First Frost
DI Jack Frost series 1
Published on 27. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-552-16176-3 (ISBN)
Description
'Frost is back - this is a brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough' Martina Cole
Denton, 1981. Britain is in recession, the IRA is becoming increasingly active and the country's on alert for an outbreak of rabies.
Detective Sergeant Jack Frost is working under his mentor and inspiration DI Bert Williams, and coping badly with his increasingly strained marriage.
But DI Williams is nowhere to be seen. So when a 12-year-old girl goes missing from a department store changing room, DS Frost is put in charge of the investigation...
'One of the most successful ventriloquial acts in crime writing.' Financial Times
Denton, 1981. Britain is in recession, the IRA is becoming increasingly active and the country's on alert for an outbreak of rabies.
Detective Sergeant Jack Frost is working under his mentor and inspiration DI Bert Williams, and coping badly with his increasingly strained marriage.
But DI Williams is nowhere to be seen. So when a 12-year-old girl goes missing from a department store changing room, DS Frost is put in charge of the investigation...
'One of the most successful ventriloquial acts in crime writing.' Financial Times
Reviews / Votes
One of the most successful ventriloquial acts in crime writing. * Financial Times * Frost is back - this is a brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough -- MARTINA COLE Not only a gripping mystery, but an exclusive look at Jack Frost's early years -- DAVID JASON The success of First Frost is incontestable. This is a palpable hit... [a] dark, but glittering pearl -- Barry Forshaw * INDEPENDENT * This is great stuff. Just when you thought you'd seen the last of him, Jack Frost returns in a prequel to the series, which finds Frost in his best paisley tie tracking down a missing girl -- PETER ROBINSON Gripping, and funny with it * PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH * Brilliantly engineered period police procedural * DAILY MIRROR * Entertaining, well written and simply a joy to read, FIRST FROST brings one of the best-loved heroes of British crime fiction well and truly back to life * Eurocrime.co.uk *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
323 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-552-16176-3 (9780552161763)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
E-Book
01/2011
1st Edition
Transworld Digital
€8.99
Available for download
Person
James Henry is the pen name for James Gurbutt, who has long been a fan of the original R. D. Wingfield Frost books and the subsequent TV series. He works in publishing, and enjoys windsurfing and long lunches.
After a successful career writing for radio, R. D. Wingfield turned his attention to fiction, creating the character of Jack 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.
After a successful career writing for radio, R. D. Wingfield turned his attention to fiction, creating the character of Jack 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.