Frost At ChristmasR D WingfieldLabel: Corgi BooksDescription: Ten days to Christmas and Tracey Uphill aged eight hasn't come home from Sunday school. Her mother a pretty young prostitute is desperate. Enter Detective Inspector Jack Frost sloppy scruffy and insubordinate. To help him investigate the case of the missing child Frost has been assigned a new sidekick the Chief Constable's nephew. Fresh to provincial Denton in an oversmart suit Detective Constable Clive Barnard is an easy target for Frost's withering satire. Assisted and annoyed by Barnard Frost complete with a store of tasteless anecdotes to fit every occasion proceeds with the investigation in typically unorthodox style. After he's consulted a local witch Dead Man's Hollow yields up a skeleton. Frost finds himself drawn into an unsolved crime from the past and risks not only his career but also his life...
