Rowohlt acquires German rights of Eye of the Tiger by Leena Lehtolainen!

Posted on 07.07.201621.07.2016

Eye of the Tiger, the forthcoming sequel to Leena Lehtolainen’s celebrated Nordic Noir trilogy The Bodyguard, has been sold to Rowohlt, a leading publisher of quality fiction and crime in Germany.

Click here for reading materials of the Bodyguard trilogy and Eye of the Tiger!

About the book:
When the 92-year-old textile industry magnate Lovisa Johnson offers Hilja a job as her bodyguard, she does not hesitate. The businesswoman lives in a mansion that’s rumored to be haunted, after all. Johnson is childless, but her grandnephews and -nieces – a doctor, an oil industry lobbyist, a security guard and a clairvoyant – are eager for their cut of the inheritance. A combination of a mansion mystery and a fast-paced thriller, the novel is an anticipated new entry in the series.

READING MATERIALS: Eye of the Tiger
Finnish manuscript
English synopsis (available soon)

READING MATERIALS: The Bodyguard Trilogy
Finnish editions
English editions

RIGHTS SOLD: Eye of the Tiger
Original publisher: FINLAND, Tammi
GERMANY, Rowohlt

RIGHTS SOLD: The Bodyguard Trilogy
Original publisher: FINLAND, Tammi
WORLD ENGLISH, Amazon
ARMENIA, Guitank
CZECH, Argo
FRANCE, Hachette Livre
GERMANY, Rowohlt
NETHERLANDS, Unieboek | Het Spectrum
RUSSIA, Azbooka-Atticus
SPAIN, Destino
TAIWAN, Linking
TURKEY, Nemesis

About author

Leena Lehtolainen

Leena Lehtolainen is the top female crime author in Finland: her new titles always head straight to #1 on the Finnish bestseller lists.

Lehtolainen created her successful protagonist, detective Maria Kallio, in 1993. Having already featured in 16 novels and a complete TV series, a new Maria Kallio TV reboot series was launched in Fall 2021 on C More. Lehtolainen’s novels have been translated into 30 languages and have sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.

And just like the events in Bodyguard, a that takes the heroine Hilja Ilveskero all around Europe, Lehtolainen’s own work takes her to book festivals, exhibitions and other events across the globe.

Leena Lehtolainen has also published outside the crime genre; her book The Charm of Figure Skating was voted sports book of the year 2010 in Finland, and A Life in Six Scenes showed her return to literary fiction.

The Crossing of the Green Dragon is her first title for YA audiences.

In her free time, Lehtolainen enjoys all kinds of music and follows lynx trails in the forests – just like Maria Kallio.

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About author

Leena Lehtolainen

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