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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 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→

I’m dead, for all intents and purposes. Nobody knows I’m alive… #ThePennyBlack #Review #BrackenIsBack @nholten40 @robparkerauthor @Endeavour_Media

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I can’t put into words how EXCITED I am to be taking part in Rob Parker’s THE PENNY BLACK blog tour today! Before I rave about his fantastic book, I just have to say that Rob Parker is one of Continue reading I’m dead, for all intents and purposes. Nobody knows I’m alive… #ThePennyBlack #Review #BrackenIsBack @nholten40 @robparkerauthor @Endeavour_Media→

Roy & Castells hunt a monstrous killer … #BloodSong #Extract @nholten40 @JoGustawsson @OrendaBooks @annecater

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Over the moon to be hosting the amazing Johana Gustawsson’s BLOOD SONG blog tour. I have an extract to tempt you – it’s certainly made me push this further up my TBR book pile! Huge thanks to the ever-so-awesome Anne Continue reading Roy & Castells hunt a monstrous killer … #BloodSong #Extract @nholten40 @JoGustawsson @OrendaBooks @annecater→

EVERYONE HAS SECRETS. NOBODY IS INNOCENT. #InAHouseOfLies #Review @orionbooks @orion_crime @nholten40 @Beathhigh @BloodyScotland

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OMG YAY! I’m a little bit excited today for a few reasons! I’ll be on my way shortly to Bloody Scotland crime festival in Stirling to catch up with my #partnersincrime while we #fangirl/boy over our favourite crime writers. I’m Continue reading EVERYONE HAS SECRETS. NOBODY IS INNOCENT. #InAHouseOfLies #Review @orionbooks @orion_crime @nholten40 @Beathhigh @BloodyScotland→

Rhona MacLeod returns to her roots on Scotland’s Isle of Skye… #TimefortheDead #Review @nholten40 @Lin_Anderson @Blazespage @MorecambeVice @BOTBSPublicity

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Absolutely delighted to be sharing my review of Lin Anderson’s TIME FOR THE DEAD as part of the Morecambe & Vice blog tour organised by Book on the Bright Side Publicity. I am thrilled to be interviewing Lin on stage Continue reading Rhona MacLeod returns to her roots on Scotland’s Isle of Skye… #TimefortheDead #Review @nholten40 @Lin_Anderson @Blazespage @MorecambeVice @BOTBSPublicity→

If only someone had listened… #TheQuietOnes #Review @nholten40 @Theresa_Talbot @aria_fiction

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Woohoo! Delighted to be sharing my review of Theresa Talbot’s THE QUIET ONES as part of the blog tour. My thanks to Aria Fiction via Netgalley for an ARC of this book. First though, let’s find out a bit about Continue reading If only someone had listened… #TheQuietOnes #Review @nholten40 @Theresa_Talbot @aria_fiction→

One very anti-social and unexpected anti-hero… #TheIntrovert #Review @nholten40 @MichaelPMichaud @BOTBSPublicity

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I first read this novella in 2016 and was delighted when Sarah from Book on the Bright Side Publicity approached me and asked  if I would re-post my review for the blog tour! As I enjoyed this quirky, dark novella Continue reading One very anti-social and unexpected anti-hero… #TheIntrovert #Review @nholten40 @MichaelPMichaud @BOTBSPublicity→