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Roush Review: Nicole Kidman Is ‘Scarpetta’ in Queasy Book Adaptation

On March 11, Prime Video premieres the eight-episode Scarpetta series starring Nicole Kidman as a forensic pathologist returning to Virginia.
Adapted by Liz Sarnoff, the show uses an eight-episode structure alternating the present day timeline with the 1998 timeline, linking a new murder to one from 28 years earlier.
Kidman trained to perform autopsies to prepare for the role, while the series depicts graphic autopsy scenes and decaying cadavers.
Facing possible professional ruin, Scarpetta's career implications hinge on fingerprints suggesting the 1998 case may be wrong, as Pete Marino reexamines the evidence, ending with a season cliffhanger.
Prime Video adapts Patricia Cornwell's nearly 30-volume Scarpetta franchise, continuing the streamer’s literary adaptation strategy with a large built-in readership.

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