The Italian rights to Martta Kaukonen’s bestselling thriller FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY acquired by Longanesi!

We are thrilled to tell that we’ve closed an Italian deal for Martta Kaukonen’s FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY! The rights to the Spiegel-bestselling thriller were acquired in a pre-empt by Longanesi, who praised the title saying:

“Clever, surprising, rich with both plot twists and emotional nouances. What more could you ask for from a great thriller? We were totally taken by the masterfully conducted shifts of point of view which leaves the reader guessing and questioning the moral compass of all the characters right to the end. What a fun and engaging read!”
– Giuseppe Strazzeri, Editorial Director Longanesi

Martta Kaukonen’s internationally bestselling psychological thriller FOLLOW THE BUTTERLY has been sold to 16 territories  Film & TV rights acquired by Legendary Tobis!
Heyne Verlag in Germany published THERAPIERT in February 2023 and it hit the Spiegel Bestseller list, has sold more than 24,000 copies, and has received multiple starred reviews! UK & US publisher Pushkin Press will launch FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY in March 2024. Book 2: RETURN OF THE BUTTERLY has been received in Finland with buzzing reviews!

Rights to this unique international bestseller are still available e.g. in France, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, etc.

English and German editions are available!

Follow the Butterfly

Martta Kaukonen

An addictive psychological thriller in the spirit of Gillian Flynn

• An international bestseller by author-journalist Martta Kaukonen, sold to 16 territories and TV rights to Legendary Tobis
• A critical success and bestseller in Finland!
• Savonia Prize nominee!
• A Spiegel bestseller in Germany!
• US & UK release in Spring 2024 by Pushkin Press!
• Full English text available!

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.