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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.

The Long & Short of it… Lists that is! #DebutScottishCrimeBook2020 and #THEMcILVANNEYPRIZE2020 #pressrelease #BloodyScotland @nholten40 @BloodyScotland

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Exciting news! Join me in congratulating these fabulous authors for making either the #shortlist for debut authors or the #longlist for the McIlvanney Prize. All amazing – going to be tough to call!  SHORTLIST FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT SCOTTISH Continue reading The Long & Short of it… Lists that is! #DebutScottishCrimeBook2020 and #THEMcILVANNEYPRIZE2020 #pressrelease #BloodyScotland @nholten40 @BloodyScotland→

What might have been happening behind closed doors? #AllThatIsBuried #Review @nholten40 @robert_scragg @AllisonandBusby

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A parent’s worst fear is realised when seven-year-old Libby Hallforth goes missing at a funfair. There are no witnesses, no leads, no trace. Her mother says she only took her eye off her for a second and her father has Continue reading What might have been happening behind closed doors? #AllThatIsBuried #Review @nholten40 @robert_scragg @AllisonandBusby→

Someone must pay… #SinsOfTheFather #CoverReveal #Debut @nholten40 @sbairden @RedDogTweets

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✨?? Oh my friggin days! I’m absolutely OVER-THE-MOON to share the exceptionally dark and oh so delightfully twisted cover of Sharon Bairden’s (aka my #twinnie’s) DEBUT novel #SinsOfTheFather ??✨ EEEEEEEK!!! Some of you may have seen some teaser tweets and Continue reading Someone must pay… #SinsOfTheFather #CoverReveal #Debut @nholten40 @sbairden @RedDogTweets→

Three strangers, two secrets, one terrifying evening. #Strangers #Review @nholten40 @callytaylor @HarperCollinsUK @AvonBooksUK

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?? Whoop! Whoop! ?? My stop on C.L. Taylor’s incredible psychological thriller, STRANGERS has finally arrived!! Before I share my review, I’ll tell you a little about the author and share the blurb… About the Author  C.L. Taylor is an Continue reading Three strangers, two secrets, one terrifying evening. #Strangers #Review @nholten40 @callytaylor @HarperCollinsUK @AvonBooksUK→

The truth can be a dangerous thing… #LiarLiar #Review @nholten40 @writermels @agentmilburn @avonsbooksuk

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The truth can be a dangerous thing… When a young boy falls from a balcony in a block of flats, DS Grace Allendale witnesses the shocking aftermath of the tragic event. But strangely, no one will admit to seeing anything Continue reading The truth can be a dangerous thing… #LiarLiar #Review @nholten40 @writermels @agentmilburn @avonsbooksuk→

It’s never too late to be offered a second chance at life. #SunshineAndSecondChances #Review @nholten40 @KimtheBookworm

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Not many #noncrime books make their way to my blog, but there are always a few exceptions! Thrilled to have been invited to take part on Kim Nash’s Sunshine and Second Chances blog tour today! In case you don’t know Continue reading It’s never too late to be offered a second chance at life. #SunshineAndSecondChances #Review @nholten40 @KimtheBookworm→

CWA Dagger Awards 2020 Longlists Announced ?? @nholten40 @the_cwa #CrimeFiction #PressRelease

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✨??✨ It’s celebration time as the #DaggerLonglist is announced by the CWA ?? I am absolutely thrilled to see some of my friends on this list as well as some favourites – I’ve highlighted in red the peeps I would Continue reading CWA Dagger Awards 2020 Longlists Announced ?? @nholten40 @the_cwa #CrimeFiction #PressRelease→

You don’t turn your back on family… #BackInTheGame #Review #PublicationDay @nholten40 @cjfinlaywriter @0neMoreChapter_

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Happy Publication Day to Caz Finlay and Back in the Game!  ’A gritty, gangland read that will have you on the edge of your seat, Back in the Game is intense and explosive reading!’ Noelle Holten, bestselling author of Dead Inside A page-turning, gritty gangland crime novel perfect Continue reading You don’t turn your back on family… #BackInTheGame #Review #PublicationDay @nholten40 @cjfinlaywriter @0neMoreChapter_→

Nothing will ever be the same again . . . #TheCurator #Review #PublicationDay @BethWright26 @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault @LittleBrownUK @DHHlitagency

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It’s Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6 Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency’s Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a Continue reading Nothing will ever be the same again . . . #TheCurator #Review #PublicationDay @BethWright26 @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault @LittleBrownUK @DHHlitagency→

Old secrets are revealed, old wounds are reopened, and tensions threaten to erupt into violence… #BonesInTheRiver #Review @nholten40 @authorzoesharp @Shotsblog

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Absolutely THRILLED to be taking part in Zoe Sharp’s BONES IN THE RIVER blog tour today! My thanks to the fabulous Ayo Onatade for the invite and details and to the author for an ARC. Let’s find out a bit Continue reading Old secrets are revealed, old wounds are reopened, and tensions threaten to erupt into violence… #BonesInTheRiver #Review @nholten40 @authorzoesharp @Shotsblog→

CWA Daggers Longlists to be Announced #PressRelease @nholten40 @the_cwa

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Longlists for the coveted 2020 CWA Daggers will be revealed at noon on Friday 5 June for its ten categories, including non-fiction, short stories and debut crime fiction. The world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers, which honour the very best Continue reading CWA Daggers Longlists to be Announced #PressRelease @nholten40 @the_cwa→

He’ll silence them all – unless she can stop him… #HoldYourTongue #Review @nholten40 @deborah_masson @TransworldBooks

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In the run up to Christmas, a serial killer stalks the streets of Aberdeen . . . On Detective Eve Hunter’s first Monday back at work following enforced leave, she is called to the scene of a gruesome crime. A Continue reading He’ll silence them all – unless she can stop him… #HoldYourTongue #Review @nholten40 @deborah_masson @TransworldBooks→

One wrong move will ignite the city… #Firewatching #Review @nholten40 @thevoiceofruss @simonschusterUK

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ONE WRONG MOVE A body is found bricked into the walls of a house. From the state of the hands, it’s clear the dead man was buried alive. Soon, the victim is linked to an old missing person’s case and Continue reading One wrong move will ignite the city… #Firewatching #Review @nholten40 @thevoiceofruss @simonschusterUK→

If someone was in your house, you’d know … Wouldn’t you? #TheSilentHouse #Review @nholten40 @Writer_Nell @avonbooksuk

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If someone was in your house, you’d know … Wouldn’t you? But the Hunter family are deaf, and don’t hear a thing when a shocking crime takes place in the middle of the night. Instead, they wake up to their Continue reading If someone was in your house, you’d know … Wouldn’t you? #TheSilentHouse #Review @nholten40 @Writer_Nell @avonbooksuk→

Fran’s tumultuous home life is the least of her worries, when old crimes rear their heads and a devastating bushfire ravages the town and all of its inhabitants… #AshMountain #Review @nholten40 @FitzHelen @OrendaBooks @annecater

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I’m over the moon to be taking part in Helen Fitzgerald’s ASH MOUNTAIN blog tour today! My thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda Books for the ARC and invite on this tour. First up – a bit about the author Continue reading Fran’s tumultuous home life is the least of her worries, when old crimes rear their heads and a devastating bushfire ravages the town and all of its inhabitants… #AshMountain #Review @nholten40 @FitzHelen @OrendaBooks @annecater→