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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.

You can’t miss this! #BloodyScotland #2022Programme REVEALED! @nholten40 @BloodyScotland

Posted on June 16, 2022 by crimebookjunkie

Today Bloody Scotland revealed their programme for the upcoming festival in September and to say it is incredible would be an understatement! Here’s all the information you’ll need from the official press release. I’m already counting down the days and Continue reading You can’t miss this! #BloodyScotland #2022Programme REVEALED! @nholten40 @BloodyScotland→

‘… the bodies are going to keep piling up . . .’ #TheBotanist #Review @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault

Posted on June 12, 2022 by crimebookjunkie

This is going to be the longest week of Washington Poe’s life… Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he’d still have his thumb left. There’s the guilelessly innocent civilian Continue reading ‘… the bodies are going to keep piling up . . .’ #TheBotanist #Review @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault→

‘Pulsing pain danced around the nerve endings in his jaw…’ #TheOtherSideOfFear #review @nholten40 @eoghanegan @RedDogTweets

Posted on June 5, 2022 by crimebookjunkie

NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN Sharona Waters is determined to dig into loan shark Dessie Dolan’s business and see him brought to justice. But when a young woman she’s only briefly met goes missing, a much darker story Continue reading ‘Pulsing pain danced around the nerve endings in his jaw…’ #TheOtherSideOfFear #review @nholten40 @eoghanegan @RedDogTweets→

The last thing a twin expects is to be alone… #FirstBorn #Review @willrdean @HodderBooks

Posted on April 30, 2022 by crimebookjunkie

Today I have the absolute pleasure of taking part in the final stop of Will Dean’s FIRST BORN blog tour and share my review. My thanks to Hodder for an arc. Here’s a bit about this book first before I rave Continue reading The last thing a twin expects is to be alone… #FirstBorn #Review @willrdean @HodderBooks→

Nothing will ever be the same again… #TheOtherSideOfFear #GuestPost @nholten40 @eoghanegan @RedDogTweets

Posted on March 28, 2022 by crimebookjunkie

Happy Publication Day to Eoghan Egan and THE OTHER SIDE OF FEAR. I purchased my copy direct from Red Dog Press and can’t wait to get stuck in. I’m always curious about an author’s journey to publication, so I invited Continue reading Nothing will ever be the same again… #TheOtherSideOfFear #GuestPost @nholten40 @eoghanegan @RedDogTweets→

Revenge and Betrayal… #Skin #Shift #DoubleReview #Series by #AllyWagner @nholten40

Posted on March 9, 2022 by crimebookjunkie

Shapeshifters were wiped out two hundred years ago by their fellow preternatural beings. To prevent herself from reaching the same demise as her ancestors, Keira Quinn pretends to be a werewolf.That is until she barely survives a brutal ambush. With Continue reading Revenge and Betrayal… #Skin #Shift #DoubleReview #Series by #AllyWagner @nholten40→

Is it too good to be true… #ItEndsWithUs #Review @nholten40 #colleenhoover @simonschuster

Posted on February 23, 2022 by crimebookjunkie

SOMETIMES THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU IS THE ONE WHO HURTS YOU THE MOST. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the Continue reading Is it too good to be true… #ItEndsWithUs #Review @nholten40 #colleenhoover @simonschuster→

Trouble followed her… #TheBeatenTrack #Review @nholten40 @LouiseMangos @RedDogTweets

Posted on February 6, 2022 by crimebookjunkie

She thinks she is safe now that she’s home from her travels… but her nightmare has only just begun. After her stalker takes his life and she’s jilted by a holiday lover, Sandrine comes home from her round-the-world backpacking trip Continue reading Trouble followed her… #TheBeatenTrack #Review @nholten40 @LouiseMangos @RedDogTweets→

What Makes A Killer Tick? #Redhanded #Review @nholten40 @RedHandedthepod @TrapezeBooks

Posted on January 16, 2022 by crimebookjunkie

About the Authors Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala are co-hosts of the smash hit true crime podcast RedHanded, which offers a weekly dose of murder, wit, and WTFs delivered with facts, anecdotal tangents, serious scrutiny, and real British flavor. RedHanded Continue reading What Makes A Killer Tick? #Redhanded #Review @nholten40 @RedHandedthepod @TrapezeBooks→

MURDER CAN BE MAYHEM… #RosesForTheDead #Review @nholten40 @cmacwritescrime @RedDogTweets

Posted on December 26, 2021 by crimebookjunkie

MURDER CAN BE MAYHEM. 2013 Rockstar Johnny Mayhem sits on his bed, holding a bloody baseball bat. On the floor, clutching a lavender rose in her fist, is his wife, Amanda, who he has just beaten to death. Erika Piper Continue reading MURDER CAN BE MAYHEM… #RosesForTheDead #Review @nholten40 @cmacwritescrime @RedDogTweets→

TWO BOYS LOVED HER. BUT WHICH ONE KILLED HER? #ARuinedGirl #Review @nholten40 @katesboat @ViperBooks

Posted on December 23, 2021 by crimebookjunkie

TWO BOYS LOVED HER. BUT WHICH ONE KILLED HER? On a dark night two years ago, teenagers Rob and Paige broke into a house. They beat and traumatised the occupants, then left, taking only a bracelet. No one knows why, Continue reading TWO BOYS LOVED HER. BUT WHICH ONE KILLED HER? #ARuinedGirl #Review @nholten40 @katesboat @ViperBooks→

What #PerfectCrime Will Be Happening in Liverpool? #PerfectCrimeUK @nholten40 @PerfectCrimeUK

Posted on November 7, 2021 by crimebookjunkie

I’m so excited to be making my first ever trip to Liverpool on Saturday Nov 13th to attend and be a part of the PERFECT CRIME UK book festival! Have you seen who will be there?! As an avid crime Continue reading What #PerfectCrime Will Be Happening in Liverpool? #PerfectCrimeUK @nholten40 @PerfectCrimeUK→