Deadly Impression — Dennis Asen

The debut of a major new talent and a treat for Patricia Cornwell readers, this first novel in a new series teams a detective and a forensic dentist who grapple with killers. For "the Fox," a veteran police lieutenant legendary for his ability to outsmart criminals, this is a case that shatters his professional calm: a mangled corpse, a set of cruel teeth marks--the only clues in the sadistic rape and murder of a beautiful graduate student. Filled to the core with a blinding rage and sorrow, he turns to an expert in dental forensics--and draws on his own background in Homicide--to seek the truth. Only, the clock is ticking and this killer is eager to outwit the Fox ...