dunks” aren't always final.
August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I discuss the Hanratty case in my book on #JeremyBamber as an example of suspected wrongful conviction (backed by John Lennon), later confirmed by DNA. Some still believe he's innocent, showing forensic “slam dunks” aren't always final.
Lindy Chamberlain was convicted of killing her baby, Azaria. Years later, evidence proved a dingo took her, as Lindy always maintained. Yet, many still doubt her. Once we’ve made up our minds, can facts change them?
#AzariaChamberlain #TrueCrime #ConfirmationBias
#AzariaChamberlain #TrueCrime #ConfirmationBias
July 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Lindy Chamberlain was convicted of killing her baby, Azaria. Years later, evidence proved a dingo took her, as Lindy always maintained. Yet, many still doubt her. Once we’ve made up our minds, can facts change them?
#AzariaChamberlain #TrueCrime #ConfirmationBias
#AzariaChamberlain #TrueCrime #ConfirmationBias
I’ve been thinking (or overthinking, which I tend to do!) about this a lot recently. Am I right…?
It’s easy to see why successful appeals (recently, Peter Sullivan for example), could give a much-needed boost in morale to other ongoing campaigns against alleged miscarriages of justice. 🧵
It’s easy to see why successful appeals (recently, Peter Sullivan for example), could give a much-needed boost in morale to other ongoing campaigns against alleged miscarriages of justice. 🧵
July 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I’ve been thinking (or overthinking, which I tend to do!) about this a lot recently. Am I right…?
It’s easy to see why successful appeals (recently, Peter Sullivan for example), could give a much-needed boost in morale to other ongoing campaigns against alleged miscarriages of justice. 🧵
It’s easy to see why successful appeals (recently, Peter Sullivan for example), could give a much-needed boost in morale to other ongoing campaigns against alleged miscarriages of justice. 🧵
It seems like only yesterday I was ploughing through this pile of research books and last week the proofs of my very own arrived in my inbox!
I've been through with a fine tooth comb and was pleasantly proud re-reading it again for the first time since submission at the end of May...
I've been through with a fine tooth comb and was pleasantly proud re-reading it again for the first time since submission at the end of May...
July 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It seems like only yesterday I was ploughing through this pile of research books and last week the proofs of my very own arrived in my inbox!
I've been through with a fine tooth comb and was pleasantly proud re-reading it again for the first time since submission at the end of May...
I've been through with a fine tooth comb and was pleasantly proud re-reading it again for the first time since submission at the end of May...