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.

Gone to Ground (Detective Kay Hunter series) #CoverReveal @nholten40 @RachelAmphlett

Eeeeeeek! So excited to be a part of the cover reveal for the FABULOUS Rachel Amphlett and GONE TO GROUND – Book 6 in the Detective Kay Hunter series! I can’t wait to read this!  A little about Rachel and Continue reading Gone to Ground (Detective Kay Hunter series) #CoverReveal @nholten40 @RachelAmphlett

It all started with a missing coat… #CarpenterRoad #guestpost @nholten40 @Bloodhoundbook @normthewriter

Thrilled to be sharing this #guestpost from N.M. Brown as part of the Carpenter Road blog blitz! My thanks to Sarah Hardy and Bloodhound Books for the invite!  How about we find out a bit about the book and the Continue reading It all started with a missing coat… #CarpenterRoad #guestpost @nholten40 @Bloodhoundbook @normthewriter

BIG SISTER #GunnarStaalesen #InternationalGiveaway #VargVeum @nholten40 @OrendaBooks @annecater

Over the moon to be hosting this fabulous #international #giveaway on Gunnar Staalesen’s BIG SISTER blog tour. Massive thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda for inviting me along.  Before I share the post, how about we find out a little Continue reading BIG SISTER #GunnarStaalesen #InternationalGiveaway #VargVeum @nholten40 @OrendaBooks @annecater

WHAT WAS LOST #CoverReveal @nholten40 @jeanelevy @emily_glenister @DomePress

Whoop! Whoop! I’m thrilled to have been asked by the lovely Emily Glenister and The Dome Press to take part in a cover reveal for Jean Levy’s WHAT WAS LOST. I’ll also be taking part in the blog tour in Continue reading WHAT WAS LOST #CoverReveal @nholten40 @jeanelevy @emily_glenister @DomePress

#PressRelease BLOODY SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL REVEALS 2018 PROGRAMME @nholten40 @BloodyScotland

BLOODY SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL REVEALS 2018 PROGRAMME INCLUDING TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION TO THE OPENING EVENT & A STELLAR CAST OF NAMES 21-23 SEPTEMBER 2018 Bloody Scotland was thrilled to launch our 2018 programme in Stirling today with Alexander McCall Continue reading #PressRelease BLOODY SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL REVEALS 2018 PROGRAMME @nholten40 @BloodyScotland

Two dead bodies, one evil woman, one mystery man… #WhenTheWatersRecede @caffeinenights #Review #TeamEvans #Giveaway @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @rararesources

OH MY FRIGGIN G – DI HARRY EVANS IS BACK!  Happy Publication Day!  Today is a super exciting day as one of my FAVOURITE fictional coppers returns in Graham Smith‘s When the Waters Recede! I’m absolutely over the moon to Continue reading Two dead bodies, one evil woman, one mystery man… #WhenTheWatersRecede @caffeinenights #Review #TeamEvans #Giveaway @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @rararesources

A little lie … a seismic secret … and the cracks are beginning to show… #FaultLines #Review @nholten40 @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks @annecater

Absolutely EPIC!  I’m THRILLED TO BITS to be taking part in Doug Johnstone’s Fault Lines blog tour today! Huge thanks to Anne Cater of #RandomThingsTours and Orenda for asking me and providing me with an ARC of this wee gem!  How Continue reading A little lie … a seismic secret … and the cracks are beginning to show… #FaultLines #Review @nholten40 @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks @annecater

The choices Izzy makes will determine the future of her life… #SmallChange #AuthorGuestPost @nholten40 @keddiehughes

Thrilled to be hosting a #guestpost today on Keddie Hughes Small Change blog tour. Thanks to Kate Appleton from Authoright for the invite! About the Book An unsolved murder, a marriage at breaking point and a football club in crisis Continue reading The choices Izzy makes will determine the future of her life… #SmallChange #AuthorGuestPost @nholten40 @keddiehughes

…is it Ed’s mind playing tricks, or hers…? #TheOldYou #Review @nholten40 @LouiseVoss1 @OrendaBooks @AnneCater

☝? That was my face when I finished this book! I’m thrilled to be hosting Louise Voss’ The Old You blog tour today. Massive thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda for the ARC and invitation to take part in this Continue reading …is it Ed’s mind playing tricks, or hers…? #TheOldYou #Review @nholten40 @LouiseVoss1 @OrendaBooks @AnneCater

Returning to the scene of the crime: Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed @nholten40 @craigsisterson @ngaiomarshaward

EXCITING NEWS – Press Release ?Congratulations to you all! ? https://spark.adobe.com/video/gtWyuj6N3mMX3 Two authors who returned to crime writing after more than a decade away have today been named among an eclectic longlist for the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Continue reading Returning to the scene of the crime: Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed @nholten40 @craigsisterson @ngaiomarshaward

A breakneck journey through the darkest reaches of the human soul… #Absolution #Review @nholten40 @Hardisty_Paul @AnneCater @OrendaBooks

☝? That’s me right now as I am soooo frickin’ excited to finally be able to share my review of Paul Hardisty’s Absolution! A massive thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda for the ARC and inviting me on the tour Continue reading A breakneck journey through the darkest reaches of the human soul… #Absolution #Review @nholten40 @Hardisty_Paul @AnneCater @OrendaBooks

This is the story of two families…. #Hiding #Review @nholten40 @jmortonpotts #CahootsPublishing

Keller Baye and Rebecca Brown live on different sides of the Atlantic. Until she falls in love with him, Rebecca knows nothing of Keller. But he’s known about her for a very long time, and now he wants to destroy Continue reading This is the story of two families…. #Hiding #Review @nholten40 @jmortonpotts #CahootsPublishing

A missing girl. Threatening notes. Sinister strangers… #AFracturedWinter #Review @nholten40 @alisonbailliex @WillandWhiting

Absolutely over-the-moon to be hosting A Fractured Winter blog tour today! I adore Alison Baillie’s writing, so I was thrilled to be asked to take part in the tour! My thanks to the author and Williams & Whiting publishing for Continue reading A missing girl. Threatening notes. Sinister strangers… #AFracturedWinter #Review @nholten40 @alisonbailliex @WillandWhiting

In a heart-racing game of cat and mouse, Kelly must outwit this elusive master of surveillance… #ThisDarkPlace #Review @nholten40 #RandomThingsTours @AnneCater @CPKittridge @DelicatePreyPub

Thrilled to be hosting the final stop on Claire Kittridge’s debut novel – THIS DARK PLACE blog tour! My thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the invite and organising an ARC.  I’ll start off by sharing a Continue reading In a heart-racing game of cat and mouse, Kelly must outwit this elusive master of surveillance… #ThisDarkPlace #Review @nholten40 #RandomThingsTours @AnneCater @CPKittridge @DelicatePreyPub

She’s alone. She’s in danger. Would you help her? #TheChoice #Review @nholten40 @JakeCrossAuthor

‘You’ve got to help me.’ On a wet road in the black of night, Karl Seabury is driving home to his pregnant wife. Suddenly, caught in his headlights in the middle of the road is a woman shaking with fright. The woman Continue reading She’s alone. She’s in danger. Would you help her? #TheChoice #Review @nholten40 @JakeCrossAuthor