Jump in the 4x4, let Richard Armitage ride shotgun and suspend your disbelief, because it’s time to return to the Harlan Coben Television Universe (HCTU). Don’t tell me you have missed it.
Netflix has been churning out dramas based on the oeuvre of New Jersey-based mystery writer Coben since 2018, which scratch the itch you didn’t know you had for soapy thrillers featuring a bunch of British actors hamming it up. On 1 January last year, the streamer released Fool Me Once, a chaotic, cliffhanger-laden tale that starred Michelle Keegan wearing an array of very nice coats – which then went on to become Netflix’s most watched series of 2024 (in spite of some decidedly patchy reviews).
