Coben thriller wins

'RUN AWAY': LIMITED SERIES HITS THE RIGHT SPOT AND BINGE-WORTHY

- Hein Kaiser

Watching a Harlan Coban screen adaptation on Netflix can be a bit like chewing gum that loses its flavour quickly. There have been hits, near misses and yawns over the past few years.

But, Run Away, released on 1 January, wipes the slate clean, because it's a great limited series and binge-worthy anytime.

Run Away is based on Coben's 2019 book of the same name and starts off by telling the story of the Greene family. James Nesbitt plays dad Simon, Minnie Driver, mom Ingrid.

Daughter Paige is an addict, missing and moving in the wrong circles. Simon is on a mission to find and save his daughter. But in between, plots and subplots unravel at the pace of fighter jets.

Simon sees Paige busking in a park, her boyfriend and dealer Aaron intercepts him, Paige bolts and what follows is a brief, ugly scuffle that is filmed, edited and released onto social media.