
By R.D. Wingfield
Detective Inspector Jack Frost, Denton Division, is now not loved by means of his superiors. in truth, he's something of a soreness within the brass: unkempt and unruly, with a style for crude humor and an inclination to cut corners. they would like not anything larger than to bounce him from the dept. the one challenge is, Frost's the only D.I. who, by way of hook or via criminal, continuously turns out to discover how to get the job performed. it is a excessive expense to pay for a pak of smokes whilst Frost interrupts his holiday to filch some of Commander Mullett's cigarettes and finds himself pressed into emergency responsibility. Denton Division is shorthanded after a automobile crash concerning several tipsy high-ranking law enforcement officials, and on man Fawkes night there's extra mischief in another country than simply a few children making the rounds begging for pennies and lighting firecrackers. within the following few days, Frost will deal with a parade of miscreants, together with a blackmailer, a shifty businessman, a not-so-greiving widow, a sexual pervert or , a crazed housewife, and a cold-blooded kidnapper. The clock is ticking, and Frost is perilously in need of clues...