New York Times-bestselling author Ruth Ware‘s forthcoming adrenaline-fuelled thriller, Zero Days, has been optioned by Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, for series development.

As reported by Deadline, Universal won a 10-way auction to land rights for the action-packed thriller that combines Mr. and Mrs. Smith with The Fugitive and follows a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer.

Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their suspect—her.

Suddenly on the run and quickly running out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the real killer in this unputdownable and heart-pounding mystery from an author whose “propulsive prose keeps readers on the hook and refuses to let anyone off until all has been revealed” (Shelf Awareness).

Zero Days will be released in the US on 20th June and in the UK on 6th July. Pre-order your US copy here and your UK copy here now.

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