Frost At Christmas: (DI Jack Frost Book 1)
Sep 2010 · DI Jack Frost Book 1 · Random House
4.6star
24 reviews
Ebook
384
Pages
About this ebook
‘Exciting, ingenious, roundly satisfying’ – Literary Review
Ten days to Christmas. 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. He's been assigned a new sidekick, the Chief Constable's nephew Detective Constable Clive Barnard. Fresh to provincial Denton in an oversmart suit, 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 consulting a local witch, Frost finds himself drawn into an unsolved crime from the past.
He's risking not only his career, but also his life...
Ten days to Christmas. 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. He's been assigned a new sidekick, the Chief Constable's nephew Detective Constable Clive Barnard. Fresh to provincial Denton in an oversmart suit, 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 consulting a local witch, Frost finds himself drawn into an unsolved crime from the past.
He's risking not only his career, but also his life...
Ratings and reviews
4.6
24 reviews
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December 28, 2018
I have never disliked a book in myself specifically R.D Wingfields, the story was good at start loved it till where they were questioning tracy uphills friend Audrey and then it went to 1951 fake bank robbery story kept on waiting for the tracy uphill atory when it came to that her part was sorry to say this but silly ending didn't like any of the characters amd frost was the worst plus Clive characters sorry but didn't like this story.
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February 3, 2013
I've read a couple of Frost books before and they've always been good; this one was no different. Good storyline with a few nice threads each with their own little twist. Would recommend.
Stuart Howcroft
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May 19, 2014
A good read, was shocked to find I can.only read it once on here, will not be buying any more! 📖
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About the author
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.
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