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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.

THERE’S A FINE LINE BETWEEN INNOCENCE AND GUILT… #StayMadSweetheart #TimesUp #Review @nholten40 @hkist @RedDogTweets

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THERE’S A FINE LINE BETWEEN INNOCENCE AND GUILT. AN EVEN FINER LINE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND REVENGE. Data scientist Laura prefers the company of her books to the real world – let alone that cesspit online. But when her best friend Continue reading THERE’S A FINE LINE BETWEEN INNOCENCE AND GUILT… #StayMadSweetheart #TimesUp #Review @nholten40 @hkist @RedDogTweets→

This year someone is killing the children of Ashburn…Or should that be SOMETHING? #SeasonOfMist #Novella #Review @nholten40 @paulfinchauthor

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Our last autumn of innocence. Star-spangled nights. Mist-wreathed woodland. A twisted shape watching coldly from the shadows. Industrial Lancashire, 1974. The kids in the coal-mining town of Ashburn love the waning of the year. Fancy dress and scary stories for Continue reading This year someone is killing the children of Ashburn…Or should that be SOMETHING? #SeasonOfMist #Novella #Review @nholten40 @paulfinchauthor→

Is history’s most outrageous serial killer on the loose? #HighestLives #Review @nholten40 @GoJaBrown @StridentPublish @annecater

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Absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Highest Lives blog tour today! Huge thanks to Anne Cater for the invite and Gordon Brown/Strident Publishing for the ARC. This is the fourth book in the series – I’m a huge fan and Continue reading Is history’s most outrageous serial killer on the loose? #HighestLives #Review @nholten40 @GoJaBrown @StridentPublish @annecater→

The past is a wound that never heals… #TheBloodIsStill #CoverReveal @nholten40 @DouglasSkelton1 @PolygonBooks

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Woohoo! ?? Some of you may have seen the exciting news this week about Douglas Skelton – he has signed a further two book deal with Polygon! ?? Huge congrats to all! Today I am delighted to be amongst a Continue reading The past is a wound that never heals… #TheBloodIsStill #CoverReveal @nholten40 @DouglasSkelton1 @PolygonBooks→

The black figure entered the viewfinder just as Dana Fox squeezed the shutter… #TheUngodlyHour #ExclusiveExtract #Feature @nholten40 @InterludePress

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Today I have an exclusive extract from Laury A. Egan’s THE UNGODLY HOUR. My thanks to Interlude Press and Judith from A Novel Take PR for reaching out. First  a bit about the author and this book – then grab Continue reading The black figure entered the viewfinder just as Dana Fox squeezed the shutter… #TheUngodlyHour #ExclusiveExtract #Feature @nholten40 @InterludePress→

Abusive relationships – My Journey #BehindClosedDoors #DeadInside #DomesticAbuse @nholten40 @0neMoreChapter_ @KillerReads @fictionpubteam @the_cwa @thrillerwriters

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My debut novel Dead Inside was published by One More Chapter/Harper Collins UK this year (edited: 2019) – it tells the story of Lucy Sherwood, a Probation Officer who works with domestic abusers in a multi agency team by day, Continue reading Abusive relationships – My Journey #BehindClosedDoors #DeadInside #DomesticAbuse @nholten40 @0neMoreChapter_ @KillerReads @fictionpubteam @the_cwa @thrillerwriters→

The real nightmare begins when the missing person returns… #CloserThanBlood #Review @nholten40 @PaulGlaznost @0neMoreChapter_ @KillerReads @BOTBSPublicity

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OMG eeeeeeek!! I have been DYING…D-Y-I-N-G…to share my review for the ever-so-awesome Paul Grzegorzek’s Closer Than Blood and today…my friends…is THAT DAY!! A massive thanks to the author, Netgalley via the publisher One More Chapter and the fabulous Sarah Hardy Continue reading The real nightmare begins when the missing person returns… #CloserThanBlood #Review @nholten40 @PaulGlaznost @0neMoreChapter_ @KillerReads @BOTBSPublicity→

There’s a killer inside all of us… #TheAlarmButton #Audio #Impostor #New #DrAlexanderGregorySeries @nholten40 @wfhowes @ljross_author and @princolour

