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.
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