Staff Recommendation - Winter Frost

Winter Frost
by R.D. Wingfield

Homicide detective Jack Frost is coarse, sarcastic, hands-on and a "good copper" in the grimy midlands town of Denton, England. Coarse means he is rather plain spoken and somewhat hardened (He eats a hasty breakfast of bacon sandwich while examining the coroner's latest gurney guest), sarcastic is his way of dealing with the death and violence in his job, hands-on means he wants to do his job and leave the forms, statistics and wrapping up to someone else. The political side of policing is the black hole in an otherwise good day according to Jack Frost. He has a blind spot to public relations and the police chain of command. Plus, he can't locate a single one of the medals hes received for his outstanding work. Those medals are so handy for the latest photo opportunity in the local newspaper. You'll love the interplay between him and his superior. Wonderful dialogue. Black humor abounds. -- recommended by Evelyn D. - Bennett Martin Public Library/Technical Processes

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