The more Kat works towards finding out who killed her father, the more life-altering secrets she uncovers.

Similar to the novel, the five-episode series setting plays a crucial role in the story and characters lives.

Despite the series having a different setting, it has the same atmosphere as the novel.

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While New York and Manchester are not the same place, they are both big and busy cities.

Kat and Chaz do not get along, and she actually asks for a different partner.

However, they eventually start liking each other after they work on Danas case together.

Rosalind Eleazar looking shocked in Missing You episode 1

In the Netflix adaptation, Kat’s partner is Nia.

Coben’s story sees the detective often drinking at night so that numb her pain.

No less than 11 Harlan Coben projects have been adapted into shows on Netflix.

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Missing You is a crime-drama television series based on the novel written by Harlan Coben. Detective Kat Donovan’s life is thrown into chaos when her fiance, who disappeared eleven years ago, suddenly appears on a dating app. With his reappearance, old wounds are reopened, including the mystery of her father, who was murdered.

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The Kat in the Netflix series is better adjusted than her novel counterpart.

Although she struggles with her father’s death, she doesn’t let her grief stifle her.

A man dies on Titus' farm in Netflix’s Missing You

Dimitri, the hacker who works for Titus, is not present in the Netflix show.

Kat seems to rely on her mother, often going over to visit her.

The Netflix thriller makes a change to their relationship.In the series, Kat and Odette are close.

Kat and Odette hugging in Missing You

Kat seems to rely on her mother, often going over to visit her.

And although they have disagreements, they seem to get on well.

However, Netflix’sMissing Youdepicts Titus as a dog breeder.

Titus looking down and frowning in Netflix’s Missing You

For Aqua, who teaches yoga, routine is key.

Even a slight change to her daily activities could cause her to spiral.

She has a stable life and, like her book counterpart, is a yoga teacher.

Michelle Keegan as Maya Stern in Fool Me Once and Richard Armitage as Adam Price in The Stranger.

Making Aqua different in the series is probably the most important change the show makes to the book.

The Aqua in theMissing Youshow is remarkably different from the one in the source material.

Making Aqua different in the series is probably the most important change the show makes to the book.

Aqua does yoga in Missing You

Coben’s book uses outdated terminology to describe transgender people and is, at times, offensive.

The series remedies that by having better trans representation.

After Kat finds Reynaldo kidnapping Brendan, she goes to the police station and tracks his movements from there.

Kat and Josh sitting side by side with devastated expressions in Missing You

Furthermore, the fight between Aqua and Clint was also altered in the show’s conclusion.

The novel sees Clint attack Aqua in the alley where she found him attacking Parker.

With his reappearance, old wounds are reopened, including the mystery of her father, who was murdered.

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