The first mystery—that of a missing daughter—appeared in 2018. The second—a vanished wife—in 2020. These two were followed by a mysteriously missing husband (2021), a mysteriously revived dead husband (2024) and another mysteriously missing daughter (2026). However, as so often, the deeper mystery was less the crimes than the mysterious figure spotted hanging around them.(然而，和往常一样，更深层的谜团与其说是罪案本身，不如说是那个在罪案周围徘徊的神秘人物。)
第一个谜团——失踪的女儿——出现在2018年。第二个——消失的妻子——在2020年。随后是一个神秘失踪的丈夫（2021年）、一个神秘复活的死去的丈夫（2024年）以及另一个神秘失踪的女儿（2026年）。然而，和往常一样，更深层的谜团与其说是罪案本身，不如说是那个在罪案周围徘徊的神秘人物。
He could be seen in the very first mystery which, viewers learned, was “Harlan Coben’s Safe”. He was spotted(发现，注意到) in the next one, titled—with equal mystery—“Harlan Coben’s The Stranger”. He was there in the next ones, too, which were variously titled “Harlan Coben’s Stay Close”, “Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once” and “Harlan Coben’s Run Away”. These lead to(导致，通向) the deepest mystery of all: who is Mr Coben, and why is Netflix so obsessed(着迷的，痴迷的) by him?
他在第一个谜团中就出现了，观众得知，那就是《哈兰·科本之安全屋》。他在下一个谜团中被发现，标题同样神秘，叫做《哈兰·科本之陌生人》。他也在接下来的剧集中出现，这些剧集被分别命名为《哈兰·科本之不要走远》、《哈兰·科本之骗我一次》和《哈兰·科本之逃跑》。这些都引出了最深的谜团：科本先生是谁？网飞为何如此痴迷于他？
The question of his identity is perhaps the easiest. Mr Coben is an American thriller writer. His spread has been viral(病毒式的，迅速传播的) in extent (he has sold over 100m books) and in its style (like covid-19, most did not notice him spreading until it was too late). Since last year alone, he has been behind seven series and two novels. “Harlan Coben” thus became one of those baffling(令人困惑的) word combinations, like “vibe coding” or “tokenmaxxing”, that went from meaningless to ubiquitous seemingly overnight.
关于他身份的问题或许是最简单的。科本先生是一位美国惊悚小说作家。他的传播范围如同病毒般广泛（他已售出超过1亿本书），传播风格也像病毒一样（就像新冠病毒一样，大多数人直到为时已晚才注意到他的扩散）。仅从去年起，他就参与了七部剧集和两部小说。于是，“哈兰·科本”成了那些令人困惑的词语组合之一，就像“氛围编程”或“代币最大化”一样，似乎一夜之间从毫无意义变得无处不在。
Murder, he wrote
谋杀，他笔下的