In eighties Denton a bookmaker survives a bullet to the head, challenging Inspector Jack Frost to go over a long list of enemies for the would-be shooter. The prequel series to R.D. Wingfield's Frost series goes on, with Frost younger and less aware but no less uncouth Denton, 1984. As he's rushed to hospital, Detective Inspector Jack Frost and the Denton police force start their hunt for the would-be murderer. And with a slew of other crimes hitting the area, from counterfeit goods to a violent drugs gangs swamping Denton with cheap heroin, the stakes have never been higher.