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An unusual but fun rights deal is for Arttu Tuominen’s book 6 of the RIVER DELTA series: THE STAGER. While we’re used to TV and film, this time stage play rights were acquired by Pori Theatre! This deal was closed by Elina Ahlbäck.
As it happens, Pori Theatre is where the climax of the book takes place–and Pori is also the author’s hometown, making this extra fun for RIVER DELTA fans.
Read more about THE STAGER below:
Henning Mankell meets Stephen King.
A serial killer wants to be a director. You too can end up on stage. In Arttu Tuominen’s chilling detective story, the curtain is a guillotine.
A family – father, mother and primary school-age daughter – is watching TV together on a remote forest farm. The dog is lounging peacefully on the carpet at the family’s feet. What could be more idyllic? Except that they have all been killed and embalmed.
Soon another family is found, equally immortalized. Henrik Oksman, Jari Paloviita and Linda Toivonen of the Pori criminal police unit, under the leadership of Susanna Manner, quickly realize there’s a serial killer on the move who finds the presentation of the victims more important than the murders themselves.
The police will find out they too have roles written for them in this cruel play. Will everyone make it to the end of the show?
The RIVER DELTA Series has sold over 200,000 copies, and the best thing about it is that each book in the series can be read as standalones or out-of-order!
Rights still available in: France, Italy, Sweden…
Click here to access all reading materials for the RIVER DELTA series!
Publication Info:
Lavastaja, WSOY 2024, 320 p.
Rights Sold (THE STAGER):
FINLAND: WSOY (orig.), DENMARK: Modtryk, GERMANY: Bastei Lübbe, NETHERLANDS: De Fontein, STAGE: Pori Theatre
Reading Material:
English synopsis, Finnish edition, River Delta Series presentation
