A Touch of Frost (novel)
Encyclopedia
A Touch of Frost is a crime novel by, R.D. Wingfield. The series inspired a popular television series of the same name
, starring David Jason
as the titular character, Detective Inspector Jack Frost; a disheveled, unorthodox and caustic police officer.
involving the spoiled son of an MP
, and a robbery at a strip joint all have something in common. Detective Inspector Jack Frost has been assigned with the thankless task of investigating them. Fighting the stress and ignoring his mounting pile of paperwork, Frost soon finds himself up against the various manifestations of criminality...
The American edition of Winter Frost, published by Bantam Books, initially carried the title of Autumn Frost.
is narrated by David Jason
. The abridged audio CD is edited by Kati Nicholl, and was published by Harper Collins in 1996. The unabridged version of the audio book is narrated by Robin Browne, and published by Dual Dolphin in 1997. A Touch of Frost audio books are still available as audio cassettes and CD
s.
A Touch of Frost (TV series)
A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield....
, starring David Jason
David Jason
Sir David John White, OBE , better known by his stage name David Jason, is an English BAFTA award-winning actor. He is best known as the main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter on the BBC sit-com Only Fools and Horses from 1981, the voice of Mr Toad in The Wind In The Willows and as detective Jack...
as the titular character, Detective Inspector Jack Frost; a disheveled, unorthodox and caustic police officer.
Plot summary
The murder of a local drug addict, the hunt for a serial rapist, a hit-and-runHit and run (vehicular)
Hit-and-run is the act of causing a traffic accident , and failing to stop and identify oneself afterwards...
involving the spoiled son of an MP
Member of Parliament
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, and a robbery at a strip joint all have something in common. Detective Inspector Jack Frost has been assigned with the thankless task of investigating them. Fighting the stress and ignoring his mounting pile of paperwork, Frost soon finds himself up against the various manifestations of criminality...
Novel series
- Frost at ChristmasFrost at ChristmasFrost at Christmas is the first of the series of novels written by R. D. Wingfield, the creator of the character Detective Inspector Jack Frost, who is more famously known in the television series ‘A Touch of Frost’, where the character is played by Sir David Jason.-Plot:As Christmas approaches...
(1984) - A Touch of Frost (1987, Constable, London)
- Night FrostNight FrostNight Frost is a novel by R. D. Wingfield in the popular series featuring Detective Inspector Jack Frost, coarse, crude, slapdash – and holder of the George Cross. The novel was filmed for the ITV detective series A Touch of Frost....
(1992, Constable, London / 1995, Bantam, New York) - Hard Frost (1995)
- Winter Frost (1999, Constable, London / 2000, Corgi Books, London)*
- A Killing Frost (2008)
The American edition of Winter Frost, published by Bantam Books, initially carried the title of Autumn Frost.
Audio Books
The abridged version of the audio bookAudio book
An audiobook or audio book is a recording of a text being read. It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book or magazine.Spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the 1930s. Many spoken word albums were made prior to the...
is narrated by David Jason
David Jason
Sir David John White, OBE , better known by his stage name David Jason, is an English BAFTA award-winning actor. He is best known as the main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter on the BBC sit-com Only Fools and Horses from 1981, the voice of Mr Toad in The Wind In The Willows and as detective Jack...
. The abridged audio CD is edited by Kati Nicholl, and was published by Harper Collins in 1996. The unabridged version of the audio book is narrated by Robin Browne, and published by Dual Dolphin in 1997. A Touch of Frost audio books are still available as audio cassettes and CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
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