Spring Rights Guide 2026
Spring Rights Guide 2026
Fiction
Featured titles this season
New in Literary Fiction
BRITA-KAJSA
Otava, April 2026, 360 pp.
Reading material:
Brita-Kajsa
A powerful novel from a master storyteller brings to light the untold story of Brita-Kajsa Laestadius
✓ A new novel by one of Finland’s most internationally acclaimed authors!
✓ For the readers of Selma Lagerlöf, Sofi Oksanen, and Hilary Mantel
✓ Lyrical, atmospheric prose with emotional intensity
✓ Katja Kettu’s works have been sold to 24 territories!
“The northern lights greet me and the polar night crackles in the corners. I test your lips—are you still breathing? Go away, die already, and for a moment I think you’ve stepped through heaven’s gates. I’m relieved. Then I throw myself beside you and pray. Forgive me. Don’t go. Let’s stay a little longer.”
Brita-Kajsa became Lars Levi Laestadius’s wife out of defiance—and far too young. Six months pregnant, she skied after him to Karesuando and demanded marriage. In the end, the couple was wed in secret at the Finnish Market by order of the bishop.
A strong and wise healer, Brita-Kajsa witnessed the birth of a great revival movement in the turbulent Lapland of the 19th century.
“Katja Kettu’s raw, direct style remains moving, and the magical realism helps tell this personal story.”
– BÜCHER magazin, Germany, about The Investigations of a Certain Cat
“Kettu’s language is raw and physical, the pain spills from the pages together with a touch of magic.”
– Katia Schingshandl, Buchkultur, Germany, about The Investigations of a Certain Cat
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
HAYATI, RAKKAANI
Otava, September 2025, 298 pp.
Reading material:
English sample + full English draft translation and synopsis
Finnish edition
Hayati, My Love
“Stories live longer than people.” A heart-wrenching tale of a journey from the sun-scented Middle East to the silent, snow-covered North
✓ For the fans of Pajtim Statovci and Khaled Hosseini
✓ A Powerful and emotional debut rooted in authenticity and courage
✓ This novel is more than a tale—it’s a testament to resilience and hope. Inspired by a true story!
✓ A Women’s book club book!
Amal is born in Iraq in 1962 and grows up among sisters, in the shadow of brothers. At university, she meets her great love—but war comes between them. Her husband turns out to be a different man. Amal walks to a refugee camp alone with her children. In Finland, she buys a winter coat and runs in front of a car.
Inspired by the breathtaking life of the author’s mother—the first recipient of Finland’s Refugee Woman of the Year award—this debut novel captivates readers. It is a story of friendship and love, of a woman who never gives up, who believes in goodness and fights her way to freedom.
“The text does not lament or indulge in pity; the narration is matter-of-fact. The work offers plenty of food for thought—especially in a time when humanity and helping those in need are not exactly in vogue. The novel also explores universal themes that readers may recognize from their own lives: childhood and youth, family, friendship and love, violence both at home and beyond. [–] Moreover, Hayati, My Love is a beautiful reminder that ‘being a refugee’ is a chapter in someone’s life, not a defining characteristic.”
– Leena Reikko, Kulttuuritoimitus Online Magazine
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
PIDOT
Tammi, January 2026, 195 pp.
Reading material:
English sample + full English draft translation and synopsis
Finnish edition
The Feast
“We didn’t really want the same things. We only wanted to feel that we did.”
✓ For fans of contemporary drama
✓ For the readers of Sally Rooney, Celeste Ng, and Rachel Cusk
✓ A one-night novel about choices, envy, and the haunting pull of the past
When Maria arrives at her childhood friend’s party, she has no idea what to expect—or why she was invited in the first place. Her and Marianne’s paths diverged years ago, and rebuilding that connection no longer seems possible.
When they were young, Maria was the one in control, but now the roles have reversed: her friend has transformed from a small-town kiosk clerk into a celebrated influencer surrounded by the city’s elite. Maria, meanwhile, juggles family life and a job at a museum, all the while nursing a quiet longing for something different. Slowly, memories resurface—of a wordless bond, of moments filled with joy and happiness, but also of the betrayal that changed everything.
Pidot is a gripping one-night novel about choices, class, envy, and love. It is a labyrinth of conversations and rooms, where every door leads to a different fate.
“Forss brings up questions that are familiar in themselves about the self-centeredness of the middle class and communication weakened by social media, but the perspectives are insightful, the cuts sharply precise.
The intense whirlwind at the end breaks off into an effective anticlimax. Petronius’ Trimalchio is a delightful archetype of the comical egotist, but Forss deliciously distributes navel-gazing across her entire cast of characters. At the same time, there is a gentle tone to the laughter.
The Feast is a mirror for the reader, but the reflection does not judge.”
– Arla Kanerva, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
DIORAAMA
Tammi, October 2019, 320 pp.
Reading material:
English sample and synopsis
Finnish edition
Diorama
Everything exists first in our imagination. How do you explain love to someone who has never experienced it? An intelligent contemporary novel about dreams and memories—about possible worlds.
✓ Finlandia Prize Nominated Author, Long listed for the Runeberg Prize
✓ Lyrical, atmospheric, and psychologically sharp
✓ For the readers of Siri Hustvedt, Han Kang, Rachel Cusk, and Maggie Nelson
Julia and Karl meet at the Biological Museum. Seventeen years later, Julia, now a researcher, retreats to a snowbound hotel to recall the feverish days they spent together. She wants to remember everything, to piece together a lost love fragment by fragment. At the same time, she has another goal—one that, if fulfilled, could change the world and the way we see it.
This fourth novel by Anna-Kaari Hakkarainen is a hauntingly beautiful and brutal portrayal of humanity, the mind, and the madness of love.
“Anna-Kaari Hakkarainen’s fourth novel, Diorama, unfolds a delicate web of memories and thoughts, its threads and the spaces between them brimming with meaning. True to its name, the work feels like a meticulously arranged whole—disassembling it into pieces would shatter the immersive landscape the book creates. [–] The novel won’t leave me alone; it keeps pulsing and lingering somewhere on the edges of consciousness, in an in-between space. To my relief, however, Hakkarainen offers the reader a path early on, as the text urges us to breathe from the margins, to surrender to the side currents of awareness. [–] Hakkarainen makes versatile use of literary techniques throughout the work. Narrative perspective and tense shift, the language is at times elliptical, the reader is directly addressed, and the text employs metafiction, intertextuality, repetition, foreshadowing, and flashbacks. The expression alternates between tightly condensed and exuberantly expansive.”
– Kiiltomato Online Magazine
FINLAND: Tammi (orig).
YÖN KANTAJA
Otava, March 2017, 385 pp.
Reading material:
English sample and synopsis
Finnish edition
Tell Everyone
A raw and tender tale of restless Amanda—taking her from glittering metropolises to an island of madwomen
✓ A powerful story of resistance and identity
✓ The eerie isolation of Seili Island immerses readers in a richly textured setting
✓ Blend of historical detail and psychological tension offers both adventure and depth
Fresh out of prison, Amanda Aaltonen is a sharp-witted drifter who refuses to settle into the humble life reserved for destitute women. Europe’s streets beckon, and Amanda joins a French hot-air balloonist on his travels. But harsh experiences in Paris shake her balance, and upon returning, she is committed to Seili Island as incurably insane.
On Seili, islanders, patients, and nurses live cut off from the world. But Amanda hasn’t come to conform. A battle begins—a struggle against surrender. When physical freedom is stripped away, the only option is to create a secret self.
A feature film based on Tell Everyone, directed by Alli Haapasalo and written by Katja Kallio, had its world premiere in Nordic Competition at Göteborg Film Festival 2026.
“Even though the novel is set at the end of the 19th century, Kallio depicts a modern woman in a modern way. (…) To an experienced storyteller the hierarchy of a mental institution is a delectable theme: attachments, love and hate are created in the same way as in female prisons in television series. (…) The restricted milieu makes Amanda an acute observer, a skilled concealer of emotions, and a stealthy manipulator. (…) At the end she is increasingly like a literary artist herself, watching life through metaphors, blurring the line between the real and the imagined, and bearing the painful experiences of the others.”
– Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
“Kallio draws a vivid and heartbreaking picture of what it means to be unstable, lonely and an outsider.”
– Eeva women’s magazine
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
New in Crime & Thrillers
Osasto K:
SULJETTU KANSIO
WSOY, May 2026, 400 pp.
Reading material:
The Sealed Case
Department K series
Tuomas Niskakangas
The start of a gripping new thriller series! The Department K series blends a web of power games and criminal investigations with finely crafted psychological portraits.
✓ The launch of an addictive thriller series
✓ Timely and internationally relevant themes
✓ Combines high-stakes corporate intrigue with deeply human psychological portraits: perfect for readers who crave both suspense and character depth
✓ His previous Leo Koski series has been published in Germany by Bastei Lübbe!
When journalist Joel Saarni’s affair with his editor-in-chief makes the tabloid front page, he’s forced to leave his job. But the unfinished story won’t let him go. Someone has sent him a folder containing highly incriminating material: a Finnish network equipment company appears to have made illegal deals in Russia. But why?
Corporate lawyer Petra Thorry has her own reasons for getting involved. She’s obsessed with solving the mystery of a child who vanished in the 1990s.
As the investigation deepens, Petra and Joel are drawn into a tightening web of lies and espionage—where the deadly strings are pulled by Department K.
The Sealed Case launches a new top-tier Finnish thriller series. Department K is an addictive story about unchecked power—and the people who can no longer look away.
“I admire Tuomas Niskakangas’ ability to explore the urgent issues of our time from both national and international perspectives. We are thrilled to begin a multi-year partnership with him. Department K will undoubtedly capture readers and hold them in its grip.”
