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Becky C Brynolf

@beckycbrynolf.bsky.social
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📖 2025 debut author. #IFoundABody out now. Repped by Becky Percival at United Agents. Profile pic by Julie Broadfoot. linktr.ee/beckycbrynolf

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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Me learning to drive at 40: sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry Me five minutes after passing my test at 40: fucking INDICATE. Who taught you to drive?
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Today's target: 750 words (because I knew I'd be busier today) 4:30AM, between comforting the toddler back to sleep and putting him back in his cot: 120 words in the notes app 7PM coming upstairs early while my husband did the toddler's bedtime: 944 words on the laptop. Total: 1064 words
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Jen Lucas (Jen Med’s Book Reviews) @jenlucas.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Today on the blog I share my thoughts on the debut novel from Becky C Brynolf - I Found A Body @beckycbrynolfwrites @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social @blackandwhitepublishing #bookthreads #books #bookstagram #booksky #bookreview #ifoundabody
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I Found A Body by Becky C. Brynolf
I picked up this book, I Found A Body, after hearing author Becky C. Brynolf at a Crime in the Spotlight session at Bloody Scotland. The plot intrigued me and Becky's reading certainly sold the story to me too. Here's what the book is all about: Source: Owned CopyRelease Date: 24 April 2025
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Yesterday's target: 1000 words During toddler's nap: 755 words written on the laptop While toddler watched The Snail and The Whale: 224 in the notes app Between toddler falling asleep on me and putting him to bed: 203 more word in the notes app Before my bed time: 20 on laptop Total: 1202 words
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
never a dull day eh? [video: I'm folding laundry. at the end I hold up a book. The tagline "An influencer, a dead body, and a live stream... I Found A Body." The cover is hot pink and glittery with lime green font for the title. There's a pool of blood, in which disembodied barbie doll limbs lie.]
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Just started watching Paradise and oh my god
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Here's another #buyastrangerabook day offer! @winskillfull.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of "I Found a Body" the brand new crime thriller by the v ace Becky Brynolf. Blurb in second pic. If you'd like it, get in touch! UK only.
Front cover of Becky's new book. Blurb for Becky's book. 

An influencer, a dead body and a live stream . . .

Mona Hendricks may have just met her match. Detective Sergeant Mona Hendricks has a lot on her plate. Divorce, bills, an obnoxious teenager.

But she has no idea what's coming . . .

'Mum, I need to show you something' A video. Big red letters in the corner. @MaybeKylie is LIVEAlerts slide over the screen.

One after another after another. The viewing numbers soar. Her daughter's favourite influencer, Kylie May, has just found a dead body and is streaming it to the world.

Two duelling investigations begin as a rivalry between seasoned detective and ambitious influencer grows: one using good old-fashioned police work whilst the other's sensational tactics hog the spotlight. Nine years later and the murder remains unsolved. But comment sections never forget, forcing the notoriously self-interested Kylie to make Detective Hendricks an offer she can't refuse .

