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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.

Grace finds herself with an impossible dilemma… #AmazingGrace #OneYearOn #BookBirthday @nholten40 @KimTheBookworm @HeraBooks

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Happy #BookBirthday to Kim Nash’s AMAZING GRACE! Today I am re-sharing my review for Amazing Grace to celebrate! Just a wee reminder about the author and the book’s description … in case you didn’t already know! Kim Nash is an Continue reading Grace finds herself with an impossible dilemma… #AmazingGrace #OneYearOn #BookBirthday @nholten40 @KimTheBookworm @HeraBooks→

To Serve, Protect and…make you laugh! #AuthorFeature @JohnDonoghue64 @nholten40

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Author and serving police officer John Donoghue shared this article that appeared in the Police Federation magazine with me as he thought itmight be something my followers would be interested in reading. First though, why don’t I share a little Continue reading To Serve, Protect and…make you laugh! #AuthorFeature @JohnDonoghue64 @nholten40→

Looking for your next read? @0neMoreChapter_ #KindleMonthlyDeals – Get Downloading! @nholten40

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My publisher, One More Chapter has secured some awesome #KindleMonthlyDeals across Amazon UK and US this month (April 2020) and I thought I’d share them with y’all so you can fill up your kindles and get reading! Of course, I’m Continue reading Looking for your next read? @0neMoreChapter_ #KindleMonthlyDeals – Get Downloading! @nholten40→

Can either hide in her double’s skin? #DeadRinger #Review @nholten40 @nmartinwriter @SarabandBooks

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The idea is simple, vain, exciting. Tap the app, upload a picture of yourself, find your lookalike. Set up a meeting to see whether you have anything else in common. When Ella and Jem meet, the physical resemblance is uncanny, Continue reading Can either hide in her double’s skin? #DeadRinger #Review @nholten40 @nmartinwriter @SarabandBooks→

WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER . . . EVEN MURDER. #TheSix #Review @nholten40 @LucaVeste

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Six friends have been trapped by one dark secret. It was supposed to be our last weekend away as friends, before marriage and respectability beckoned. But what happened that Saturday changed everything. In the middle of the night, someone died. Continue reading WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER . . . EVEN MURDER. #TheSix #Review @nholten40 @LucaVeste→

London Book Fair 2020 Award Winners Announced #PressRelease @nholten40 @LondonBookFair

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The winners of the UK Book Blog Awards 2020, recognising the importance of social media influencers to the book world are as below: Book Podcaster of the Year: Sentimental Garbage With The Comma Press Podcast being highly commended by the Continue reading London Book Fair 2020 Award Winners Announced #PressRelease @nholten40 @LondonBookFair→

What makes a man risk his life, over and over again, for a few moments of pleasure? #ASerpentsConscience #GuestPost @nholten40 @CSaayman @BOTBSPublicity

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Delighted to be hosting a Guest Post today for Claude Saayman‘s A Serpent’s Conscience blog  tour! Huge thanks to Sarah Hardy of Book on the Bright Side Publicity for the invite. First a bit about the author and this book! Continue reading What makes a man risk his life, over and over again, for a few moments of pleasure? #ASerpentsConscience #GuestPost @nholten40 @CSaayman @BOTBSPublicity→

FIRST NAMES REVEALED! #TheakstonsCrime #HIF2020 #PressRelease @nholten40 @HarrogateFest

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Eeeeeek!!! I’m always excited by this announcement as it means I can start my countdown to Harrogate – Theakstons Crime Festival! Hurrah! This year I am incredibly excited by the line up as there are so many of my FAVOURITE Continue reading FIRST NAMES REVEALED! #TheakstonsCrime #HIF2020 #PressRelease @nholten40 @HarrogateFest→

One summer. One stranger. One killer… #TheHeatwave #CoverReveal @nholten40 @TheVenomousPen @AvonBooksUK

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Well guess what I have to share with you all today! You may have already seen some heavy tweet activity but I thought I give y’all just a bit more to feast your eyes on! The absolutely awesome Katerina Diamond Continue reading One summer. One stranger. One killer… #TheHeatwave #CoverReveal @nholten40 @TheVenomousPen @AvonBooksUK→

Nothing will ever be the same again . . . #TheCurator #CoverReveal #Exclusive @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault @LittleBrownUK @DHHlitagency

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OMG! OMG! OH MY GOD!! I’m HUGELY excited to have the pleasure of an EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for one of the most highly anticipated novels of 2020! That’s right, peeps! Washington Poe is back in THE CURATOR! Massive thanks to Continue reading Nothing will ever be the same again . . . #TheCurator #CoverReveal #Exclusive @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault @LittleBrownUK @DHHlitagency→

IT’S NOT LIFE THAT IMITATES ART. IT’S DEATH. #AWashOfBlack #Review @nholen40 @cmacwritescrime @RedDogTweets

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Anna Symons. Famous. Talented. Dead. The body of a famous actress is found mutilated on an ice rink in Manchester, recreating a scene from a blockbuster film she starred in years ago. DI Erika Piper, having only recently returned to Continue reading IT’S NOT LIFE THAT IMITATES ART. IT’S DEATH. #AWashOfBlack #Review @nholen40 @cmacwritescrime @RedDogTweets→

NOIRELAND Returns in 2020 with a One-Day Festival ?? @nholten40 @NOIRELANDfest @angelaontour

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Belfast’s NOIRELAND International Crime Festival is returning on 28 March 2020. This year’s one-day festival showcases some of Ireland’s greatest crime novelists, lends a helping hand to aspiring writers, and highlights Belfast significant impact on the world of crime fiction, Continue reading NOIRELAND Returns in 2020 with a One-Day Festival ?? @nholten40 @NOIRELANDfest @angelaontour→

A Cumbrian Village… Three suicides… A red-hot summer… #HattieGoesToHollywood #AuthorGuestPost @nholten40 @CarolineJames12 @rararesources

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Today I’m taking part in Caroline James’ Hattie Goes To Hollywood blog tour with a guest post from the author! My thanks to Rachel Gilbey of Rachel’s Random Resources for the invite! Let’s find out a bit about this book Continue reading A Cumbrian Village… Three suicides… A red-hot summer… #HattieGoesToHollywood #AuthorGuestPost @nholten40 @CarolineJames12 @rararesources→

It can be dangerous out in the sun… #ThirtyOneBones #MorganCry #CoverReveal @nholten40 @MorganCryAuthor @GoJaBrown @PolygonBooks

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Well what do we have here?! An exciting cover reveal from an author you may know…but a name that you may not recognise – YET! I’m thrilled to bits to share with you all the cover and blurb for Morgan Continue reading It can be dangerous out in the sun… #ThirtyOneBones #MorganCry #CoverReveal @nholten40 @MorganCryAuthor @GoJaBrown @PolygonBooks→

YOU HAD A SECRET. ALICE FOUND OUT. #AliceTealeIsMissing #Review #HALinskey @nholten40 @HowardLinskey @PenguinUKBooks

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Over the moon to be sharing my review of H.A. Linskey’s Alice Teale is Missing as part of the blog tour today. I pre ordered this #badboy the minute I saw it – but a huge thanks to Penguin Random Continue reading YOU HAD A SECRET. ALICE FOUND OUT. #AliceTealeIsMissing #Review #HALinskey @nholten40 @HowardLinskey @PenguinUKBooks→