– Anna-Riikka Carlson, former publisher at WSOY
“I love big mysteries from the heights of power. (My earlier books have featured power-hungry villains whose actions nearly throw the world off its axis.) In Department K, the spotlight shifts to those whose lives (those) villains seek to destroy.”
– Tuomas Niskakangas on this new series
Rights sold:
FINLAND: WSOY (orig.)
Tuonijoki-sarja:
KAUPUNKI JONKA KESKELLÄ ON METSÄ
Like, February 2026, 303 pp.
Reading material:
English sample + full English draft translation and synopsis
Finnish edition
The Forest Within the City
Tuonijoki series
Tiina Raevaara
The chilling start to a new series from a critically acclaimed thriller author—taking you deep into the darkness of a small town
✓ A must-read for fans of dark thrillers, Raevaara’s most chilling work yet
✓ An irresistible mix of psychological suspense and creeping horror that keeps you guessing until the very end
✓ A new series from a critically acclaimed author with multiple literary awards and a reputation for blending science, psychology, and gripping storytelling
✓ Raevaara is award-winning non-fiction author whose book A SHORT HISTORY OF ETERNAL LIFE will be published in 8 territories including English, German, Spanish, and Korean
While sorting through her late mother’s belongings, Päivi discovers a scrapbook whose headlines pull her back to the 1980s: Tuonijoki. Multiple hushed-up deaths, the unexplained disappearance of her best friend, and the Forest of All Birds, rumored to be the site of horrifying acts by local youth.
The chain of events that shaped Päivi’s childhood resurfaces as vividly as if it were happening all over again. Determined to uncover the truth, she returns to the town to finally learn what happened to her friend decades ago.
The Tuonijoki series seamlessly blends psychological suspense with creeping horror in an irresistibly gripping way.
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Like (orig.)
Ronja Vaara -sarja:
VIIMEINEN JÄLKI
Otava, January 2026, 378 pp.
SULJETTU TALO
Otava, January 2025, 335 pp.
PAKENE ENNEN AAMUA
Otava, December 2023, 282 pp.
KÄÄRMEIDEN MAA
Otava, December 2022, 364 pp.
ONNELLISTEN SAARI
Otava, January 2022, 396 pp.
Reading material:
English synopses (books 1–5)
English sample (books #1 and #2)
Finnish PDFs
The Last Trace
Ronja Vaara series
Eeva Louko
An addictive relationship thriller that dives into the dangerous undercurrents of friendship
✓ The Ronja Vaara series has sold over 70,000 copies in Finland!
✓ Rights sold in 5 territories and counting!
✓ A crime series for millennials: surprising twists and relationship drama!
Ronja Vaara is having breakfast with her friends Milla and Ansku when Milla receives a shocking call: she must pick up her child from summer camp because one of the campers has gone missing overnight. The search begins immediately, led by Detective Anton Koivu. But this is only the first in a series of events that will shake Lauttasaari to its core.
Ronja becomes intrigued—she’s writing a true crime book about unsolved murders in Lauttasaari.
At the heart of this popular crime series are unexpected twists and masterfully drawn cracks in human lives.
Also available:
Ronja Vaara #1: MURDER ON THE ISLE OF BLISS
After living abroad for many years, thirty-something Ronja returns to her childhood home in Lauttasaari, Helsinki after her father is found murdered by the seaside. Welcoming her back are a group of old friends and the young police officer assigned to the case who does not seem to be doing his work properly. Using the skills she’s learned from working as a journalist, Ronja starts investigating herself.
Ronja Vaara #2: LAND OF SERPENTS
When the body of a young woman is found on Käärmesaari (Serpent Island) near Helsinki, Ronja’s new boss at the local newspaper senses an opportunity to make the newspaper the prime source for any information on the case. Reluctantly, Ronja contacts the chief investigator Anton Koivu, who is surprisingly willing to leak confidential information to Ronja – if she does him a favor in return. Soon, another death shocks the people of Lauttasaari and a surprising guest from the past throws the investigation off balance.
Ronja Vaara #3: FLEE BEFORE THE DAWN
Ronja, Milla and Ansku together with their partners decide on a weekend getaway on the island of the historical Bengtskär lighthouse to enjoy time in the sauna and relax. Milla also wants to introduce her new partner, a celebrity businessman. The group barely has time to raise a toast before the mini getaway turns into a big nightmare. An autumn storm wreaks havoc, and Milla is missing as the women are meant to go to the sauna. The storm makes searching for Milla hard and cuts off the connection to the mainland. As the night advances, it becomes painfully clear that Milla’s disappearance is only the beginning.
Ronja Vaara #4: THE CRACKED FACADE
The remains of a body are found under the floor of a hospital undergoing renovations in Helsinki. At the same time, a murder takes place in an estate known as Lauttasaari Young Economists’ Houses. Inspector Anton Koivu investigates both cases and, as the investigation progresses, surprising connections between them are revealed.
“Eeva Louko’s Island of Bliss offers a highly atmospheric setting and an elaborate web of relationships that we, as readers, need to untangle in order to discover the dark truth behind the blissful façade. I love that everything in this book is personal and I’m convinced that this series has a huge potential to fascinate German readers.”
– Janina Dyballa, Editor, Heyne Verlag, Germany
“Eeva Louko has an excellent penmanship, the plot is fluid and the dialogues brilliant [–]. The analysis of the characters is perfectly centered, and they are well-rounded. I look forward to the next part.”
– Marina Toniolo on thrillernord.it, Italy
Rights sold to Ronja Vaara series:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
ESTONIA: Hea Lugu (2 books)
GERMANY: Heyne (1 book)
ITALY: Newton Compton (1 book)
POLAND: Czwarta Strona (1 book)
Taro Auramo -sarja:
SYDÄNVERI
Tammi, April 2026, 380 pp.
JÄLJET
Tammi, January 2025, 382 pp.
Reading material:
English sample (book 1) and synopsis (books 1-2),
German sample (book 1),
Finnish edition (book 1)
Life Blood
Taro Auramo series
Anna Harju
A masterfully crafted crime mystery set in Tampere. When life itself is at stake, anyone can be driven to unpredictable acts. The second installment in the atmospheric Taro Auramo crime series pulls you in from the start.
✓ A gripping story that takes the readers from industrial Tampere to the German island of Fehmarn and finally to the fells of Northern Finland
✓ First book in the seriesTraces has sold over 10,000 copies in Finland!
✓ A fresh, psychologically perceptive and thrilling crime novel
✓ “Perfect suspense!” – Max Seeck, New York Times bestselling author
An eccentric Tampere hockey legend dies under mysterious circumstances from blood loss—and just days later, another victim is found. Detective Taro Auramo wants to dig deep into the cases, but he’s reassigned against his will. A traumatized boy has been found wandering near the city limits, and no one seems to be looking for him. Under Taro’s lead, the investigations intertwine in an unexpected way.
Amid it all, Taro tries to settle into summer in Pispala, a picturesque neighborhood—and allow himself to fall in love.
Life Blood is the second novel in the moody and gripping Taro Auramo series.
Book 1: TRACES
There are secrets whose revelation will have fatal consequences. There is no escaping them, no matter how hard you try. Must one always pay for their mistakes?
A well-liked pharmacist is found murdered at his workplace. Suspicion falls on pharmacist Joanna Vihervuori, the last person to see her boss alive. Joanna insists she is innocent, but the case begins to twist around her in a strange way.
For Tampere Police Detective Inspector Taro Auramo, this murder investigation is the place to prove himself. The white dust on the dead pharmacist’s cheek raises doubts about whether his business is completely clean, and soon nothing will be as it seems.
“Harju weaves together seemingly unrelated plot threads into a truly juicy suspense drama.”
– Keskisuomalainen newspaper on Traces
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
New in Romance and Feel-Good
THE HOLIDAY GRUMP
Self-published: Lumi Publishing, November 2025, 374 pp.
Reading material:
English edition
The Holiday Grump
The Holiday Grump series
Enni Amanda
AS FEATURED ON NBC’S TODAY SHOW – “Best Holiday Romance” pick by John Searles:
A runaway bride. A grumpy bookseller with a heart of gold. A friends-with-benefits deal doomed from the start.
✓ Enni Amanda’s Finnish rights sold at auction in a fantastic eight‑book deal to Gummerus: The Holiday Grump series (2 books), Love New Zealand series (3 books) and Sisu Lakes series (3 books)
✓ On NBC’s Today Show, John Searles recommended Enni Amanda’s THE HOLIDAY GRUMP as one of the top books to read during the holiday season. You can watch the clip here
✓ For the readers of Jenny Colgan, Beth O’Leary, Abby Jimenez, and Emily Henry
✓ The Book delivers all the cozy, feel‑good elements readers want from a holiday rom‑com—small town charm, festive vibes, found family, and slow‑burn tension
✓ Ideal for readers who love immersive small‑town romances
✓ Sequel to be published!
Hideaway Harbor was supposed to be a quick detour—one cozy Christmas job, then I’d be back on the cruise ship, far from my powerful ex and the mess I left behing. But thanks to a tiny mix-up, my ” accommodation” is a storage room with a creaky daybed and no plumbing.
Enter my neighbor Fredrik: a broody bookstore owner with a decent bathroom and the social skills of a cactus. He’s everything I shouldn’t want: grumpy, reclusive, and allergic to holiday cheer. Yet he keeps showing up for me. Yet he keeps shpowing up for me. Saving me. Heating up the sauna…
And suddenly, we’re tangled in something neither of us is ready for. We’re just friends. With excellent benefits. Until the lines blur.
I should keep running, but this small town is starting to feel like home. And Fredrik… he might be the reason I finally stay.
“Enni Amanda is such a talent! Her witty, effortless prose, atmospheric settings, and confident use of genre conventions— always with a personal twist—make her truly stand out. She brings international star quality with a delightful Finnish touch.
