The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 6 books · 1984 to 2008 · Set in the fictional Denton, England

R.D. Wingfield

Detective Inspector Jack Frost, scruffy, rude and overworked, juggles several cases at once in the town of Denton while dodging paperwork and his pompous superintendent, Mullett. The books became A Touch of Frost on television.

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Jack Frost

6 books · Set in the fictional Denton, EnglandPolice procedural
  1. 1Frost at Christmas1984With Jack FrostBuy on Amazon
  2. 2A Touch of Frost1987With Jack FrostBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Night Frost1992With Jack FrostBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Hard Frost1995With Jack FrostBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Winter Frost1999With Jack FrostBuy on Amazon
  6. 6A Killing Frost2008With Jack FrostBuy on Amazon

Characters

4 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Denton Division