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This is brilliant! A must for all fans of Frost, but also so much more. Gripping, finely written, it stands as a classic, period crime thriller in its own right. --PETER JAMES
I was delighted to read FIRST FROST. Not only a gripping mystery, but an exclusive look at Jack Frost's early years! --DAVID JASON
This is great stuff. Just when you thought you'd seen the last of him, Jack Frost returns in a prequel to the series, which finds Frost in his best paisley tie tracking down a missing girl
--PETER ROBINSON
Frost is back - this is a brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough
--MARTINA COLE --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
I was delighted to read FIRST FROST. Not only a gripping mystery, but an exclusive look at Jack Frost's early years! --DAVID JASON
This is great stuff. Just when you thought you'd seen the last of him, Jack Frost returns in a prequel to the series, which finds Frost in his best paisley tie tracking down a missing girl
--PETER ROBINSON
Frost is back - this is a brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough
--MARTINA COLE --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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R.D. Wingfield's unforgettable Detective Jack Frost returns in... First Frost
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved this, because the authors have been really clever in their approach to a new Frost novel - they've stayed true to the Frost we know and love but they have also given the series an interesting new angle by taking it back to the 80's - this is Frost in flares and a brand new rain mac, before he was promoted, in the days when making a quick call meant finding a phone box first...
A very gripping, easy to read crime novel, and good fun too!
A very gripping, easy to read crime novel, and good fun too!
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having been a fan of the original Frost novels for a number of years, I was not sure what to make of someone else being entrusted to bring back R D Wingfield's stroppy and slovenly copper. But what fears I had soon evaporated.
James Henry (they are two writers) have nailed it. Lots of plot lines and a satisfyingly hectic race to clear up the cases, which feels utterly like the originals. On these FIRST FROST delivers in spades.
But it some of the less obvious things that shows that James Henry have thought things through. The first smart move was to try and imagine Frost as a younger, greener Detective Sergeant with the rough edges not so apparent at first. Instead we meet, Bert Williams, his guv'nor and it is clear where Frost learnt some of his bad habits (the language - usually bad, the fiddling of expenses).
Mullett is newly-arrived at Denton having come top of the brown-nosing class at Hendon. The second smart move is to make Frost not quite the fly in the ointment at first, but someone who is on Mullett's radar as one to watch. So over the course of the book you see Frost and Mullett's love-hate relationship take shape.
Other neat tricks are to specify that the books are set in the early eighties. I wasn't sure at first, but given that the original Frosts were first written in the late eighties, this works.
They don't overdue the references, but there are enough to give a sense of a pre-electronic age, before mobiles and just before police forces relied on HOLMES. And the cars are nicely crap in a nostalgic rust-bucket British car way. I think they missed a trick by not including the ultimate macho man's set of wheels, the Triumph Stag - the kind a young Swiss Toni would proudly polish on his garage forecourt when not wooing the ladies. Chances are any Stags would have either failed their M.O.T.s or rusted away by 1981 anyway. Instead we see a Triumph TR7, truly a crap `sports car' in hindsight but was the dog's nadgers at the time.
So, the book feels utterly in the spirit of the originals without being a slavish pastiche and that is the hardest trick to carry off of all.
Looking forward to the next outing with no fear and a whole heap of eager anticipation.
Hugely recommended.
James Henry (they are two writers) have nailed it. Lots of plot lines and a satisfyingly hectic race to clear up the cases, which feels utterly like the originals. On these FIRST FROST delivers in spades.
But it some of the less obvious things that shows that James Henry have thought things through. The first smart move was to try and imagine Frost as a younger, greener Detective Sergeant with the rough edges not so apparent at first. Instead we meet, Bert Williams, his guv'nor and it is clear where Frost learnt some of his bad habits (the language - usually bad, the fiddling of expenses).
Mullett is newly-arrived at Denton having come top of the brown-nosing class at Hendon. The second smart move is to make Frost not quite the fly in the ointment at first, but someone who is on Mullett's radar as one to watch. So over the course of the book you see Frost and Mullett's love-hate relationship take shape.
Other neat tricks are to specify that the books are set in the early eighties. I wasn't sure at first, but given that the original Frosts were first written in the late eighties, this works.
They don't overdue the references, but there are enough to give a sense of a pre-electronic age, before mobiles and just before police forces relied on HOLMES. And the cars are nicely crap in a nostalgic rust-bucket British car way. I think they missed a trick by not including the ultimate macho man's set of wheels, the Triumph Stag - the kind a young Swiss Toni would proudly polish on his garage forecourt when not wooing the ladies. Chances are any Stags would have either failed their M.O.T.s or rusted away by 1981 anyway. Instead we see a Triumph TR7, truly a crap `sports car' in hindsight but was the dog's nadgers at the time.
So, the book feels utterly in the spirit of the originals without being a slavish pastiche and that is the hardest trick to carry off of all.
Looking forward to the next outing with no fear and a whole heap of eager anticipation.
Hugely recommended.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I found this just as good as the other Frost novels even though it was written by another author. I read it in two days, unputterdownable.
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Frost returns
This book brings back Jack Frost in a way that would make Wingfield proud. The Young Frost and Hanlon tackle new cases in Denton under the watch of Horn rimmed harry - aka Mullett. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Wishful1
First Frost
This is an absolute must for all Jack Frost fans. Messrs. James and Henry have done a remarkable job creating an earlier version of the character we all know and love. Read more
Published 26 days ago by Buffy
Nonsense
Overworked and understaffed police station is terribly incompetent and finds itself facing numerous policing challenges (child abuse, teenage abduction, murder and to top it all a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Yumyum
A credible attempt at following a great, not just popular writer...
As always the death of an author is a sad event, doubly so when they are the author of a series of novels with a beloved character. Read more
Published 4 months ago by 28daysearlier
Pleasantly Surprised
I have long been a fan of R D Wingfield and his frost books. I had my doubts that this would be in the same league as the original. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nessa
First Class for a new author
Having read all the other Frost books I didn't believe that another author could take over but I was wrong, so wrong. James Henry had done a great job and a seamless takeover. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Parker
Not the Frost we know and love
Started this book with some trepidation, being a big fan of the Frost books. Firstly it`s not bad, but it is nowhere near as well written as the original books, the plot doesn't... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Julie
The Frost Report
An excellent book,well written.The story(ies)make you want to continue reading all the time.
The Frost character is much more as portrayed in the TV series,rather than in the... Read more
The Frost character is much more as portrayed in the TV series,rather than in the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Davey M
Spot the difference
Shut your eyes and invisage David Jason looking younger, as Jack is portrayed here and you won't go far wrong.
James Henry has achieved something special here. Read more
James Henry has achieved something special here. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Anthony V
First Frost
A miserable, clunking effort that doesn't begin to approach Wingfield's pace and wit. The book of the TV series, and pretty laboured at that. Read more
Published 5 months ago by RIMooreHistory
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