A Touch of Frost

Wingfield, R. D.

ISBN 10: 0553571699 / ISBN 13: 9780553571691

Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1995

About this Item

Mild spine crease. 359 pages. A Detective Inspector Jack Frost, No. 2. Jack Frost, Denton Division, is not beloved by his superiors. In fact, he's something of a pain in the brass: unkempt and unruly, with a taste for crude humor and a tendency to cut corners. They'd like nothing better than to bounce him from the department. The only problem is, Frost's the one D.I. who, by hook or by crook, always seems to find a way to get the job done.Though he's officially on duty, Frost is looking for the nearest opportunity to sneak off to the departmental booze-up celebrating a colleague's retirement. But the normally sleepy town of Denton is not cooperating this cold autumn night, leaving Frost wading in his best suit through a flooded public rest room to investigate a junkie's death. And from there, things start to go seriously downhill, as Frost winds up stalking a runaway teenager; a one-man burglary wave; a local Member of Parliament's bad seed son turned hit-and-run driver; and the tabloids' new criminal darling, the Hooded Terror -- who is about to strike his next victim.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Touch of Frost
• Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553571699
• ISBN 13: 9780553571691
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition: 1st Bantam Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction::Mystery/Detective-MassMarketPB::Police...

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Synopsis

‘A funny, frantic, utterly refreshing brew’ – Sunday Telegraph

Detective Inspector Jack Frost, officially on duty, is nevertheless determined to sneak off to a colleague's leaving party. But first the corpse of a well-known local junkie is found blocking the drain of a Denton public lavatory - and then the daughter of a wealthy businessman is reported missing.

And now a wave of crime threatens to submerge sleepy Denton.

A robbery occurs at the town's notorious strip joint, the pampered son of a local MP is suspected of a hit-and-run offence and, to top it all, a multiple rapist is on the loose. But the manic Frost manages to assure his superior that all is under control.

Now he has only to convince himself...

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.