I flew through The Holiday Grump and loved every word! I can’t wait to dive into the Sisu Lakes stories—the synopses alone were such a joy, packed with clever, laugh-out-loud details.
Enni Amanda’s books offer everything a devoted romance reader could want. There’s a perfect spot on our list for the next big name in Finnish romance—and with our track record of international success, we’re ready to position her right there.”
– Leenastiina Kakko, Editorial Manager for fiction at Gummerus
5-star Editorial reviews on Amazon and Goodreads:
“This book was pure holiday serotonin!” – Heidi
“Take me to book heaven … This is a great holiday story, but in all honesty it’s just a great story overall.” – Sara Oxton
Rights sold:
Independent: Lumi Publishing (orig.)
FINLAND: Gummerus
World rights available!
Halsterö-serien:
HEM TILL HALSTERÖ
Schildts & Söderströms, March 2026, 302 pp.
SOMMAR PÅ VILLA HILDA
Schildts & Söderströms, June 2025, 285 pp.
Reading material:
English sample (book 1) + full English draft translation and synopsis (books 1-2)
Swedish edition (books 1-2)
Finnish edition (books 1-2)
Home to the Island
Villa Hilda series
Michaela von Kügelgen
When Sanne’s dream job in Oslo is derailed by her mother’s illness, she returns to the idyllic yet shadowed archipelago of Halsterö—where secrets, loss, and unexpected love await. Amid organic farms, fractured families, and the pull of the past, will Sanne finally discover where she belongs?
✓ Film & TV rights acquired by Good Hand Production for an international TV show!
✓ Rights sold for the first book to 8 territories pre-publication! 3-book-deals to Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway!
✓ For fans of experiencing romance and hardships through people of different ages, a story set in the beautiful Swedish archipelago, told with warmth and humor
✓ Mamma Mia vibes on a remote Swedish island
✓ The latest novel by the Finland-Swedish author and journalist!
The story follows Sanne, who is about to start her dream job in Oslo when she learns that her mother Birgit is ill. Instead of moving to Norway, she now travels back home to Halsterö. There, her neighbour Sebastian has been taking care of Birgit in Sanne’s absence. Sebastian is an organic farmer who has lost both his wife and his father and is struggling to recover from a mental slump.
In Helsinki, there is Henrik, who is set to take over the family business. After a divorce, he goes from one Tinder date to another, without any goal or meaning. But one day, he receives a call that changes his life. In the background, there are also Thomas and Louise, whom we got to know in Summer at Villa Hilda. But this time, the focus is on Sanne. Will she finally find her way home?
The Villa Hilda series is set in an archipelago environment where the sea, nature and community create a sense of refuge. But beneath the idyll lie shadows – the past, secrets and difficult choices that shape people’s lives. The series balances sorrow and hope and explores themes such as new beginnings, responsibility, loneliness and love.
Book 1: SUMMER AT VILLA HILDA
Far out in the Stockholm archipelago lies the island of Halsterö. Journalist Thomas and former celebrity chef Louise travel there to work at the Villa Hilda guesthouse. They are both broken after many setbacks and are hoping for a fresh start. But setting up a summer paradise is not as easy as one might think, not even on the idyllic Halsterö island.
“I could literally feel the sun, smell the delicious food, and now I’m longing to try the perfect cinnamon buns that Louise bakes for her guests. The writing is so warm and beautiful that it feels as if you’ve been there yourself – a book like a perfect summer vacation.”
– Heide Kloth, publisher, Aufbau Verlage, Germany
Rights sold for Villa Hilda series:
FINLAND: Schildts & Söderströms (orig. Finland-Swedish and Finnish)
SWEDEN: Schildts & Söderströms (3 books)
DENMARK: Lindhardt og Ringhof (3 books)
ESTONIA: OÜ Hea Lugu (1 book)
GERMANY: Aufbau Verlage (3 books)
HUNGARY: Athenaeum Kiadó (1 book)
NETHERLANDS: Singel Uitgeverijen (3 books)
NORWAY: H. Aschehoug & Co (3 books)
FILM & TV: Good Hand Production
Oikukkaiden romantikkojen piiri:
KARAMELLIKATASTROFI
Tammi, April 2026, 300 pp.
HATTARADILEMMA
Tammi, February 2025, 336 pp.
Reading material:
English sample (book 1), English chapter-by-chapter synopsis for book 1 and English synopsis for book 2
Finnish PDFs (book 1)
Caramel Catastrophy
Quirky Romantics series
Ulla Onerva
The romantic rebellion intensifies! A sparkling and warmly touching rainbow novel about Melli, who unwittingly gets caught up in the whirlwind of romance.
✓ A new, fresh feel-good series about romance and literature continues
✓ Inspired by the timeless classics from Jane Austen, and Charlotte and Emily Brontë
✓ For the fans of Emily Henry, Holly Bourne, Ali Hazelwood, and Alice Oseman
Melli, who loves dark stories, defends romantic literature in the Club of Quirky Romantics founded by her friend Emma, even though she has decided to stay away from relationship messes. However, emotions do not listen to reason when Melli experiences an ever deeper connection with her secret online friend Vita, who has been her support during difficult times. The final year of high school is also disrupted by the arrival of the quick-witted Bea, who joins the Quirky Romantics and turns Melli’s head. To her horror, Melli realizes that disaster is inevitable.
Caramel Catastrophy is the second part of Ulla Onerva’s witty entertainment trilogy, the first part of which, The Cotton Candy Dilemma, was received with enthusiasm. The Quirky Romantics insightfully connects the romantic classics of Jane Austen and Charlotte and Emily Brontë to the present day and is perfect for anyone who refuses to hide their love of romantic books!
Book 1: COTTON CANDY DILEMMA
A witty feel-good novel about Emman, named after Jane Austen’s heroine, who defends romantic literature but is drawn to an insufferable hater of romance.
Emma’s first love has left her at the school dance and her feelings for her ex-boyfriend have not completely faded by the start of senior year. Instead of pining, Emma immerses herself in romance books, even though the rest of the world seems to despise her favourite genre.
“Cotton Candy Dilemma is a charming debut novel that exudes the vibes of western YA and represents one of the most popular tropes of romantic literature (enemies to lovers) while tenderly laughing at the clichés of love stories. I was delighted by the intertextuality of the book: right on the first page there is a reference to Pride and Prejudice, and Emma’s name comes from a Jane Austen book. I also sensed the series Never Have I Ever in the mood of Cotton Candy Dilemma and a kindred spirit to the wonderful book Better Than the Movies. [–] Emma’s unconditionality as a conscious feminist and the stumbles that it causes in her group of friends were also interesting. Congratulations to Ulla Onerva on a great debut novel!”
– Lue meille äitikulta book blog, about book 1, Cotton Candy Dilemma
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
UKRAINE: Publishing House “Ranok” Limited (book 1)
New in Humor
Aava-sarja:
NAINEN, 35
Otava, March 2023, 403 pp.
WIFE MATERIAL
Otava, April 2025, 345 pp.
Reading material:
Full English draft translation and English synopsis
Finnish edition
Aava series
✓ Fans of Sex and the City and Bridget Jones will devour this fresh, fearless take on modern womanhood
✓ A Heroine you’ll love (and laugh with)
✓ A Bold reinvention of chick lit
✓ Sharp Satire on Love and Petty Crimes
✓ When happily ever after needs a rescue plan
Book 1: WOMAN, 35
A wickedly funny and unsettling entertainment novel about the media world and the backstage of clickbait journalism
Aava is a journalist in a glossy magazine living an easy life, wrapped in beautiful things – it ticks all the boxes of normality. But her hard-won privileges vanish the moment a colleague—too young, too competent, and unbearably chic—walks into the editorial office. In a single day, her work identity and relationship status flip upside down. She gets fired on the same day and her boyfriend leaves her. Suddenly, Aava doesn’t even know what she wants.
This debut novel by an experienced journalist asks what it feels like to drift through an age when a woman’s indecision is frowned upon. And what is it like to be a 35-year-old woman in the hell of love and working life? Spoiler: pretty awful.
Book 2: WIFE MATERIAL
Three break-ups. One wedding. A mischievously entertaining novel about good intentions and shamelessly bad decisions.
“I do,” says Aava—but does she say it more to the perfect Vivienne Westwood wedding gown and the jeweler’s authentic Diana ring replica than to her future groom? The romantic dream wedding is planned down to the last cent. All that’s needed now is a little help from friends, criminals, an ex, and a parrot. What could possibly go wrong?
A wedding weekend that spirals into breakups and police calls ends up being so moving it even makes the bank advisor sigh with emotion.
Wife Material is a hilarious and sharp look behind the scenes of relationships—and, of course, of love.
“A coming-of-age story brimming with verbal and situational humor, following a woman through the twists and turns of love and working life. Chick lit elements updated for the present day, perfectly on point. Combine Carrie, Bridget, and Lotta, and you get Aava—a fresh novel that challenges the traditional framework of chick lit.”
– Kaleva Newspaper on Woman, 35
“The Finnish Bridget Jones.”
– Ville Blåfield, The Programme Director of Helsinki Book Fair on Woman, 35
“Wildly funny” truly describes this book perfectly — Aava has a lot in common with Carrie Bradshaw, so fans of Sex and the City, this one’s for you!”
– @sanastatoiseen on Instagram on Woman, 35
“Authentic chick lit is on offer here—or rather, Lennes throws the genre’s classics into a blender with today’s Instagram-fueled consumer culture. A fluid style and plots that tip into the absurd turn the mix into a playful satire.”
– Helsingin Sanomat newspaper on Wife Material
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
HIGHLIGHTS
Literary Fiction
LUMENLAULAJA
Teos, August 2025, 320 pp.
