Juste un regard

I have never been been a fan of the writer whose work I have always considered as , not very well written throwaway fiction ( I cant even grade it as Pulp Fiction which would be to denigrate GOOD pulp fiction ) In fairness however , Channel 4 in the UK has a great section of WORLD FICTION and some are EXCELLENT , especially a couple of Polish ones and Scandinavian ones and that includes some others by the same writer which were worthy of at least 6/10 and despite this mess of a series I may well risk another one

I had a much better plot in my mind, the cast were if I'm truthful too old in the flashbacks, Bastien starts college looking 40, the plot had more twists than a bag of fusilli but unlike fusilli not all good.

I have not yet read a Harlen Coben book but I might now, the cast were good if old, but like fast food after tearing the wrapper off I was left unsatisfied.

Engrossing, intricately plotted, well-made multi-character mystery loaded with twists and turns. Like "El Inocente", the recent Spanish hit which led me to this mini-series via Harlan Coben, attention must be paid at all times but rest assured that by the end nearly all of your questions will be answered. Virginie Ledoyen always has been & still is one of the most beautiful women in the world and I just love looking at her, but the shining star of the series is Jimmy Jean-Louis, who has a genuinely intimidating physical presence (he would be perfect as a henchman in a James Bond movie). The 4th episode is a little filler-ish, but other than that, a terrific show. *** out of 4.

Eva Beaufils is happily married with two children; then one day she finds an old photograph of four people. One of them she recognises as her husband. She asks him about it and he claims it isn't him. Shortly afterwards he is kidnapped. As she tries to discover what happened to him she learns many things about him and herself; with possible connections to tragic events fifteen years previously.

I really enjoyed this French crime drama, based on a book by Harlan Coben. The mystery starts early on and gets deeper as the story progresses; as one question is answered another is raised. It must be admitted that the viewer does have to suspend their disbelief at times... some of the fifteen year old secrets would have been almost impossible to keep for that long, especially given how easily some are uncovered at the point required by the plot. Thankfully the tension is kept high enough that it is easy to overlook them while actually watching. The cast does a solid job, most notably Virginie Ledoyen as Eva and Thierry Neuvic as her husband Bastien. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of crime dramas with plenty of twists, so long as you can overlook the more farfetched moments.

These comments are based on watching the series in French with English subtitles.

I'm a huge Harlan Coben fan, but I didn't love this. There were the shortcuts-a slightly autistic child who conveniently has a perfect memory for license plates, a family friend who just happens to be an expert computer hacker. These are not spoilers. The child reveals his memory for license plates in the beginning, so we just sit there waiting for it to come in handy. It's also never a good sign when investigators miss incredibly basic information that can be found via Google. The relationship between the mafia-like "protector" and the angelic heroine is something that could only happen in a very schlocky mystery. There is also a hitman in this whose methods defy logic. There is also at least one problem that I can't reveal lest it give away too much, but it's kind of a dealbreaker for me. (I have a feeling there are actually a few--you may find your own.) It is a twisty tale, but, by the end, perhaps too twisty. I know a good mystery is hard to create, but this series should have tried harder.