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Fatal Frost

By: James Henry
Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
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Summary

May, 1982. Britain celebrates the sinking of the Belgrano, Jimmy Savile has the run of the airwaves and Denton Police Division welcomes its first black policeman, DC Waters -- recently relocated from Bethnal Green. While the force is busy dealing with a spate of local burglaries, the body of fifteen-year-old Samantha Evans is discovered in woodland next to the nearby railway track. Then a fifteen-year-old boy is found dead on Denton's golf course, his organs removed. Detective Sergeant Jack Frost is sent to investigate -- a welcome distraction from troubles at home. And when the murdered boy's sister goes missing, Frost and Waters must work together to find her... before it's too late.

©2012 The Estate of R. D. Wingfield (P)2012 Isis Publishing Ltd
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The Frost Prequels

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As a long-time devotee of the R. D. Wingfield books about DI Frost I have enjoyed James Henry's prequels, this being the third in the series and the best so far. Henry has managed to capture the essence of life in the Denton Police Station and the characters of Jack Frost (and Superintendent Mullet !) ring true to those in the original books (being less sanitised than those in the TV series). I believe there is a fourth book in preparation and I look forward to reading it in due course.

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Enjoying these Frost Prequels.

Enjoying these early years of Jack Frost it's good to get a background view of the character that match well to the original R D Wingfield character.

Narration by Stephen Thorne is excellent.

Recommended.

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Excellent

Very well written and performed
Story full of twists and turns as usual but well crafted with many surprises

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What a brilliant story.

None of the sexist comments which were so needless and offensive in the wingfield book I had last month.
I am not a feminist, just a normal person who likes a good story. This one filled the bill.

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Great housework and gardening aid!

Great story, and good reading. I would have given it 5*but for the fact of some infuriating jumpy bits

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Second book of Frost

Very good second book,same characters of his first Frost novel and good plot line.

Recommend this book

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the story was excellent

it was excellently delivered with good story line. really enjoying the frost books far better than the show. audible should advertise the prequels to be read first though

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Really enjoied the book i listened to Dsavid Jason read one .But I love Stephen Thorne interpretation of Jack much better !Always watched the tv version thanks .i can't hold my tablet now arthritis .so it's brill looks forwards to listening to many more ...

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Fatal frost

Humorously written easy to listen to lots of little story's going on along the main story

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Almost a period piece

Would you listen to Fatal Frost again? Why?

A great listen with interwoven threads coming together for an entertaining book. Were the police really like that in the 1980s? Probably!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Fatal Frost?

References to 1980s culture in Britain and so many humorous flashes

What about Stephen Thorne’s performance did you like?

He was brilliant and kept up a repertoire of excellent persona throughout

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Made me chuckle and laugh out loud on many occasions

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Overall a really entertaining listen

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