The Greek rights for GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY pre-empted by Psichogios in a two-book deal!

 The Greek rights for GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY pre-empted by Psichogios in a two-book deal!

We are beyond happy to let you know that the Greek publisher Psichogios has now pre-empted both Martta Kaukonen’s debut thriller and its upcoming sequel.

Psichogios is the Greek publisher for Paula Hawkins, A.J. Finn, and Emma Donoghue and they couldn’t praise Martta Kaukonen highly enough!
Not only did they acquire Martta Kaukonen’s Guide me, Butterfly (March 2021) but also her upcoming thriller (2022-2023).
Download the English materials for both GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY  and its sequel by clicking here

Here’s what the Greek publisher said:

“We are really excited with GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY! It is full of twists and turns, and the reading experience is like standing on moving sand. You do not know what to expect! We strongly believe that Martta Kaukonen belongs to the Psichogios catalogue with our other leading authors such as Emma Donoghue, Paula Hawkins, A. J. Finn, Emma Cline, etc.”
– Irene Christopoulou, editor, Psichogios, Greece

The very first rights for the title were sold only last week to Estonia (Hea Lugu) and Germany (Heyne) and the worldwide interest is really high!
GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY is an exciting debut thriller about a 20-year old female serial killer Ida, that starts visiting a celebrity therapist, to avoid a seemingly inevitable jail sentence.
Told by 4 different narrators, the story unfolds and twists at neck-breaking speed, not all is how it seems and even the most trustworthy people can let you down.

FINNISH PRAISE:
”Kaukonen succeeds in tricking the reader time and again: just when you think you’ve figured it out, the narrator changes and the tables turn.”
– Maaseudun tulevaisuus newspaper

GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY
by Martta Kaukonen

An addictive psychological thriller in the spirit of Gillian Flynn

Ida, 20, a serial killer who was abducted as a child, starts therapy with celebrity therapist Clarissa. Only one of them knows that they share a mutual secret from the past. Will the other one realize it before she gets murdered?

Clarissa is a middle-aged psychotherapist, the best in her field. She is familiar to everyone from her TV appearances and from glossy magazines. For her, every patient is a princess. And someone only she can save. Or can she? Clarissa already has one suicide to answer for; a teenage boy’s death never seizes to haunt her.

When Ida becomes Clarissa’s patient, a cat-and-mouse game begins in which rules are followed by no one. The kind of game that never ends well.

Martta Kaukonen (1976) lives in Helsinki and is a film critic, whose reviews have been published in both Finland’s biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and a popular women’s weekly magazine Me Naiset. Martta has a master’s degree in arts. She has interviewed the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Justin Bieber. Martta met her future husband at his second hand bookshop and fell in love. Alongside writing, Martta loves psychological thrillers, film noir, flea markets, abandoned houses and travelling.

Martta’s debut novel GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY was published in March 2021.