All four of author Liz Nugent’s psychological suspense novels – Unraveling Oliver, Lying in Wait, Skin Deep, and Little Cruelties – have topped the Irish bestsellers list, and now Lying in Wait is getting the mini-series treatment. Treasure Entertainment and actress Katheryn Winnick‘s production company Kat Scratch Inc. have optioned the rights to the novel and have Irish writer David Turpin (The Lodgers, The Winter Lake) handling the adaptation.
Published by Penguin Books in 2016, Lying in Wait (pick up a copy HERE) explores
the corrosive impact of a young woman’s murder on two families. On the surface, Lydia Fitzsimons has the perfect life — wife of a respected, successful judge, mother to a beloved son, mistress of a beautiful house in Dublin. That beautiful house, however, holds a secret. And when Lydia’s son, Laurence, discovers its secret, wheels are set in motion that lead to an increasingly claustrophobic and devastatingly dark climax.
Winnick will be producing the mini-series with Treasure Entertainment’s Rebecca O’Flanagan and Robert Walpole.
Nugent had this to say about the mini-series project:
I am so particularly delighted that Lying in Wait will be produced by my old friends at Treasure Entertainment, a company whose work I have long admired. I’m also thrilled that a luminary of the calibre of Katheryn Winnick will direct. I am looking forward to working with such a dynamic and hard-working team. My mind is racing with the possibilities of how, together, we might bring this modern Gothic story to life on screen. Huge thanks to my agent Marianne Gunn O’Connor and CAA’s Michelle Kroess and Jiah Shin for all the hard work to make this magical alliance become a reality.”
Deadline‘s report of the news didn’t mention that Winnick would be directing the mini-series as well, but Nugent should know. Winnick previously directed episodes of Wu Assassins and Vikings.
O’Flanagan added:
We are thrilled to have secured the option on Liz Nugent’s book Lying in Wait. We are massive fans of Liz’s work and believe that it is ripe for adaptation. We are so looking forward to powering forward with this and working with Katheryn in bringing these fascinating characters and story to the screen.”
Winnick provided this statement:
I was captivated by the interesting and dynamic characters Liz Nugent created in Lying in Wait. I couldn’t put the book down. I knew it was something I needed to be a part of the second I finished reading it.”
Winnick is probably best known from her roles on the shows Wu Assassins, Vikings, and Big Sky, but horror fans might also remember her from Satan’s Little Helper, Hellraiser: Hellworld, and The Dark Tower.