In a turbulent world there are few things that we can be certain of as we welcome in 2025: Donald Trump will once again become leader of the free world, we’ll all make resolutions we can’t keep, and Richard Armitage will star in a Harlan Coben adaptation on Netflix.
My new year’s resolution was to try to find a way to give this latest effort a positive review. But sadly, just like Dry January last year and the gym membership the year before, I have fallen at the first hurdle.
In 2018 Netflix signed a five-year deal to adapt 14 books by Coben. After several successful adaptations, including The Stranger (2020, featuring Armitage) and Stay Close (2021, again featuring Armitage), the deal was extended by