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A Killing Frost

Author: R.d. Wingfield
Creator: Stephen Thorne
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

6 reviews

Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 11

ISBN: 0753129825
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780753129821
ASIN: 0753129825

Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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5 out of 5 stars

A Killing Frost - R D Wingfield June 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

It is astounding as to how many cases/plots this novel contains and yet at no time do you lose the thread of them or feel confused.
The dialogue is realistic, the humour has you laughing despite the dark and chilling crimes, the relationships between the police officers are expertly drawn and conveyed and Wingfield makes all this seem effortless.
R D Wingfield's writing is skilful to the point that DI Jack Frost is likeable and deplorable at the same time. The pace is so fast that you can hardly bear to put the book down and not read on. Like the other reviewers and praise on the dust jacket, it's so sad that there won't be any more of Frost.

5 out of 5 stars

fantastic May 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

As I've read everyone of these books, I couldn't wait to start this book. Full of humour (that David Jason does to perfection in the TV series) this is so easy to read and to whiz through. The characters and dialogue are brilliant. Am really upset that there won't be anymore, and hope that nobody else writes follow-ups as I don't think they'd be as brilliantly written. Wish that I hadn't finished it so quickly!!

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent April 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

It's been a long time coming but well worth the wait mutiple story lines
Frost is a great British creation couldn't put it down

5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant! April 10, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

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.

5 out of 5 stars

Worth the wait April 9, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful

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!