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Netflix Unveils Trailer for Harlan Coben’s Run Away, Premiering January 1

The UK-set limited series reunites Coben with Quay Street collaborators, centering on a father’s search colliding with a murder probe.

Overview

  • Netflix set the eight-episode thriller to debut on January 1, 2026, and released the full trailer showing the series’ central mystery.
  • James Nesbitt leads the cast as Simon Greene alongside Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch, with Ellie de Lange as daughter Paige.
  • A first public screening of Episode 1 took place at BFI Southbank with a Q&A featuring Nesbitt, Jones, Harlan Coben and lead writer Danny Brocklehurst.
  • Production relocates the 2019 novel from the U.S. to the U.K., with filming in Manchester and the North West, produced by Quay Street Productions for Netflix.
  • The trailer and official synopsis frame a missing-person case intertwined with a boyfriend’s death, as Coben promises an “emotional roller coaster” that keeps viewers guessing.