The Thomas Berryman Number

The Edgar Award-winning book "The Thomas Berryman Number" centers on a messianic hit man hired to assassinate the first black mayor of Nashville, triggering a desperate manhunt. The series adaptation, written by Balcer, will focus on the repercussions from the events in the novel in present day. It centers on an FBI agent who works in the Criminal Section of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division investigating crimes based on civil rights violations across the country. She finds herself caught between the radical family she was born into and the professional family she has chosen. The series touches on the racial aspects of crime that have been stirring a national debate in the past few months with several high-profile cases, including the recent civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting Michael Brown, a young black man, by a white cop. (Source: Deadline.com)