In March will Sebastian Fitzeks psycologial thriller, TERAPIEN, be published in pocket for the Norwegian mass market. The book has now been sold to 17 countries and takes the Europian book market by storm. 

Product Description
Josy, a twelve year old girl, has an inexplicable illness and vanishes without trace from her doctor's office during treatment. Four years later: Josy's father, well-known psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, has withdrawn himself to an isolated North Sea island in order to deal with the tragedy. Until he's paid a surprise visit from a beautiful stranger. Anna Glass is a novelist and she suffers from an unusual form of schizophrenia: all the characters she creates for her books become real to her. And in her last novel she has written about a young girl with an unknown illness who has vanished without a trace. Is the inconceivable possible? Do Anna's delusions describe Josy's last days? Reluctantly Viktor agrees to take on Anna's therapy in a last attempt to uncover the horrible truth behind his daughter's disappearance...

Eurocrime
'This book suckers you in, but once you're hooked you are there until the final twists.'

Black Static magazine
`This is a clever book, one in which different layers of reality are exposed as the narrative progresses'

Review
'Many a crime novel is trumpeted as a `psychological thriller', but Therapy really is a thriller about psychology.'

Book Description
'A brilliant combination of electric writing and an astounding story are the two reasons this book was so compelling...'


BCF Book Reviews
`For anyone who enjoys thrillers, this is an absolute must read...I found it almost impossible to put down'

About the Author
Sebastian Fitzek has worked as a journalist and author for several radio and TV stations all around Europe, and is now head of programming at RTL, Berlin's leading radio station. His first two novels became huge bestsellers in Germany and he is currently working on his third.

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“Come Dio Comanda” or ‘God’s Will’ is a film by Italian filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores, with Elio Germano, Filippo Timi, Fabio De Luigi, Angelica Leo and Alvaro Caleca. The film is based on the book by Niccolò Ammaniti who is famous for “Io non ho paura”, or ‘I’m not scared’, an Ammaniti book that became a film adapted by the same Salvatores. more>

Hr Ferdinand is publishing the italian cookbook The Silver spoon in Norway this fall. The Silver Spoon, the most influential and successful Italian cookbook of the last 50 years, is available in English for the first time. Originally published in 1950, it became an instant classic, selling over one million copies in eight editions. Considered essential in every household, it is still one of the most popular wedding presents today. more>

Hr. Ferdinand establishes an office and a fulltime director of the publishing house in Oslo from october the 1st. At the end of october, Hr. Ferdinand will publish two novels to norwegian readers, one from Japan and one from Chile. The japanese novel is Slanger og piercinger by Hitomi Kanehara, who got the Japanese literature price 2004. The Chilean novel is Kvinden i mit liv by Carla Guelfenbein, which was nominated Book of the year in Chile 2005. Click here for the Norwegian website

Hr. Ferdinand, Bjartur's Danish branch, is the publisher of Dan Brown in Denmark. The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons have been on top of the Danish bestseller list for months. When the illustrated version of the Da Vinci Code was released it was an instant success and made number 3 on the bestsellerlist, just behind the two other Dan Brown books.