Reading material:
Full English edition and synopsis
Finnish edition
Snowsinger
The enchanting origin story of Louhi, the witch queen of Pohjola from the Finnish national epic Kalevala
✓ Nominated for the prestigious Runeberg Literary Prize!
✓ For readers interested in folklore and fantasy
✓ Emmi Itäranta’s award-winning debut novel Memory of Water (2012) is a classic and an international hit: published in 28 territories!
✓ Itäranta has been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the Golden Tentacle Award! Included on the Honor List of the Otherwise Award (formerly James Tiptree, Jr. Award)!
✓ Emmi Itäranta’s writing has been compared to that of Ursula K. Le Guin!
Award-winning author Emmi Itäranta’s latest novel Snowsinger takes the readers to a mythological past, a world of magic and shapeshifting. Harmony and respect reign between humans, nature, and animals. Until the idyll is broken and the lust for power, the desire for revenge, and greed arise.
Lauha is living her childhood in Pohjola where strong women rule, each of them with their spell-shape, or animal form. When Lauha is nine, a foreign tribe attacks Pohjola and kills most of her family, while Lauha flees with her mother and two younger sisters. After many hardships, Lauha ends up in the safety of a women’s forest community known as Metsänpeitto, where she lives silently for years.
After a tragic incident, Lauha decides to have revenge on the conquerors of Pohjola and reclaim her home. Defending Pohjola and keeping her family safe shapes Lauha into Louhi, a woman feared by many. The painful memories of her escape drive Louhi to choices that have fateful consequences to the people of Pohjola and to Louhi herself.
“The power of storytelling is, in any case, one of the novel’s themes.
Lumenlaulaja is a work that strikes an emotional chord, immersing the reader in a world drawn from Finnish national mythology. The life stories of its characters are carefully crafted. The details of nature are depicted enchantingly, and the narration flows effortlessly. This rich whole shines and sparks like the forge of a smith hammering a patterned blade.”
– Toni Jerrmann, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Teos (orig.)
ESTONIA: Argo
HUOMENNA KERRON KAIKEN
Gummerus, June 2025, 348 pp.
Reading material:
English sample and synopsis
Finnish edition
Tomorrow I’ll Tell You Everything
Passion shakes the very foundations of existence in Juha Itkonen’s new novel
✓ Latest novel by one of the most renowned and acclaimed Finnish authors of his generation
✓ Over 10,000 copies sold in Finland!
✓ A bittersweet love story in the spirit of classics such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Milan Kundera, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ford Madox Ford
✓ Instant bestseller – first print run sold out in days!
✓ For readers of Sally Rooney and Jonathan Franzen
Marja walks into Lasse’s secondhand bookstore on a cold and clear winter day. It’s an opportune moment for them both. Their romance long ago serves as the spark for a passionate relationship in which two hungry souls find their perfect match, and Lasse and Marja share everything with each other, their thoughts as well as their bodies.
Marja is estranged from her husband, an executive at Nokia, and is coming into her own in middle age. Lasse, who has always lived alone, understands the opportunity he’s been given: the unbearable lightness of love is within his reach, and yet something holds him back. Years later, Lasse returns to this turning point in his life. What happened and why?
Tomorrow I’ll Tell You Everything is a charged and elegant story that makes the readers ponder the greatest choices in life.
“When I first read Juha Itkonen’s novel Tomorrow I’ll Tell Everything, I was immediately mesmerized by its unique narrative voice – a voice that carries the layers of a long life, of all that was and all that could have been. This voice leads us into a sweeping story about love, passion, regret and the big choices in life. Itkonen’s elegant and emotionally charged psychological novel is the crowning achievement of his distinguished career so far, and it is a tremendous privilege to publish it.”
– Aleksi Pöyry, Publisher, Gummerus
“Itkonen offers his readers not only entertainment, messy relationships and surprising plot twists, but the narrator cuts himself mercilessly [–] it is insightfully exploring the “wonderful bundle of qualities” called human beings. I began to wonder about these traits in myself as I was reading and continued to do so for a long time afterwards. Therefore, I have to say that Juha Itkonen, in his fifties, has written an intense and wise psychological novel.”
– Helena Ruuska, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Gummerus (orig.)
GERMANY: Karl Rauch Verlag
POHJAKOSKETUS
Into, August 2019, 300 pp.
Reading material:
English sample and synopsis
Finnish edition
Rock Bottom
Nina Honkanen
A woman, a summer cottage in the winter, and a body of a man
The TV-series has been sold to the Nordic countries and Benlux countries, with negotiations in Greece, France and the UK
✓ A relationship hell and a survival kit with a touch of black humour
✓ For readers of Liane Moriarty, writer of Big Little Lies and Émile Zola
✓ The TV-series L/OVER inspired by Rock Bottom with international distribution in 2026 and with world premiere at Canneserie 2025 in main competition! Finnish premiere in January 2026 to 5-star reviews!
✓ The TV-series has been sold to 14 territories and counting!
They have had a long life together – a life you would not wish on anyone. Or is it reasonable that your spouse manipulates the whole family with his outbursts, decides what you wear, controls your every smile and every sentence and may start shouting in the middle of the street, no matter whether your child is still in the womb or already asleep in the pram?
It was wonderful in the beginning, but the last twelve years have been something else. The fundamentals are there. The man is a successful and respected writer. The woman is a hard-working photographer – or at least she used to be before she met him. Now she focuses on keeping herself together, the everyday life of the family on track and the children safe from the past. Something should also be done about the body of the man, already turning cold.
Nina Honkanen’s third novel moves between the past and the present. It portrays a hellish relationship, but is also a survival story infused with exuberance and black humour. The novel shakes readers to their core, but is also comforting and encouraging.
It is never too late to stop being careful – even if the ice might break at times. Nina Honkanen has written five novels, three non-fiction books, plays for theatre and radio, documentaries, columns and TV series. Now she is writing her sixth novel Heritage, Scent of Bakhoor movie and a play based on her book My Love, Vladimir.
“Rock Bottom was merciless, distressing and addictive, but certainly also gentle and how would you put it – humane. The novel reminded me of how hard it is to break away from your acquired habits, try to remember who you ultimately are and learn to like yourself as well. After devouring the novel I felt somehow astonished, because the reading experience was so intense – thank you!”
– Paula Jokimies, Yle Radio Suomi
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Into (orig.)
JOUTSENLAULU
Otava, September 2025, 400 pp.
Reading material:
English sample and synopsis
Finnish edition
Swan Song
Johanna Sinisalo
The internationally acclaimed author’s masterpiece about the relationships between species and the limits of our senses in a world of hidden secrets
✓ New title from the highly acclaimed international superstar of Finnish speculative fiction
✓ Finlandia Winner and author of ten novels, translated in over 20 languages
✓ Sinisalo’s book TROLL, an international bestseller with rights sold to 19 territories and with a film adaptation in development, was the Winner of the Finlandia Prize of 2000 and Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award of 2004!
✓ Johanna Sinisalo has won the Prometheus Award of 2017 and been nominated for the Nebula Award of 2008, the Prix Escapades of 2012, and the Grand Prix de L’Imaginaire of 2017!
Our near future is different than what we would have expected. When multibillionaires do what they want with their money, the world is changing.
Jane, born in Finland, lives in the United States of America and remotely rescues people from fires and avalanches. When she ends up with a dull-sounding scientific task and is introduced to an AI monitoring birds, she is caught up in an adventure that changes her life and, perhaps, the entire world.
Swan Song is a masterful story about language, consciousness, and how we choose not to see when our own interests and nature are pitted against each other.
“The novel unfolds pulsatingly, piece by piece. — Sinisalo playfully tightens the bolts on the simulation spirals spun by The Matrix and The Truman Show, teasing out a cascade of clever and captivating ideas. Through this, she begins to define her own position within the literary landscape. Her work resonates with authors like Ursula Le Guin and Kurt Vonnegut, as well as contemporary Finnish writers such as Tiina Raevaara, Laura Gustafsson and Anni Kytömäki. [–] Johanna Sinisalo’s Swan Song is a passionate and beautiful deep dive into the life that surrounds us. It’s a reminder of how much of communication is about the effort to listen and understand one another—regardless of species.”
– Arla Kanerva, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
Crime & Thrillers
Kide-sarja:
ALEC
Otava, August 2025, 361 pp.
Reading material:
Finnish Edition,
English sample + full English draft translation,
English synopsis
Crystal trilogy
Arttu Tuominen, Spiegel Bestselling Author
ALEC kicks off a new thriller trilogy from Arttu Tuominen, bestselling author of the River Delta series, taking the reader to the arctic fells of Lapland, deep into the world of crime, addictions, and the drug trade
✓ Arttu Tuominen is a Palle Rosenkrantz Prize-winner and a Spiegel Bestselling author!
✓ Shortlisted for the Glass Key Award 2021, a nominee for the BookBeat Finland’s Best Finnish Crime Author 2021–2023 and won the ‘Clue of the Year’ Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020
✓ His previous series, River Delta, sold over 230,000 copies in Finland and rights have been sold to 6 countries!
✓ 30,000 copies sold in Finland!
The destructive power of the criminal underworld meets vulnerable humanity in Arttu Tuominen’s new crime series the Crystal Trilogy!
Book 1: ALEC
During the economic recession of the 1990s, illegal businesses flow into Finland from across the eastern border. A drug war rages on Finnish soil, where human life has no value.
The quiet life of the village community in Lapland is shattered when more than a dozen partygoers are murdered at a remote farm. Fourteen-year-old Liina, who witnesses the massacre, is forced to grow up quickly as senseless violence invades her childhood world.
The photos that Liina took on the farm become highly sought after. Her father, Sami, a police officer, quickly realizes that the entire family is in grave danger. Sami and Liina must weigh the meaning of friendship and loyalty in a world ruled by money and greed.
