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The Bridge and Marcella’s Hans Rosenfeldt is adapting CJ Tudor’s The Burning Girls for Buccaneer Media.

Deadline reported the news with Buccaneer’s co-CEO Wood saying: “The Burning Girls is a terrific story; it’s very easy to see how CJ Tudor has risen to the top of the charts in pretty short order. Her ability to tell a truly gripping story is exceptional.”

Rosenfeldt added: “I’ve been longing to get back to London and to work with Buccaneer again and when Tony sent me a copy of The Burning Girls I thought ‘Yes, this is what we should do!’ I loved the book, its characters, the setting, the horror elements and the many twists and surprises.”

The book follows the Reverend Jack Brooks and his daughter as they make a fresh start in Chapel Croft, but soon the close-knit community’s dark history begins to reveal itself. Some 500 years ago, eight martyrs were burnt to death in Chapel Croft; 30 years ago two teenagers vanished without trace; and two months ago, the vicar committed suicide. Brooks must tread carefully. Ancient superstitions as well as a mistrust of outsiders will be hard to overcome. Yet immediately, Jack has more frightening concerns, including threatening messages and a cover-up of his predecessor’s death.