Harlan Coben’s Thriller for Netflix Gets First Look at Images

Here are some first images from Netflix’s latest Harlan Coben drama series.

Run away stars James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch, and will once again transport a Coben novel from the US to the UK, with the story set in and around Manchester. It will launch on January 1, 2026.

The eight-part series follows Simon (Nesbitt), whose perfect life with a loving wife and children has fallen apart, his eldest daughter Paige running away. He finds her vulnerable and drugged in a city park, but she is not alone, and an argument escalates into shocking violence. Subsequently, Simon loses his daughter again and his search to find her will lead him into a dangerous underworld.

Frequent Coben collaborator Quay Street Productions, owned by ITV Studios, is making the show. Coben will serve as executive producer through his company, Final Twist Productions. Fool me once And Brassic writer Danny Brocklehurst is the lead writer and executive producer. Quay Street, its founder Nicola Shindler and Richard Fee are the other executive producers. Tom Farrelly, Amanda Duke and Charlotte Coben are episodic writers. The series producer is Guy Hescott, Will McDonagh is producer, Charlotte Coben is associate producer, Nimer Rashed and Isher Shaota are lead directors, and Orla Maxwell directed the casting.

Also starring Lucian Msamati, Jon Pointing, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Annette Badland, Maeve Courtier-Lilley, Ellie de Lange, Adrian Greensmith, Ellie Henry, Ingrid Oliver, Finty Williams, Joe McGann and Amy Gledhill.

The series follows Coben’s latest Netflix thriller, I miss youwhich is now among the ten best English-language shows of all time for streaming with over 94 million views since its launch in January 2024. Both are among 13 titles that bestselling author Coben has made for Netflix. Others include Fool me once, Gone for good, The stranger And Stay close. Following Run away will be Caught, Just a look And I will find you.