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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.

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→

News from @CrimeFest! #PressRelease @nholten40

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Lynda La Plante, Laura Lippman and Robert Goddard to headline 2020 CrimeFest. – HURRAH! Headline authors for CrimeFest – one of Europe’s biggest crime fiction conventions – have been announced. The 2020 convention sponsored by Specsavers is hosted from 4 Continue reading News from @CrimeFest! #PressRelease @nholten40→

There’s something terribly wrong… #HaventTheyGrown #Review @nholten40 @sophiehannahCB1 @jennyplatt90

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Absolutely thrilled to be taking part in Sophie Hannah’s Haven’t They Grown blog tour! ?? My thanks to Jenny Platt for the invite and Hodder & Stoughton publishers for the ARC. First a little bit about the author and this Continue reading There’s something terribly wrong… #HaventTheyGrown #Review @nholten40 @sophiehannahCB1 @jennyplatt90→

Life is a puzzle just waiting to be solved… #GiveUpTheWhiteRoom #MentalHeath #AuthorGuestPost @nholten40 #LukeMelia @PublishingPush

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Today on my blog I have something a little different. A guest post from author Luke Melia and a brief look at his latest novel GIVE UP THE WHITE ROOM. Let’s find out a bit about the book first! About Continue reading Life is a puzzle just waiting to be solved… #GiveUpTheWhiteRoom #MentalHeath #AuthorGuestPost @nholten40 #LukeMelia @PublishingPush→

She thought they wanted her baby. But they won’t stop there. #ThePerfectMother #Review @nholten40 @Caroline_writes @BOTBSPublicity @AmazonPub

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Woohoo! I’m so excited to be taking part in Caroline Mitchell’s THE PERFECT MOTHER blog tour today! Huge thanks to Sarah from Book on the Bright Side Publicity for the invite and Thomas & Mercer via Netgalley for the ARC. Continue reading She thought they wanted her baby. But they won’t stop there. #ThePerfectMother #Review @nholten40 @Caroline_writes @BOTBSPublicity @AmazonPub→

If your life was on the line, how far would you go? #TheOperation #Review @nholten40 @dyoungwrites @BOTBSPublicity @Bloodhoundbook

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Thrilled to be taking part in Dylan Young’s THE OPERATION blog tour today! Huge thanks to the fabulous Sarah Hardy of Book on the Bright Side Publicity for the invite and ARC. A bit about this book and the author Continue reading If your life was on the line, how far would you go? #TheOperation #Review @nholten40 @dyoungwrites @BOTBSPublicity @Bloodhoundbook→

Some doors should not be opened. Some can never be closed. #RightBehindYou #Review #GuestPost #BlackDotPublishing @nholten40 @RachelAbbott @AnneCater

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Oh my days! I’m absolutely THRILLED to be taking part in Rachel Abbott’s Right Behind You blog tour! I was only supposed to be hosting a guest post but I am a huge fan of the Tom Douglas series, I Continue reading Some doors should not be opened. Some can never be closed. #RightBehindYou #Review #GuestPost #BlackDotPublishing @nholten40 @RachelAbbott @AnneCater→