Nothing Stays Buried Forever ("Safe" review--"What I'm Streaming")
Harlan Coben is one of those authors whose books I’ve been reading for a coon’s age (however long that is), because he consistently delivers deliciously-twisty tales peopled with complex characters. Recently, he’s also gotten into film productions, so as soon as I saw he had a new TV series out on Netflix— Safe , following 2016’s The Five and 2015’s No Second Chance —it was an easy choice as to what I’d be streaming next. Short verdict? Wow. (No, really. Wow .) Yeah, okay, I can do better than that. (And totally spoiler-free, natch.) Set in a suburban area somewhere in England, Safe mostly takes place within the walls of a gated community. (Picturing beautiful large houses on ample lots, with wide, well-manicured lanes gently wending their way through the well-heeled neighborhood? Cool, then you’re in the right ballpark.) Dr. Tom Delaney (Michael C. Hall, of “Dexter” and “Six Feet Under” fame) has been trying to make a life for himself and his two teenage daughte...