Sarah Pinborough’s They Say a Girl Died Here is headed to the small screen, Variety reports.
Pinborough’s novel, scheduled for publication on Aug. 25 by the Pine & Cedar imprint of Flatiron Books, tells the story of Anna Maybourne, a woman living in a small town and taking care of her grandmother, who is suffering from dementia. Anna grows curious about a string of murders in the town’s past and is unsettled when her grandmother begins acting oddly.
Carnival Films, the production company behind the recent screen adaptations of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal and Andrea Mara’s All Her Fault, acquired the rights to Pinborough’s novel. The company is also working on a screen adaptation of Mara’s Such a Nice Girl.
“I’m so delighted to be working with Carnival Films bringing this new novel to the screen,” Pinborough told Variety. “They have such flair, style and brilliance as their many successes can attest and are so in tune with my storytelling. I know together we can elevate this book into absolute must-watch television!”
Pinborough’s work has been adapted for the screen before. Her novel Behind Her Eyes formed the basis for a 2021 Netflix series starring Tom Bateman and Simona Brown, and her book Insomnia was adapted as a 2024 Paramount+ series starring Vicky McClure and Tom Cullen.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
