Meet Me in the Darkness by Martta Kaukonen is Read of the Month of Crime Writers’ Association in the UK

We are excited to share that Martta Kaukonen’s Meet Me in the Darkness (FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY#2) has been selected as the Read of the Month by the Crime Writers’ Association in its English edition, out with Pushkin Press on June 4th.

In Meet Me in the Darkness five years have passed since the events of Follow The Butterfly, and serial killer in remission Ida has found a job and is trying to build a normal life with her father. But something is off: who is texting Ida every day, and what are they telling her? Who is behind the murders that are ravaging Helsinki? Ida suspects her mind is playing tricks on her and she could be the culprit, but something doesn’t add up…

In this second, darker, and even more twisted installment of the FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY series Kaukonen depicts the troubled psyche of a young woman fighting her own demons as a wave of violence sweeps the city. The FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY series has been sold to 17 territories, and has been gathering glowing reviews and charming readers everywhere.

A third volume, Free, is available and completes the series. The whole series, out in Finland with WSOY, has secured Kaukonen a place among Finland’s most loved thriller voices.

Don’t miss out on this series!

DOWNLOAD MATERIALS FOR THE FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY SERIES HERE

 

FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY
Terapiassa
WSOY, 2021, 407 pp.

RIGHTS SOLD:
FINLAND: WSOY (orig.)
CROATIA: Znanje
CZECHIA: Albatros Media
DENMARK: Forlaget Falco
ESTONIA: Hea Lugu
GERMANY: Heyne
GREECE: Psichogios
HUNGARY: Partvonal Kiadó
ICELAND: Storytel (audio & e-book)
ITALY: Longanesi
LATVIA: Jumava
LITHUANIA: Obuolys
NETHERLANDS: Xander Uitgevers
POLAND: Czarna Owca
RIGHTS FILM & TV: Legendary Tobis TV
WORLD ARABIC: Al Arabi
WORLD ENGLISH: Pushkin Press, Audible (audio)

READING MATERIALS:
English unedited MS, German edition, Finnish edition, English synopsis

MEET ME IN THE DARKNESS
Hengissä
WSOY, 2023, 272 pp.

RIGHTS SOLD:
FINLAND: WSOY (orig.)
GERMANY: Heyne
HUNGARY: Partvonal Kiadó
ICELAND: Storytel (audio & e-book)
ITALY: Longanesi & C. Srl
POLAND: Czarna Owca
UNITED KINGDOM: Pushkin Press

FREE
Poissa
WSOY, 2025, 253 pp.


RIGHTS SOLD:

FINLAND: WSOY (orig.)
GERMANY: Heyne
ICELAND: Storytel (audio & e-book)

 

About author


Martta Kaukonen

Martta Kaukonen (1976) lives in Helsinki. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as 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 husband at a second hand bookshop and fell in love. Alongside writing, Martta loves psychological thrillers, film noir, flea markets, abandoned houses and travelling.

Photo credit: Otto Virtanen

Bibliography


2025, Crime & Suspense

Free

Martta Kaukonen


2023, Crime & Suspense

Meet Me in the Darkness

Martta Kaukonen


2022, Crime & Suspense

In Your Shadow

Martta Kaukonen


2021, Crime & Suspense

Follow the Butterfly

Martta Kaukonen