"We watch and wait, though possibly in neither case for long. We are now about a dozen, rating-banking offerings into the bestselling thriller writer's multi-book deals with Netflix and Amazon. They are generally solid, workmanlike fare that doubtless help fund many passion projects and pay many mortgages along the way. They are comfort TV not just for viewers, but, I suspect, everyone involved."
"Run Away (written by frequent Coben collaborator Danny Brocklehurst, plus Tom Farrelly and Amanda Duke, and based on the 2019 book of the same name, and one of Coben's less bombastic and more harrowing thrillers) is a return to form. Not least because it stars James Nesbitt as Simon, the tormented father of Paige, who is now in the throes of drug addiction and missing from home."
Harlan Coben adaptations have become frequent, produced under multi-book deals with Netflix and Amazon and amounting to about a dozen recent offerings. The adaptations tend to be solid, workmanlike thrillers that help fund other projects and provide comfort TV for viewers and creators. Run Away, scripted by Danny Brocklehurst with Tom Farrelly and Amanda Duke and based on the 2019 novel, returns to a darker, more harrowing tone. James Nesbitt stars as Simon, whose daughter Paige is missing and battling drug addiction, supported by Tracy-Ann Oberman as lawyer Jessica and Ruth Jones as investigator Elena Ravenscroft. The eight-episode plot moves in increasingly convoluted but well-oiled grooves, while Minnie Driver’s Ingrid is underused and placed in a medically fraught subplot.
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