A Touch of Frost - Hardcover

Wingfield, R.D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0094695202 ISBN 13: 9780094695207

Publisher: Constable and Company Ltd, 1990

Synopsis

Detective Inspector Jack Frost, offically 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, when Frost attempts to join the revels later on, the nubile daughter of a wealthy businessman is reported missing.

Sleepy Denton has never known anything like the crime wave which now threatens to submerge it. 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. Frost is reeling under the strain, his paperwork is still in arrears and now, more than ever, his self-righteous colleagues would love to see him sacked. But the manic Frost manages to assure his superior that all is under control. Now he has only to convince himself.

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From the Back Cover

'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, when Frost attempts to join the revels later on, the nubile daughter of a wealthy businessman is reported missing.

Sleepy Denton has never known anything like the crime wave which now threatens to submerge it.A robbery occurs at the town's notorious strip joint, the Coconut Grove, the pampered son of a local MP is suspected of a hit-and-run offence and, to top it all, a multiple racist is on the loose.Frost is reeling under the strain, his paperwork is still in arrears and now, more than ever, his self-righteous colleagues would love to see him sacked.But the manic Frost manages to assure his superior that all is under control.Now he has only to convince himself...

'What impresses most is the extraordinarily vivid interplay between the police characters.Frost himself is splendidly drawn' The Times

About the Author

Jo Goodman is the USA Today bestselling author of numerous romance novels, including The Devil You Know, This Gun for Hire, In Want of a Wife, and True to the Law, and she is also a fan of happily ever afters. When she's not writing, she is a licensed professional counselor working with children and families in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle.

Laurence Bouvard received a B.A in Linguistics with Dramatic Arts from Harvard University and a diploma in Dramatic Art from LAMDA. Her voice-acting and narration work includes many BBC radio dramas and over one hundred audiobooks. Based in London, she studies languages in her spare time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Constable and Company Ltd
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0094695202
• ISBN 13: 9780094695207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356