Variety is reporting that CBS is developing a crime drama based on the yet-to-be-published novel Private by James Patterson (co-written with Maxine Paetro; see book synopsis below). Jason Cahill (Fringe, Profiler, The Sopranos) will write the adaptation.
The most recent adaption for television of Patterson's work was the short-lived ABC series Women's Murder Club, loosely based on the series of Women's Murder Club mysteries (1st To Die, 2nd Chance, 3rd Degree, etc.).
About Private: Former Marine and CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's renowned security and detective business--along with a case load that tests him to the breaking point. Getting to the bottom of an NFL gambling scandal and an unsolved LAPD investigation into 18 school girl slayings would be enough. On top of all that, Morgan takes on solving the horrific murder of his best friend's wife. As Morgan fights the urge to exact brutal revenge on that killer, he has to navigate a workplace imbroglio that could blow the roof off his elite agency. And it's an especially explosive situation ... because the love affair is his own.
Private is scheduled to be published by Little, Brown in June, 2010.
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