A Touch of Frost
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Narrated by:
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Robin Browne
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By:
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R. D. Wingfield
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Detective Inspector Jack Frost, officially on duty, is nevertheless determined to sneak off to a colleague's leaving party. But first the corpse of a well-known local junkie is found blocking the drain of a Denton public lavatory and then, when Frost attempts to join the revels later on, the nubile daughter of a wealthy businessman is reported missing.
Sleepy Denton has never known anything like the crime wave which now threatens to submerge it. A robbery occurs at the town's notorious strip joint, the Coconut Grove, the pampered son of a local MP is suspected of a hit-and-run offence and, to top it all, a multiple rapist is on the loose. Frost is reeling under the strain, his paperwork is still in arrears and now, more than ever, his self-righteous colleagues would love to see him sacked. But the manic Frost manages to assure his superior that all is under control. Now he has only to convince himself...
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- Bob
- 27-03-21
I love both the writing, the plot and the narrativ
..by Robin Browne. I look forward to the rest of the books, which I may well "binge".
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- Christopher
- 07-10-23
A totally different Frost from that portrayed on TV.
The story is good and the narration OK but the character of Frost is unpleasant and some of his comments are simply awful. Perhaps they reflect the attitudes of the time (and possibly the current attitudes of the Met) but DI Frost comes over as a dreadful sexist ho evokes little sympathy.
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- Olivia
- 25-06-18
Loved it
A bit old fashioned, and and you have to bear that in mind when listening. However, I was hooked and have now downloaded the next book.
I thought the narrator did a good job too.
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- asd
- 02-10-19
Great story and pretty good performance
As with other Frost books I've listened to, I enjoyed this a lot. It's interesting to see David Jason's version toned down a lot of the character's more crass and sexist side but still an rounded and slightly sad character. The performance is very good, only draw back is the narrator sometimes speaks v quietly and this makes the lines hard to hear.
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- Mrs
- 08-08-23
Excellent
I throughly enjoyed this audible story, the great Jack Frost most excellent, fantastic and fabulous
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- michael
- 14-08-24
A Touch of Frost
Wonderful story, it flows beautifully, never lets the listener get bored. Absolutely brilliant narration, he brings the story to life.
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- Jennifer Chennell
- 12-12-16
another great book
Yet again a fantastic book wasn't so keen on the narrator he was competent but not as good as the last book.
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- JPH
- 06-11-19
Good story, narration a little irritating.
Good story. I loved the TV series with David Jason and remembered the plots which the TV series more or less kept to.
Frost in the books is a little coarser than that portrayed in the series but no less likeable.
Having listened to previous Frost books narrated by the fabulous Stephen Thorne, I found Robin Browne a little irritating, and at times he made Frost sound like Boycie from Only Fools and Horses (coincidentally also starring David Jason)
Recommended.
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- Lois
- 11-02-23
Story ruined by sexist language!
I enjoyed the different crimes & the ties they had, but the language used & and the depiction of women is really shocking, even for the time of writing.
Often conflating Rape & Sex as the same thing & almost every female character is horny all the time for anyone!
The narration was fine, but I'm not sure if I will listen to another Frost story if they all have language like this!!!
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- 18-04-18
Not bad but not as you'd expect from tv.
First I should mention that this is the second in the series after Frost at Christmas. I didn't realise this until I was pretty far along into the listening.
Jack Frost in this book is much coarser than on TV although not necessarily to his detriment. Webster, who was his Watson, was painfully slow and blunt. This got to be quite frustrating as the book went on.
This is different lots of the other murder mysteries in that there were many cases ongoing at at same time which made a refreshing change. However, I binged this over a few days and you may struggle to keep track of characters if this was spread over a month's worth of short commutes.
I guess the book has dated badly but there is a weird dichotomy between Frost and co learning about bikinis for the first time and just about every female character being up for it to some degree or other. And Frost's lack of tact sometimes also differed from TV a bit.
The narration and voices were good but the volume does dip sometimes so you'll need to tweak your headphones or speakers occasionally.
Overall, if you like police procedural stuff then this will be a decent read. If you're looking for a novelisation of the TV show then you're out of luck.
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