Customer Reviews
Brilliant - By: M. V. Clarke, 05 Jan 2009 
How sad that this is the final Frost novel ever, following RD Wingfield's deathin 2007. It's as funny, punchy, fast-moving & invigorating as the earlier novels, & longer too - it doesn't suffer for this at all,in fact, the length simply heightens the enjoyment. Frost is as rude, funny, irreverent & brilliant as ever; forced to deal with several violent, disturbing cases, as well as an attempt by Mullett & the newly-arrived & instantly despised DCI Skinner, to get rid of him, he's stretched to the limit & wastes little timein telling everyone concerned exactly what he's thinking. The plot is superb - complex but well handled, the characters come alive off the page & there are many lines that made me laugh out loud. All round, a brilliant buy - if, like me, you were disappointed by the 2008 ITV Frost series, don't be put off this book - like all the others, it's far better than any of the TV shows.
A CREDIT TO AMAZON - By: Steve G, 02 Jan 2009 Over the past month I have spent more on books than I can count, all of them have been thrown down by chapter 4..if I managed to get that far. As far as crime goes,you will be hard pushed to get better than R D Wingfield. Just to think that this will be his last book,is a crimein it's self. Sadly he diedin 2007, & to me the world has lost a true great. Not only does he keep you on the edge of your seat with all 6 books,but he has you laughing out loud too. David Jason does a real job of D I Frost,but the books are ten times better,and I think that goes for any book that has been madein to a film.
As I said,this is the last book & I will find it hard to get another author that I can pick of the shelf & know I will finish the book & still want for more. When Mr Wingfield died,the true British thriller died with him. A sad...sad loss.
Just one of his books are worth ten that you can findin any book store. So he wrote six books,and if you ask me what book to buy?. Well all of them. They will grace the book shelfin any home.
I'd forgotten just how good the Frost books are. - By: Jane Calvert, 17 Nov 2008 It is a long time since I read my last Frost novel & I'd forgotten just how good these books are. With great characters & inter-twining plots, this book is the nearest I've come to un-put-downablein a long time & ranks alongside the very best crime fiction. This was a book that I was truly sad to finish.
A fantastic read - By: Jill Besterman, 11 Aug 2008 Its sad that this will be the last Frost book but lovely to be able to say that Mr Wingfield went out on a high. This is the real Frost, not the somewhat sanitised TV version, rude, crude & full of piss & vinegar. Frost & his nemesis, Superintendent Mullett, battle it out to the endin a multilayered story that makes one laugh & cringein equal amounts.
A first class mystery novel - By: Katja Beck, 28 Jul 2008 This book can easily set the standard for wonderful mystery novels. The story includes several different crimes, but I was never lost or confused. Inspector Frost is working on all cases & is being pressured by his superiors Mullet & Skinner to get results. The cases are grim & Frost is handling them brilliantly by bending the rules & disregarding his superior's instructions. The highlights of the book are the conversations between Frost & Mullet or Skinner. They are outright hilarious because Frost knows how to twist their words & speakin double meanings. This book has it all: excellent writing, a gripping plot & a healthy dose of humor. I recommend the entire series.
