Harlan Coben

Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware

Alice Williams

Kids & Family, Arts, Music, Food

4.8 • 12.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

We have the thriller King joining us this week, international bestseller, Harlan Coben! You’ll find all his books in stores worldwide, and now his TV series are taking the world by storm on Netflix. His latest series 'Run Away’ also stars multiple previous guests of the podcast (James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones & Minnie Driver), and it’s gripping from start to the end! Mum was in love with Harlan from the moment he walked through the door. We discussed his writing process, his love of Bruce Springsteen, growing up in New Jersey and his mum being a terrible cook, writing ‘Gone Before Goodbye’ with Reese Witherspoon, his iconic Thanksgiving bagel party, and how his lead character Myron Bolitar is very much based on himself! Harlan’s new series ‘Run Away’ is released globally on Netflix on 1st January - don’t miss it!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Table Manners. I'm Jessie Ware and it is a raining evening. Hi mum, how are you?
0:11.6	Macard. I know me too. Yeah. But we're really excited about this guest. Couldn't be more.
0:17.2	We have a legendary writer that you introduced me to. Debarred his books.
0:23.5	I mean, we've been reading him for decades. Yes. The crime thriller, extraordinary,
0:31.3	Harlan Coben. I think anyone that's read the Harlan Coben novel, you go back for me.
0:36.9	He's a great writer. And if you don't know Harlan Coben novel, you go back for me. He's a great writer.
0:38.2	And if you don't know Harlan Coben's literature, you'll probably know his Netflix shows.
0:43.1	Missing.
0:44.0	Missing.
0:44.8	The new one that we're going to talk about called Runaway.
0:47.8	He's done Lazarus that's on Amazon Prime.
0:51.0	With Bill Knight.
0:52.1	Bill Knight.
0:53.3	He also has written a book with Reese With a spoon.
0:56.5	I think we touched on what we chat to.
0:59.5	I've just started it.
1:01.0	It's good.
1:02.1	Maggie.
1:02.8	Yeah.
1:03.3	The wrong and doctor.
1:05.5	Really excited to have him.
1:07.0	So we had such a great time with John Gregory Smith.
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