Netflix confirms release date for Harlan Coben's next tense thriller

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Netflix has confirmed the release date for Harlan Coben's next nail-biting thriller Missing You - and it's sooner than you might expect.

Hot off the heels of the huge success of Michelle Keegan's Fool Me Once, the crime author has signed a five-year deal to bring more of his novels to the streaming service.

Initially announcing a 2025 release date, the streaming giant has now revealed that Missing You will premiere on New Year's Day (January 1, 2025). 

The all-star cast is led by Slow Horses actress Rosalind Eleazar, who plays Missing Persons detective Kat Donovan.

The official synopsis reads: 'Eleven years ago Detective Kat Donovan's fiancé Josh - the love of her life - disappeared and she's never heard from him since.

Netflix has confirmed the release date for Harlan Coben's next nail-biting thriller Missing You - and it's sooner than what you think
Hot off the heels of the huge success of Michelle Keegan 's Fool Me Once, the crime author has signed a five-year deal to bring more of his novels to the streaming service

'Now, swiping profiles on a dating app, she suddenly sees his face and her world explodes all over again.

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'Josh's reappearance will force her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father's murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past.'

Top Boy's Ashley Walters is playing Josh, while other cast members include Sir Lenny Henry, James Nesbitt, Fool Me Once star Richard Armitage, EastEnders actor Jessica Plumber and Inside No. 9's Steve Pemberton.

The series is produced by Quay Street Productions (a division of ITV Studios), with Coben serving as an executive producer.

Nimer Rashed, the director of Fool Me Once, has returned once again to direct episodes alongside Isher Sahota, known for Ridley and Grace. 

Victoria Asare-Archer, who co-wrote the 2021 Coben thriller Stay Close, was in charge of screenwriting. 

The series will comprise of five hour-long episodes and is set to be a huge hit for Netflix.

Missing You follows the success of Fool Me Once, which released on the streaming platform last New Year's Day.

Initially announcing a 2025 release date, the streaming giant has now revealed that Missing You will premiere on New Year's Day (January 1, 2025).
It comes after Fool Me Once has had viewers hooked with its gripping episodes and plot twists since its New Year's Day release (pictured Michelle Keegan and Adeel Akhtar pictured left)

Teasing what viewers can expect from Missing You during a recent interview with Digital Spy, Coben said: 'I think it may be my most gripping, and the ending will not only surprise you. 

'In fact, [when] I recently re-watched it, I was completely fooled by the ending – and I wrote it.'

'But I think you'll genuinely be moved,' he added. 'Tell me if you shed a tear at the last episode of Missing You.'

Fool Me Once became the most-watched series for the first half of the year, racking up an impressive 108 million views.

Michelle, who plays the main character Maya Burkett, was completely starstuck after the series hit number one worldwide.

She thanked fans in disbelief of the popularity it has gained with a slew of snaps of her on set, with the caption: 'Number 1 in the world & in more than 60 countries. I feel like I'm in a dream right now.

Fool Me Once became the most-watched series for the first half of the year, racking up an impressive 108 million views

'Thank you to every single person who has reached out or messaged me re Fool Me Once i promise you I read them all. 

'Over the moon that you’ve enjoyed the show as much as we enjoyed making it. It’s been a very very special week.'

Fool Me Once was released as a novel in 2016, and follows the likes of The Stranger and Stay Close to become the eighth member of Netflix's Harlan Coben Collection.

Missing You arrives on Netflix on January 1, 2025.