DreamWorks Pictures has pinned down scribe Ehren Kruger to pen the bigscreen adaptation of the studio's book property "Nightlife" reports Variety.

Thomas Perry novel follows a female serial killer who changes her identity every time she commits a murder. Hot on her trail is a female police detective. By the end of the story, the two women grow close in proximity as well as identity.

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who teamed to write "Transformers" for DreamWorks and Paramount, are producing.