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Synopsis
Frost, assisted and annoyed by his new sidekick, is assigned to the disappearance of a prostitute's daughter and with characteristic rashness he launches into the case. But when they unearth an ancient skeleton and the fresh corpse of a bank employee turns up, Frost is also drawn into an unsolved bank robbery from an almost forgotten past. His method - to risk first his career, and then his life...
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'Affecting, frightening, and, especially in Frost's dialogue, extremely amusing' Listener
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...
'A crisp, confident, ripely-characterized novel; exciting, ingenious, roundly satisfying’Literary Review
About the Author
R.D. Wingfield is a prolific writer of radio crime plays and comedy scripts. His crime novels featuring D.I. Jack Frost include: Frost at Christmas, Hard Frost and Winter Frost.
Stephen Thorne trained at RADA and played several seasons with the Old Vic Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London. He has worked extensively in radio, with over two thousand broadcasts for the BBC, including Uncle Mort in the Radio 4 comedy series and the part of Treebeard in "The Lord of the Rings". His television work includes "EastEnders", "Boys from the Bush", "Death of an Expert Witness", and "David Copperfield".
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- PublisherPaperjacks
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0770102948
- ISBN 13 9780770102944
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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Frost at Christmas / Police combed the countryside for a lost little girl, while snow fell covering all traces . . .
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Paperjacks Ltd., Markham, Ontario, Canada, 1984
ISBN 10: 0770102948
ISBN 13: 9780770102944
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover Design By Maher & Murtagh / Cover Photo By Peter Paterson (illustrator). First Edition. "Paperjacks edition published October 1984." This Canadian mass-market paperback is the true first edition of the author's first crime novel -- and first appearance of Inspector Frost. Has been read; shows light double reading creases to spine. Small closed tears to edges of rear wraps, and minor scuffing to heel of spine which may have resulted from a sticker pull. Otherwise book remains firm and square. Wraps (skeletal hand chained in snow) still bright & glossy. 284 pp. followed by 6 pp. of ads and two blanks. Original cover price $3.50. The slightly lesser of two now on offer. Reduced from $62. Seller Inventory # 003241
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Frost at Christmas / Police combed the countryside for a lost little girl, while snow fell covering all traces . . .
Published by
Paperjacks Ltd., Markham, Ontario, Canada, 1984
ISBN 10: 0770102948
ISBN 13: 9780770102944
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First Edition
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover Design By Maher & Murtagh / Cover Photo By Peter Paterson (illustrator). First Edition. "Paperjacks edition published October 1984." This Canadian paperback is the true first edition of the author's first crime novel -- and first appearance of Inspector Frost. Has been read; shows a perceptible double reading creases to spine. Otherwise book is firm, square, handsome and unmarked. Book appears to have been read once, carefully, and then shelved well. Wraps (skeletal hand chained in snow) still bright & glossy. 284 pp. followed by 6 pp. of ads and two blanks. Original cover price $3.50, here reduced from $62. Seller Inventory # 002404
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35. Seller Inventory # G0770102948I5N00
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PaperJacks October 1984, 1987
ISBN 10: 0770102948
ISBN 13: 9780770102944
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Condition: Fine. Fine , Canada First Edition, First Printing Paperback Jack Frost Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box. We do not stock or sell ex-library or Book Club editions. We are always looking to buy hardcover Mysteries and Thrillers. Seller Inventory # 92516
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