Elina Backman’s ALL THE KING’S MEN has now sold over 20.000 copies!

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Elina Backman’s ALL THE KING’S MEN (Book #1 in the series) has now sold over 20.000 copies in all formats!

The sequel STILL WATERS RUN DEEP is just published  – straight to bestseller lists!
Elina Backman’s debut Nordic Crime novel ALL THE KING’S MEN was published in May 2020 and gained an enormous amount of attention from the Finnish media, becoming an immediate bestseller, and we are glad to let you know, that now has reached 20.000 copies sold in all formats!

The book has already been sold to 12 territories and an international TV series is in development. It’s also:

  • Winner of the Storytel Audio book Award 2020 for the Best Crime Novel
  • Winner of Elisa Kirja book Award, Best Newcomer 2020.

The rights have been sold to 12 territories, but are still available in the US, UK, Denmark, Hungary, Turkey, Latvia, Romania, France, Bulgaria, Spain etc.

Download the 200pp English sample here!

The sequel STILL WATERS RUN DEEP – was just published in May in Finland and already is the TOP11 title in the largest bookstore chain Suomalainen Kirjakauppa and also no.5 most-requested title in the libraries!

Download the English synopsis here and see the book trailer below.
ALL THE KING’S MEN (#1)
by Elina BackmanSaana has been fired from her job as a click-bait journalist, so she decides to spend a summer with her aunt in a small-town Hartola. It sounds like a perfect opportunity to take it easy and recover. But when Saana begins to dig into a case of a teenage girl who died 30 years earlier, the peace of the small town is shaken.Meanwhile in Helsinki a fire-marked body is found at Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, and crime investigator Jan Leino and his team have a new case in their hands. However, the investigation isn’t going anywhere, and Jan fears that the murder at King’s Gate a is just the beginning…Saana and Jan continue working on their own cases until their paths cross – for more than one reason.STILL WATERS RUN DEEP (#2)
by Elina Backman

Is evil lurking beneath the calm waters? The Isle of Sheep 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 becmes involved.

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.

When young men disappear and die, it’s ofter regarded just an accident. But could it be that someone is actually hunting for them?
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP on the window of the biggest bookstore in Finland – Akateeminen kirjakauppa in Helsinki.

ALL THE KINGS MEN
(aka When the King Dies)

by Elina Backman
Otava, 2020, 495 pp.

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

 

STILL WATERS RUN DEEP
(aka The Isle of Sheep)
by Elina Backman
Otava, May 2021, 450 pp.

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)

About author


Elina Backman

Elina Backman is an author and a media & marketing professional living in Helsinki. Elina loves books (all sorts), traveling, 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 debut novel All the King's Men was published in 2020 and immediately gained an enormous amount of attention from the Finnish media, including a praising review by the biggest daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The Saana Havas series is now a best-selling series in Finland and an international TV series is in development. Elina's books have sold over 190 000 copies in Finland.

Together with Heidi Holmavuo, Elina has also narrated the true crime podcast Ratkaisematon (Unsolved), which turned into a full-length audio book as the two crime writers started investigating the murder of a young girl in 1955. They were able to uncover new evidence and their research led the police to reopen the investigation. This story is narrated in the book Unsolved - The Case of Elli Immo.

Photo credit: Jonne Räsänen

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