THE END OF SUNSET GROVE by Minna Lindgren sold to Hungary! 

We are very happy to announce that the Hungarian rights for THE END OF SUNSET GROVE, the final part of the SUNSET GROVE trilogy by Minna Lindgren, have been acquired by Kossuth! The deal was closed by Sten-Erik Tammemäe at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

The SUNSET GROVE trilogy focuses on the adventures of three retired women – Siiri, Irma, and Anna-Liisa, all older than 90 – as they investigate the strange things that occur in their retirement home, Sunset Grove. Full of humor and suspense, these titles are a real treat for the fans of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Fredrik Backman, and Richard Osman.

The series has been an international hit with rights sold to 17 territories! 
Rights are still available in Poland, Norway, Romania, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Korea, etc.

Download the English PDFs for the entire trilogy here!

FILI translation grant application round is ongoing! FILI provides grants that can cover up to 70% of the costs of translating Finnish and Finland-Swedish titles to other languages. The deadline for the current application round is November 1^st. You can find more information here: Translation and printing grants for publishers outside Finland – FILI

THE END OF SUNSET GROVE
by Minna Lindgren
Teos, November 2015, 289 pp.

The final part of the trilogy marks a return to the retirement community. But the place no longer feels like home, and has turned into a state-funded, technology-driven pilot project in elderly care. The conclusion brings together characters lost along the way, and murky details are brought to light. Legal justice is also served – in unexpected ways. A natural, long-awaited death finally collects some, but still not all, of our main characters.

ESCAPE FROM SUNSET GROVE
by Minna Lindgren
Teos, November 2014, 256 pp.

Sunset Grove retirement home turns into a kind of hell when it is taken over by foreign construction workers cursing fluently in Finnish. The noise is deafening, a hole appears in the wall, things disappear and residents have to use a portable toilet.

Residents Siiri, Irma and Anna-Liisa, all older than 90, decide to move into a shared apartment in the exotic neighbourhood of Hakaniemi. All three have their own habits and quirks, and life together isn’t entirely free of friction. The women also learn about the sad differences in quality with at-home assistance, and are forced to become familiar with terminal care and questions surrounding euthanasia.

Our heroes also can’t help looking into the suspicious plumbing project at Sunset Grove. As the mystery unfolds, they begin to find out that few people in this world have a fully clean record.

DEATH IN SUNSET GROVE
by Minna Lindgren
Teos, November 2013, 305 pp.

Who could imagine that anything illegal – whether it be suspicious deaths, thefts or the covert trading of medications – could happen in Sunset Grove retirement home? Its 90-year-old residents Siiri and Irma certainly can’t.

The lives of Siiri, Irma, and other Sunset Grove inhabitants are filled mostly with empty time punctuated by glasses of red wine, tram rides and funerals. Investigating the sudden strange occurrences at Sunset Grove, however, proves to be a more interesting pastime than playing cards with the ambassador and the woman in the wide-brimmed hat – not to mention the never-ending arts and crafts sessions, gym classes or accordion evenings (which the residents of the house attend mostly out of pity towards the employees).

Death in Sunset Grove is a devilishly funny and suspenseful story about old age, friendship and life in a relatively ordinary retirement home. Here the only fate worse than death is being drugged up and locked away inside the dementia ward. Even the sharpest senior can’t decipher all the nuances of this place; thankfully a few young people, including members of the biker gang and a grandchild’s boyfriend, offer some help.