Andreeva, Nellie (27 August 2018). "Harlan Coben Inks Overall Deal With Netflix For TV Series & Movie Adaptations Of His Books". Deadline. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020 . Retrieved 28 February 2021. I first tumbled to Harlan Coben very early in his career when a friend recommended the first or second book in his Myron Bolitar series. I enjoyed the Bolitar books and found Myron to be an unusual but engaging protagonist who almost always found himself in the midst of an interesting plot. Secondly, If you think you know who did it like 1/4 of the way in, you're right but the author adds an extra cup of cheesy pathos to the motive that undermines the only thing that was even mildly interesting about the killer. Did I guess who the serial killer was? Yes, about three quarters of the way through but I did keep reading to the end anyway just to make sure I was right and also to get one or two things straight in my mind which just were not making any sense to me. These little niggles were ironed out in the epilogue but I have to say that something just still did not seem right, it all felt just a little tenuous to me.

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Wood, Tom (6 March 2021). "New Harlan Coben Adaptation The Innocent Will Hit Netflix On 30 April". LADBible. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021 . Retrieved 7 March 2021. Franchise History: Harry is in the series and the book, though he’s considerably more coherent in the novel when he’s first introduced. Carlton was dead in the boot of his car. His dad was arrested for hiring Barbie and Ken to find his son. Tawny, Harry and Goldberg were murdered by Barbie and Ken. Barbie was stabbed to death by Megan outside the care home. Ken’s throat was slit by Lorraine when he tried to kill her. Lorraine was in custody, having confessed to the murder of over 20 victims (but won’t serve a long sentence because of her terminal cancer). Ray went off travelling to regain his photography spark, leaving Fester in his flat. Simona was left pregnant without Guy. Broome was alone. And Megan, Dave and their kids were left happily enjoying their wedding day. Why was it called Stay Close? And that is it,” laughed Dave to Megan on their long-awaited wedding day, “there are definitely no more secrets.” Not quite, Dave. You may now know all about your new wife’s hidden past, but there’s still the matter of you and daughter Kayleigh inadvertently tag-teaming to murder a man that neither of you knew you’d killed. That’s how next-level the secrets are in a Harlan Coben thriller – even the murderers don’t know they did it.

Mr C at his good, but not best. Still enjoyable though. There were some funny one liners which I did not note down as this was an audio read. This still is not the best format for me, very easily distracted. I found it was not as exciting as many of his others, the ending waned and I was losing interest. The Performer: Parish appeared in movies like The Wedding Date and The Holiday, as well as TV shows like Medici, Industry, Broadchurch and Mistresses. Stay Close is the latest of Harlan Coben's standalone thrillers. It thrilled me slightly less than The Little Mermaid ride at Disneyland.

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Megan Pierce is an ordinary soccer mom with an interesting past - one where she had to change her name to escape. Ray, her former love, is also muddling through life as a photographer, pining over the one that got away. And then there is a police detective (who seems to have a lot of free time to hang out with various ladies) who is committed to solving a crime from long ago. One awful night, eighteen years ago, the lives of these three people were changed for all time. Now living lives they really don’t want, each one is hiding some very deep, dark secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect. Led by a past that will never go away, the trio return to the place of their trials to find out the truth at long last. As each one faces their own private hell, they soon find a story that has been lurking between the lines of their boring present and their dark, exciting past. Poppy Gilbert and Hyoi O'Grady behind the scenes of Stay Close What are the fans saying about Barbie and Ken? The main cast were revealed to be Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage and Sarah Parish. [8] [9] In February 2021, Netflix announced that several new people would be joining the cast, including Eddie Izzard, Andi Osho, Daniel Francis, Jo Joyner, Bethany Antonia and Rachel Andrews. [4] Filming [ edit ]

The pair's first encounter in the show is with Vipers dancer Tawny Allure who is a key witness to the disappearance to Carlton Flynn. But soon, she meets her end as Barbie and Ken appear and torture her before disposing of her body. Loved the character of Ray Levigne, but did not feel much for Megan. Megan's husband Dave was quite bland, and I think the detective character, Broome could have done with some extra flesh (as in oomph). As always though, he's awesome at witty one liners and I love this guy's writing! Anyway, the story doesn't need to be summarized, as that is done so well already. My points are simply that the story is formulaic to the extreme, the characters are bland and unbelievable (Coben likes to bring in former prostitutes and strippers who yearn for the "good old days"?!?), and the setting is so bleak and blah I just want to forget all about it. a b c Ramachandran, Naman (3 February 2021). "Eddie Izzard, Jo Joyner, Andi Osho Join Cast of Harlan Coben Netflix Drama 'Stay Close' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021 . Retrieved 28 February 2021. In August 2018, American writer Harlan Coben signed a five-year deal with Netflix. Under the deal, Coben would have 14 of his novels adapted as Netflix series, with him serving as producer on all of them. [3] [4] Stay Close follows other Coben-created Netflix originals Safe (2018), The Stranger, The Woods (both 2020), The Innocent, and Gone for Good (both 2021). [5]