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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.

Three people… different lives…brought together … devastating consequences . . . #LiesBetweenUs #Review @nholten40 @Ronnie__Turner @HQDigitalUK @DHHLitAgency

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OMG OMG OMG! I am absolutely THRILLED to be hosting fellow blogger-turned-author – Ronnie Turner’s LIES BETWEEN US epic blog tour today! I only included the blog tour graphic I featured on – however, you will see loads of others posted Continue reading Three people… different lives…brought together … devastating consequences . . . #LiesBetweenUs #Review @nholten40 @Ronnie__Turner @HQDigitalUK @DHHLitAgency→

The most dangerous place is inside your own head… #InsideTheWhispers @nholten @AJWaines @Bloodhoundbook

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Absolutely over the moon to be one of the stops on AJ Waines’ INSIDE THE WHISPERS blog tour today! Huge thanks to Bloodhound Books for inviting me to take part. A little but about the author and the book, before Continue reading The most dangerous place is inside your own head… #InsideTheWhispers @nholten @AJWaines @Bloodhoundbook→

…the female of the species really is more deadly than the male. #EdsDead #Review @nholten40 @RusseldMcLean @SarabandBooks #Contraband

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Thrilled to have been asked by my #Twinnie – Sharon Bairden of Chapter in my Life if I wanted to take part in a “kinda” blog tour for Russel D McLean’s ED’S DEAD.  I bought this book some time ago Continue reading …the female of the species really is more deadly than the male. #EdsDead #Review @nholten40 @RusseldMcLean @SarabandBooks #Contraband→

Morecambe & Vice: Fantastic Time Had By All… #MorecambeViceCrimeWritersFestival @nholten40 @MorecambeVice

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It has been a few weeks since I attended Morecambe & Vice Crime Writer’s Festival but I wanted to do a wee shout-out and highlight it as I had such a good time! I arrived on Friday and settled in Continue reading Morecambe & Vice: Fantastic Time Had By All… #MorecambeViceCrimeWritersFestival @nholten40 @MorecambeVice→

Do you want to know my secret?! ?? #Announcement #PublisherRevealed @nholten40 @KillerReads @CottonFinn @HarperCollinsUK @thrillerwriters

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So my worst kept secret is now…officially…. OUT! I am over the friggin moon to share the news that the ever-so-awesome KILLER READS have signed me for a two book deal featuring DC Maggie Jamieson!! OMFG how amazing is that? Continue reading Do you want to know my secret?! ?? #Announcement #PublisherRevealed @nholten40 @KillerReads @CottonFinn @HarperCollinsUK @thrillerwriters→

Two Bloody Weeks Since #MyBloodyScotland Experience… @nholten40 @BloodyScotland @McDevitt_Bob @Brownlee_Donald #BloodyScotland2018

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Wow! I can’t believe two weeks have gone by and I am only getting around to share my #BloodyScotland experience with you now. I could say it was because it has taken so long to come down from the high Continue reading Two Bloody Weeks Since #MyBloodyScotland Experience… @nholten40 @BloodyScotland @McDevitt_Bob @Brownlee_Donald #BloodyScotland2018→

The past won’t stay buried forever… #TheShroudedPath #Review @nholten40 @sarahrward1 @FaberBooks

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November, 1957: Six teenage girls walk in the churning Derbyshire mists, the first chills of winter in the air. Their voices carrying across the fields, they follow the old train tracks into the dark tunnel of the Cutting. Only five Continue reading The past won’t stay buried forever… #TheShroudedPath #Review @nholten40 @sarahrward1 @FaberBooks→

A policeman on his first murder case A tattoo artist with a deadly secret… #TheTattooThief #Review @nholten40 @AlisonBelsham @TrapezeBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n

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Whoop! Whoop! I’m super excited to be hosting Alison Belsham’s THE TATTOO THIEF blog tour today! My thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me on the tour and Trapeze Books/Netgalley for an ARC. A little about the author and this Continue reading A policeman on his first murder case A tattoo artist with a deadly secret… #TheTattooThief #Review @nholten40 @AlisonBelsham @TrapezeBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n→

