The Book Depository A Touch Of Frost by R D Wingfield
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Description: A Touch Of Frost : Paperback : Transworld Publishers Ltd : 9780552145558 : 0552145556 : 02 Sep 2008 : '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. The Book Depository A Touch Of Frost by R D Wingfield - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780552145558
MPN: 0552145556
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Author: M. Dowden
Rating: 5
Review: First published in 1987 this was the second DI Jack Frost book that R D Wingfield wrote. As Frost determines that he will put in an appearance at the station for a leaving do, despite being on duty, so his plans seem to be scuppered. With the local police working with a very thin skeleton crew so he finds himself called out to a death at a public toilet. A junkie has been found dead, but it is not until the next day that the full results will be in. With that needing to be investigated there is the matter of a schoolgirl having gone missing, leading to the leaving party having to be called short. For Frost and the others at the station in Denton so it is the start of what will be a very busy week. As we see Jack has a new man in tow, a fellow inspector, though now he has been demoted to constable and is not very pleased, even more so because he has had to move to a new area. With a hit-and-run, an armed robbery or two, plus a serial rapist once more making an appearance there is a lot to keep Frost and others occupied, and with a spate of burglaries in the area already stalling in the investigative process so Mullett is in a furious state. A detective’s detective this and the other books in Wingfield’s series work and are so popular because Jack Frost is far from perfect and is always more than willing to admit it. He is always behind on paperwork for Division, and does not really show any forward planning, always working on a winging it attitude, also he is not very organised in his life. This makes him like most of us, at times having to muddle through as best we can. At the same time though, Frost knows the people of the area he works in, and thus even criminals have a certain respect for him, knowing that although he may cut corners at times, he does not go out of his way to frame someone for something that they did not do. In today’s world with the closure of so many police stations, we do have to wonder how much of this local knowledge is being lost, and contacts severed, which can lead to an increase in crime. Here then we see that not only is Jack overstretched and overworked, so are many others as there are so many crimes that need investigating. But of course, with Jack on the case you just know he will not let go and so we see him trying to tackle brutal rapes, robberies and murders and all the time having to deal with office politics. After all, when the son of the local MP is caught up in an investigation Mullett is all simpering and trying to impress, hoping to gain brownie points, but for Jack it is just another case, and one that he does not want any pressure or coercion to change his inquiries over. Remember, this was written in the eighties and so there are the odd sexist jokes and so on, and of course no mobile phones, so keeping in touch is not always that simple. As you would expect then an enjoyable detective fiction novel to keep you rooting for Jack and glued to the page.
Author: TERENCE SCANLON
Rating: 1
Review: too slow ,dumped it half way through
