Frost At Christmas: (DI Jack Frost Book 1) (DI Jack Frost, 1)

Frost At Christmas: (DI Jack Frost Book 1) (DI Jack Frost, 1)

by R D Wingfield (Author)

Synopsis

Ten days to Christmas and Tracey Uphill, aged eight, hasn't come home from Sunday school. Her mother, a pretty young prostitute, is desperate. Enter Detective Inspector Jack Frost, sloppy, scruffy and insubordinate. To help him investigate the case of the missing child, Frost has been assigned a new sidekick, the Chief Constable's nephew. Fresh to provincial Denton in an oversmart suit, Detective Constable Clive Barnard is an easy target for Frost's withering satire. Assisted and annoyed by Barnard, Frost, complete with a store of tasteless anecdotes to fit every occasion, proceeds with the investigation in typically unorthodox style. After he's consulted a local witch, Dead Man's Hollow yields up a skeleton. Frost finds himself drawn into an unsolved crime from the past and risks not only his career, but also his life...

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More Information

Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 01 Nov 1992

ISBN 10: 0552139815
ISBN 13: 9780552139816
Book Overview: A brilliant crime novel from the creator of A Touch of Frost

Media Reviews
Affecting, frightening and, especially in Frost's dialogue, extremely amusing * Listener *
A crisp, confident, ripely-characterized novel; exciting, ingenious, roundly satisfying * Literary Review *
Author Bio
After a successful career writing for radio, R.D. Wingfield turned his attention to fiction and created the character of D.I. Jack Frost, who has featured in the titles A Touch of Frost, Frost at Christmas, Night Frost, Hard Frost, Winter Frost and A Killing Frost. The series has been adapted for television as the perennially popular A Touch of Frost starring David Jason. R.D. Wingfield died in 2007.