The complex Chinese and Czech rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Bodyguard Trilogy have been sold when Lehtolainen’s Taiwanese publisher, Linking Publishing, bought the rights for publication starting in 2013 and Argo acquired the Czech rights for publication in 2013-14.
Both are three-book-deals including Leena Lehtolainen’s works The Bodyguard #1 (Henkivartija, Tammi 2009); The Lion of Justice #2 (Oikeuden jalopeura, Tammi 2011) and The Devil’s Cubs #3 (Paholaisen pennut, Tammi 2012).
The rights of The Bodyguard Trilogy are now sold to nine languages including World English, complex Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Russian and Spanish.
The film rights have been sold to Solar Films Inc.
The Bodyguard Trilogy is a roller coaster ride of a thriller about the multifaceted nature of human identity and its concealment. The main character, a New York trained Nordic goddess, bodyguard Hilja Ilveskero works for a Finnish client who is doing real estate business in Russia and gets killed in Moscow. Suddenly Hilja finds herself suspected of murder.
Recently Leena Lehtolainen met her enthusiastic fans on a promotional tour in Sweden, Norway and Turkey – as seen in the photo!
Please contact the Agency for reading materials!