Adaptations of Harley Coben’s novels are generally successful on Netflix. After Innocent, Without a Word or Don’t Move Away, the American platform will soon lift the veil of Double Trap, whose original title is Fool Me Once. Even if a trailer has not yet been put online by Netflix, the series, which is one of the most anticipated of 2024, is likely to follow the same path as the previous collaborations between the master of the thriller and the American company: a well-thought-out one Plot and twists that keep us on the edge of our seats! Although we don’t have much information yet, here’s what we already know about this eight-part series.
Double trap: Two murder cases with disturbing circumstances
The series follows one Maya Stern, a wife and mother who is grieving after the murder of her husband Joe. When she sets up a camera in her house to monitor her daughter, she discovers a man standing next to her. What’s even more disturbing and frightening is that Maya recognizes her husband, whom she thought was dead, on the screen. At the same time, the police investigation into his murder, entrusted by Inspector Sami Kierce, continues. The dark series continues with Abby and Daniel, Maya’s nephews, who also try to solve the mysterious circumstances of their mother’s death. You’ve probably already guessed it: these two murder cases seem to have one thing in common… To find out which one it is, we’ll have to wait until… January 1, 2024Date Double Trap goes live on Netflix.
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Double Trap: Which actors star in the Netflix series?
When it comes to casting, the platform’s subscribers were spoiled. To portray the main character Maya, the British actress and top model was hired to produce this new creation Michelle Keegan. The former Coronation Street star was not only named the sexiest woman in the world by FHM magazine in 2015, but also became known for her time in Downton Abbey. By his side, Richard Armitage (The Hobbit), recently seen in the thriller Obsession on Netflix, plays Joe, Maya’s supposedly deceased husband. In the rest of the cast we find Adeel Akhtar, seen in Ali and Ava, or Joanna Lumley, who stood out in the series Bowler Hat and Leather Boots in the 1970s.
Harlen Coben’s novels are a hit on Netflix
This new series is part of the long list of adaptations of Harlen Coben’s novels on the platform, which has recognized the enormous potential of the American writer’s thrillers. If you’re a fan of the master of suspense’s investigations, you know that Double Trap isn’t the only series that comes straight from his imagination. Overall there is seven miniseriesThe first film, Safe (2018), put Michael C. Hall (Dexter) in the shoes of a grieving widower after the tragic death of his wife. Her life is turned upside down again when her daughter disappears after a party where her boyfriend dies. After the excellent miniseries “Obsession” in 2020, Netflix honored Harlen Coben again that same year with the adaptation of his bestseller “Into the Woods.” This time the plot takes us directly to Poland, the scene of the disappearance of four teenagers from a summer camp in the summer of 1994. Continuing its travel pace, Netflix then offers its subscribers Innocent (2021), which tells the story of a prisoner who fell into the terrible ones Secrets of his new partner, who suddenly disappears during a business trip. The collection will expand even further with “Gone Forever,” “Don’t Move Away,” and finally “Without a Word” in 2022. Using the codes of the noir novel, Harlen Coben presents a teenager who disappears after the death of his best friend, whom his mother will definitely try to find.
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