Molten Mud Murder

American odontologist Alexa Glock is in Rotorua, a tourist destination on New Zealand's North Island akin to Yellowstone National Park. Much around Rotorua is sacred to the Maori. Alexa has come for a funeral but while visiting Waiariki Thermal Land she arrives at a crime scene - a man whose head is submerged in the molten mud. With six months left on her work visa and no wish to return to North Carolina, she offers her forensic services to the local police. At first rejected, her perseverance pays off when the regular forensic investigator has a family emergency. And as DI Bruce Horne reluctantly admits, with nothing left of the skull but the teeth, Alexa's skills are needed....