People | July 9, 2025
The series, based on May Cobb's book of the same name, premieres Monday, July 21, on Netflix.
The series, based on May Cobb's book of the same name, premieres Monday, July 21, on Netflix.
There are a lot of good TV shows on air right now, but ABC's Will Trent may just be the best — and not just because the cast includes a tiny, scene-stealing Chihuahua named Betty.
Set in a version of Atlanta where people can wear three-piece suits, sweater vests and neck scarves all year round without dying of heat exhaustion, the series focuses on Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI). As played by Ramón Rodríguez, Will is guarded, even haunted at times, but always searching for a way to make the world a safer place.
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Based on Karin Slaughter’s New York Times bestselling “Will Trent” series, Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. Now, he uses his unique point of view in the pursuit of justice and has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.
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Starz will have an eight-episode series adaptation of May Cobb’s The Hunting Wives. Rebecca Cutter wrote the adaptation and will serve as showrunner. The book, published in 2021, centers on Sophie O’Neill, who settles down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. Things change when she meets socialite Margot Banks, who is part of an elite clique secretly known as the Hunting Wives. Tensions escalate and danger lurks after the body of a teenage girl is discovered in the woods where the Hunting Wives meet.
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Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Harper Steele (Will & Harper) have joined the cast of the Peacock limited series The Good Daughter in series regular roles alongside Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy.
Writer / Executive Producer: Karin Slaughter (Pieces of Her, Will Trent).
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The ABC procedural, adapted from Karin Slaughter's Atlanta-set detective novels, follows Ramón Rodriguez in the titular role, someone who "has had a really rough shake [yet] he’s going to do whatever it takes to get up every morning. I think people like that," says co-creator Daniel Thomsen.
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The Peacock limited series The Good Daughter has cast Rose Byrne (Physical, Bridesmaids) and Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus, The Perfect Couple) as the lead characters, sisters Samantha and Charlotte Quinn, respectively. Additionally, Byrne will executive produce.
Based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling novel of the same name, The Good Daughter was picked up straight-to-series by the NBCU streaming service in March, with Slaughter writing all episodes and executive producing the project from Fifth Season and Bruna Papandrea‘s Made Up Stories.
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Best Author: May Cobb
It’s been a banner year for this local author, who’s making her mark in Texas and Tinseltown. In addition to publishing her fifth novel, The Hollywood Assistant, May Cobb served as executive producer for the adaptation of her popular book The Hunting Wives, which will become an eight-episode STARZ series with Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow. Featuring sex, murder, and misbehaving housewives, the upcoming drama is destined to be must-see TV.
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May Cobb
Buckle up for a thrilling double dose of Cobb. Starz is turning her engrossing novel The Hunting Wives into an eight-episode series. In the TV version, Brittany Snow stars as Sophie, a woman lured into a dark web of friendship with a captivating socialite (Malin Akerman) in East Texas. Filming is currently underway in North Carolina, with the author serving as executive producer. For those looking for a poolside read this summer, Cobb’s new novel, The Hollywood Assistant, hits shelves July 9. The plot follows an unassuming woman who nabs her dream job as an assistant to a Hollywood power couple, only to become embroiled in a murder investigation after dark secrets emerge. Via both page and screen, the writer is poised to keep fans on the edge of their seats all year long.
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Is Austin author May Cobb having the best year ever? Certainly the stars are aligning nicely for her. This week marks the publishing date for her fifth novel, The Hollywood Assistant. Even while she is busy mapping out bookstore appearances and author chats, she is flying back and forth from Austin to Charlotte, North Carolina, where STARZ is filming her second novel, The Hunting Wives, for a streaming thriller drama series starring Malin Ackerman, Brittany Snow, Chrissy Metz, and Dermot Mulroney, among others.
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Though it’d be premature to report that the ABC procedural is planning a trip to Grant County, series star/producer Ramón Rodríguez tells TVLine that Slaughter’s other book protagonist is frequently brought up in conversation with his fellow producers.
For the uninitiated: The Will Trent book series was preceded by Slaughter’s Grant County series. “Set in the fictional town of Heartsdale, Ga., in the fictional Grant County, the narrative takes place from the perspective of three main characters: Sara Linton, the town’s pediatrician and part-time coroner; her ex-husband, Jeffrey Tolliver, who is chief of police; and his subordinate, detective Lena Adams,” according to the official description.
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The episode, which initially aired March 5, has scored 11.23 million total viewers across 35 days on ABC, Hulu and other digital platforms, according to Nielsen and internal viewing figures. It marks the show’s biggest multiplatform audience to date.
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Series from studio FIFTH SEASON, Emmy Award-Winning Producer Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories, Iron Ocean and is Based on Karin Slaughter's New York Times Bestselling Novel
Karin Slaughter (Pieces of Her) will write all episodes and executive produce. Emmy award-winning producer Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Casey Haver will executive produce for Made Up Stories (Pieces of Her, Big Little Lies, Wolf Like Me) and Biel and Michelle Purple will executive produce for Iron Ocean (The Sinner, Cruel Summer). The series comes from FIFTH SEASON and is based on Slaughter's New York Times bestselling novel The Good Daughter.
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Biel will star in and executive produce the limited series psychological suspense thriller is the second adaptation of a Karin Slaughter novel. The author's book Pieces of Her was adapted for Netflix in 2022, starring Toni Collette.
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The Good Daughter, a limited series, which stars Jessica Biel has been picked up by Peacock.
Author Karin Slaughter, who is known for penning Pieces of Her, will be writing all the episodes and executive produce the psychological thriller project, from Fifth Season and Brun Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, which is based on Slaughter’s New York Times bestselling novel The Good Daughter.
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Emmy nominee Jessica Biel (The Sinner) is confirmed to star in and executive produce The Good Daughter, a limited series set up at Peacock. The drama is based on Karin Slaughter’s bestseller, with Slaughter attached to write and executive produce.
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Peacock has announced the limited series order of the psychological suspense thriller THE GOOD DAUGHTER, starring and executive produced by Emmy Award-nominated actress Jessica Biel (Candy, The Sinner).
Karin Slaughter (Pieces of Her) will write all episodes and executive produce.
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Jessica Biel is bringing a new psychological suspense thriller to Peacock as she’s set to star in and executive produce a television adaptation of The Good Daughter, based on Karin Slaughter’s novel of the same name. The limited series order will see Slaughter write all episodes and executive produce alongside Biel and Emmy-winner Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Casey Haver, and Michelle Purple.
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