Alec is an intense portrayal of people haunted by their own demons, struggling to survive in a world marked by ruthless crime where human life holds no value. It is also a story of friendship and trust – bonds strong enough to break through the walls built by fear.
Crystal Trilogy #2 (Otava, August 2026)
A novel about the destructive power of money and addiction. Gambling-addicted bank manager Juhani Roine ends up in massive debt to drug cartels. Liina’s sister Julia, a flight attendant, helps Juhani, and their fates become intertwined with shocking consequences in a Parisian suburb.
Crystal Trilogy #3 (Otava, August 2027)
A novel about the justification of revenge. At the center of the events is Liina Aho, who has a tragic past. Members of a notorious drug cartel are being murdered brutally in Helsinki, and Tommi Kivi, drowning in his own grief, believes he knows who is responsible and does everything he can to bring them to justice.
“…Arttu Tuominen is a world-class talent whose stories are gripping, characters psychologically rich, worlds vividly real, and prose powerful. It is both a joy and an honor for us at Otava to begin this collaboration and work to make his new series a major success in Finland.”
– Antti Kasper, Publishing Director at Otava
“Tuominen’s storytelling is cinematic, the plot moves at the speed of a snowmobile, and in the end, all the loose ends are beautifully tied together.”
– Mari Paalosalo-Jussinmäki, Eeva magazine
Rights sold for the Crystal trilogy:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
ESTONIA: Rahva Raamat (3 books)
FRANCE: La Martinière (3 books)
GERMANY: Bastei Lübbe (3 books)
NETHERLANDS: Uitgeverij De Fontein (3 books)
Milo-sarja:
MERKITTY
Tammi, September 2024, 400 pp.
PETETTY
Tammi, September 2025, 352 pp.
VARJELTU
Tammi, June 2026, 350 pp.
Reading material:
English sample + full English draft translation of books 1-2, series synopsis
German edition (book 1)
French edition (book 1)
Finnish editions
Milo series
Max Seeck, New York Times and Spiegel Bestselling Author
Razor sharp thrillers set in the world of espionage
✓ Max Seeck’s books have sold over 1 MILLION COPIES worldwide and 500,000 copies in Finland, rights have been sold to 41 territories and Hollywood! Finland’s Bestselling Crime Author!
✓The New York Times & Spiegel Bestselling Author Max Seeck has been included in Vogue’s list of the 19 best Nordic noir books of all time!
✓ Solar Films adapts Milo to an international TV series for global distribution, with production slated to commence in 2026 / 2027!
✓ Rights sold to 10 territories! Over 100,000 copies sold in Finland!
✓ Big in Japan! Max Seeck’s Milo #1: Checkmate will be published in Japan by Kodansha in 2026!
✓ Max Seeck won the prestigious Glass Key Award 2023 for The Last Grudge (Jessica Niemi #3)!
Book 1: CHECKMATE
The game has only just begun.
On a cold November evening, a body is discovered on the shore of Seurasaari. The victim’s skin is covered with a thick layer of white paint, and during the autopsy, a chess piece is found lodged in its throat.
The police are baffled. Why would the murderer go to such lengths to disguise the body? And why wasn’t there any attempt to hide it?
Milo Perho, an art gallery owner specializing in profiling killers, is called in to assist. What follows is a nerve-wracking game where every move costs a life, and no one wants it to end in checkmate.
Milo is the gripping debut of the Milo series by internationally acclaimed author Max Seeck. Even before its release, the book’s translation rights were sold to numerous countries, and a TV series adaptation is already in the works.
Book 2: BETRAYED
They know your every step.
When a breathtakingly beautiful woman sits opposite art gallery owner Milo Perho on a terrace in Helsinki, Milo has no way of anticipating where their meeting leads. Soon, the Helsinki police are dealing with several murders and Milo is being chased by someone for whom Milo’s past is no mystery. A pursuit ensues where the hunter can be anyone and finding a place where to hide is impossible.
Book 3: GUARDED
A suspicious suicide in Helsinki leads detective Minka Laine into a chilling investigation, where a mysterious sun pendant links multiple deaths. As Milo recovers and joins the case, he joins the hunt for a killer whose methods are as cryptic as they are cruel, and they uncover a dark web of psychological manipulation and a killer hiding in plain sight.
“We are very honored to introduce the highly popular Max Seeck from Finland to Japan. Nordic mysteries is one of the most popular genre of crime fictions among Japanese readers, and we are very much looking forward to their reactions!”
– Yutaro Ichikawa, Editor, Kodansha, Japan
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
ESTONIA: Pegasus (2 books)
FRANCE: Mera Editions (2 books)
GERMANY: Bastei Luebbe (2 books)
GREECE: Memento (3 books)
ITALY: Piemme (1 book)
JAPAN: Kodansha Ltd. (1 book)
LATVIA: Latvijas Mediji (2 books)
NORWAY: Aschehoug (3 books)
UKRAINE: Laboratory LLC (1 book)
RIGHTS FILM & TV: Solar Films
Jessica Niemi -sarja:
USKOLLINEN LUKIJA
Tammi, August 2019, 391 pp.
PAHAN VERKKO
Tammi, September 2020, 448 pp.
KAUNA
Tammi, September 2021, 431 pp.
LOUKKO
Tammi, September 2022, 358 pp.
Reading material:
English editions and synopsis
Jessica Niemi series
Max Seeck, New York Times and Spiegel Bestselling Author
Jessica Niemi series is being adapted into a English-language TV series by Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures
✓ A New York Times and Spiegel Bestselling series!
✓ International sensation! Sold to 40 countries and Hollywood!
✓ Max Seeck’s books have sold over 500,000 copies in Finland!
✓ Book #3 The Last Grudge won the Glass Key Award of 2023!
✓ Max Seeck’s books have sold over 1 MILLION COPIES worldwide
Book 1: THE WITCH HUNTER
Detective Jessica Niemi is called to investigate an unordinary murder case. The wife of a famous writer, Roger Koponen, seems to have been killed in a bizarre ritual. As more ritual murders occur, it becomes obvious that Jessica is after a serial killer. Has a fan gone mad?
Book 2: THE ICE COVEN
Detective Jessica Niemi and her team have a new mystery on the table: a young woman’s corpse has been found on an icy beach, and two famous Instagram influencers have gone missing at the same time. Jessica keeps having repeating nightmares about her mother.
Book 3: THE LAST GRUDGE
Prominent business executive Eliel Zetterborg is found murdered in his home in Helsinki. The company has announced drastic cutbacks and Zetterborg gained hundreds of enemies and death threats. Jessica suffers from a mental breakdown after her encounter with the witch coven…
Book 4: GHOST ISLAND
Jessica Niemi travels to a remote island in the Åland archipelago. Three elderly visitors – former refugees of World War II who lived in an orphanage on the island – arrive on the island. One of them is found dead and Jessica learns about two other deaths connected to the orphanage, Jessica can’t be sure if she’s facing a killer or— like a legend says—the ghost of Maija, a girl in a blue coat…
“The Witch Hunter, translated with icy precision by Kristian London, is written in short, sharp, present tense chapters, a technique which adds to its relentless tension. Flashbacks to earlier episodes in Jessica’s life suggest that the strangeness currently unfolding is tied to her personal history. Discovering the how and why of it brings a resolution as bleak as anything Poe might have conjured.”
– Wall Street Journal
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
ALBANIA: Muza
AZERBAIJAN: Alatoran
BULGARIA: EMAS
CROATIA: Fokus
CZECH REPUBLIC: Grada
DENMARK: Gutkind
ESTONIA: Pegasus
FRANCE: Michel Lafon
GERMANY: Bastei Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG
GREECE: Livanis
HUNGARY: Animus
ICELAND: Forlagid
ISRAEL: Tchelet Books/ Steimatzky
ITALY: Edizioni Piemme S.p.a
LATVIA: Latvijas Mediji
LITHUANIA: Baltos lankos
NETHERLANDS & BELGIUM: A.W. Bruna
NORTHERN MACEDONIA: MATICA MAKEDONSKA dooel
NORWAY: Aschehoug
POLAND: Sonia Draga
PORTUGAL: Bertrand Editora Lda
ROMANIA: GRUP MEDIA LITERA
RUSSIA: AST Publishers
SERBIA: Vulkan
SLOVAKIA: Motyl
SLOVENIA: Didakta
SOUTH KOREA: Cheongmirae
SPAIN & LATIN AMERICA: Maeva Ediciones
SWEDEN: Albert Bonniers Förlag
TURKEY: Doğan Kitap
UK: Welbeck Publishing
UKRAINE: Family Leisure Club
USA & CANADA: Berkley / Penguin Random House
WORLD ARABIC: Arab Scientific Publishers, Inc.
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Stampede Ventures
Rebekka Nummi -sarja:
HUIJARI
Into, May 2025, 230 pp.
Reading material:
English sample + full English draft translation and synopsis
Finnish edition
Impostor
Rebekka Nummi series
Tatiana Elf
This twisted psychological thriller follows Rebekka, a young and attractive sociopath, who can charm anyone… and destroy them just as easily
✓ What happens when a highly skilled con artist picks the wrong mark?
✓ For the fans of Gillian Flynn, Emilie Schepp, Luke Jennings (Killing Eve), Jeff Lindsay (Dexter)
✓ Impostor is the first book in the Rebekka Nummi series
✓ Tatiana Elf has been the head writer and creator of various popular crime drama series
Rebekka Nummi is a confident, curious, and completely fearless young woman. She has an exceptional superpower: she is a high-functioning sociopath. Rebekka hasn’t killed anyone, but she can break into her friend’s house or steal a car without feeling any guilt or shame. To tame her impulses, Rebekka goes to therapy. It has worked surprisingly well and she hasn’t done anything terribly bad. Yet.
