6 Ripley Avenue

by Noelle Holten

ONE HOUSE
EIGHT KILLERS
NO WITNESSES

Jeanette is the manager of a probation hostel that houses high risk offenders released on license.

At 3am one morning, she receives a call telling her a resident has been murdered.

Her whole team, along with the eight convicted murderers, are now all suspects in a crime no one saw committed…

Don’t miss the first nerve-shredding standalone thriller from Noelle Holten, author of the Maggie Jamieson series.

What readers are saying:

‘This is hands down one of the best books I have read this year so far’ Claire, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘This book was FANTASTIC! Like seriously, it kept me glued to the edge of my seat the entire time’ Tiffiny, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘I read this book in a couple of hours. It’s a mystery that absolutely left me astounded’ Lynn, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘OMG this is going to be a tough mystery thriller to beat this year!’ Alyssa, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘Another absolute belter of a read… Holten has definitely left her mark in the crime thriller genre with this book and her DC Maggie Jamieson series, and she is right up there with the best of the best!’ Marnie, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘A gripping story line that had me so hooked I found it hard to put down… Definitely one to be read again’ Sandra, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘Had me hooked from the first page. I'm looking forward to reading more by Noelle’ Hayley, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘A cracking read and one that I would definitely recommend’ Yvonne, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘If you’re a fan of her writing, you will love this one, and if you haven’t read her work yet, then you definitely need to’ Jacob, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘One of the best books I’ve read this year’ Nigel, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘This is a cracking good read. It’s both a brilliant whodunnit and a very interesting look at the workings of the probation service’ Ann, 5* NetGalley reader review

‘A masterpiece’ Surjit, 5* NetGalley reader review

• ISBN13: 9780008525330
• Publish Date: 13 October 2022 (first published 27 September 2022)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: One More Chapter
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[Jeff Sexton]

A Lot Going On. This is one of those books that has a lot of extra plot stuff going on outside of the central mystery. There is a decent examination of what happens when a halfway house opens up in your neighborhood, there are various guards/ cops doing various naughty things, there is the friendship between a reporter and an activist - an activist who happened to get a job inside the house. In other words, enough side stuff to maybe justify the 400 page length of the novel... but the side stuff tends to detract from and/ or muddle the central mystery. So if you're a reader who prefers a more "clean cut" tale with fewer side jaunts interwoven... I can see where you might rate this tale lower on a subjective scale (and let's face it, despite my *attempts* at some level of objectivity, *all* reviews are *entirely* subjective). For my own attempting-to-be-as-objective-as-possible purposes, there wasn't really anything here truly *wrong* to hang a star deduction on, and thus it gets the full five stars. With its quick chapters and multiple perspectives, this is actually a book that seemingly "reads" shorter than its actual length would indicate, and the rather novel concepts here combine with this storytelling style to make this tale one that can easily be read in small chunks - which turns even a book of this length into a potential vacation/ beach read. Very much recommended.