Books in the DI Jack Frost series

Fresh to provincial Denton in an oversmart suit, Detective Constable Clive Barnard is an easy target for Frost's 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.

'Possibly the most accurate picture of police work in crime fiction today... An absolute cracker' - Mike RipleyDenton is having more than its fair share of crime.

'Fast-paced and wryly amusing... A delight from start to finish' - Val McDermidDetective Inspector Jack Frost is having a hard time. A young boy is found dead in a rubbish heap, suffocated and with one finger cut off.

On a rainy night in Denton, Detective Inspector Jack Frost is called to the site of a macabre discovery in the woods - that of a human foot.

'A funny, frantic, utterly refreshing brew' - Sunday TelegraphDetective Inspector Jack Frost, officially on duty, is nevertheless determined to sneak off to a colleague's leaving party.

A serial killer is terrorizing the senior citizens of Denton, and the local police are succumbing to a flu epidemic. So Frost has to cut corners and take risks, knowing that his Divisional Commander will throw him to the wolves if anything goes wrong.