Telemystery: Karin Slaughter's Grant County Mysteries Optioned for Television

Entertainment One has optioned the "Grant County" series of mysteries by crime novelist Karin Slaughter. The television project will be developed by the same group that created Haven, adapted from Stephen King's novella The Colorado Kid.

Set in rural Georgia, the "Grant County" mysteries feature a number of recurring characters, including Dr. Sara Linton, the town's pediatrician and coroner, Jeffrey Tolliver, Sara's ex-husband and Chief of Police, and Lena Adams, the county's only female detective. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Will Trent is also a series character in Slaughter's books, but he isn't specifically mentioned as part of this deal.

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