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Follow the Butterfly
By (Author) Martta Kaukonen
Translated by David Hackston
Pushkin Press
Pushkin Vertigo
28th May 2024
7th March 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
894.54134
Hardback
368
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
'We all have our secrets...' Renowned therapist Clarissa Virtanen is not afraid to look at the darkest side of humanity. Haunted by the death of a young patient, she will do whatever it takes to save the most vulnerable. But when Ida - angry, damaged and seemingly suicidal - walks into her office, Clarissa may have met her match. For Ida has secrets. Murderous secrets, which mark her like a bloodstain. Secrets which drive her to kill. And kill again. Somehow, Clarissa must find the key to unlock her past. So she makes a bargain with Ida - six months to try and stop her taking her own life. But what if she has entered a game more deadly, and more evil, than she could ever imagine
'An exciting, pacy page turner. I loved the smoke and mirrors atmosphere, overlain with a sense of poignancy about damaged lives, the power of the imagination to trick us (and to protect us), and the passage of time' - Ali Knight, author of Before I Find You
'Original, intelligent and intriguing - I gulped it down in two sittings' - Andrea Mara
'The truth is revealed little by little, the pieces of the puzzle coming together' - Kotiliesi
'Highly original and flawlessly executed... An utterly compelling, gripping read with an explosive conclusion' - Danielle Ramsay, author of The Perfect Husband
'Breathlessly plotted, deviously constructed, and brought to vivid, twisted life by an antiheroine for the ages... An utterly beguiling debut. This isn't just a thriller you sink your teeth into-it's a thriller that sinks its teeth right back into you' -
Martta Kaukonen lives in Helsinki and is a film critic for Finland's biggest newspaper, who has interviewed the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Justin Bieber. Fun fact: she met her future husband at his second hand bookshop and fell in love. Alongside writing, Martta loves psychological thrillers, film noir, flea markets, abandoned houses and travelling. Follow the Butterfly is her debut thriller - it was a critical and commercial hit in Finland, is being translated into twelve languages and has already made the Spiegel bestseller list in Germany. Martta is currently working on a sequel...