Eva Björg Ægisdóttir’s best-selling crime series “Elma” is set for a TV adaptation after Icelandic production company Glassriver optioned the rights.

The series follows police detective Elma, who returns to work at the local police station in her small hometown of Akranes, Iceland, after a disastrous romance goes wrong.

“When a woman’s body is found lying at the foot of a lighthouse, terrible secrets could well resurface from the past,” reads the logline. “In this small Icelandic town with its oppressive atmosphere, could salvation come to Elma from her colleague Saevar?”

The first book in the series is titled “The Creak on the Stairs” while the follow-up is “Girls Who Life.” Ægisdóttir’s books have been translated into 23 languages but the series has been a particular hit in France, where it has reached over 100,000 readers.

D H H Literary Agency’s David Headley negotiated the deal in association with The Artists Partnership.