Then Rebekka meets Alex. The man evokes warm feelings in Rebekka, feelings that she hadn’t even considered to be possible to feel. Alex is intelligent, funny, and, best of all, she doesn’t fear Rebekka.
But can a manipulative and unpredictable sociopath create a genuine connection to another person? Can one control one’s violent impulses? And what happens when Alex is revealed to have a secret that changes everything and forces Rebekka to cross a threshold from which there is no going back.
Rebekka is both charming and terrifying. The twists of the book leave no breathing space before the final page and make one thirst for more.
“An exceptional main character creates tension and opportunities. Elf seizes them beautifully. In addition to unusual characters, Elf’s story has good plot twists. […] It’s great that the author boldly does something new.”
– Asta Tenhunen, Keskisuomalainen newspaper
“The work is based on skillfully arranged unexpected twists. That is, even by crime novel standards, particularly unexpected and surprising ones. Describing the plot further would spoil the reading experience, and with Huijari, there is plenty of enjoyment.”
– Kai Hirvasnoro, Kirjoja hyllystäni book blog
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Into (orig.)
Eevi Manner -sarja:
KOSTO
Otava, May 2023, 298 pp.
YKSIN
Otava, May 2024, 300 pp.
VALHE
Otava, April 2025, 302 pp.
PIMEÄN HETKET
Otava, November 2025, 285 pp.
Reading material:
Full English translation (books 1-3)
English synopsis (books 1-3)
Finnish PDFs
Series presentation
The Kristinestad Murders series
The peace of the idyllic seaside town Kristinestad is broken in the first installment of an addictive new crime series.
Nordic Noir with heart – and consequences.
✓ Swedish and German editions published! Full English translation available!
✓ 7-book deal to Denmark!
✓ For fans of Viveca Sten’s The Sandhamn Murders, Camilla Läckberg, Mari Jungstedt and Åsa Larsson!
✓ Crimance at its best: where crime fiction meets emotional intelligence all set against the haunting beauty of Finland’s west coast. Suspenseful, raw, and unforgettable.
✓ Bestselling series – over 120,000 copies sold in Finland, nominated for BookBeat’s Newcomer Of The Year Award 2023!
Book 1: REVENGE
The body of a young man is discovered in the sea, and the criminal investigator Mats Bergholm is responsible for the case. At the same time, journalist Eevi Manner is sent to dig out a scoop of the event for the local newspaper. Both are surprised to find each other on the grim beach: the two have a past together – a past which they now need to set aside to solve the case.
Book 2: ALONE
An elderly woman is found dead in Kristinestad, malnourished, dirty, and abused. She’s wearing the socks of the local nursing home, but the people there don’t recognise her. No one knows who she is.
Mats, the local police officer, starts investigating the case with his team, but establishing the identity of the murder victim proves tricky. Mats also has issues in his personal life, and same goes for the journalist Eevi, who struggles to get pregnant. While Eevi uncovers harsh truths about the treatment of the elderly in Kristinestad, Mats and his team find another abused woman fighting for her life. Just as everything is heating up, Mats discovers a personal connection to the case he never saw coming.
Book 3: LIES
An idyllic summer evening in Kristinestad takes a chilling turn when a pool of blood is found on the steps of the Church of Ulrika Eleonora. Inspector Mats Bergholm interrupts his Midsummer celebrations to investigate the case and escape his distressing family situation.
Journalist Eevi Manner is adjusting to a new phase of life and being home from work, but can’t resist getting involved in the mystery that has gripped the town. At the same time, she worries about her new friend whose relationship is going sour.
Eevi and Mats cross paths again as the past is closing in with fatal consequences.
Prequel: MOMENTS OF DARKNESS
Moments of Darkness, set during Eevi Manner’s teenage years, is impossible to put down.
November 2001. Tuned-up cars pull into the driveway of a suburban home, where a notorious house party is underway. Among the guests is Eevi Manner—shy, yet hungry for life. At the party she meets Mats, a Swedish-speaking Finnish boy with whom she instantly clicks. But the night takes a tragic turn when one of the guests disappears without a trace.
During the bleakest weeks of winter, the connection between Eevi and Mats deepens into first love, while rumors swirl around the missing person case. For many, protecting their own—or someone else’s—reputation matters more than helping the police uncover what happened to the vanished partygoer.
“We are so excited to present and publish the Kristinestad series in Denmark. It’s a gripping small-town mystery series, where everyone knows each other and secrets run deep beneath the idyllic surface. The main characters – the journalist Eevi Manner and the police officer Mats Bergholm – are relatable and well written and you really want to follow them throughout the series, both personally and professionally. This is a sort of crime series that Danish readers love.”
– Mette Bentholm the Commissioning Editor from Gyldendal Astra
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.), Förlaget (Finnish-Swedish)
DENMARK: Gyldendal Astra (7 books)
GERMANY: Aufbau Verlagsgruppe (2 books)
SWEDEN: Förlaget
Saana Havas -sarja:
KUN KUNINGAS KUOLEE
Otava, April 2020, 495 pp.
KUN JÄLJET KATOAVAT
Otava, May 2021, 248 pp.
ENNEN KUIN TULEE PIMEÄÄ
Otava, September 2022, 416 pp.
KUINKA KUOLEMA KOHDATAAN
Otava, April 2024, 379 pp.
KUKA PIMEÄSSÄ KULKEE
Otava, June 2025, 384 pp.
Reading material:
200 pp. English sample + full English draft translation (book 1)
German PDF (book 1 & 3)
Italian PDF (books 1-2)
English sample (books 2-3) and synopsis
media portfolio
Finnish PDFs
Saana Havas series
✓ Elina Backman is one of Finland’s bestselling fiction authors!
✓ English-language TV series in development – rights sold in 17 territories
✓ Elina Backman’s books have sold over 190,000 copies in Finland!
✓ Tana French meets Jo Nesbo
Elina Backman’s Saana Havas series has charmed readers in Finland and abroad, selling to 17 territories. The main character of the series, Saana Havas, is a Finnish journalist who ends up solving crime cases and setting up true crime podcasts based on her cases. Backman’s debut, All the King’s Men, immediately prompted the press to call her a new star in the crime scene, and the atmospheric and elegant sequels have continued to captivate readers. The series has been compared to Tana French meeting Jo Nesbø and all books in the series have been bestsellers.
Book 1: ALL THE KING’S MEN
Saana Havas is a strong female character who is a journalist in Finland solving crime cases, setting up true crime podcasts and more. Saana has been fired from her job as a click-bait journalist, so she decides to spend a summer with her aunt in a small town named Hartola. It sounds like a perfect opportunity to take it easy and recover. But when Saana begins to dig into a case of a teenage girl who died 30 years earlier, the peace of the small town is shaken.
Book 2: STILL WATERS RUN DEEP
Three young men are making a documentary film about a mystical hermit, living in the Isle of Sheep in Helsinki. First, one of them disappears, then another one. When one of them is found dead in the nearby nature reserve, the police becmes involved.
Book 3: BEFORE THE POLAR NIGHT FALLS
A woman working for a law firm approaches Saana Havas to help with the mystery of her sister’s death. Her sister was found dead in a swamp near the Angeli village in Northern Lapland in 1998, and the murderer has never been caught. The police have given up on the case, no witnesses were ever found in the area of Lapland that covers hundreds of kilometers.
Book 4: HOW TO FACE DEATH
Saana Havas is spending midsummer with her Aunt Inkeri in Kaunissaari, Kotka, renovating her aunt’s friend’s villa and getting to know the mysterious neighborhood. When the midsummer celebrations end fatally, the dark history of the island begins to unravel.
Book 5: WHO WANDERS IN THE DARK
The shared summer holiday of journalist Saana Havas and crime investigator Jan Leino is interrupted when the body of a 40-year-old man is found in the Katri Vala park in Helsinki. Next to the body is a letter addressed to Jani. When another body with another note is found in the Sofianlehto park, Jani is forced to confront his past mistakes.
“The author manages to tell a well-woven, modern and varied story. The flashbacks to 1989, in particular, give the book depth and rhythm. The characters are worked out wonderfully and they are all Finnish weird in their own sympathetic way. As with any good read, you don’t want to put the book down at the end [—]. Looking forward to more…”
– E.Fischer on lovelybook.de
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
CZECH REPUBLIC: Grada
DENMARK: Gyldendal
ESTONIA: Varrak Publishers
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Aurora Studios
FRANCE: HarperCollins France
GERMANY: Piper
HUNGARY: Maxim
ITALY: Newton Compton
LITHUANIA: BALTO
NETHERLANDS: Cargo
NORWAY: Cappelen Damm
POLAND: Czarna Owca
ROMANIA: Lebada Neagra
RUSSIA: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber
SLOVAKIA: Arkus Vydavatelstvo
SWEDEN: Bokfabriken
Takamailla-sarja:
SAARI JOKA REPESI
Bazar, February 2024, 400 pp.
SUO JOKA UPPOSI
Bazar, November 2024, 320 pp.
TUNTURI JOKA ULVOI
Bazar, June 2025, 320 pp.
JÄRVI JOKA MURTUI
Bazar, November 2025, 288 pp.
Reading material:
English sample book 1, English translation books 2-3
English synopsis (books 1-3)
German sample (book #2)
Series presentation
Finnish editions (books 1-4), Series presentation
Outback series
Each part is a unique story with its own set of characters, creating a series of thriller-like visits to the ends of long dirt roads, unleashing the Finnish mental landscape at its most naked and exotic!
✓ The Outback Series has sold more than 50,000 copies in Finland so far!
✓ An alternative to police procedurals – crimes as seen from the perspective of local people caught up in them
✓ The Outback Series has been compared to the TV series Fargo and the author has been hailed as the Finnish Jens Lapidus! Keskitalo also has been compared to Antti Tuomainen
✓ All books are standalones and can be read in any order
In THE OUTBACK SERIES, local communities in different parts of Finland solve crimes with their own strength and questionable means. Each book is an independent story with its own unique characters.
