Tom Ryan's mystery novel, The Treasure Hunters Club, has been optioned by Toronto-based indie producer Skywild Pictures for a TV series adaptation. The book has everything a great television series needs: coastal atmosphere, layered characters, and a plot that refuses to sit still. And as it turns out, Skywild had more than one trick up its sleeve when it announced on May 25, 2026.

As audiences worldwide develop an appetite for coastal m***** mysteries, Skywild Pictures is arriving at the table with precisely the right dish.

Skywild Pictures has officially optioned The Treasure Hunters Club for a television series. Published in October 2024 by Atlantic Monthly Press, the novel marks Tom Ryan's first adult fiction outing after years of acclaimed YA work. Set in the fictional coastal town of Maple Bay, the story weaves together three strangers, buried pirate lore, a secret society, and a body count that keeps climbing.

"The Treasure Hunters Club stood out immediately for the originality of its premise and rich mystery engine. It’s a smart, character-driven story," said Natalie Urquhart, director of scripted at Skywild, praising its originality to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Treasure Hunters Club is not the only book Skywild secured. Alongside it, the Toronto banner optioned thriller, Our Little Secret by Edward Kay and Mikhael Klassen-Kay, which follows three high school seniors plotting revenge against a predatory teacher. It also picked up The Affinities, a sci-fi novel by Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson, set in a near-future world divided into 22 distinct social media groups. Angela Jennings, Skywild president and co-founder, described the three projects as a natural extension of the company's vision built around ambitious and grounded storytelling.

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As Skywild grows its literary slate, Netflix has already proven that coastal mysteries and book-to-screen adaptations make for irresistible television.

Netflix has demonstrated repeatedly that book adaptations with mystery and coastal backdrops perform exceptionally well with audiences. A Good Girl's Guide to M*****, The Perfect Couple, and His and Hers all followed a similar blueprint: quiet towns, buried secrets, and twisty plots that kept viewers glued. Skywild is clearly taking notes, positioning itself within a well-established and highly profitable pipeline from page to screen.

Tom Ryan's success as a best-selling author gives The Treasure Hunters Club a built-in audience before a single frame is filmed. With Ryan attached as executive producer, the creative vision stays close to the source material. The TV adaptation is still in early development, with no cast or release timeline confirmed yet, but the treasure hunt has officially begun.

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