Vienna/Hollywood – Patricia Cornwell hit the jackpot with her debut novel “Postmortem” in 1990. The US author placed the forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, who has investigated in 29 novels to date, at the center of the crime novel. The description of forensics in bestsellers influenced the portrayal of police work on TV. Now the book series is getting its own long-overdue series on Amazon Prime: “Scarpetta” with Nicole Kidman only meets expectations to a limited extent.