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Eeeeeek! I am absolutely BUZZING to be a part of LJ Ross’ IMPOSTOR blog tour and thrilled to be bringing you all the FINAL audio clip titled The Alarm Button narrated by Hugh Dancy, British actor and star of the Continue reading There’s a killer inside all of us… #TheAlarmButton #Audio #Impostor #New #DrAlexanderGregorySeries @nholten40 @wfhowes @ljross_author and @princolour→

Desperate times call for desperate measures… #CallDownTheThunder #AuthorGuestPost @nholten40 @dietrichkalteis @ecwpress

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HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! Delighted to be hosting Dietrich Kalteis CALL DOWN THE THUNDER blog tour today! I have a fabulous guest post from the author. First though, let’s find out a little bit more about the book and Dietrich Kalteis. Continue reading Desperate times call for desperate measures… #CallDownTheThunder #AuthorGuestPost @nholten40 @dietrichkalteis @ecwpress→

Every Wednesday, like clockwork, the terror returns. #IWillMakeYouPay #QandA @nholten40 @teresadriscoll @amazonpub @ed_pr

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Thrilled to be hosting Teresa Driscoll’s I WILL MAKE YOU PAY blog tour today! I have a Q & A with the author and I’d like to thank Megan, Publicity Assistant from ed public relations for the invite and ARC which I Continue reading Every Wednesday, like clockwork, the terror returns. #IWillMakeYouPay #QandA @nholten40 @teresadriscoll @amazonpub @ed_pr→

An absurdist account of the life of one very anti-social and unexpected anti-hero… #TheIntrovertConfoundsInnocence #Review @nholten40 @MichaelPMichaud @BOTBSPublicity @BlackOpalBooks

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Thrilled to be one of the bloggers to close down Michael Paul Michaud’s THE INTROVERT CONFOUNDS INNOCENCE blog tour today! My thanks to Sarah from Book on the Bright Side Publicity for the invite and to the publisher & author Continue reading An absurdist account of the life of one very anti-social and unexpected anti-hero… #TheIntrovertConfoundsInnocence #Review @nholten40 @MichaelPMichaud @BOTBSPublicity @BlackOpalBooks→

Charlie’s at her best putting an end to trouble. Now she must learn to strike first. #BadTurn #Review @nholten40 @authorzoesharp

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Thrilled to be closing down the blog tour and sharing my review for Zoe Sharp’s BAD TURN today. A massive thanks to Ayo Onatade for organising and the invite and to the author for an ARC. Let’s do this! About Continue reading Charlie’s at her best putting an end to trouble. Now she must learn to strike first. #BadTurn #Review @nholten40 @authorzoesharp→

Will Maddy discover that the key to happiness lies in making others happy? #EscapeToGiddywellGrange #Review @nholten40 @KimTheBookworm @HeraBooks @rararesources

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Happy days, #bookjunkies!! I’m absolutely DELIGHTED to be a part of closing down this epic tour and sharing my review for Kim Nash’s Escape to Giddywell Grange today! My thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources for the invite and to Hera Continue reading Will Maddy discover that the key to happiness lies in making others happy? #EscapeToGiddywellGrange #Review @nholten40 @KimTheBookworm @HeraBooks @rararesources→

Blackwater Abbey is haunted in more ways than one . . . #AHouseOfGhosts #Extract @nholten40 @WilliamRyan_ @ZaffreBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n

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Absolutely thrilled to be taking part in W.C. Ryan’s A House of Ghosts blog tour today – this beauty is near the top of my TBR and I’m really looking forward to reading it after hearing such amazing things. I Continue reading Blackwater Abbey is haunted in more ways than one . . . #AHouseOfGhosts #Extract @nholten40 @WilliamRyan_ @ZaffreBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n→

And in the absence of truth, in the absence of a miracle, we turn to prayer. And to violence. #InTheAbsenceOfMiracles #Review @nholten40 @michaelJmalone1 @OrendaBooks @annecater

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OMG!  OMG! OMG! I am absolutely DELIGHTED to be sharing my review for Michael J Malone’s IN THE ABSENCE OF MIRACLES today as part of the blog tour. Huge thanks to Anne Cater/Random Things Tours and Orenda for the invite Continue reading And in the absence of truth, in the absence of a miracle, we turn to prayer. And to violence. #InTheAbsenceOfMiracles #Review @nholten40 @michaelJmalone1 @OrendaBooks @annecater→