Czech rights sold for WHEN THE KING DIES!

In the last 2 weeks the rights have been sold to Germany, Estonia, Sweden, Norway and Netherlands!

Today we are proud to announce that WHEN THE KING DIES has now been sold to Czech Republic! The happy publisher is Grada (Max Seeck, Camilla Läckberg, Yrsa Sigurdarđóttir etc publisher).

The rights are still available in the US, UK, France, Russia, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania etc

Click here to request the English sample, synopsis, and media package!

#1 WHEN THE KING DIES:
Kun kuningas kuolee,
Otava, May 2020, 495 pp.

Jan, a Helsinki-based police officer investigates a ritualistic murder taking place at Suomenlinna Sea Fortress. Meanwhile in idyllic countryside an ex-journalist Saana starts to dig up information of a girl who died in the 80’s in Hartola – in the only kingdom in Finland. Jan and Saana’s paths will cross – for more than one reason.

PRAISE:

“We are honored to introduce Elina Backman, the new rising star of Nordic crime, to the Czech readers. We believe that they will just love her debut and she will join the ranks of already established authors, because in one word ― her first work is just captivating! ”
– Tereza Macibobová, Head of translated fiction, Grada, Czech Republic

”A new star on the Nordic crime scene. With a real page-turner that keeps the readers on their toes until the end.”
– Henrik Lindvall, Publisher, Bokfabriken, Sweden

“We are simply delighted to have Elina Backman on our crime list!! Her debut Kun kuningas kuolee is smart, confident, exciting, elegant, entertaining and more!”
– Ida Cleve, Editor, Cappelen Damm, Norway

“Elina Backman is a very exciting addition to our crime list and we are very proud to be able to publish her. With the fantastic WHEN THE KING DIES and the plans for her second book already in development we have every confidence she is more than capable of becoming as popular as authors such as Jo Nesbø, Lars Kepler and Hjorth Rosenfeldt. Dutch and Flemish readers love high quality crime fiction from Scandinavia, and Elina Backman is one of the most exciting new voices we have recently come across.”
– Chris Kooi, Acquiring Editor, Cargo/De Bezige Bij, the Netherlands