Night Frost is a novel by R. D. Wingfield

R. D. Wingfield

Rodney David Wingfield was an English author and radio dramatist. He is best remembered for creating the character of Detective Inspector Jack Frost, who was later played by Sir David Jason in A Touch of Frost....

 in the popular series featuring Detective Inspector Jack Frost

Jack Frost (detective)

Detective Chief Inspector William Edward "Jack" Frost, GC is a fictional detective created by R. D. Wingfield - characterised as sloppy, untidy, hopeless with paperwork - but unmatched at solving mysteries...

, coarse, crude, slapdash – and holder of the George Cross

George Cross

The George Cross is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom, and also holds, or has held, that status in many of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations...

. The novel was filmed for the ITV detective series A Touch of Frost

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....

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Plot introduction

A serial killer is terrorizing the senior citizens of Denton, and the local police are succumbing to a flu epidemic. Tired and demoralized, the force has to contend with a seemingly perfect young couple suffering arson attacks and death threats, a suspicious suicide, burglaries, pornographic videos, poison-pen letters...

In uncertain charge of the investigations is Detective Inspector Jack Frost, crumpled, slapdash and foul-mouthed as ever. He tries to cope despite inadequate back-up, but there is never enough time; the unsolved crimes pile up and the vicious killings go on. So Frost has to cut corners and take risks, knowing that his Divisional Commander will throw him to the wolves if anything goes wrong. And for Frost, things always go wrong...

Release details

• 1992, UK, Constable (ISBN 0-09-470960-2), Pub date ? March 1992, hardback (First edition)
• 1992, UK, Corgi Books (ISBN 0-552-13985-8), Pub date ? December 1992, paperback
• 1993, UK, Magna Large Print Books (ISBN 0-7505-0566-4), Pub date ? December 1993, hardback
• 1995, USA, Crimeline, Bantam Books (ISBN 0-553-57167-2), Pub date ? May 1995, paperback
• 1997, UK, Corgi Adult (ISBN 0-552-14558-0), Pub date ? January 1997, paperback
• 1998, UK, ISIS Audio Books (ISBN 0-7531-0316-8), Pub date ? March 1998, audio book (Complete & Unabridged)
• 2000, UK, ISIS Audio Books (ISBN 0-7531-0964-6), Pub date ? August 2000, audio book
• 2005, UK, Corgi Books (ISBN 0-00-720973-8), Pub date ? July 2005, audio book