WSOY 2022, 320pp

Der Spiegel bestseller
Domestic sales 240 000 copies!

Her sisters once disappeared without a trace. Now Hildur Rúnarsdóttir heads the missing children unit in the Westfjords, and her old trauma is catching up with her again.

Full English translation available!

WSOY 2023, 360pp

Der Spiegel bestseller
Domestic sales 190 000 copies!

During the investigation into the murder of a local powerful businessman, Detective Hildur Rúnarsdóttir and her Finnish partner Jakob Johanson, are faced with a difficult question:

Is it wise to uncover every secret?

Full English translation available!

WSOY 2023, 399pp

Der Spiegel bestseller
Domestic sales 160 000 copies!

Christmas is the cruelest of the holidays, especially for Jakob Johanson, who finds himself embroiled in a complex case that hits close to home.

WSOY 2024, 300pp

Over 100 000 domestic copies sold in 30 days!

Detective Hildur Rúnarsdóttir finds out surprising details about her mother Rakel.

Meanwhile, a cruise ship carrying a large group of tourists arrives in Ísafjörður, bringing problems that challenge Hildur's sense of justice

WSOY, Fall 2025

The fifth title in the internationally bestselling Hildur series will arrive in the Fall 2025.

by Matti Laine

The high-stakes action thriller HER FATHER’S DAUGHTER kicks off a series about the fiercely independent Kovanen family, whose buried past holds dark secrets.

*3-book pre-publication deal to Estonia!
*TV-series rights optioned

*Over 6000 copies sold in 1 month!

by Patricia G. Bertenyi

A hospital thriller series with a social conscience & unusual protagonist

Patricia G. Bertényi’s series takes readers into the pulsing heart of the intensive care unit where the hippocratic oath provides the perfect cover for a murderer.

* Estonian rights sold!
* TV-series in development

by Christian Rönnbacka

The series follows Henna Björk, a young Iraqi-Finnish policewoman diving into the underworld of international crime.

Over 100 000 copies sold!

Full English, French and German translations available!

by Christian Rönnbacka

The Hautalehto crime novel series revolves around criminal inspector Antti Hautalehto who is faced with complicated cases in the Finnish city of Porvoo.

Over 650 000 copies sold for all 12 titles combined!

*TV series streaming in Australia, Ireland, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom and USA

Operaatio Punainen kettu, CrimeTime 2020, 464pp

Peace on the Baltic island of Gotland is shattered as unidentified soldiers seize an understaffed military base within a matter of hours.

Immonen depicts ordinary people facing the unthinkable in this chillingly prescient geopolitical thriller, which has received widespread praise from critics and military experts alike.

Operaatio Aavikkokettu, CrimeTime 2022, 414pp

A Finnish officer is assassinated with the notorious Novichok nerve agent. Before his death, he sends a mysterious postcard to Reserve Lieutenant Riina Koivu.

Riina’s brother, Joni Koivu, is serving in a Finnish peacekeeping unit in Afghanistan. In the final months before the withdrawal of Western forces, Joni’s team unexpectedly becomes collateral damage in a U.S. missile strike. As a result, Joni and his battle partner are separated from their unit and drawn into a secret CIA mission in Afghanistan.

Operaatio Napakettu, CrimeTime 2023, 400pp

The Finnish Army’s Special Forces are on a winter reconnaissance exercise in northern Lapland near the Norwegian-Russian border. The situation becomes explosive when Sergeant Joni Koivu and his combat partner detect suspicious intelligence activity on Finnish territory.

Finland and Norway decide to respond to the aggression with a swift joint operation and Joni finds himself in the middle of a military conflict started by Russia.

Operaatio Tulikettu, CrimeTime 2024 512pp

Russia has taken control of the Arctic and, empowered by this, is determined to settle the situation in Ukraine once and for all. The military crisis threatens to spread and the situation is escalating into fighting on Finnish soil.

Mikael Koivu, who works for the intelligence service, is captured by the Russians in the Arctic Ocean together with the crew of the icebreaker MSV Nordica. Mikael Koivu’s superior is developing a secret plan to free his subordinate and the crew. But the risky mission fails to gain the President’s approval.

by Maija Kajanto

Pyykkipäivä, WSOY, April 2025, 300pp

Thirty-something Inka Hakaniemi returns to her hometown after years in Australia. Her time abroad has left her with a broken heart and a noticeably empty bank account.

Living upstairs at her parents’ house soon gives way to independence when Inka decides to open a 1950s-style laundrette near the city center.

Publication in April 2025

by Meri Valkama

Sinun, Margot, WSOY 2021, 556pp

Immersing the reader into East Berlin before die Wende, it is an accomplished, suspenseful, award-winning European novel

Domestic sales over 75 000 copies!

Rights sold to 7 countries + TV.

by Maisku Myllymäki

Holly, WSOY 2021, 255pp

Holly is a strikingly narrated and increasingly intense debut novel about two women struggling with the turbulence of craving attention, shame, and secrets.

Shortlisted for the Best Debut Prize of 2021!

