Winter Frost [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

R. D. Wingfield (Author), Stephen Thorne (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2000

DI Jack Frost returns once more to solve more mysteries for the village of Denton. Winter in Denton is cold, bleak and a busy time for Detective Inspector Jack Frost whose unsolved crime figures are mounting as he struggles to bring them down in the face of manpower shortages and budget cuts. Denton is having more than its fair share of crime. A serial killer is murdering local prostitutes; a man demolishing his garden shed uncovers a long buried skeleton; an armed robbery at a local mini-mart; a ramraid at a jewellers and a series of burglaries. But Frost's main concern is for the safety of a missing schoolgirl. Nine weeks ago Vicky Stuart, eight years old, didn't return home from school and in spite of exhaustive enquiries and extensive searches, has never been seen since. Another little girl from the same school is reported missing. Her body is found...raped and strangled. Frost's prime suspect, strongly protesting his innocence, hangs himself in his cell, leaving a note blaming Frost for driving him to suicide. Subsequent evidence points to the man's innocence. Coarse, insubordinate and fearless, DI Jack Frost is in serious trouble.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

DI Jack Frost (Night Frost; Hard Frost; etc.) returns in a relentless, and often humorous, page-turner. In this fifth outing, a serial killer is murdering hookers, while yet another is kidnapping and killing young girls. The harassed Denton (U.K.) police force also faces a host of lesser problems, including a drunken soccer mob, an extremely successful burglar and the discovery of a buried skeleton. Wingfield, author of many radio plays and comedy scripts, excels in comic episodes like Frost's attempt to date the skeleton as more than 70 years old, so he won't have to add it to his case load: "`Great Plague victim,' he pronounced firmly. `A bit later than that, I think....' `Fell out of a zeppelin then. Eighty years old if it's a day.'" The overall joking and bawdy tone (particularly from Frost's lecherous Welsh assistant) sometimes makes this book sound like a police procedural written by the late British comic Benny Hill--a good thing, unless you object to almost every female in the novel, including child murder victims, being called a "poor cow" at least once. Frost sits in on forensics sessions and interrogates suspects, as each separate investigation dovetails into another. The pace is so frantic that the DI never seems to snatch more than three or four hours of sleep at a stretch. The same may apply to those caught up in this compulsive, funny read. Fans of A Touch of Frost, the TV show based on the series, will also be smitten.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Review

"Frost is a splendid creation, a cross between Rumpole and Columbo." Marcel Berlins, The Times on Night Frost "Fast paced and wryly amusing, Frost's latest outing is a delight from start to finish, a unique and unlikely blend of humour and tragedy. More please." Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News on Hard Frost --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Isis Audio; Unabridged edition (May 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753108860
• ISBN-13: 978-0753108864
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 7.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,548,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Puzzle, Nice plot, Great Read, October 5, 2000

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Thomas Vance (Georgetown, Ky USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Winter Frost (Paperback)

This book is more of the same from Wingfield. If you like the Frost character and his irreverent interaction with authority, this is the book for you. I was drawn into the story lines and my attention was captured until the last page. I hope the gap between books will not be so long.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Sheer Brilliance, September 3, 2003

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Christopher Moore (Lara, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winter Frost (Paperback)

Every Frost book I read is such supurb pleasure that I want to just keep reading it. This one is no exception. It is not Agatha Christie, nor is it Shakespeare. It is classic, never-the-less. It wont suit all - some people prefer more long words, or their sense of humour is too restricted. Frost books keep me on the edge of the seat, and emotionally charged. Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I am just too absorbed. Winter Frost (like all the others) had just these effects. The TV series is good (David Jason is excellant) but the books are much more involved and dark. If you've read and enjoyed one book - you'll love the rest. If you haven't, then give it a try! Because although each book has some similarities (LIFE is LIKE THAT) it is equally true to say that each book is different. If one reviewer tells you the characters are cardboard, then I say I know several of the characters in real life. different names, but it's them never-the-less. maybe that makes real life cardboard. I dunno. But I just love these books.

ps. Mr R.D. Wingfield. PLEASE write another soon.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm sorry I've finished reading this book!, June 25, 2001

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Yoshiko Fukuda - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winter Frost (Paperback)

And I'll have to wait for the next book of this "Jack Frost" series for a long time. Maybe two years? Or more than that?

He has been the same since I first read "A touch of Frost.": a dirty, lousy, lazy, but lovable bloke. He is very charming especially when the situation around him gets worse and worse. It's because, I think, he never blame anyone but himself under any pressure.

If you haven't recently met a charming man, go for this book and find him very attractive!!!