For Fans of Harlan Coben

If someone asks where to enter the Coben world, the answer is The Stranger, whether the novel or the Richard Armitage Netflix series. It crystallises everything: a normal man, a piece of information he cannot unknow, a marriage that starts unravelling the moment he looks closer. The series is a masterclass in the six-episode limited format, holding its cards long enough that the finale landing actually earns its shock. Start here.

When Fool Me Once dropped on Netflix, it became a social-media event for exactly the right reasons: the central hook (a widow sees her dead husband on her nanny cam) is preposterous enough to be irresistible and smart enough to pay off. Michelle Keegan carries every scene with a guarded exhaustion that feels completely real. It is Coben working at full throttle, and the finale genuinely delivers.

Before Netflix came calling, Guillaume Canet's 2006 French adaptation of Tell No One showed exactly how cinematic Coben's material is. The film runs two hours but never drags, and the central mystery -- a man who receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his murdered wife -- is handled with precisely the right amount of restraint. It remains one of the best European thrillers of its decade.

Sceptics argue Coben repeats himself, and they are not entirely wrong. But Missing You -- novel and the recent Netflix series -- is a reminder of why the formula works. The hook is so simple it should be cheap: a detective finds her long-lost love on a dating app. What follows is anything but. Rosalind Eleazar anchors the series with real weight, and the supporting conspiracy is more intricate than it has any right to be.