An unusual but fun rights deal is for Arttu Tuominen’s book 6 of the RIVER DELTA series: THE STAGER. While we’re used to TV and film, this time stage play rights were acquired by Pori Theatre! This deal was closed by Elina Ahlbäck.

As it happens, Pori Theatre is where the climax of the book takes place–and Pori is also the author’s hometown, making this extra fun for RIVER DELTA fans.

Read more about THE STAGER below:

Henning Mankell meets Stephen King.

A serial killer wants to be a director. You too can end up on stage. In Arttu Tuominen’s chilling detective story, the curtain is a guillotine.

A family – father, mother and primary school-age daughter – is watching TV together on a remote forest farm. The dog is lounging peacefully on the carpet at the family’s feet. What could be more idyllic? Except that they have all been killed and embalmed.

Soon another family is found, equally immortalized. Henrik Oksman, Jari Paloviita and Linda Toivonen of the Pori criminal police unit, under the leadership of Susanna Manner, quickly realize there’s a serial killer on the move who finds the presentation of the victims more important than the murders themselves.

The police will find out they too have roles written for them in this cruel play. Will everyone make it to the end of the show?

The RIVER DELTA Series has sold over 200,000 copies, and the best thing about it is that each book in the series can be read as standalones or out-of-order!

Rights still available in: France, Italy, Sweden…

Click here to access all reading materials for the RIVER DELTA series!

We are thrilled to announce that German rights for, THE STAGER, the sixth and final book in Arttu Tuominen’s bestselling and acclaimed River Delta series have been acquired by BASTEI LÜBBE. The deal was negotiated by Martti Berner. Congratulations, Arttu, and Bastei Lübbe!

Previously THE STAGER was acquired by Modtryk in Denmark and De Fontein in the Netherlands.

A serial killer wants to be a director. You too can end up on stage. In Arttu Tuominen’s chilling detective story, the curtain is a guillotine.

A family – father, mother and primary school-age daughter – is watching TV together on a remote forest farm. The dog is lounging peacefully on the carpet at the family’s feet. What could be more idyllic? Except that they have all been killed and embalmed. Soon another family is found, equally immortalized. The Pori criminal police unit quickly realize there’s a serial killer who finds the presentation of the victims more important than the murders themselves. 

Bastei Lübbe will publish the fourth book of the series, SHAMED, in late October.

THE STAGER was the bestselling domestic book in August. The book has also once again received high praise for the author, Arttu Tuominen:

The 300-page suspense novel progresses rapidly to its resolution played out at Pori Theatre. The memorable final scene is worth waiting for.
– Jari Olavi Hiltunen, Satakunnan Kansa

The Stager is a top-notch showcase by an experienced, yet anything-but-predictable writer, demonstrating that when you have the skill, you can do anything. The book’s tension builds moment by moment toward the anticipated final bang…
–Kai Hirvasnoro, Kansan Uutiset

We invite you to click here to download reading materials for THE STAGER, and the ‘River Delta’ series!

Rights still available in: France, Italy, Sweden…

We are thrilled to announce a new three-book deal for Arttu Tuominen’s RIVER DELTA series!
His Dutch publisher De Fontein has acquired books 4-6 (The Shamed, The Liberator, The Staged), thus completing the series! The deal was concluded by Anna Kappauf at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

The RIVER DELTA series by Arttu Tuominen has seen commercial success and garnered praise from readers and critics alike, both at home and abroad. Set in the city of Pori by the Gulf of Bothnia, a Finnish police unit has to solve crimes that force them to consider their own acts and values. The series has sold to 7 territories, and each book can be read as a standalone.

The series has risen to Spiegel Bestselling list in Germany and book #2, JEOPARDY, won the Palle Rosenkrantz Award 2022!

“They are fierce, these Finns, and this year, one of their best crime writers, Arttu Tuominen is awarded the Rosenkrantz Prize for Sendebuddet (Jeopardy) […] Tuominen’s writing is like moonshine when writing about brutally bitter souls.”
– Palle Rosenkrantz Prize jury statement

The rights to the RIVER DELTA series are still available in e.g. the US, the UK, Turkey, Norway…