''Night Frost'' is a novel by

R. D. Wingfield Rodney David Wingfield (6 June 1928 – 31 July 2007) 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 is a personification of frost, ice, snow, sleet, winter, and freezing cold. He is a variant of Old Man Winter who is held responsible for frosty weather, nipping the fingers and toes in such weather, coloring the foliage in autumn, ...

, coarse, crude, slapdash – and holder of the

George Cross The George Cross (GC) is the highest award bestowed by the British government for non-operational gallantry or gallantry not in the presence of an enemy. In the British honours system, the George Cross, since its introduction in 1940, has been ...

. The novel was filmed for the ITV detective series ''

A Touch of Frost A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...

''.

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 (), Pub date ? March 1992, hardback (First edition) *1992, UK, Corgi Books (), Pub date ? December 1992, paperback *1993, UK, Magna Large Print Books (), Pub date ? December 1993, hardback *1995, USA, Crimeline, Bantam Books (), Pub date ? May 1995, paperback *1997, UK, Corgi Adult (), Pub date ? January 1997, paperback *1998, UK, ISIS Audio Books (), Pub date ? March 1998, audio book (Complete & Unabridged) *2000, UK, ISIS Audio Books (), Pub date ? August 2000, audio book *2005, UK, Corgi Books ({{ISBN, 0-00-720973-8), Pub date ? July 2005, audio book 1992 novels British crime novels Constable & Robinson books British novels adapted into television shows