Harlan Coben Will Officially Replace The Lincoln Lawyer In 2027
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Netflix’s adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer has thrilled audiences for almost five years, but now it’s drawing to a close. The next season of maverick lawyer Mickey Haller’s story will be his last new case on the streaming platform. The literary half-brother of fellow Prime Video’s Harry Bosch is being retired from streaming, it seems.
Season 5 of The Lincoln Lawyer will be released in March, after which Mickey’s detective sister Emi Finch is getting her own Netflix spinoff series, but he’ll be nothing more than a bit-part player in her story. Meanwhile, the streaming giant’s next multi-season adaptation of a hugely popular literary character – who also happens to have trained as a lawyer – is just getting started.
Just like Mickey Haller, the character in question is being brought to the small screen by TV legal-procedural veteran David E. Kelley. Unlike Haller, though, he’s the creation of Netflix’s favorite author, Harlan Coben, rather than Michael Connelly. Coben now has 13 TV shows adapted from his novels on the world’s most subscribed-to streaming platform.
However, his 14th Netflix series will be a very different story. David E. Kelley and Kyle Long’s as-yet untitled Myron Bolitar project brings the character who launched Coben’s literary career to the screen for the very first time. What’s more, he’s going to front the first multiseason serial drama Coben has ever agreed to.
Harlan Coben’s Myron Bolitar Debuts On Netflix In 2027
Netflix’s Myron Bolitar series was only confirmed back in May 2026, yet it’s already wrapped filming, and is slated for release at some point in 2027. We can expect it to follow hot on the heels of The Lincoln Lawyer’s final season, giving those in need of a good procedural mystery something similarly gripping to get hooked on.
The protagonist of 12 novels by Harlan Coben, including his 1995 breakout success Deal Breaker, Myron Bolitar is a would-be basketballer whose childhood dream of turning professional is suddenly ended by a freak injury. He turns his attention instead to becoming a sports agent, after qualifying as a lawyer from Harvard.
Bolitar isn’t just a taller, literary version of Jerry Maguire, though. His quick wits, keen eye for detail, rough-and-ready approach to work, and insistence on a stringent moral code, invariably take him down a rabbit hole of crime investigation, too. In fact, it’s a wonder he didn’t set out to be a private eye in the first place.
The upcoming TV adaptation of Coben’s Myron Bolitar novels will star The Continental’s Colin Woodell as its central character, alongside familiar faces such as Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live) and Jabari Banks (Bel-Air). Funnily enough, it also features two actors who’ve made appearances in The Lincoln Lawyer.
Netflix Is Setting Up Myron Bolitar To Replace The Lincoln Lawyer
Besides Netflix’s Myron Bolitar adaptation borrowing Jamie McShane and Diane Guerrero from The Lincoln Lawyer, where they play Detective Lee Lankford and a season 5 character called Natalia, respectively, it looks set to steal the thunder from Mickey Haller’s last case in 2027. As Harlan Coben’s first show with multiple seasons, it’s bound to wrack up serious viewing numbers on streaming for several years to come.
Coben has had two different global number 1 hits on Netflix in 2026 alone, in the miniseries adaptations Run Away and I Find You. His most celebrated literary creation’s screen debut will be on a whole other level, though. It’s no accident that producers appear to have fast-tracked the rollout of this series to coincide with the end of The Lincoln Lawyer’s run.
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Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar Novels |
Year Of Publication |
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Deal Breaker |
1995 |
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Drop Shot |
1996 |
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Fade Away |
1996 |
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Back Spin |
1997 |
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One False Move |
1998 |
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The Final Detail |
1999 |
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Darkest Fear |
2000 |
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Promise Me |
2006 |
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Long Lost |
2009 |
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Live Wire |
2011 |
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Home |
2016 |
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Think Twice |
2024 |
Myron Bolitar’s arrival on Netflix appears to be specifically designed to replace the massive success of its flagship legal thriller, with David E. Kelley on board, no less. The similarities between Bolitar and Mickey Haller are uncanny. Both are uncompromising mavericks whose legal qualifications often conflict with their unorthodox approaches to ensuring justice is served, founded on morals they fiercely defend.
Myron and Mickey are both at their happiest enjoying their sports as well, whether it’s basketball or surfing. The Lincoln Lawyer might be ending next year, but fans can rest assured there’s already someone out there preparing to fill the void Mickey Haller will leave behind. It’s time for Michael Connelly to step aside. Harlan Coben’s best-loved protagonist is taking center stage.
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