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Get ready for more shocking twists and jaw-dropping reveals. Netflix and Harlan Coben have teamed up for another thrilling limited series, Missing You. And with a New Year’s Day premiere date, the new show is perfect for a lazy day-off binge. 

What is Netflix’s ‘Missing You’ about, and when does it premiere?

Missing You follows Kat Donovan, a detective whose fiancé Josh vanished 11 years ago. Kat hasn’t heard from the love of her life since he disappeared. So she’s stunned when she sees his face on a dating app. Josh’s sudden reappearance forces Kat to revisit the strange circumstances surrounding her father’s murder, revealing long-buried secrets from the past. 

“I always thought [Josh] left because of my dad’s murder,” Kat says in the trailer (via YouTube).

As she’s drawn into the investigation into Josh, which seems to intersect with the case of a missing mother, Kat isn’t sure what to believe or who to trust.  

“I don’t know what kind of truth you’re going to find out there, but I don’t think you’re going to like it,” a voice says at the end of the video.  

All five episodes of Missing You will drop on Netflix on Wednesday, Jan. 1. 

Who stars in ‘Missing You’?

A man in a window with a cellphone to his ear in the Harlan Coben Netflix series 'Missing You'
Richard Armitage as Stagger in ‘Missing You’ | Vishal Sharma/Netflix © 2024.

Missing You stars Rosalind Eleazar as Kat. Top Boy’s Ashley Walter plays the mysterious Josh. Richard Armitage, who’s appeared in several of Netflix’s Coben shows, plays Ellis Stagger. (On Instagram, he referred to it as his “fourth adventure into the Harlan Coben Multiverse.”) 

Other cast members include Jessica Plummer as Stacey Embalo, Sir Lenny Henry as Clint Donovan, Steve Pemberton as Titus, Marc Warren as Monte Leburne, Samantha Spiro as Nurse Sally Steiner, Lisa Faulkner as Dana Fells, Mary Malone as Aqua, James Nesbitt as Calligan, and Matt Jay-Willis as Darryl. 

In an interview with RadioTimes, Armitage teased that his character isn’t exactly who he seems at first glance. 

“I play somebody that is holding onto a very potent secret that, if it was revealed, would devastate a lot of lives,” he said. “So it’s quite an interesting burden to carry.”

Is the new Netflix series based on a Harlan Coben book?

Smiling Black man and woman in 'Missing You' on Netflix
Rosalind Eleazar and Ashley Walter in ‘Missing You’ | © 2024 Netflix, Inc.
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Yes, Missing You is based on Coben’s 2014 book of the same name. The adaptation is the best-selling author’s ninth collaboration with the streamer. 

Fool Me Once was a major hit for Netflix earlier in 2024. The streamer’s other Coben shows include The Stranger, Stay Close, Gone for Good, Safe, The Woods, The Innocent, and Hold Tight. A 10th show, Run Away, is also in the works. 

Missing You premieres Jan. 1 on Netflix. 

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