The important elements of Coben’s story are all here, but the pace seems to have been slowed down, creating a suspense with a different rhythm that one may be used to with Coben’s thrillers. Laura’s father, Dawid, the monitor of the summer camp, becomes the perfect scapegoat to the murders, primarily, the series suggest, because he is Jewish. The series also alludes in particular to the country’s anti-Semitism in the 1990s. The series is firmly set within Polish culture, with its soundtrack showcasing 1990s Polish rock and pop music. In the book, Paul Copeland’s sister is thought to have been the victim of a serial killer. The setting has been transposed from New Jersey to Warsaw in Poland, and of course, the names of the characters have all changed.
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