Bah humbug, says Inspector Frost, whose season is soured not only in a search for a missing child, but by his new assistant, Clive Barnard, the boss's nephew. As Frost looks for the girl with the help of a dubious psychic, he finds a long-buried corpse. Then, to make Christmas even bluer, an old uns[...]

A young boy is found dead in a rubbish heap, suffocated and with one finger cut off. Another boy is missing. A psychopath is stabbing babies as they lie sleeping in their cots.[...]

Detective Inspector Jack Frost is crumpled, slapdash and foul-mouthed as ever. He tries to cope despite inadequate back-up, but there is never enough time; the unsolved crimes pile up. So Frost has to take risks, knowing that his Divisional Commander will throw him to the wolves if anything goes wro[...]

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. Meanwhile a multiple rapist is on the loose, the local supermarket reports poisoned stock and a man claims to have cut his wife up into little pieces, yet can'[...]

A multiple rapist is on the loose, a woman reports that her baby has been stolen and someone is trying to blackmail the local supermarket by poisoning some of the stock. When two girls are reported missing, the Denton crime wave reaches terrifying heights. As DI Jack Frost staggers from case to case[...]