Book 1: THE ISLAND TORN APART
Korppoo: a place where many have died.
Book 2: THE SWAMP THAT SANK
Revonlahti, the final break from life.
Book 3: HOWL OF THE ARCTIC FELL
Muonio, a place where to live and a place where to die.
Book 4: THE LAKE THAT CRACKED
A story about the seven signs of evil, a few rolls of plastic, and a newt who has made a forest in Southern Karelia its territory.
“Keskitalo does completely his own thing. He is the most original of [Finland’s] thriller authors and now also shows that he is the most adaptable. [—] the slow but inevitable tightening of the screw in terms of suspense keeps one hooked till the very end.”
– Kai Hirvasnoro in Kansan Uutiset newspaper
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Bazar (orig.)
Terapiassa-sarja:
TERAPIASSA
WSOY, March 2021, 407 pp.
HENGISSÄ
WSOY, December 2023, 272 pp.
POISSA
WSOY, May 2025, 254 pp.
Reading material:
English edition (book 1)
English unedited MS (book 2)
German edition (books 1-2)
Italian edition (book 1)
English synopsis
Finnish PDF
Follow the Butterfly series
Can she cure a killer? An addictive psychological thriller in the spirit of Gillian Flynn!
✓ An international bestseller sold in 16 territories!
✓ Italian bestseller, sold over 20,000 copies!
✓ A Spiegel bestseller in Germany with close to 30,000 copies sold!
✓ Film & TV adaptation in development by Legendary Tobis!
✓ Published by Pushkin Press in the UK and US to starred reviews!
✓ Nominated for the Glass Key Award of 2024 and the Viktor Crime Award of 2024!
Book 1: FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY
Ira, 20, a serial killer who was abducted as a child, starts therapy with celebrity therapist Clarissa. Only one of them knows that they share a mutual secret from the past. Will the other one realize it before she gets murdered?
Clarissa is a middle-aged psychotherapist, the best in her field. She is familiar to everyone from her TV appearances and from glossy magazines. For her, every patient is a princess. And someone only she can save. Or can she? Clarissa already has one suicide to answer for; a teenage boy’s death never seizes to haunt her.
When Ira becomes Clarissa’s patient, a cat-and-mouse game begins in which rules are followed by no one. The kind of game that never ends well.
Book 2: MEET ME IN THE DARKNESS
Four years have passed since the events of Follow the Butterfly. Ira and Arto have teamed up, and both work as crime journalists for the Helsinki Today. Everything’s going nicely, until Ira starts suspecting there’s a serial killer on the loose in Helsinki.
The murders are investigated by Senior Crime Inspector Kerttu Leppänen, who leads the murder unit and eagerly waits for retirement. Unsolved cases haunt Kerttu, who is unable to forgive herself.
The past catches up with all of them – if they were ever free from its clutches in the first place…
Book 3: FREE
The year is 1995. Detective Chief Inspector Kerttu Leppänen and her husband Inspector Esko Koivuvyö are investigating the murder of a middle-aged woman. However, a mystery at the murder scene confounds the investigation: a bloody knife is lying on a pillow next to the body, even though it cannot possibly be the murder weapon.
Thirty years later, Ira wants to know the truth about her parents’ marriage. Why was her mother Marja afraid of her father Arto? And why does Arto refuse to answer Ira’s questions?
In different decades, Kerttu and Ira discover something very similar: if you unearth the truth, you must be prepared to face the consequences.
“FREE is one of the best crime novels of the spring, and the entire trilogy ranks among the finest ever written in Finland.”
– Taika Dahlbom in Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
Rights sold:
FINLAND: WSOY (orig.)
CROATIA: Znanje
CZECHIA: Albatros Media
DENMARK: Forlaget Falco
ESTONIA: Hea Lugu
GERMANY: Heyne
GREECE: Psichogios
HUNGARY: Partvonal Kiadó
ICELAND: Storytel (audio & e-book)
ITALY: Longanesi
LATVIA: Jumava
LITHUANIA: Obuolys
NETHERLANDS: Xander Uitgevers
POLAND: Czarna Owca
WORLD ARABIC: Al Arabi
WORLD ENGLISH: Pushkin Press, Audible (audio)
FILM & TV: Legendary Tobis TV
Janne Peura -sarja:
PUNAINEN VERKKO
Gummerus, January 2025, 489 pp.
VIIIDES ARTIKLA
Gummerus, October 2025, 510 pp.
Reading material:
Full English draft translation (book 2)
English sample (book 1)
Finnish PDFs
Janne Peura series
For fans of espionage novels, thriller enthusiasts and those fascinated by today’s geopolitical tension and those who seek more than just action
✓ Aamos Honka’s work with Finnish intelligence agencies gives him insider access to the world of national security and foreign intelligence
✓ His first book, Crimson Web, has been a critical success and an instant bestseller with more than 20,000 copies sold!
✓ For readers of Tom Clancy, David Baldacci, Jeffrey Archer and John Le Carré
Book 1: CRIMSON WEB
Planes collide in London. Electricity and information networks are attacked in Finland. Janne Peura from military intelligence and Laura Vesterinen from the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service track down signs of foreign power operations. When Janne and Laura’s lines cross, they take on major roles in a high stakes international game.
Once you read the book, the news headlines will never look the same to you.
Book 2: ARTICLE 5
A strike team murders a banker in his castle on the Scottish moors. At the same time, hackers are close to breaching a bank’s security measures. A secret plan is afoot that threatens the European financial system.
In Finland, it has been noticed that Belarus is moving refugees and military equipment close to the border with Lithuania. Tiina Mäkelä, detective at the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service, is sent on a dangerous undercover assignment to find out what is going on.
Janne Peura has been assigned as a defence attaché in Washington, DC. The United States is on the brink of civil war and soon Janne finds himself in the middle of events that have a direct impact on the security of not only Finland, but the entire NATO alliance.
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Gummerus (orig.)
Romance, Feel-Good and Fantasy
Ikoset-sarja:
HELMISORMUS KIRJEKUORESSA
Bazar, January 2025, 444 pp.
PITSIHUNTUUN KUISKATTU
Bazar, August 2025, 448 pp.
Reading material:
English sample and synopsis
Finnish edition
The Yellow House Chronicles
A captivating two-timeline novel contrasting the fast-paced life of a modern social media influencer from New York with the quiet, traditional rhythms of a small town in North Karelia, Finland, woven together by a mysterious pearl ring connected to the Titanic
✓ First book in the Yellow House Chronicles romantic feelgood series with a Finnish cultural setting
✓ Bestseller – Pearl Ring, Enclosed has sold over 13,000 copies in Finland!
✓ Book three is being published in 2026!
✓ For the readers of Beth O’Leary, Mhairi McFarlane, Lucinda Riley, Jojo Moyes…
✓ Readers have praised the characters and their relationships as heart-warming
Book 1: PEARL RING, ENCLOSED
Two women, two choices, and a secret from a century ago. A fresh new Finnish romance series for fans of Lucinda Riley.
Mari Renko’s Pearl Ring, Enclosed is a delightful and charming novel that takes place in two different times, where the sparkling world of social media and boring everyday life come crashing together as a woman from New York sets out to trace the fascinating story of a ring that has been passed down in her family.
On the shore of Lake Pielinen in North-Eastern Finland stands a weathered yellow wooden house. The house is home to Henri Ikonen and his younger siblings, of whom he is taking care of. One day, Caroline Taylor steps onto the front yard of the house, wearing luxurious high heels and bringing with her an old letter and a pearl ring that she insists are related to the Ikonen family. Henri is not delighted to see this surprise guest, but this social media influencer and socialite turns Henri’s sawdust-smelling everyday life upside down. At the same time, Caroline’s own glamorous life in New York is in danger of slipping from her hands like an Instagram story.
In another time, in 1912, Anna has just married, left Nurmes behind, and steps onto the deck of the RMS Titanic with a singer’s career in her dreams. When Anna meets a handsome businessman on the ship, melodies of hope start sounding in her unruly heart.
Pearl Ring, Enclosed is an irresistible reading experience that takes the readers from the glittering Atlantic to the shores of rural Lake Pielinen in North Karelia. Each novel in this series focuses on the life and love of one of the Ikonen siblings.
Book 2: WHISPERS IN LACE
Two women of their own ways, same fragile dream
Mari Renko’s Whispers in Lace is a poignant novel that takes place in two different times and takes the readers to the familiar yellow wooden house on the shore of lake Pielinen, to the Ikonen family.
To everyone’s surprise, Kaarlo Ikonen, the prodigal son, has returned to Nurmes and signed up as a doctor at the local clinic. It quickly turns out that the bachelor has no plans to settle down. Kaarlo’s best friend Saana Lahtinen, who has lived next door to Kaarlo since they were children, has instead decided to turn a new page in her life and become a single mother. The fickle and inconstant doctor Ikonen suddenly feels that he is losing his friend. How will their relationship fare when Saana ends up asking the capricious Kaarlo for help?
In 1939, a nurse named Elsi, working in the Nurmes military hospital, finds out she is pregnant, and alone. A friend encourages her to get rid of her lovechild, but this is something Elsi is unable to do. Is she really left with only one option: finding a husband before anyone finds out her secret? As bombs rain down from the skies, Elsi whispers her frailest wish into a lace veil and squeezes it in the palm of her hand.
Whispers in Lace is an emotional story about women unto whose path time casts its shadow and dreams that, despite everything, pulse deep in one’s heart and make one question whether all is truly fair in love and war.
“If you also love books where someone moves to a small town, unexpectedly falls in love with the locals, and realizes the place feels like home, then this is your book! A really solid start to the series and I’m eagerly looking forward to the continuation!”
