The fourth prequel to R D Wingfield's A TOUCH OF FROST for anyone who loved watching David Jason as Jack Frost & readers of sharply plotted detective crime novels August 1983 Denton is preparing for a wedding Detective Sergeant Waters should be on top of the world with less than a week to go until he marries Kim Myles But the Sunday before the big day instead of a run-through with his best man the church is sealed off The body of a young woman has been found in the churchyard & their idyllic wedding venue has become a crime scene Detective Inspector Jack Frost has been homeless for the past three months ever since his wife's family sold the matrimonial house He's been staying with Detective Constable Sue Clarke but with a baby to take care of & the imminent arrival of her mother she's given him his marching orders But as best man to Waters he's got a responsibility to solve the mystery of the dead girl in the churchyard Can he put his own troubles aside & be the detective they need him to be? All in all August looks set to be a wicked month in Denton