Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage

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The Character: Harry is a lawyer Megan knew in the past. Now, Harry is addicted to drugs, but he wants to help Megan out with her latest round of problems.

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Secondly, If you think you know who did it like 1/4 of the way in, you're right but the author adds an extra cup of cheesy pathos to the motive that undermines the only thing that was even mildly interesting about the killer. Did I guess who the serial killer was? Yes, about three quarters of the way through but I did keep reading to the end anyway just to make sure I was right and also to get one or two things straight in my mind which just were not making any sense to me. These little niggles were ironed out in the epilogue but I have to say that something just still did not seem right, it all felt just a little tenuous to me. And every character says 'You are kidding, right?' at least once. What else do you expect from wise-asses?

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Coben has to be one of the masters of this genre. He takes seemingly normal, every day people and puts them in situations out of their control, puts them through their paces and facing near impossible dilemmas. And just when it seems impossible that they might resolve their situation he will throw them a life-line or they will exceed their own and the reader’s expectations and the story continues. It seems viewers watching Stay Close have been somewhat divided by the dancing murderers in the Netflix show. While some were loving the creepy duo, others thought the two additions were "bizarre." One person said: "#StayClose #Netflix brilliant watch. Loved the two Barbie and Ken baddies!!!" as another tweeted: "Loving #StayClose on Netflix. Although are 'Barbie and Ken' quite possibly the creepiest killers ever?! Dancing and smiling has never been so sinister!!!!" The seven subsequent episodes of Stay Close continue to suggest that the person behind Stewart’s disappearance — or, possibly, murder — also harmed Carlton. But the mystery’s finale reveals that the true answer isn’t nearly so cut-and-dried. While Stewart's fate accidentally leads to Carlton's disappearance, very different people actually caused these crimes. The story of Stay Close, which is about the lives of three seemingly ordinary people being disturbed by a terrible past event, was originally set in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn’t recede. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all. And as each confronts the dark side of the American Dream—the boredom of a nice suburban life, the excitement of temptation, the desperation and hunger that can lurk behind even the prettiest facades—they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper-thin as a heartbeat.

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The Performer: Parish appeared in movies like The Wedding Date and The Holiday, as well as TV shows like Medici, Industry, Broadchurch and Mistresses. I don't know why Broome felt so compelled to find the missing Steward Greene. Everyone assumed he had run away with the stripper. There was apparently no crime, as he was an adult and could go wherever he wanted. The Character: Megan has spent the past 17 years rebuilding her life: a husband-to-be, kids, a nice house. But when a man with potential ties to another missing-person case from — you guessed it —17 years ago disappears, her shiny new life begins to unravel. In August 2018, American writer Harlan Coben signed a five-year deal with Netflix. Under the deal, Coben would have 14 of his novels adapted as Netflix series, with him serving as producer on all of them. [3] [4] Stay Close follows other Coben-created Netflix originals Safe (2018), The Stranger, The Woods (both 2020), The Innocent, and Gone for Good (both 2021). [5] The other main character, Ray Levine, is a photographer who used to be at the top of his field. Haunted by a blood-soaked crime scene seventeen years earlier, his career nosedived and he now takes on sleazy faux paparazzi assignments to keep a roof over his head.I don’t think that I have read a Harlen Coben before, although I may be wrong, but I am going to make an effort to read more of him, not because I particularly enjoyed this one, I didn’t, but I have a sneaking suspicion this is not him at his best. Cush Jumbo as Megan Pierce-Shaw / Cassie Morris, a former stripper, now engaged with three children.

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Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn't recede. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all. And as each confronts the dark side of the American Dream - the boredom of a nice suburban life, the excitement of temptation, the desperation and hunger that can lurk behind even the prettiest facades - they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper-thin as a heartbeat. The story is the latest adaptation of Harlan Coben’s work. (The author, who signed a multi-year pact with Netflix, also had his stories The Woods, The Innocent, The Stranger and Gone For Good turned into miniseries.) Shenton, Zoe (12 October 2021). "Stay Close on Netflix: Cast, release date and everything you need to know". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021 . Retrieved 1 December 2021. To be a Stay Close fan is to juggle a lot of questions at once as the mystery unravels around two missing-person cases in a seaside British town. But if you’re here, that means you’re ready for some answers — so expect some massive spoilers ahead. The first mystery is the disappearance of Carlton Flynn, the son of wealthy (and shady) businessman Del Flynn (Ross Boatman). Detective Michael Broome (James Nesbitt) realizes the investigation into Carlton’s whereabouts shares a suspicious number of similarities with the cold case of Stewart Green (Rod Hunt), another rich man who disappeared on the same day 17 years earlier. Carlton and Stewart were both last seen near Vipers, a nightclub outside of town. worked in the travel industry. He now lives in New Jersey with his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben MD, a pediatrician, and their four children.This was my third book by Harlan Coben, and will likely be my last. While he is undeniably a deft plotter, even when dealing with various strings and many characters to tie together, the characters are what really fall flat in my opinion. I am one of those readers who can be won over by compelling characters even if the plot is slightly weak, but decent plot AND weak characters leave no impression on me (except this negative one I am writing now, though the book as a whole is enormously forgettable. In fact, I cannot remember the plot of the other two I read by him either, except that in the end, the person with the gun won. Not particularly elegant...) Not a surprise to lead off a review by saying this author has done it once again. A truly fascinating tale of suspense that delves into the lives of three people who thought they knew what they wanted. Alas, they just can’t quite seem to find a way to forget the incredibly dark past they’ve left behind. Scott Shane's outstanding work Flee North tells the little-known tale of an unlikely partnership ...