Bulgarian rights sold for GHOST ISLAND by Max Seeck!

We are happy to announce that EMAS has acquired the Bulgarian rights to GHOST ISLAND, book #4 in the Jessica Niemi series by Max Seeck! The deal was closed by Sten-Erik Tammemäe.

Jessica Niemi series by the New York Times bestselling author Max Seeck is a true international phenomenon – the rights for the series have been sold to 41 territories and a TV series based on the titles is in development. Additionally, book #3 in the series, THE LAST GRUDGE, won the prestigious Glass Key Award in 2023.

In addition to the Jessica Niemi series, Max’s new crime series, focusing on the investigations of criminal profiler and art gallerist Milo Perho, has also gained traction, with rights sold to 7 territories and a TV series based on the first novel in pre-production.

We are also happy to remind you that the latest FILI translation grant application round is ongoing and will last until February 1st!
You can find more information here: Translation and printing grants for publishers outside Finland – FILI

Now is the perfect time to acquire the rights for this or any of the other amazing titles on our list!

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Ghost Island

Max Seeck

The fourth title in the NYT-bestselling Jessica Niemi series!

A month after solving the Zetterborg case, Jessica Niemi is ordered on paid leave after an altercation, and she decides to travel to a small island in the Åland archipelago to escape the attention and find some peace. Meanwhile, a group of old people arrive on the same island, and Jessica learns that they are the remaining members of the Doves, the people who had to flee from Finland to Sweden during World War II and ended up living in an orphanage on the very same island.

One evening, Jessica hears a local legend about a girl who also inhabited the orphanage once, but who was mentally ill. Every night at two o’clock, the girl put on her blue coat and went to stand on the pier, waiting for something that never showed up. One night she disappeared and was never found. That same night, one of the remaining Doves dies.

Jessica soon finds out that two other people have previously faced the same fate on the same island, and all three people seem to have something to do with the girl in the blue coat. A chain of events starts to escalate, and we don’t know whether we’re facing a killer or – just like the legend says – a ghost, the girl in the blue coat.

Jessica Niemi is once again facing a scary mystery where the stakes are considerable. Whilst battling her own demons, uncertain what is real and what is not, she needs to find out the truth.