Jack Frost Books in Order

Eight-year-old Tracey Uphill disappears shortly before Christmas, sending Inspector Jack Frost into an urgent investigation with new partner Clive Barnard. An unconventional consultation draws Frost toward an older unsolved crime, risking both his career and safety.

Inspector Jack Frost hopes to slip away to a colleague's farewell party, but a corpse and a missing girl interrupt him. More robberies and violent crimes overwhelm Denton, leaving Frost juggling investigations while reassuring his impatient superiors.

A murdered child and another missing boy confront Inspector Jack Frost as further violent cases mount in Denton. Ransom demands and additional deaths force the overburdened detective to move between crises, relying on his unconventional investigative instincts.

A killer targets Denton's elderly residents while flu depletes the local police force. Inspector Jack Frost struggles to investigate alongside arson, threats, burglaries, and a suspicious suicide, cutting corners under pressure from his divisional commander.

A killer targeting local prostitutes adds to Denton's mounting crime wave, but Jack Frost concentrates on a missing child. Another girl's death and a suspect's suicide place the investigation and Frost's own professional standing under severe pressure.

A severed foot, poisoned supermarket goods, and two missing girls stretch Jack Frost's resources as Denton's crimes multiply. A scheming new chief inspector threatens to transfer him, forcing Frost to investigate while defending his position.

In 1981 Denton is gripped by recession, IRA threats and rumours of rabies when twelve year old Julie Hudson vanishes from a department store changing room. With his mentor DI Bert Williams missing too, DS Jack Frost stumbles through multiple crises, often his own worst enemy.

Britain is celebrating in May 1982, but Denton is dealing with uglier headlines. As the division's first black detective, DS Waters joins Jack Frost just as a wave of brutal burglaries, teenage murders and a missing girl case collide, testing both men and the town.

On the day Jack Frost buries his wife, Denton officers are dragged from the wake to scenes of mounting chaos: a severed hand in a field, a shot nightclub owner, arson attacks and a cyclist's suspicious death. Grieving or not, Frost has to keep going.

August 1983 finds Denton preparing for DS Waters's wedding when a young woman is found dead in the churchyard that should host the ceremony. Newly promoted and homeless, Jack Frost has to untangle the case fast or see his friend's big day collapse.