This is a tense and gripping story that kept me on the edge. It's well plotted and I liked the pace and the well developed characters.
There's plenty to like in this book but some parts are quite slow and the characters not coinvicted
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine are interesting but not very likeable.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I found it an interesting and informative read.
I liked the reporter Sloane, the nosy neighbour Helen, and the home manager Jeanette.
I think they had equal billing in the cast.
It was fast paced, intriguing and a gripping thriller that kept me reading.
Many thanks to NetGalley and One More Chapter for the opportunity to read the early copy, I give my honest opinion.

I never quit reading books, but I almost quit reading 6 Ripley Avenue almost every time I picked it up. The story is nothing like you're expecting, in the worst way possible. I can't even call it a slow burn because the ending was terrible and anti-climatic, so it didn't even "burn" down to anything. First and foremost, this book is unnecessarily long for no reason at all. The words don't add anything to the story. What I mean is, you could just read the dialogue and still understand what's going on without reading the unnecessary bites that the author threw in to make herself feel smarter. I know it's her book, but you're writing for your audience, and this audience was bored. The characters were weak, the storyline was garbled, the writing was boring and filled with a ton of jargon that was never explained nor did I ever need to know. It seems like the author was trying to write a story about what she knew: probation & crime writing — and neither one of them made sense in this setting or panned out.

"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."

Locked room wherein everyone literally could have done it.

I was eager to read this stand alone story by Noelle Holten as I loved the detective series that she writes.

This book is very different in subject matter from her other books.

Jeanette is the manager of the probation hostel at 6 Ripley Avenue. She gets a call at 3 a.m. notifying her that one of the residents has been murdered.

Nosy neighbor, Helen and reporter Sloan are determined to find out who the killer is. The police are on the case too, of course, but the story centers more around the reporter, neighbor, manager, the employees and residents.

I did enjoy this book, but liked the Detective Maggie Jamieson series better. I will read more books by this author.

Thanks to netgalley and One More Chapter for the arc.

This is a great read.
It’s a standalone thriller and is not part of the Detective series that Noelle has written.
A man is killed at a hostel for men who are on probation.
We follow the killer as the murder is carried out but it’s not clear who they are.
The murder sends shockwaves throughout the hostel and Jeannette does not know which way to turn.
Helen volunteers at the hostel and was also against the hostel being set up as she lives very close by.
Helen calls her friend Sloane when she realises what’s happened and together they try and find out who the killer is.
They both know there’s things going on at the hostel that involve drugs and with Sloane being a journalist, she’s determined to find out what’s going on.
This is a gripping thriller with a few surprises in store.
Thanks to One More Chapter and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

This is a really enjoyable read. It is a fast paced who dunnit with enough possible guilty parties to keep you guessing right to the end. I loved the mix of narratives as it gives a variety of different perspectives and view points of the crime. The narratives alternate between The Killer, Janette The Probation Officer, Slone The Journalist and Helen The Nosey Neighbour. I really like this premise as the investigation unravels through these narratives with very little police involvement. Helen was a brilliant character as she gave the story a cosy crime feel but when mixed in with the darker narratives of Sloane and The Killer you get the perfectly balanced crime thriller.

Hi and welcome to 6 Ripley Avenue! It may look like any other house in the street, but it’s not. Its official name is Ripley House Approved Premises and its inhabitants are not a lovely family of four with a dog, no siree, behind the red brick exterior of 6 Ripley Avenue you’ll find some of the UK’s most heinous violent offenders released on licence to serve the remainder of their time in the community.

Even on a good day, the neighbourhood is not at all thrilled to have a bunch of criminals living in their midst, even if they are supposedly rehabilitated as well as monitored at all times. And as the story kicks off, it’s not even remotely a good day, it’s in fact a very bad day, as one of the residents of 6 Ripley Avenue has been brutally murdered. One house, eight killers and a team of probation officers, and no one saw anything.

6 Ripley Avenue is told from the perspectives of the senior probation officer Jeanette, investigative reporter Sloane, nosy neighbour Helen and the killer. The short and snappy chapters I’ve come to expect from this author keep the momentum going and once again I was lured into the oh-just-one-more-chapter trap, especially towards the grand finale, with the big reveal just around the corner.

What I most appreciate in Noelle Holten’s DC Maggie Jamieson series is present in this standalone as well: the experience this author has with the probation system in the UK shines through and without it getting overly technical, I always learn something new.

The suspense builds up nicely, even though I felt that the attention shifts perhaps a little too much from the murder to other goings-on, which of course I now realise was done purposefully and in hindsight does make perfect sense. I couldn’t help sleuthing along, and while I had my finger pointed at the right person in the end, I do think it was more like a lucky game of darts than thanks to my clever sleuthing skills. I never really managed to piece it all together before the reveal but I did have fun trying.

I had a good time with 6 Ripley Avenue but I do have to admit that it’s not my favourite of this author’s books, mainly, I think, because I didn’t really like any of the main characters and I failed to relate to them, or feel for them, which unfortunately entailed that I felt less involved in the story than I like to be. That’s obviously all on me, so don’t let that hold you back.

Overall, 6 Ripley Avenue is a solid, thought-provoking thriller that kept my attention throughout and that kept me thinking about the whole probation thing. I mean I do see the point of rehabilitation but that doesn’t mean I’d feel comfortable living next door to a bunch of convicted killers and/or sex offenders. Double standards, I know, very NIMBY, but seriously, the thought of having a probation house in my street is perhaps the scariest bit of this story. For a while at least…

If you’re looking for a thought-provoking thriller with a killer who keeps you on your toes, do check out 6 Ripley Avenue.