. . A brilliant and pacy debut featuring a fantastically crotchety female detective reminiscent of shows like Happy Valley contrasted with the sassy ingenuity of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, all mixed with the modern and slick black comedy of Killing Eve.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Wrote something on how Logan Paul inspired my debut novel, and how my writer's group feedback took it in the best direction. wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
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The reader knows best (even if the writer knows better) by Becky C. Brynolf
Did you hear about that influencer who found a dead body and filmed it? Back in 2017, a YouTuber named Logan Paul uploaded a video of a man ...
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If you've recently read a book you really liked, the best thing you can do to help more people discover it is leave a review wherever you like to leave reviews. Signed, a new author 🫶
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Kylie May said alright bet. [video: "the sound in my main character's head when she realizes she's being stitched up on live breakfast television, and decides to go down fighting". Me reading I Found A Body, before looking shocked and then ready to have a go at someone.]
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This is a nice full circle moment. I used to do music and theatre reviews for Buzz Mag back in the day. #IFoundABody www.buzzmag.co.uk/i-found-body...
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BECKY C. BRYNOLF's debut novel brings the detective thriller genre bang up to date
Becky C. Brynolf's debut isn’t a standard detective thriller, yet its setting provides unexpected turns before the truth is revealed.
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Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Happy book birthday to @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social 🥳 She’s arrived! 💖 I Found A Body by Becky C Brynolf is out now! I can’t wait to read it!
A copy of I Found A Body by Becky C. Brynolf. It shows a pink sparkly cover with broken Barbie doll parts (a leg and a snapped off arm) lying in a pool of red blood. The tagline reads: “An influencer, a dead body and a live stream…” The title is lime green and there is a quote that reads “A page turner that has you hooked from the start” by Oenone Forbat.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
#IFoundABody is officially out in the world! I'm so proud of this book. I really hope people enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. A big special thank you to the team at @bwpublishing.bsky.social my editor Rachel Morrell, and amazing agent Becky Percival at @unitedagents.bsky.social.
"#OutNow." The book I Found A Body by Becky C Brynolf presented together in e-reader, audiobook and paperback. The book's tagline "An influencer, a dead body, and a live stream... I Found A Body." The book cover is hot pink and glittery with lime green, drop shadow font for the title I Found A Body. There's a pool of blood, in which disembodied barbie doll limbs lie.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#IFoundABody is published one week today, so I thought I'd introduce myself properly.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A gentle reminder that if you're using the alt text feature for anything other than describing the picture, it's a bit like trying to get a guide dog to herd sheep. Great that you're using it, but it's not what it's for!
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The Onion @theonion.com · 15/04/2025
Parents Of Crying Child Must Not Be Any Good theonion.com/parents...
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Parents Of Crying Child Must Not Be Any Good
WOODBURY, MN—Noting how the pair’s failure to promptly resolve the situation was a clear indication of their inability to raise or care for another human being, sources confirmed Friday that the parents of a crying infant must not be any good. Initial attempts to subdue the wailing child, which reportedly included presenting her with a bottle and later a stuffed animal, are said to have failed miserably, leading onlookers to conclude that the inept adults lacked even the most basic child-rearing skills. In addition, the baby’s incessant screaming only worsened following the couple’s repeated attempts to soothe her, further highlighting their profound inadequacies as a mother and father. At press time, sources confirmed another child just a few feet away from the bawling infant was not crying, and was therefore being raised by good parents who loved her.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
time? some. hands? just the one. wouldn't change a thing, though. [video: "you'll have loads of time to write when they're little." my laptop in my lap and my baby lying against my chest and shoulder. I'm mostly typing one handed, pausing to put him in a more comfortable position or rub his back.]
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Are there any astrology girlies here? Of my son's big six, four are Sagittarius: sun, moon, rising and mercury. What do I need to prepare for?
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🇺🇸 Calling US crime fiction fans. #IFoundABody comes out in August your side of the pond, but Goodreads is giving away five copies this month! Enter here www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
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See what your friends are reading
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Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax Them: What band are you in Me: Erm, The Charlatans Them: Your council tax band? 😬
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Have you pre-ordered your copy of #IFoundABody? She's out April 24!
"If you found a dead body in the middle of the forest, would you... 
❌ Call the police. 
✅ Live stream it." 
Pink font against a lime green background."A page-turner that has you hooked from the start." Oenone Forbat.
Underneath the quote is a picture of a book called I Found A Body. The book has a tagline "An influencer, a dead body, and a live stream... I Found A Body." The book cover is hot pink and glittery with lime green, drop shadow font for the title. There's a pool of blood, in which disembodied barbie doll limbs lie. The author is Becky C. Brynolf. There are small pools of blood around the book.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The "okay" in the alt text has sent me
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Just call me Martin Lewis. You're welcome. [Video: I'm a white woman in my late 30s, with an Amazon green screenshot behind my head, showing my book, I Found A Body, is 99p.on Kindle. The green screen changes to a scrolling video of Asda's website showing everything available for under £2...
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Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 02/04/2025
It’s a fundamental moment in a man’s life when you go from identifying with Rob to realising he’s a jackass.
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Black & White @bwpublishing.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It's April, which means I Found A Body by @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social is soon! A fresh crime debut that follows a public case when a body is found on a livestream (Note: Today is April 1st. Do not take from this post that we condone the behaviour of Ms Kylie May) Pre-order now 💅 shorturl.at/9E06k
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/03/2025
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
Showing the accessibility settings for alt text in bluesky with two options:

Require alt text before posting
Display larger alt text badges

Both are checked
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I look at my happy, content four-month-old and hope hope hope he grows into someone confident and kind, who cares about others but isn't phased by what others think. I know, though, that level of comfort in one's own skin often only comes after years of experience and wisdom...
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Everyone I know who's had work published is in here. The gall.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
My kid rolled over today!
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Forever singing 'big poopy boy' at my son to the tune of Pink Pony Club
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Long low whistle. Adjusts caps. "That's washing drying weather, right there"
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The last few weeks of #IFoundABody publicity and Keeping In Touch days at work have looked a lot like this. #FirstTimeMum #FirstTimeAuthor
I'm sat on my couch. My baby hugs into my side like a little koala bear, fast asleep. My free hand is resting on a pink laptop, and a bottle of milk leans against my leg.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Hello booksellers, reviewers and influencers! #IFoundABody is a new crime novel for fans of Happy Valley and Killing Eve, which you can request on Netgalley right now. According to the two people who reviewed it so far it's a four star read 🥳
An e-reader in the centre, showing the front cover of I Found A Body by Becky C Brynolf (cover description below). Surrounding the e-reader are short statements about the book:

"Influencer fame.

contemporary thriller.

