Netflix are adapting two more Harlan Coben novels into limited series
Following the success of Fool Me Once
Last updated 22nd Jan 2024
If you're a fan of Harlan Coben dramas on Netflix, you'll be thrilled to know that the streaming service have confirmed they'll be adapting two more of his novels, thanks to the phenomenal success of Fool Me Once.
Netflix will be adapting Harlan's novels Missing You and Run Away in the next few years, with production for Run Away reportedly beginning later in 2024.
Whilst Harlan himself will once again act as an Executive Producer on both shows through his company Final Twist Productions, Fool Me Once writer Danny Brocklehurst will work on Run Away, with Stay Close writer Victoria Asare-Archer writing Missing You.
What is Run Away about?
Released in March 2019, Harlan's novel Run Away is a thriller that followers a parent's attempt to find his drug addict daughter.
The book's blurb reads: 'You’ve lost your daughter.
'She’s addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she’s made it clear that she doesn’t want to be found.
'Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she’s not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble.
'You don’t stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home.
'She runs.
'And you do the only thing a parent can do: you follow her into a dark and dangerous world you never knew existed. Before you know it, both your family and your life are on the line. And in order to protect your daughter from the evils of that world, you must face them head on.'
What is Missing You about?
Missing You was released in March 2014 and is a heart-pounding thriller about the ties we have to our past.
The book's blurb reads: 'It’s a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she’s ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart 18 years ago.
'Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens up to her. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light, in which monsters prey upon the most vulnerable.'
Check out all of the Harlan Coben dramas on Netflix now:
The Stranger
Release date: 2020
Series: 1
Cast: Richard Armitage, Siobhan Finneran and Jennifer Saunders.
Synopsis: When a stranger makes a shocking claim about his wife, family man Adam Price becomes entangled in a mystery as he desperately searches for answers.
Safe
Release date: 2018
Series: 1
Cast: Michael C. Hall, Amanda Abbington and Marc Warren.
Synopsis: After his teenage daughter goes missing, a widowed surgeon in an affluent neighbourhood begins unearthing dark secrets about the people closest to him.
Stay Close
Release date: 2021
Series: 1
Cast: Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt and Richard Armitage.
Synopsis: When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.
Gone For Good
Release date: 2021
Series: 1
Cast: Finnegan Oldfield, Nicolas Duvauchelle and Guillaume Gouix.
Synopsis: Ten years after losing two loved ones, a man is plunged into another dizzying mystery when his girlfriend vanishes.
The Innocent
Release date: 2021
Series: 1
Cast: Mario Casas, Alexandra Jiménez and Aura Garrido.
Synopsis: An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.
The Woods
Release date: 2020
Series: 1
Cast: Grzegorz Damięcki, Agnieszka Grochowska and Hubert Miłkowski.
Synopsis: Evidence found on the body of a homicide victim sparks hope in a prosecutor that his sister who disappeared 25 years earlier could still be alive.
Fool Me Once
Release date: 1st January 2024
Series: 1
Cast: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley and Emmett J. Scanlan
Synopsis: The series follows Maya Stern who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband.
It's understood Netflix bosses have chosen two more of Harlan's novels to adapt into limited series due to the popularity of 2024 release Fool Me Once.
Starring Michelle Keegan, Joanna Lumley and Richard Armitage, the eight-part drama has broken viewing records, with the show being in the Top 10 in over 90 countries! It also debuted at Number 1 on the global English TV list with 37.1 million views in its first week.
At the moment, no details have been announced about who will star in Run Away and Missing You.
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