Netflix has sent viewers wild with its 'riveting' New Year's Day release featuring award-winning actress Joanna Lumley.

The eight-part drama series, which also stars Michelle Keegan and Adeel Akhtar, is the latest of Netflix's successful string of adaptations of works by American mystery-thriller writer Harlan Coben.

Fool Me Once came out on New Year's Day after teasing subscribers to the streaming giant in December 2023 with the prospect of an 'epic' series. 

Its synopsis reads: 'When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.' 

One impressed viewer commented: 'A riveting adaptation of one of my favourite of all @HarlanCoben books.'

Fool Me Once was released as a novel in 2016, and follows the likes of The Stranger and Stay Close to become the eighth member of Netflix's Harlan Coben Collection.

The author posted his New Year well-wishes while also plugging the new series.

He said: 'Happy New Year. All 8 episodes of Fool Me Once are now streaming on @Netflix. Here’s hoping 2024 is your best year yet.'

In the show, Michelle Keegan plays the seemingly widowed Maya Stern, but after being gifted a hidden baby monitor, she sees her dead husband Joe - played by Richard Armitage - on camera.

This revelation throws Maya into a world of conspiracy as she questions what really happened to her partner, and what role his family, and in particular his mother (Joanna Lumley as Judith Burkett), played in the saga.

Others who binged the new series on release day posted on X: 'This series is driving me nuts. I don’t even know who to suspect anymore!...

'Started watching Fool Me Once on Netflix. 20 minutes in and I am hooked...

'Oh my God I am watching the show. It’s the best show. I have watched in [sic] a long time. Thank you Netflix. Awesome show...

'Omg last episode broke me . But omg what a series. Excellent.'