Based on the Jenny Cooper mystery novels by M.R. Hall. In the books, Jenny becomes coroner as a recently-divorced lawyer instead of a widowed ER doctor.
Nicholas Campbell (Gordon Cooper) played a coroner in DaVinci's Inquest.
Serinda Swan is only thirteen years older than Ehren Kassam, who plays her son.
The series didn't premiere in the United States several months after it premiered on British television.