6 Ripley Avenue is out in digital formats and audio on 27 September and in paperback on 13 October.

Thanks to One More Chapter (HarperCollins UK) and NetGalley for the eARC. All opinions are my own.

I was really intrigued by the premise of this book but then I struggled to get into it. I felt like maybe there was too much jumping around between character perspectives without clear plot progression. I think there was promise here but it wasn’t for me in the end.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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.

A probation hostel and a murder!

Told from a few main suspects point of view this is a more detailed whodunnit than I am used to and does focus on what probation is actually meant to entail.

Entertaining and informative.

6 Ripley Avenue is the latest crime thriller and the first stand-alone from Noelle Holten.

It is based in a probation hostel so when there is a murder the potential suspects are numerous.

The story is told from the viewpoint of a number of the main characters which makes it slightly confusing and not naturally flowing for me which distracted from my enjoyment.

I also found that the story slightly dragged at times especially in the middle third.

Saying that I have enjoyed the previous books by the author and this book hasn’t put me off from reading future books.

6 Ripley Avenue by Noelle Holten is a standalone book and was a great read, I could not put down I ended up reading it in one sitting, so glad I didn't have work or anything planned for the next day! This latest book by Noelle was full of twists and turns throughout which made it a great book. However, I wouldn't like a Probation Hostel that has high risk offenders to be released on license., as my neighbours! Scary thought.

I highly recommend this latest book!

Big Thank you to Netgalley, and HarperCollins UK one more chapter, and the author Noelle Holten for a copy of her book to read.

Such a fascinating book!!! It focuses on the various roles that probation plays rather than being a police procedural. I had suspicions about who the killer was and my guesses bounced from one person to the next and just made rounds through all of the characters at least twice each! I totally suspected everyone! And then the ending had one more shocking twist! I loved it!!!

This book started off well enough and I was getting to be fully engaged with the characters and storyline but then it kinda went a little off key. The chapters are short which helped me keep going but there were just to many chapter cliffhangers that often took a while to resolve (if at all) and I soon started to lose interest. It was almost like the author didn't have enough faith in their writing and had to instead employ tactics to keep the reader on a hook. This often has the opposing effect on me and when I start to roll my eyes as I am reading I know it is all going a bit downhill...
Which is a shame really as the storyline with its twists, turns and sucker punches is good. The characters are on the whole good albeit mostly dislikeable.
It all centres around a probation hostel - or Approved Premises to give it its proper name - and we shall do that as the author herself works in this field. We begin with the brutal murder of one of the criminals housed therein - Danny Wells - I say brutal, well that smacks of it being personal, but as to who and why, well... We then meet the rest of the inhabitants and staff of the hostel, as well as a neighbour, a journalist and various police. All of whom have varying levels of intelligence and professionalism! The story plods along, told by several of the characters' viewpoints, including that of "The Killer" but plodding is really all it does as the pacing never really kicks off... Meandering along to what I thought was quite a predictable ending. Yes I did plod along with it - only so I could find out if I was right!
All in all, not a book for me I'm afraid but I see there are also some very positive reviews. I'd say this is one for the sample feature! My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

I loved this! First book I’ve read by Noelle Holden and won’t be the last. It’s a really enjoyable thriller, had me gripped from the start. It’s well written with interesting characters, a fantastic plot. I liked the multiple POVs especially the Killers POV. It’s a great gripping read, I couldn’t put it down. Definitely recommend.
Thanks to #NetGallery #HarperCollinsUK #OneMoreChapter #NoelleHolten for an arc of #6RipleyAvenue in exchange for an honest review.

I’d like to thank HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘6 Ripley Avenue’ by Noelle Holten in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

6 Ripley Avenue is a hostel for high-risk ex-prisoners managed by Senior Probation Officer Jeanette Macey. When Jeanette gets an early morning phone call telling her that one of the residents, Danny Wells, has been murdered, the remaining seven residents and staff are suspected by the police of being involved. Freelance investigative journalist Sloane Armstrong is keen to write an article on the murder and calls on her friend Helen Burgess who’s a volunteer at the hostel for inside information. Helen wants to see the hostel closed down whereas Sloane just wants to write a story.

This is an enjoyable thriller with the hostel at 6 Ripley Avenue being central to both the story and the crime. It’s an exciting novel that’s had me gripped from page one with the pages turning faster and faster, unable to put it down until I’d worked out the identity of the murderer. Although the main character isn’t DC Maggie Jameson who’s in Ms Holten’s previous five novels, it’s clear that her experiences with the probation service play an integral part in making this a dramatic, true-to-life and very gripping story. This may be a standalone novel but I’ve so enjoyed reading of Sloane’s risky and often dangerous escapades that I’ll be delighted if we get more novels of her in the future.

Well written with interesting characters. I'm not a great fan of multiple narrators, but it works really well here. I like getting the killer's point of view while not being given much information as to who he/she is. Their chapters are just titled 'killer'.

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher I read a free advance review copy of the book. This review is voluntary, honest and my own opinion.

This book was everything I look for in a book. It was so exciting. The plot was fantastic. It really had me on the edge of my seat, and my heart racing. It was very well written and flowed well.

I enjoyed the simple writing style and liked the multiple POVs. The beginning really hooked my attention and I loved how we got the mystery killer’s POV. I think the book started strong and then got a little boring and slow in the middle. I wasn’t really surprised by anything and was hoping for something more shocking. Loved the premise though and it had a lot of potential.