Two More Harlan Coben Adaptations Are Coming To Netflix

If you’ve spent the past week glued to your sofa watching Fool Me Once, there’s more where that came from. Netflix has just announced that two more Harlan Coben book adaptations are coming to the small screen: Missing You and Run Away.

The two new shows will be Netflix’s ninth and tenth Coben adaptations, with previous hits including Stay Close, The Stranger, Safe, and the most recent, Fool Me Once, starring Michelle Keegan, Richard Armitage and Joanna Lumley. 

James Nesbitt in Stay Close

Both the new Netflix Harlan Coben adaptations will be produced by Quay Street Productions, with Coben continuing as executive producer through his company Final Twist Productions. First up will be Missing You, which is set to go into production this spring. Based on Coben’s 2014 novel, the series will follow a police detective called Kat Donovan, whose life is turned upside down after she stumbles upon her estranged fiancé on a dating app – around the same time new information comes to light about her father’s murder.

It’s being directed by Sean Spencer (Panic, A Town Called Malice), alongside Isher Sahota as second director, but we haven’t yet got any information on the cast.

Run Away, meanwhile, tells the story of Simon, a father whose perfect life is shattered when his daughter runs away, drawing Simon into a dangerous criminal underworld.

(L to R) Joanne Lumley as Judith, Michelle Keegan as Maya in Fool Me Once. © Vishal Sharma/Netflix

American author Coben has written 25 mystery novels since his 1990 debut, Play Dead. His books tend to take place in wealthy New York communities, and are renowned for their addictive storylines filled with twists and turns – hence why they work so well as TV shows.

While the critics haven’t all been kind to Fool Me Once, the show has proved extremely popular with Netflix users, amassing 61 million views in the first two weeks and leading the top 10 chart. The series tells the story of ex-soldier Maya Stern (Keegan), who uncovers a deadly conspiracy after spotting her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam. Will Missing You and Run Away have similar success?