–Karo, Lohja, Suomalainen Kirjakauppa book store staff recommendation for Pearl Ring, Enclosed
“A smoothly progressing page-turner charms with its irresistibly lovable characters and crisp imagery, and those craving romance are treated to a cute love story.”
– Ulla Onerva, author of Cotton Candy Dilemma, Kotiliesi magazine, on Pearl Ring, Enclosed
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Bazar (orig.)
ESTONIA: Varrak (1 book)
NETHERLANDS: Park Uitgevers / Oceaan (2 books)
Moorna-sarja:
KAHDEN VEREN TYTÄR
Otava, August 2024, 509 pp.
MUSTAN TULEN LAULU
Otava, October 2025, 420 pp.
Reading material:
English sample and synopsis
Finnish edition
Moorna series
A debut enemies-to-lovers romantasy novel oozing with fae, demons, and hot romance
✓ Sold to Robert Laffont in France and Bonnier in Norway!
✓ Winner of the Best Book of the Year Award of 2024 by Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, the biggest bookstore chain in Finland!
✓ Chosen by the readers as one of the Top 100 Finnish books of the 21st century!
✓ For fans of Sarah J. Maas, Rebecca Yattos, Victoria Aveyard, and Jennifer L. Armentrout
✓ The second book in the Moorna romantasy series has even more chilies!
Book 1: DAUGHTER OF TWO BLOODS
Remena is a land where humans and fae coexist, seemingly on equal terms. The elves who control magic live in their own territory in Keto under the authority of an elven ruler, even though the royalty of Remena is human. Since the fierce demons were banished to Tuoni at the end of the demon wars fought a thousand years ago, Remena has lived in peace… but the stirrings of danger loom on the horizon.
Moorna is a 21-year-old half-breed whose life as an escort to the capital’s aristocracy is harrowing. She wants to pay off her escort debt as quickly as possible and return home with her friend Malkra to live a life free from discrimination. When Moorna accidentally stumbles upon the annoyingly handsome fae, Caidas, she is torn from all that is familiar and safe, and quickly learns that nothing is as it seems.
Finland’s first romantasy continues to dominate the bestseller charts while the author is currently working on the next books of the series.
Book 2: SONG OF BLACK FIRE
Moorna has gained her freedom – but at what cost? The second part of the celebrated Finnish romantasy trilogy grows hotter and entwines one in their demonic embrace.
Former escort Moorna and her travelling companion Caidas have ended up in Tuoni – demon territory. Nothing is well. Moorna’s magic that has just awoken has hurt her dear friend and Caidas’s sister Aiya has disappeared in the realm of Remena. Moorna’s feelings towards Caidas are unclear, even though he could offer her the comfort she yearns for.
The crisis is escalating in Remena as well. The power of the elves is waning and humans fear the return of the demons. Caidas must find Aiya soon, but sparks between him and Moorna occupy his thoughts.
“We are so proud and so happy to welcome the talented S. K. Rostedt in our Young Adult imprint, Collection R. We love everything about her wonderful series, and how she appropriates beautifully the codes of fantasy and romantasy. We are so excited to introduce the French version to the readers next year and we already know that they will fall in love with it!”
– Publisher Dorothy Aubert, Robert Laffont, France
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
FRANCE: Robert Laffont (1 book)
NORWAY: TNT / Bonnier Norsk Forlag (1 book)
Varjopäivä:
VARJOLIITTO
Tammi, October 2025, 300 pp.
Reading material:
English sample and synopsis
Finnish PDF
The Shadow Bride
The Shadow Day trilogy
Siri Kolu
Siri Kolu’s latest work is dark and emotional romantasy for all readers hungry for scheming!
✓ Dark romance ROMANTASY title from Siri Kolu, whose previous books have been translated to 22 languages
✓ She is the winner of 2010 Finlandia Junior Prize, Topelius Prize and has been awarded in the Netherlands with Silver Slate Pencil Award
✓ First book in the Shadow Day trilogy!
✓ For readers of Victoria Aveyeard, Renée Ahdied, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Kristin Cashore and fans of the romantic tension ofBridgerton
People whose shadows intersect each other on Shadow Day are proclaimed to be in a shadow marriage. A black ring stands as a symbol that the marriage can not be broken.
The life of Selja from Tar Block changes on Shadow Day. Her shadow intersects the shadows of both Senator Atticus and his son Laurion. Their shadow marriage is a triple marriage where scheming abounds. Father and son can’t stand each other and both have their own plans for the future of the capital, Aureus. Selja must choose whose version of the truth she believes. At the same time, she is carrying out her own secret task.
But what to do with old loves and your previous life that the shadow marriage has taken?
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
Hakoisten naiset:
HAKOISTEN ANNA
Tammi, April 2022, 384 pp.
VAPAAHERRATAR
Tammi, January 2021, 300 pp.
AMELIE
Tammi, August 2025, 357 pp.
Reading material:
English sample (book 1) and synopsis (all books)
Finnish PDFs
The Ladies of Haga Manor series
Life and love of the nobility in 18th century Finland!
✓The Ladies of Haga Manor is a series about historical women, detailing the fast changes in Finnish society and the life of the local nobility
✓ Sold close to 40,000 copies in Finland!
✓ Praised as high-quality, exceptional historical novels
Book 1: ANNA OF HAGA MANOR
Anna of Haga Manor is the masterful opening chapter of a new historical novel series, The Ladies of Haga Manor, which is based on thorough research on the lives and fates of real women who lived at the real Haga manor. The ambience of the past is expertly captured and the reader will want to savour every word.
Book 2: THE BARONESS OF HAGA MANOR
How long can love last?
It is the autumn of 1790. Helena von Burghausen, a freeholder, receives her husband Erik Leijonhufvud home from the war against Gustavus III. Her husband has changed, his joy and happiness are gone. When Erik buys Haga Manor from the conspicuous lands of Häme, Helena puts all her hopes in a new beginning. She craves love just as her son Axel and daughters Louise, Erica, Margaret and Hedda crave their father’s attention.
But there are already black clouds in the eastern sky: the Finnish war is coming and will soon spread its tentacles to every part of the country.
Book 3: AMELIE OF HAGA MANOR
Love doesn’t ask for permission.
It is the summer of 1856. Amelie can’t help falling deeply in love when she meets Hans Gustaf Boije af Gennäs, Baron of Haga Manor. Many consider Amelie as too modest for the heir of the estate, but the lovers are determined to have each other.
In Haga, the inexperienced bride faces the joys and responsibilities of marriage. Soon, the world around them changes as famine strikes and makes it clear that the fields alone cannot feed a nation. The estate’s new dairy school thrives, but Amelie’s own life is overshadowed by an illness creeping into the family, something about which one must be kept quiet. Is her dream of happiness still possible?
“Rosenberg has imagined their [the female characters of the trilogy] feelings and experiences into biofiction, fleshing out the past manor life and the documents left behind into vivid portrayals of human character, not without their rough edges.”
– Suvi Ahola, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
BACKLIST
Maria Turtschaninoff
✓ Winner of the Svenska YLE Literature Prize of 2022, the Thank You for the Book Award of 2023, the Young Aleksis Award of 2023, and the Eeva Joenpelto Literary Prize of 2024!
✓ Tangled Roots is a future classic – rights have been sold to 23 territories and counting! Fastest selling literary fiction title for Ahlback Agency!
✓ Czech edition of Tangled Roots won the 2025 Magnesia Litera Award in the Best Translated category!
✓ Tangled Roots is the first adult novel by internationally bestselling and award-winning YA author Maria Turtschaninoff, whose The Red Abbey Chronicles have been sold to more than 30 territories!
TANGLED ROOTS (2022)
Sirpa Kähkönen
✓ Winner of the Finlandia Prize of 2023! Nominated for the Runeberg Prize of 2024 and the Savonia Prize of 2023!
✓ For readers of Elizabeth Strout, Tove Ditlevsen, Moa Martinson, and Natalia Ginzburg!
✓ Sirpa Kähkönen has been nominated for the Nordic Council Literary Prize and five times for Finlandia Prize, is the two-time winner of the Savonia Prize and has received the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s grand prize!
36 URNS: A HISTORY OF BEING WRONG (2023)
THE GREEN CHAMBER (2021)
Laura Lindstedt
✓ Winner of the Finlandia Prize of 2015!
✓ Laura Lindstedt’s previous novel Oneiron won the Finlandia Prize of 2015 and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize of 2017
✓ International bestseller – Laura Lindstedt’s books have been translated into 18 languages!
SCISSORS (2007)
ONEIRON (2015)
MY FRIEND NATALIA (2019)
✓ Winner of the Best Book of 2014 Prize by the Grand Finnish Journalism Prize, the Young Aleksis Award 2015, the Thank You for the Book Medal of 2015, and the Giuseppe Acerbi Prize of 2023!
✓ Nominated for the Finlandia Prize and the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize! Shortlisted for the Europese Literatuurprijs of 2016!
✓ Rights sold to 22 territories!
WHERE FOUR ROADS MEET (2014)
THE LIGHT BEHIND THE EYES (2016)
THE GLASS RIVER (2018)
DEFIANCE (2020)
DARK MOONS (2022)
PINE BARK (2024)
✓ Riikka Pulkkinen is a shining star in Finnish literature, an award-winning and bestselling author with international publishers in 19 territories!
✓ World English rights to Riikka Pulkkinen’s novel The Enchantment sold to Scribe for publication in 2026! Full English manuscript available!
✓ The Enchantment was selected as one of the best books of 2022 by Suomen Kuvalehti magazine!
✓ True was nominated for the prestigious Finlandia Prize in 2010!
THE LIMIT (2006)
TRUE (2010)
THE ENCHANTMENT (2022)
OUR LAST GAME (2024)
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