This is terrible. Completely unbelievable in every way:

[spoiler]- When does the police ever let a civilian lead an investigation? The famous author Marcus stumbles upon evidence, time and again quite easily, that the police sergeant failed to catch during his investigation of the same case.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]- Marcus honored Harry’s request to burn his notes without looking at them, especially given that a copy of the manuscript was found with Nola’s body.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]- How is it possible that Nola and Luther maintained a regular correspondence (enough to write an entire book) but neither Nola nor Harry realized this during all the days they spent together?[/spoiler]

[spoiler]- The police deiced to check when the missing girl’s mother died only in the eight episode. What a twist, huh?[/spoiler]

Wooden, unbelievable characters. They could have come straight out of the most banal stereotypes - reclusive famous author, tough black detective, secretive small town folk, Lolitaesque nymphet - Nola, (it sounds like Lola, which is reminiscent of Lolita, how clever, right?) has literally no personality. She is the epitome of a manic pixie dream girl, wearing skimpy summer dresses, traumatized by life.

The acting is not that great either, reminded of a poor lifetime movie. Horrible ageing makeup, and Patrick Dempsey was supposed to look 34? Yeah, right.