Between Netflix and Harlan Coben, it's a love story that lasts. It is also a story of a contract, signed in 2018 between the streaming platform and the American author of thrillers, providing for the adaptation of 14 of his works, into series or film. By offering its subscribers a fiction by Harlan Coben on January 1, Netflix has found the ideal recipe to start the year with a success. After Don't walk awayreleased on December 30, 2021, Netflix uploaded on January 1, 2024 Double trap. A gripping thriller which has even become one of the most viewed series on the streaming platform. She therefore reiterates this year with I miss youadapted from the author's eponymous novel.
I miss you : what is the story of Harlan Coben's new series on Netflix?
If Harlan Coben is preparing to see one of his novels adapted for the first time in his native country, the United States, the story of I miss you takes place in England, as was the case for Double trap. And, here again, the main character is a woman, Kat Donovan, a brilliant police officer who experienced two tragedies in a very short time, a little over ten years previously. Her father Clint, a distinguished police officer in whose footsteps she followed, was murdered and, a little later, her fiancé Josh fled overnight, without leaving any trace or explanation. If Kat continued on her own path, she was never able to forget either of them. And these two dramas resurface in the light of a new investigation and because she unexpectedly discovers Josh's photo on a dating application.
I miss you (Netflix): after Double trapis the new series adapted from Harlan Coben worth a watch?
As always with Harlan Coben, the intrigues intertwine until the final outcome, always surprising. Effective, this series is no exception to the rule, you will find all the ingredients that make the author's success: a heroine wounded by life and who goes it alone to try to piece together the puzzle, a wide-ranging investigation, antagonists ready to do anything to keep their secrets, friends who want to help but also hide dark sides… Harlan Coben has the gift of taking us where he wants, by turning the pages or chaining the episodes. With only five episodes, I miss you offers a tight plot, but less gripping than Double trap last year. On the casting side, the series relies on talented actors and well-known faces, some of whom are perhaps a little too much so. If we appreciate finding Richard Armitage, who has now become a regular in Harlan Coben's fiction to such an extent that we wonder what roles he will play in the next ones, this risks ending up being counterproductive. It's also a shame to call on James Nesbitt in a dark role, only to have him come for so few scenes. Brief, not everything is perfect in I miss you, but the recipe remains devilishly effectiveperfect for watching in just one day on a New Year’s Day!