German rights sold!

by Maisku Myllymäki

Valvoja, WSOY, August 2024, 302pp

An intense one-day-novel about insomnia, a museum guard, an art exhibition, and an intense love affair.

Maisku Myllymäki explores themes of paranoia and the power of art and social media.

Hungarian rights sold!

by Pia Heikkilä

Delhin rotanpyydystäjä, Bazar 2026

Pia Heikkilä’s upcoming novel brings us to the slums of Delhi, where a teenage girl called Zoya born with only five fingers is the most sought-after rat catcher.

The Rat Catcher of Delhi is an entertaining story with a warm lead character who observes the baffling world of grown-ups around her with avid curiosity.

Full English ms available!

Korvapuustikesä, WSOY 2022, 320pp

Kristiina ‘Krisse’ Kivimaa quits her stressful job in busy metropolitan Helsinki and moves to a small lakeside village to run The Birch Tree Cafe.

Then, an old flame reappears, stirring up past memories she'd rather forget.

Estonian rights sold!

Domestic sales 60 000 copies

Taatelitalvi, WSOY, 2022, 231pp

Winter arrives in Pyhävirta, bringing surprising new turns.

Managing the café and the inn becomes overwhelming for Krisse when a snowstorm hits the village.

Estonian rights sold!

Domestic sales 45 000 copies

Sahramisyksy WSOY 2023, 223pp

A suspicious series of fires disturbs the peace and quiet of the village community and before long, accusatory looks are being cast in all directions.

Estonian rights sold!

Domestic sales 40 000 copies

Sitruunakevät, WSOY, 2024, 256pp

Krisse and Tommi return from the sunny Adriatic Sea and experience a shocking loss that makes it hard for them to settle back into their old life.

Domestic sales 33 000 copies

Kardemummajoulu, WSOY 2024, 265pp

The big change in Krisse’s life is exciting, but it feels like not everyone in her family shares her happiness.

It's time to find out if there really is such thing as Christmas Magic.

Domestic sales 24 000 copies

by Hanna Weselius

Pronominit, WSOY 2025, 350pp

A masterful literary work about the end of the world, and the act of caring.

A passenger plane takes off, heading toward another continent.

A priest, a professional wrestler, an artist, a teacher, and an influencer contemplate the loved ones left behind on the burning earth, their actions, and inactions.

Publication on 06.05.2025!

by Markus Nummi

Käräjät, Otava 2024, 575pp

Spring 1938. A young detective is sent on his first assignment to a small parish in Southern Ostrobothnia to investigate a suspected case of abortion.

What initially seems straightforward takes an unexpected turn when Vilja, a mentally unstable woman known by everyone in the village, sets a chain of events in motion. By the end, over forty people face trial.

Nominated for the Runeberg Prize!

Over 10 000 copies sold since September 2024!

by Siiri Enoranta

Keuhkopuiden uni, Gummerus 2024, 288pp

Winged human-like creatures Homo arboris live in symbiosis, each with their own designated lung-trees. At nightfall, they must return to their tree and attach themselves to the tree trunk with their wings or they will perish. Only their atrophied wings remind them of their ancestor’s ability to fly into the skies.

Nominated for the prestigious Tähtivaeltaja Best Science Fiction Book Award 2025!

Nominated for the Torch-Bearer Literary Export Prize of 2024

by Joel Elstelä

Izak, WSOY, September 2024, 696pp

A mesmerizing novel about bystanders, power games and the cruelty of man in Germany overshadowed by the threat of the First World War.

Nominated for the Runeberg Prize!

by Sinikka Vuola

Myrskyn anatomia, WSOY 2024, 152pp

Mosaic novel about family, a void that cannot be filled, and the wind that goes where it wants.

by Mooses Mentula

Toiviokoski, WSOY 2023, 279pp

An intense portrayal of post-war Finland, a nation rebuilding itself, and an unquenchable thirst for life.

by Minna Rytisalo

Jenny Hill, WSOY 2023, 293pp

Jenni Mäki is an ordinary, divorced woman.

But inside her, Jenny Hill sparkles, daring to do more and commenting on the way the world looks at a woman.

by Hassan Blasim

Kelloja ja vieraita, WSOY 2021, 219pp

Fact and fiction blend together in two biting narratives about hidden manuscripts, persecution, and a dinner party that goes wrong by the author The Guardian described as “perhaps the greatest writer of Arab fiction alive.”

Full English translation available!

by Ville Verkkapuro

Pete, Kosmos 2022, 320pp

A searing but tender novel about a dead father, the search for a better life, addiction, and white trash by an author hailed as a young, Finnish Knausgård.

by Miki Liukkonen

Vierastila WSOY 2023, 547pp

Where are you when you’re away from home?

The posthumous literary masterpiece by award-winning Finnish author, who has been compared to David Lynch and David Foster Wallace.

by Juhani Brander

Amerikka, WSOY 2023, 303pp

A wildly beautiful, lyrical novel about a young boy’s survival and yearning for an absent mother in Reconstruction-era Finland. Shortlisted for the Torchbearer Prize 2023.