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About crimebookjunkie

Noelle Holten is an award-winning blogger at www.crimebookjunkie.co.uk. She is the PR & Social Media Manager for Bookouture, a leading digital publisher in the UK, and worked as a Senior Probation Officer for eighteen years, covering a variety of risk cases as well as working in a multi agency setting. She has three Hons BA's - Philosophy, Sociology (Crime & Deviance) and Community Justice - and a Masters in Criminology. Noelle's hobbies include reading, attending as many book festivals as she can afford and sharing the booklove via her blog. Dead Inside - her debut novel with One More Chapter/Harper Collins UK is an international kindle bestseller and the start of a series featuring DC Maggie Jamieson. 6 Ripley Avenue, a stand-alone thriller is out this September.

Be sure to check there’s no-one hiding in the wardrobe and join #ThrillerWomen #PressRelease @nholten40 @penny_author @ECScullion

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Two RedDoor Press Authors Launch Thriller Women Blog  Woohoo! Exciting news coming from two authors who have joined forces to bring more #thrillerwomen to the crime fiction community forefront! October 7th  saw the launch of the Thriller Women blog – Continue reading Be sure to check there’s no-one hiding in the wardrobe and join #ThrillerWomen #PressRelease @nholten40 @penny_author @ECScullion→

January 1991. Six people are dead. Murdered. #WhatACarveUp #PressRelease @nholten40 @CarveUpUK @jonathancoe @FillouxPastry @theBarnTheatre @thelbt @NewWolsey

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Delighted to be collaborating with this murderous lot and share in announcing the exciting online production of WHAT A CARVE UP! I’ll be sharing more about my involvement in the not-so-distant future (VERY EXCITING) but until then, check out the Continue reading January 1991. Six people are dead. Murdered. #WhatACarveUp #PressRelease @nholten40 @CarveUpUK @jonathancoe @FillouxPastry @theBarnTheatre @thelbt @NewWolsey→

Debut Dagger Competition 2021… #PressRelease @nholten40 @the_cwa @MWCravenUK

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CWA Debut Dagger Writing Competition 2021 Opens for Entries Budding authors are invited to submit the opening of their novel to the coveted Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Debut Dagger competition 2021. The international writing competition opens for entries on October Continue reading Debut Dagger Competition 2021… #PressRelease @nholten40 @the_cwa @MWCravenUK→

She couldn’t scream while I held her close… #JennyWasAFriendOfMine #TheKillers #MusicMonday @nholten40

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Woohoo! It’s ? Music Monday ? time again – all credit to Drew Weldon aka the Tattooed Book Geek. Make sure you check out his blog! Today I’ve chosen one of my all time favourite bands and a song that Continue reading She couldn’t scream while I held her close… #JennyWasAFriendOfMine #TheKillers #MusicMonday @nholten40→

WHEN THE STORY ENDS, THE HUNT BEGINS . . . #TheWitchHunter #Extract @nholten40 @ed_pr @MaxSeeck @WelbeckPublish

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Super excited to be taking part in Max Seeck’s #TheWitchHunter blog tour today! Huge thanks to Megan at Ed Public Relations and Welbeck Publish for the ARC and extract. I’m really looking forward to reading this novel and once you Continue reading WHEN THE STORY ENDS, THE HUNT BEGINS . . . #TheWitchHunter #Extract @nholten40 @ed_pr @MaxSeeck @WelbeckPublish→

A catastrophic attack. A country in chaos. A race to prevent war. #TotalBlackout #PublicationDay #Review @nholten40 @AlexShawhetman @HQstories

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A catastrophic attack. A country in chaos. A race to prevent war. British M16 agent, and former SAS trooper, Jack Tate is trying to escape his past when he witnesses a terrorist attack of unthinkable scale. An electro-magnetic pulse knocks Continue reading A catastrophic attack. A country in chaos. A race to prevent war. #TotalBlackout #PublicationDay #Review @nholten40 @AlexShawhetman @HQstories→

Are Livvy’s intentions to return good ones? #ComingHomeToHopeStreet #Review @nholten40 @writermels

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Step across the cobblestones, pull back the curtains and peek behind the doors in the second instalment of The Hope Street Series. Catch up with old friends and fall in love with new ones in a story of friendship, second Continue reading Are Livvy’s intentions to return good ones? #ComingHomeToHopeStreet #Review @nholten40 @writermels→

Twenty years for nothing, well, that’s nothing new… #WheatKings #TheTragicallyHip #MusicMonday @nholten40

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Woohoo! It’s ? Music Monday ? time again! I’m growing rather fond of this idea created by Drew Weldon aka the Tattooed Book Geek. Make sure you check out his blog! Today I’ve chosen one of my all time favourite Continue reading Twenty years for nothing, well, that’s nothing new… #WheatKings #TheTragicallyHip #MusicMonday @nholten40→

? It’s all over the front page…. #RoadRage #MusicMonday @nholten40

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Woohoo! I’m back again after seeing some fabulous posts titled #MusicMonday from my #lilstar A Knight’s Reads. She shares a track of her choosing under the meme created by Drew Weldon, the Tattooed Book Geek. Y’all know Drew right? If Continue reading ? It’s all over the front page…. #RoadRage #MusicMonday @nholten40→

Live or die. It’s the only choice they have. #Survive #Review @t0mbale @nholten40 @Bloodhoundbook

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Paradise is about to become hell… On a remote island in the Adriatic, an enigmatic billionaire hosts a twisted form of entertainment to satisfy the jaded appetites of his exclusive guests. And for one unsuspecting family, the holiday of a Continue reading Live or die. It’s the only choice they have. #Survive #Review @t0mbale @nholten40 @Bloodhoundbook→

Some secrets are too big to bury… #Ransomed #Review @nholten40 @Writer_MAHunter @StephenEdger @0neMoreChapter_

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Some secrets are too big to bury… Investigative journalist Emma Hunter never thought she’d be a bestselling author. Especially not for a blistering exposé of the brutal horrors committed at an orphanage. Some secrets breed in the dark… All she Continue reading Some secrets are too big to bury… #Ransomed #Review @nholten40 @Writer_MAHunter @StephenEdger @0neMoreChapter_→

She did it, she escaped his clutches… #IKnowTheTruth #Review @nholten40 @ComleyMel

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She did it, she escaped his clutches. Now she lives under a new name. For the past five years, Lucy has lived in fear of her past. But all that is about to change when Matthew enters her life. Will Continue reading She did it, she escaped his clutches… #IKnowTheTruth #Review @nholten40 @ComleyMel→

? FOUR FINALISTS FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 REVEALED ? #PressRelease @BloodyScotland @nholten40

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In case you missed it earlier…?? Exciting news! The McIlvanney #finalists have been announced! ?? BLOODY SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL REVEALS FOUR FINALISTS FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 sponsored by The Glencairn Glass with match funding from Culture & Continue reading ? FOUR FINALISTS FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 REVEALED ? #PressRelease @BloodyScotland @nholten40→

There was a friend of mine on murder… #MusicMonday #CrimeTheme @nholten40

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Every Monday I see some fabulous posts titled #MusicMonday from my #lilstar A Knight’s Reads. She shares a track of her choosing under the meme created by Drew Weldon, the Tattooed Book Geek. Y’all know Drew right? If not, you Continue reading There was a friend of mine on murder… #MusicMonday #CrimeTheme @nholten40→

All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules… #EightDetectives #Review @nholten40 @pavesi_alex @MichaelJBooks

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All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Grant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked them all out. But that was thirty years ago. Now he’s living a life of Continue reading All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules… #EightDetectives #Review @nholten40 @pavesi_alex @MichaelJBooks→