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Stay Close cast as Richard Armitage stars in latest Harlan Coben Netflix mystery thriller

Stay Close is the latest thriller by crime author Harlan Coben to be adapted by Netflix.

After the success of Coben’s previous thrillers such as Netflix's The Stranger and previous adaptation of Safe with Michael C, viewers have a lot to look forward to.

Not to mean the stellar cast and the twisty-turny plot that will keep you guessing until the very end.

There is even more good news, you don’t have to wait a long time to watch the eight-episode series. Stay Close will be arriving on Netflix on Friday, December 31.

Here’s the Stay Close cast and what to expect from Netflix ’s latest mystery thriller.

Who’s in the Stay Close cast?

Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage is best known for his co-starring in The Hobbit film series and the TV series Berlin Station. Armitage also appeared in The Stranger therefore this is Armitage’s second project adapted by Coben.

The 50-year-old got his break in a TV series called Sparkhouse back in 2002. Armitage plays Ray in Stay Close, a talented photographer whose career has nosedived and who now finds himself earning a living as part of the Paparazzi.

Cush Jumbo

Cush Jumbo is well known for starring in US series The Good Fight and can be seen as the lead in Britbox's The Beast Must Die opposite Jared Harris.

Cush plays Megan in Stay Close and this year, she played Hamlet at The Young Vic Theatre in London.

James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt made his film debut playing talent agent Fintan O’Donnell in Hear My Song. Since then he has appeared in Bloodlands, Cold Feet and Stan Lee’s Lucky Man.

Nesbitt plays Jack Broome, a detective who remains fixated on a case that he hasn’t been able to solve.

Sarah Parish

Sarah Parish is best known for her work on Doctor Who,The Pillars of the Earth, Peak Practice, Hearts and Bones, Cutting It and more.

Parish plays Lorraine, a mysterious woman from Megan’s past.

What is Stay Close about?

Based on the Harlan Coben novel of the same name, the series follows the lives of three people who struggle to contain their dark secrets, viewers will discover how some shocking news can so easily blow their lives apart.

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