- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; Airpoprts / Export ed edition (7 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593060482
- ISBN-13: 978-0593060483
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,252,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Frost is a splendid creation, a cross between Rumpole and Colombo." --"The Times"
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Inspector Jack Frost [is] deplorable yet funny, a comic monster on the side of the angels.
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79 of 79 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Well, it has been a long time coming, but well worth the wait.
If you know Frost from the television series, then you don't know what you have been missing with the novels. They are far edgier and irreverent than the series could ever be. Frost is a darker character in the books, and more interesting with it, and if his humour sails close to the wind, and his methods sometimes leave a lot to be desired, Frost's cheery debunking of authority redeems him. Bringing the criminals to book is just one side of his character, for he is often at odds with the petty-minded and the sycophantic. It is his ability to crash into a scene and take the pompous down a peg or two which is a delight to read.
R D Wingfield delivers a tour-de-force of a novel. The dialogue is spot-on and had me in stitches at times, and his ability to juggle plots and cases defies belief. I don't think I know any other writer who can make it seem so effortless. Frost is his usual irascible and irreverent self. Even Frost's smarmy nemesis, Mullett, is upstaged by Chief Inspector Skinner, a dyed-in-the-wool b*stard, who is determined to make his mark at Denton Police Station and land Frost in hot water.
Very difficult to name a favourite, but A KILLING FROST is up there with HARD FROST and A TOUCH OF FROST for me.
All six novels represent a crimewriter, who not the most prolific, never dropped his standards. Read this, then go and buy the others!
If you know Frost from the television series, then you don't know what you have been missing with the novels. They are far edgier and irreverent than the series could ever be. Frost is a darker character in the books, and more interesting with it, and if his humour sails close to the wind, and his methods sometimes leave a lot to be desired, Frost's cheery debunking of authority redeems him. Bringing the criminals to book is just one side of his character, for he is often at odds with the petty-minded and the sycophantic. It is his ability to crash into a scene and take the pompous down a peg or two which is a delight to read.
R D Wingfield delivers a tour-de-force of a novel. The dialogue is spot-on and had me in stitches at times, and his ability to juggle plots and cases defies belief. I don't think I know any other writer who can make it seem so effortless. Frost is his usual irascible and irreverent self. Even Frost's smarmy nemesis, Mullett, is upstaged by Chief Inspector Skinner, a dyed-in-the-wool b*stard, who is determined to make his mark at Denton Police Station and land Frost in hot water.
Very difficult to name a favourite, but A KILLING FROST is up there with HARD FROST and A TOUCH OF FROST for me.
All six novels represent a crimewriter, who not the most prolific, never dropped his standards. Read this, then go and buy the others!
38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Have waited for this follow up for a long long time, and yet again it doesn't diasappoint. There are no flaws in Wingfield's pacy scripts, filled with witty dialogue and twists and turns. Am only sad that he died before I could thank him for his top quality efforts with Frost. For those of you who have seen the television spin off, don't imagine these books are anything like it. They are just so much better.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As you'd expect from R. D. Wingfield, this is a cracking read - funny, dark and fast. Frost is at his unorthodox best when pitted against his slimy nemesis DCI Skinner, and there are so many twists and turns you just can't put the book down. If you're new to Frost, start with this one and you'll be hooked.
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A valadictory romp - sadly
I suspect that "A killing Frost" will be the last we see of that slob of a Detective Inspector Jack Frost as sadly his creator R.D. Wingfield died in 2007. Read more
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Excellent story!
This book does not disappoint. The character of Frost is strong, the sense of humour excellent, the mystery not guessable. I recommend it! Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2010 by Dona Rendell
Excellent page turner
I've long been a fan of the Frost novels and I am sorry the author is no longer with us. This particular one is an excellent gritty, pacy, very un-PC page turner. Read more
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