All are suspects; each has a reason to want her dead… #TheMurderOfHarrietMonckton #Review #Giveaway @Elizjhaynes @nholten40 @MyriadEditions

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I’m so excited to be taking part in Elizabeth Hayne’s The Murder of Harriet Monckton blog tour! At the end of this post, there is an exciting giveaway, so make sure you check it out! First I will share a bit Continue reading All are suspects; each has a reason to want her dead… #TheMurderOfHarrietMonckton #Review #Giveaway @Elizjhaynes @nholten40 @MyriadEditions→

A chilling reminder that the people we trust the most can harbour the deadliest secrets… #AfterHeDied #Review @nholten40 @michaelJmalone1 @OrendaBooks @annecater

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Absolutely THRILLED to be hosting Michael J Malone’s AFTER HE DIED blog tour today! Mahoosive thanks to Orenda Books and Anne Cater for the invite and the ARC. How I about I share a little about the author and this Continue reading A chilling reminder that the people we trust the most can harbour the deadliest secrets… #AfterHeDied #Review @nholten40 @michaelJmalone1 @OrendaBooks @annecater→

Matilda Darke faces a vicious killer pursuing his own brand of lethal justice… #TheHangmansHold #Review @nholten40 @MichaelHWood @KillerReads @HarperCollinsUK

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I’m abso-friggin-lutely DELIGHTED to be hosting and closing down Michael Wood’s THE HANGMAN’S HOLD blog tour today! This is one of my favourite series which I have been happily following from the start! My thanks to Killer Reads and Netgalley Continue reading Matilda Darke faces a vicious killer pursuing his own brand of lethal justice… #TheHangmansHold #Review @nholten40 @MichaelHWood @KillerReads @HarperCollinsUK→

?…a young girl is found hanging in the woods… #HeartSwarm #Review @nholten40 @allanwatson12 @sarahhardy681 @BOTBSPublicity

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Absolutely over-the-moon to re-post my review of Allan Watson’s HEART SWARM as part of the blog tour organised by the fabulous Sarah Hardy of #BookOnTheBrightsidePublicity. A little bit about Allan and this book before I share my review though… About Continue reading ?…a young girl is found hanging in the woods… #HeartSwarm #Review @nholten40 @allanwatson12 @sarahhardy681 @BOTBSPublicity→

Sam Shephard… has to face the realisation that there is a killer in town. #Overkill #Review @nholten40 @vandasymon @OrendaBooks @annecater

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Woohoo! I’m over-the-moon to be hosting Vanda Symon’s OVERKILL blog tour today! Massive thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda Books for the ARC and inviting me to take part! A little about the author and this book before I share Continue reading Sam Shephard… has to face the realisation that there is a killer in town. #Overkill #Review @nholten40 @vandasymon @OrendaBooks @annecater→

A book launch with a difference! #TheHangingPsalm #Leeds @nholten40 @fictionfound @ChrisNickson2 @severnhouse

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When I received an email from Founding Fiction for an invitation to step back into the world of 1820s Leeds in a treasure hunt for extracts from Chris Nickson’s new release ‘The Hanging Psalm’, I was immediately intrigued. Although I Continue reading A book launch with a difference! #TheHangingPsalm #Leeds @nholten40 @fictionfound @ChrisNickson2 @severnhouse→

Caleb Zelic can’t hear you. But he can see everything. #AndFireCameDown #Review @nholten40 @EmmaViskic @PushkinPress

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A SILENT SCREAM The woman can only sign two words: help… family. And then she is gone – a body lying dead in the street. A TOWN READY TO BURN Caleb’s search for her killer takes him back to his hometown Continue reading Caleb Zelic can’t hear you. But he can see everything. #AndFireCameDown #Review @nholten40 @EmmaViskic @PushkinPress→