Ten days to Christmas and Tracey Uphill, aged eight, hasnt come home from Sunday school. Her mother, a 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 Constables nephew. Fresh to provincial Denton in an over sma Ten days to Christmas and Tracey Uphill, aged eight, hasnt come home from Sunday school. Her mother, a 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 Constables nephew. Fresh to provincial Denton in an over smart suit, Detective Clive Barnard is an easy target for Frosts 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 hes consulted a local witch, Dead Mans 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...

Ten days to Christmas and Tracey Uphill, aged eight, hasnt come home from Sunday school. Her mother, a 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 Constables nephew. Fresh to provincial Denton in an over sma Ten days to Christmas and Tracey Uphill, aged eight, hasnt come home from Sunday school. Her mother, a young prostitute, is desperate. Enter Detective Inspector Jack Frost, sloppy, scruffy and insubordinate. To help him investigate the case of the missing...  Read More