A Difficult Woman (1998)

True friendship--especially the honest bond between two full-grown females who have outlived the blush of youth but still retain reserves of vital sap--survives any intrusion or separation, even that of murder. When shadowy elements of government and organized crime attempt to dissuade a motivated and gifted pathologist from scouring the corpse of her best girlfriend for clues to the direly departed's killer, the determined survivor becomes A Difficult Woman (1998). This taut and gut-churning Australian thriller testifies to the enduring love, loyalty, and duty that refuse to be swayed by death or duplicity.