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.
Serinda Swan is only thirteen years older than Ehren Kassam, who plays her son.
Nicholas Campbell (Gordon Cooper) played a coroner in DaVinci's Inquest.
The series didn't premiere in the United States several months after it premiered on British television.