Sue Kroll’s recently launched production banner Kroll & Co. has picked up the rights to Jonathan Lethem’s new novel, “The Feral Detective,” through her exclusive deal at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Lethem’s first detective story since his New York Times bestseller “Motherless Brooklyn” will be published in November 2018, according to the production company’s Wednesday announcement.
“The Feral Detective” centers on Phoebe Siegler, a sarcastic and garrulous woman who heads to California to try to find her best friend’s missing teenaged daughter. When a lead brings her to the stark and seedy desert towns just east of Los Angeles, Phoebe is put in contact with Charles Heist, a laconic, strange private eye with an uncanny ability to find those that don’t want to be found, who reluctantly agrees to help.