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.

Nothing is as it first appears… #Review NO COMMENT @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @caffeinenights

OH YEAH!! DI Harry Evans and the Major Crimes Team are back and I could not be happier!  A huge thanks to Graham Smith, Rachel’s Random Resources and of course Caffeine Nights for inviting me to participate in this blog Continue reading Nothing is as it first appears… #Review NO COMMENT @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @caffeinenights

If You Can’t Stand The Heat … #Review BURNOUT @nholten40 @ClaireMacLeary @SarabandBooks

Super excited to be hosting Claire MacLeary’s BURNOUT blog tour today! Massive thanks to the awesome Gordon McGhie of Grab This Book for inviting me to take part and to Sara Hunt of Saraband Publishing for proving me with an Continue reading If You Can’t Stand The Heat … #Review BURNOUT @nholten40 @ClaireMacLeary @SarabandBooks

You’d Do Anything For Your Family – Wouldn’t You? #DarkWaters #GuestPost @KillerReads @nholten40 @mrsmjriley

Woohoo! My stop on Mary-Jane Riley’s DARK WATERS blog tour and I have a fabulous #guestpost from the author on….eeeeeek….CHARACTERS! First though, how about I share some info on the author and her book! About the Author Mary-Jane wrote her Continue reading You’d Do Anything For Your Family – Wouldn’t You? #DarkWaters #GuestPost @KillerReads @nholten40 @mrsmjriley

Crime & Publishment 2018 – I Pitched My Novel! @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @CrimeandPublish @OrendaBooks @RusseldMcLean @michaeljmalone1 @PaulTeagueUK @CraigRobertson

Last week I attended Graham Smith’s Crime & Publishment creative writing course/ workshop weekend at The Mill Forge. I first attended last year, with a prologue and a few pages of the first chapter …and nothing else. However, I came Continue reading Crime & Publishment 2018 – I Pitched My Novel! @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @CrimeandPublish @OrendaBooks @RusseldMcLean @michaeljmalone1 @PaulTeagueUK @CraigRobertson

#Review NEXT TO DIE @nholten40 @BreartonTJ @bookouture

About The Book Bobbi caught a glimpse of the car, saw the blood splashed across the front seats, and felt the nausea rise up. It should have been her who was working last night, not Harriet. It should have been Continue reading #Review NEXT TO DIE @nholten40 @BreartonTJ @bookouture

Crime, Christie and Cream Tea! #ComingSoon @LBandSW #LBSW18 @LondonBookFair @nholten40

Now this is something that I think you crime fiction lovers will enjoy! As part of London Book and Screen Week there will be a series of events celebrating literatures leading ladies – How COOL is that!? This event certainly caught Continue reading Crime, Christie and Cream Tea! #ComingSoon @LBandSW #LBSW18 @LondonBookFair @nholten40

He’ll slice your flesh. Your bones he’ll keep. #Review THE BONE KEEPER @nholten40 @LucaVeste @simonschusterUK

Happy Publication Day, Luca Veste! What if the figure that haunted your nightmares as child, the myth of the man in the woods, was real? He’ll slice your flesh.  Your bones he’ll keep. Twenty years ago, four teenagers went exploring Continue reading He’ll slice your flesh. Your bones he’ll keep. #Review THE BONE KEEPER @nholten40 @LucaVeste @simonschusterUK

Have Your Heart Stolen… THE ABSENT MAN #Review @nholten40 @REnright_Author

Woohoo! Thrilled to be hosting Robert Enright’s THE ABSENT MAN blog tour today with my review of this book! I may have a wee soft spot for #BermudaJones and #Argyle so I’d like to thank the author for inviting me Continue reading Have Your Heart Stolen… THE ABSENT MAN #Review @nholten40 @REnright_Author

#AuthorGuestPost CALL TO ARMS @nholten40 @RachelAmphlett

Woohoo! I absolutely ADORE Rachel Amphlett and the Detective Kay Hunter series so I am thrilled to host a fantastic #guestpost from the author. First, how about I tell you a little bit about this amazing lady and her latest Continue reading #AuthorGuestPost CALL TO ARMS @nholten40 @RachelAmphlett

A serial killer stalks the streets of Rome… #MiniReview #Extract A KNOWN EVIL @nholten40 @ConwayRome @KillerReads

Thrilled to be hosting Aidan Conway’s debut novel, A Known Evil blog tour today with a #minireview and an #extract! My thanks to Sahina Bibi for an ARC. Ok then, how about I tell you about this book! About the Continue reading A serial killer stalks the streets of Rome… #MiniReview #Extract A KNOWN EVIL @nholten40 @ConwayRome @KillerReads

#GuestReview THE BONE KEEPER @bookaddictshaun @nholten40 @LucaVeste @simonschusterUK

What if the figure that haunted your nightmares as child, the myth of the man in the woods, was real? He’ll slice your flesh.  Your bones he’ll keep. Twenty years ago, four teenagers went exploring in the local woods, trying Continue reading #GuestReview THE BONE KEEPER @bookaddictshaun @nholten40 @LucaVeste @simonschusterUK

More Exciting News from @LondonBookFair #MeetALiteraryAgent @nholten40

Thrilled to be able to share some MORE exciting news from The London Book Fair 2018! Read on for all the detail of this exciting opportunity! Bookings now open for LBF’s Agent One-to-One programme News for release, 2 March 2018: Continue reading More Exciting News from @LondonBookFair #MeetALiteraryAgent @nholten40

The truth can’t stay hidden for long… #Review SILENT VICTIM @nholten40 @Caroline_writes @AgentMilburn

Happy Publication Day Caroline Mitchell – Silent Victim  About the Book: Emma’s darkest secrets are buried in the past. But the truth can’t stay hidden for long. Emma is a loving wife, a devoted mother…and an involuntary killer. For years Continue reading The truth can’t stay hidden for long… #Review SILENT VICTIM @nholten40 @Caroline_writes @AgentMilburn

Someone will be killed. But who? #Review #KILLED #HenningJuul @nholten40 @EngerThomas @OrendaBooks

Absolutely THRILLED to be hosting Thomas Enger’s KILLED blog tour today! Sharing the stop today is Caryl at Mrs Bloggs The Average Reader  so head over and check it out! Mahoosive thanks, as ever to the wonderful Anne Cater and Continue reading Someone will be killed. But who? #Review #KILLED #HenningJuul @nholten40 @EngerThomas @OrendaBooks

#GuestReview THE PHOTOGRAPHER @bookaddictshaun @nholten40 @CraigRobertson_ @simonschusterUK

The sergeant took some from each box and spread them around the floor so they could all see. Dozens upon dozens of them. DI Rachel Narey’s guess was that there were a few hundred in all. Photographs. Many of them Continue reading #GuestReview THE PHOTOGRAPHER @bookaddictshaun @nholten40 @CraigRobertson_ @simonschusterUK