Scarpetta. Amazon Prime.

I haven't read the books but enjoyed the TV adaptation.
I wasn't confused by the time-shifts.

I expect there will be more...

Thank you! I’ve read all the early books and thoroughly enjoyed them. Great to hear, I’ll be watching. I love Patricia Cornwall.

I agree about the confusing first episode. It felt like I’d missed one and had to keep replaying bits to remind me who was who.
Once I settled into it though I thought it was worthy of a binge.

As a fan of the books, the earlier ones in particular I was very disappointed.
If you hadn’t read the book it was based on then goodness knows how you would have worked it all out. All that going forwards and backwards was very confusing. It didn’t happen like that in the book.
Of course it’s generally a surprise when the characters are played by actors that bear no resemblance to our imaginations and this was no different.
Pete was certainly more presentable than I thought he would be, and whatever happened to Lucy’s red curls?
I reread the book to remind me that I was right about that.
It was all a bit like the Reacher film with the diminutive Tom playing the lead.
Presumably there will be more series. Wonder how that will go?

I was looking forward the film The Faraway Tree but I expect to be disappointed there too. I fully expected Moonface to be played by Toby Jones, absolutely perfect in my opinion! I got that wrong. Oh well.

Oooh, thanks for that!

I loved the early Scarpetta books. Later on they became so formulaic (and the writing so sloppy|) I gave up.

To readers who like Scarpetta I recommend the far superior Brunetti detective series by Donna Leon, who is also American but IMHO a better writer/novelist/plotter in every respect. Although all the books can stand alone, if you get hooked I recommend reading them in sequence to fully enjoy DL's mastery of back stories and characterisation.

Inspector Brunetti works in Venice and loves food... just two of the multiple delights awaiting you

I've often recommended reading DL to advanced English language students, because she is an absolute master of it.

My friend & I have tired of Patricia Cornwell's books and those of Kathy Reichs they read more like textbooks now and we don't find them so enjoyable.

I haven't read the books and do find the flashbacks a bit confusing. That said I am gripped and hope to binge watch the last 3 episodes to-days.

Thanks for this enjoyable reads and always looking for something worth watching on tv.