Book description
'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…
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Why read it?
1 author picked A Touch of Frost as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I find it such a treat to eaves-drop on a real-life cop in that, unlike most detective fiction, which usually focuses on a single crime, the Frost stories allow me to walk in the shoes of a real detective and experience firsthand the truly multi-faceted work of an average detective.
I find the Wingfield books really difficult to put down once I start. Slowing them down to savor them at leisure is quickly kicked into touch in my desperation to discover what happens next.
From Paul's list on The best books where the detective, the reader and the author all walk in step.
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