We are very thrilled to announce, that the Dutch rights to Arttu Tuominen’s ALEC and its two sequels have been acquired by De Fontein in a three-book-deal. The deal was closed by Martti Berner at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Congratulations to Arttu and De Fontein! This follows the recent 3-book-deal to Germany with Bastei Lübbe.

The first book in the gripping Crystal trilogy, Alec, was published by Otava in August. Selling over 10 000 copies and receiving excitingly positive reviews!

ALEC is without a doubt one of the most impressive thriller series openers of the year, and Tuominen only strengthens his position among the top names both domestically and internationally.
– Salon Seudun Sanomat newspaper

Alec kicks off a new thriller trilogy from Arttu Tuominen, bestselling author of the River Delta series, taking the reader deep into the world of crime, addictions, and the drug trade.

The rights are still available in the UK, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Croatia, Hungary… Contact us to hear more!

Request the materials for ALEC here!

ALEC (Otava, 2025)

The destructive power of the criminal underworld meets vulnerable humanity in Arttu Tuominen’s new crime series.

During the economic recession of the 1990s, illegal businesses flow into Finland from across the eastern border. A drug war rages on Finnish soil, where human life has no value.

The quiet life of the village community in Salla is shattered when more than a dozen partygoers are murdered at a remote farm. Fourteen-year-old Liina, who witnesses the massacre, is forced to grow up quickly as senseless violence invades her childhood world

CRYSTAL #2 (Otava, 2026)

A novel about the destructive power of money and addiction.

Juhani Roine, a gambling-addicted bank director, falls into massive debt to international drug syndicates. Julia, a flight attendant and sister to Liina, tries to help him. Their fates intertwine with devastating consequences in a Parisian suburb.

CRYSTAL #3 (Otava, 2027)

A novel about the morality of revenge.

At the heart of the story is Liina Aho, whose past is marked by trauma. Members of a notorious drug cartel are being killed in brutal ways across Helsinki. Tommi Kivi, drowning in personal grief, believes he knows who’s behind it – and is determined to hold them accountable.

We are very excited to tell that the first two titles in Arttu Tuominen’s internationally bestselling River Delta series , The Oath and Jeopardy, have been sold to Czechia to Knihy Dobrovský, to be published under its imprint Naše nakladatelství. The deal was closed by Martti Berner at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency in co-operation with our co-agent Antonija Radić at Corto Literary.

Naše nakladatelstvi focuses mainly on commercial fiction for adults and children but over the past few years we have successfully explored the fields of non-fiction as well as literary fiction.

Arttu Tuominen’s River Delta series has become a commercial and critical hit, with more than 230,000 copies sold in Finland alone. The books have been sold to seven territories worldwide, earning both popular and critical acclaim. In Germany, the series reached the Spiegel Bestseller List, while Jeopardy (book #2) received the prestigious Palle Rosenkrantz Award 2022.

“They are fierce, these Finns, and this year, one of their best crime writers, Arttu Tuominen is awarded the Rosenkrantz Prize for Sendebuddet (Jeopardy) […] Tuominen’s writing is like moonshine when writing about brutally bitter souls.”
– Palle Rosenkrantz Prize jury statement

The rights to the RIVER DELTA series are still available in e.g. the US, the UK, Turkey, Estonia, Poland, Norway…

Set in the city of Pori on the Gulf of Bothnia, the novels follow a Finnish police unit whose investigations force them to confront their own actions, values, and moral boundaries. Each installment can be enjoyed as a standalone story, making the series accessible to all readers.

Click here to request all materials for the RIVER DELTA series.

“Arttu Tuominen’s thrillers are characterized by their solid style and skillful twists. Add to that the fact that Tuominen chooses current, socially engaged themes in his books. His work is among the best from Scandinavia.’
– Claudia van der Werf, Editor, De Fontein, the Netherlands

 

River Delta #1: The Oath (2019): A Touching crime novel about secrets and guilt. Commissioner Jari Paloviita works on a murder case where the prime suspect is on old friend he feels indebted to.

River Delta #2: Jeopardy (2020): The grenade attack on the restaurant claims casualties – and at the same time threatens to expose Chief Commissioner Herik Oksman’s life-long secret.

River Delta #3: Silenced (2021): Pori police detectives Jari Paloviita, Linda Toivonen and Henrik Oksman are faced with an exceptionally cruel series of international crimes against elderly citizens.

River Delta #4: Shamed (2022): An investigation into a girl’s murder takes the police into the world of predators on the Internet and becomes personal for Linda Toivonen, whose daughter knew the victim.

River Delta #5: The Liberator (2023): The charred body of a man is discovered on a sports field in Pori. The victim had been doused with petrol and set on fire. Suspicions are directed at a group of young adults known to have harassed rough sleepers in the past.

River Delta #6: The Stager (2024):  On a remote forest farm a cruel killing is revealed. A family – mother, father, and their daughter – have all been murdered and embalmed, staged to watch television with their dog dead quiet by their feet. The killer is nicknamed Stager.