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We are thrilled to announce the phenomenal success of Martta Kaukonen’s Follow the Butterfly (Therapiert, Heyne 2023) in Germany! The Spiegel bestseller has sold close to 30,000 copies and is now on its 4th print run. Congratulations to Martta Kaukonen and Heyne!
This milestone comes just in time for the highly anticipated release of the sequel, Traumatisiert (Meet Me in the Darkness), which hits shelves on March 12.
Sold to 16 territories, Martta Kaukonen’s international acclaim continues to grow. Earlier this month, Follow the Butterfly was published in Italy by Longanesi, accompanied by a feature interview with Martta Kaukonen in La Repubblica. In the interview, she delves into the feminist themes of her book, which focuses on strong female characters, the psychological toll of abuse, and a deliberate departure from conventional crime storytelling.
Rights are still available in the Netherlands, Sweden, France, World Spanish, Norway… Stay tuned as Martta Kaukonen continues to captivate readers in new languages!
Italian online magazine Zetatielle hailed the novel as a genre-defying masterpiece. Journalist Monica Col wrote:
“Kaukonen demonstrates an extraordinary mastery of language, using it like a scalpel to dissect human frailties. The writing is dense, evocative, full of metaphors and symbolisms that transform each scene into a small enigma to be deciphered. The descriptions are so vivid that they are almost tangible, but instead of offering certainties, they amplify the sense of bewilderment, making Butterfly more similar to a surrealist painting than to a conventional plot. — Butterfly is a hypnotic and disturbing journey, which requires the reader to abandon all expectations and be transported into a world where nothing is as it seems. Martta Kaukonen has created a work of art that challenges the conventions of the genre, proving that the thriller can be much more than a simple game of suspense.”
Click here to request reading materials for FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY and its sequels!
TERAPIASSA
WSOY, 2021, 471 pp.
Reading materials: Full English manuscript, German Edition
HENGISSÄ:
WSOY, 2023, 272 pp.
Reading materials: Full unedited English manuscript, Full unedited German manuscript
POISSA
WSOY, 2025, 300 pp.
Reading materials: English synopsis, Finnish manuscript (March 2025)
Rights sold:
FINLAND: WSOY (orig.)
CROATIA: Znanje
CZECHIA: Albatros Media
DENMARK: Forlaget Falco
ESTONIA: Hea Lugu
FILM & TV: Legendary Tobis TV
GERMANY: Heyne (2-book-deal)
GREECE: Psichogios (2-book-deal)
HUNGARY: Partvonal Kiadó (2-book-deal)
ICELAND: Storytel (3-book-deal)
LATVIA: Jumava
LITHUANIA: Obuolys
POLAND: Czarna Owca (2-book-deal)
UNITED KINGDOM: Pushkin Press (2-book-deal)
UNITED STATES: Pushkin Press (2-book-deal)
WORLD ARABIC: Al Arabi Publishing
WORLD ENGLISH (Audio): Audible
