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A Killing Frost

By: R. D. Wingfield
Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
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Summary

 The discovery of two teenage girls' bodies and a video of a snuff movie showing the death of one of the victims leaves Detective Inspector Jack Frost in a race against time before the killer can strike again.

Meanwhile, someone is poisoning foodstuffs at a local supermarket chain. When the owner receives threatening demands to pay up or be put out of business, it is up to Frost to catch the blackmailer. As all leads dry up and Frost faces questions over the handling of the cases, he faces a threat to his professional life with the arrival of DCI Skinner at Denton Police Station. Is this the end for Jack Frost?

©2008 The Estate of R. D. Wingfield (P)2008 Isis Publishing Ltd Crime Fiction Mystery Fiction Crime Witty Suspense
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Great narration I can imagine David Jason in this role. Great story very amusing. Highly recommend this.

Fantastic frost

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This is the real Frost, rude and crude, unlike the sanitised version shown on TV with his contrived 'romantic interludes'. Multi-layered storylines, characters that jump off the page and a satisfactory conclusion. It is really sad to think that this will be the last Frost story because of the recent death of R D Wingfield. Luckily I have all his other stories on tape and will continue to enjoy them for years to come. 'A Killing Frost' is a worthy end to the series.

The Real Frost

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I was interested to compare the original incarnation of DI Frost with the screen version with David Jason. Not suriprisingly the book has much more complex and multi-stranded story-lines. These are gripping and excellently narrated: tthe characters brought to life by different accents.

The big difference between the two mediums is that the original characterisation of Frost is of a misoginistic, foul-mouthed and dishonest policeman.

Excellent story marred by old-fashioned crudity

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Inspector Frost at his best, rebellious, sensitive at times and, of course, very clever! The story is fast moving with some spinechilling events taking place. The characters are well drawn and, since we all know him from the glorious TV Series starring David Jason, Inspector Frost and others are already familiar to us and it is inevitable that we put faces to the characters as the story proceeds. However, it appears that Frost, as we know him, is a much sanitized personality. In reality he is quite a rough diamond and, tut, tut, he really should eat 'Lifebouy' sandwiches to clean up his mouth. I thought I was very tolerant but it became quite irritating that the text throughout was peppered with continual bad language. I forgave all for the sake of the yarn which I really had to keep listening to to hear the eventual outcome. However, perhaps more sensitive listeners should be warned that the bad language is very strong throughout. That aside, an excellent listen.

Language!

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I've just finished listening to this audiobook, and found it riveting. Unlike the Frost TV series, this had several mysteries intertwined, which provided compelling listening from start to finish. If you enjoy Frost, Morse, Lewis, Midsomer Murders then this is the download for you.

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