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Sarah Waters Novel 'The Paying Guests' Set for Series Adaptation
10 Sep
Summary
- BBC Studios Fiction has optioned Sarah Waters' 2014 novel, The Paying Guests.
- The adaptation will be a series penned by writer Kayleigh Llewellyn.
- The story follows a 1922 London love affair that becomes a crime thriller.
Every book by British author Sarah Waters has now been slated for screen adaptation, with "The Paying Guests" being the final novel to receive this treatment. BBC Studios Fiction has secured the rights to "The Paying Guests," originally published in 2014. The adaptation is set to be a series, with Kayleigh Llewellyn, known for her work on "In My Skin" and "Killing Eve," attached as the writer.
The plot unfolds in London in 1922, centering on Frances Wray and her mother. They take in married lodgers, Lilian and Leonard Barber. What begins as an intense, secret romance between Frances and Lilian escalates into a complex crime thriller, including a murder and a subsequent trial.
Sarah Waters, a celebrated author with multiple Booker Prize nominations, has seen many of her novels adapted previously. These include "Tipping the Velvet," "Fingersmith," "Affinity," "The Night Watch," and "The Little Stranger." "Fingersmith" also inspired the acclaimed film "The Handmaiden."
