Backman’s awaited crime sequel STILL WATERS RUN DEEP published this week!

Backman’s sequel STILL WATERS RUN DEEP published this week

Finnish crime author Elina Backman’s Still Waters Run Deep, the follow up to All the King’s Men,
has been delivered to bookstores in Finland last week and made its debut as an audiobook yesterday!

Her debut novel All the King’s Men was published in May 2020 and immediately gained an enormous amount of attention from the Finnish media and becoming an immediate bestseller in Finland, reaching over 15.000 copies sold in all formats. All the King’s Men has been to-date sold in 12 territories and an international TV series is in development. It is also the Winner of the Storytel Audio book Award 2020 for the Best Crime Novel and the Winner of Elisa Kirja book Award, Best Newcomer 2020.

Is evil lurking beneath the calm waters? Still Waters Run Deep is an awaited sequel to the bestselling All the Kings Men!

Three young men are making a documentary film about a mystical hermit, living in the Isle of Sheep in Helsinki. First one of them disappears, then another one. When one of them is found dead in the nearby nature reserve, the police becomes involved. Journalist Saana Havas, recovering from burnout, hears that her colleague’s younger brother has gone missing and decides to set up a true crime podcast to help with the search. Meanwhile, police commissioner Jan Leino and his team are investigating the disappearance and possible murder of the documentary makers.

What if some of these disappearances are not accidents or suicides? What if there is someone who is responsible for all of these?

Download reading materials for Still Waters Run Deep from here.

Praise on ALL THE KING’S MEN
“A great new Finnish voice, a gripping story and unforgettable characters. ALL THE KING’S MEN simply leaves you wanting more, waiting eagerly for the next book by this upcoming new queen of nordic crime.”

– Regine Schmitt, Editor, Piper Verlag.

AUTHOR Elina Backman
is a media & marketing professional living in Helsinki, in an old wooden 1920 house with a family of two kids and a husband. Elina loves books (all sorts), travelling, cycling and is a host of a Book & Wine Club. She is a creative soul with a commercial mind, and her goal is to find readers globally – her dream is a Netflix series based on her novels.

 

STILL WATERS RUN DEEP
Rights sold:

FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
ESTONIA: Varrak Publishers (2-book deal)
GERMANY: Piper (2-book deal)
NETHERLANDS: Cargo (2-book deal)
NORWAY: Cappelen Damm AS (2-book deal)
SWEDEN: Bokfabriken (2-book deal)

 

ALL THE KING’S MEN
Rights sold:

FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
ALBANIA: Dritan
CZECH REPUBLIC: Grada
ESTONIA: Varrak Publishers
GERMANY: Piper (2-book deal)
ITALY: Newton Compton
LITHUANIA: BALTO
NETHERLANDS: Cargo (2-book deal)
NORWAY: Cappelen Damm (2-book deal)
POLAND: Czarna Owca
RUSSIA: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber
SLOVAKIA: Arkus Vydavatelstvo
SWEDEN: Bokfabriken (2-book deal)TV: Aurora Studios