Happy Valley detective.

fans of Killing Eve.

plot twist.

female duo.

black comedy.

whodunnit"

Underneath it says "Request on Netgalley"

Book cover. "An influencer, a dead body, and a live stream... I Found A Body." The book cover is hot pink and glittery with lime green, drop shadow font for the title I Found A Body. There's a pool of blood, in which disembodied barbie doll limbs lie. The author is Becky C. Brynolf.]
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Howling!
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RNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Clit-erally the best thread you'll read all day. #Braille200
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Howling. Image: Reddit screenshot r/TooAfraidToAsk Can a clitoris be trained to read braille? The average clitoris has around 10,000 nerve endings while the average finger has 3,000. So, one clitoris should be able to read braille better than three fingers or three times faster than one finger?
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We all have weirdly vivid memories of floating down the stairs as kids, right?
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
UK-based readers, booksellers and influencers who love female-led crime novels, my lovely publisher @bwpublishing.bsky.social is offering advanced copies of my new contemporary crime novel #IFoundABody! Request your copy linktr.ee/beckycbrynolf
"Out April 2025". Book cover. "An influencer, a dead body, and a live stream... I Found A Body." The book cover is hot pink and glittery with lime green, drop shadow font for the title I Found A Body. There's a pool of blood, in which disembodied barbie doll limbs lie. The author is Becky C. Brynolf.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I wrote a book! She's out in April and she is gorgeous 😍 Preorder or request a review copy of #IFoundABody from the link in my bio. Here's an audio described version of the cover! 🩷
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Take pictures of your friend with her baby. People forget to take pictures of the mum and her baby, so she's left with lots of pictures of other people with her baby, and there's no evidence she was also there and no nice pictures for her to look back on. Take pictures of your friend with her baby.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
🎶 Saturday night and I'm reading final proofs... with my baby. I received the final proofs for #IFoundABody yesterday and it's pretty amazing to see it all in typeset! Hope you're having a good Saturday night whatever you're getting up to. Pop some Whigfield on, if you're so inclined.
me taking a selfie holding up an e-reader with the title page of I Found A Body on the screen. The back of my baby's head is visible on my shoulder
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Not to be all "I have an announcement!" as though anyone cares, but if this is how you mostly keep in on touch with me, I'll be offline for the next 30 days. Social media is such a time thief, and I've got a lot of words to read, a lot of words to write, and a baby to raise. See you in 30 ✌️
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Every time my formula maker says this I'm like ok queen, werq
A tommee tippee perfect prep formula machine, the digital screen of which says "ready to serve"
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I have thoughts! Tattle Life is a (very toxic, evidently) gossip site where people drag celebrities, influencers, etc. I've lurked there while writing #IFoundABody because a Tattle Life-esque forum plays a role in the book. I even mention Tattle Life users in the acknowledgements lol.
Screenshot from Tattle Life website, onto which I've added a headline that reads "Tattle Life is shutting down". The website says ""Farewell

We believe it's important for the public to have an opinion on social media influencers, as they occupy a unique and largely unregulated space between celebrities and everyday individuals, wielding significant power.

In January 2023, we closed registrations after too many users violated our rules and thought they could ignore them and create a new account.

As we said back in 2019, our hope has always been that this site would become unnecessary as governments introduced proper regulations.

Unfortunately, recent threats directed at members of one of our families have left us with no choice but to shut down the site. It's simply unfair for them to be impacted by something they have zero involvement in."
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I keep thinking about this song my friend's five-year-old wrote that goes "Everybody in the world loves me, nobody hates me." A positive self-talk anthem, truly.
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 07/01/2025
I'll post a bit later about how I helped make this work behind the scenes but for now go and discover how to write your name in braille!
"Matt" in text with a visual representation of the braille above, separated by a pink line. The text "Remember - braille is read by touch, this is just a visual representation" and the Braille 200 logo is in the corner, with a visual representation of braille, and RNIB and EBU logos.
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
One fundamental shift since having a baby is I never steal time from Future Me anymore. Wash those bottles now. Put the washing up away now. Don't scroll, just sleep. Don't put it down, put it away. Future Me is (mostly) so pleasant and relaxed now
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Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
This is what I will be reading this year! You can read more about these books & my thoughts on querying this year in my latest post. open.substack.com/pub/melanier...
A graphic of 'Most Anticipated Reads of 2025' with the books: Lightfall, Onyx Storm, The Outcast Mage, The Rebel Witch, Tideborn, Emberclaw, A Song of Legends Lost, The Gryphon King, #I Found a Body, Skandar Book 5, Firstborn of the Sun, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver.
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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · 30/12/2024
Sadly a familiar story - council's homeless teams and social services at a stand-off over who takes responsibility for homeless 16 and 17 year olds. Usually dumped on homeless, so no ongoing responsibilities after they turn 18. Abject avoidance of duties. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Councils failing to take homeless young people into care
Exclusive: UK teenagers placed in temporary housing until they are adults as there are fewer obligations to support them if they are not care leavers
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Becky C Brynolf @beckycbrynolf.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Need a gift for a new parent? It's about when you give the gift. Week 1 of newborn: freezable food, clothes Week 2: microwavable food, nappies Week 3: hot food, a nap Week 4: any food, takeaway coffee, cancelling your plans to visit. Sounds rude but you've given them an unexpected free day to sleep
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