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First Frost di James Henry
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First Frost (edizione 2011)

di James Henry

Serie: Jack Frost (1)

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Denton, 1981. Britain is in recession, the IRA is becoming increasingly active and the country's on alert for an outbreak of rabies. Detective Sergeant Jack Frost is working under his mentor and inspiration DI Bert Williams, and coping badly with his increasingly strained marriage. Probably not helped by the fact that he never goes home... Superintendent Stanley Mullett has been at Denton for only six months, and is desperately trying to restore order within the chronically depleted ranks, while refurbishing the dilapidated Eagle Lane HQ. But DI Williams is nowhere to be seen, and DI Allen has failed to return from his walking holiday. So when a 12-year-old girl goes missing from a department store changing room, Mullet has no option but to put DS Frost in charge of the investigation...… (altro)
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This is 1980s Britain in recession and with a police force that is seriously under-staffed. The IRA are active and Denton police station is having a makeover, as if some magnolia emulsion will make everyone feel better. This is the prequel to the Frost series of novels by RD Wingfield. Jack Frost is a detective sergeant who smokes continuously and, thanks to a series of murders, never goes home. There is plenty of 1980s colour, black humour and shocking storylines. ( )
  CarolKub | Oct 19, 2021 |
I've always been a fan of the original RD Wingfield Frost stories and the authors do a remarkably good job of remaining faithful to the style and character of the original, whilst accurately reflecting conditions in 1981 Britain. Sgt Jack Frost is reluctantly put in charge of various investigations by Supt Mullett in the mysterious absence of Jack's mentor, Inspector Williams. Jack's usual disregard for procedures and protocol ruffles feathers but gets results, not always intentionally and the humour and wit of the original is well maintained. ( )
  edwardsgt | Jun 29, 2019 |
I am a huge fan of R.D. Wingfield’s Jack Frost series and so I couldn’t resist picking up First Frost by James Henry. This author is actually the pen name for the two men that co-wrote the story. One, James Gurbutt, was R.D. Wingfield’s original publisher. These two authors did an excellent job of capturing the style that the Frost books were written in and I enjoyed First Frost immensely.

Working as a prequel to the series, First Frost is set in the mid-eighties, and finds Frost and his cohorts working on a number of cases that include investigating the disappearance of a teenager, a gang of armed robbers, and the death of a blind man. The Denton Police Force is under-staffed, over-worked and dealing with a new Superintendent, Stanley Mullet, who is a familiar character from the other Frost books. Mullet is rather a control freak as well as being extremely incompetent which is frustrating to his employees but adds a lot of humor to the story. This prequel works well and the authors are obviously very familiar with both the dark humor and the gripping, tense stories that defined this police procedural series and made is so memorial.

It was a treat to read and rediscover my enthusiasm for Jack Frost and I will certainly be on the lookout for more Frost stories by James Henry. ( )
  DeltaQueen50 | May 10, 2015 |
This is a prequel to the Jack Frost series. The book is set in 1981. Frost is a DS at the time. His mentor DI Bert Williams is missing, the station is short handed and the bad guys seem to taking advantage of this. There is a 12 year old girl missing, a possible outbreak of rabies, what may or may not be a case of child abuse, some bank robberies and some dead bodies turning up. Frost is trying to work his way through these cases and then is hit with a very personal crisis.

I've not read the original Frost series but if this book is any indication of them I will certainly add them to my TBR list. There is a lot going on in this book but the authors manage very well to keep the narrative flowing in a smooth way. The characters are outstanding and the dialogue is good. I'm very glad I stumbled onto this book and will be sure to read more in this series. ( )
  Hanneri | Feb 23, 2015 |
This was taken on the suggestion of a customer who highly recommended this book. In some ways what was so right with theis book was in the end what was a little wrong with it. Having watched frost on the television it was difficult not to have that character in my head as I read the book.
This was based earlier than the TV series so his life was a little different and I found myself saying to myself - so thats why he is like that. Although at other times I am left wondering how he got to where his life is if his characters was like that even then.
Basically a good book that kept me hooked
  jessicariddoch | Mar 20, 2014 |
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Denton, 1981. Britain is in recession, the IRA is becoming increasingly active and the country's on alert for an outbreak of rabies. Detective Sergeant Jack Frost is working under his mentor and inspiration DI Bert Williams, and coping badly with his increasingly strained marriage. Probably not helped by the fact that he never goes home... Superintendent Stanley Mullett has been at Denton for only six months, and is desperately trying to restore order within the chronically depleted ranks, while refurbishing the dilapidated Eagle Lane HQ. But DI Williams is nowhere to be seen, and DI Allen has failed to return from his walking holiday. So when a 12-year-old girl goes missing from a department store changing room, Mullet has no option but to put DS Frost in charge of the investigation...

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