A touch of frost is about to descend on stage when Ruislip Dramatic Society return and bring the famous detective to the stage.

The group will be presenting Cat’s Cradle by Leslie Sands, a gripping mystery thriller where Inspector Frost must tackle the unsolved case that ruined his career almost 20 years earlier. Set in an old coaching-house in a remote English village, the play sees Frost battling to solve a kidnapping and murder that the local people are keen to forget.

With a new piece of evidence, he returns to the scene of the crime, but where he once was a welcome guest, Frost now finds he is as welcome as winter. Is this icy reception purely due to him never having solved the case? Or is there something more to this?

Perhaps it’s the wedding in the village, due to take place that weekend that has made him particularly unwelcome, or could that also be connected in some way with the tragic events from all those years ago?

It soon becomes apparent Frost is facing a conspiracy of silence in a village full of secrets and a past shrouded in mystery. But he presses on with results that are both startling and disquieting in this intense mystery thriller which will leave you guessing till the final curtain.

The character of Detective Inspector Frost, originally created by R D Wingfield is well known from the hit TV series A Touch of Frost which starred Sir David Jason and ran for a total of 42 episodes. However the actor Leslie Sands (and author of Cat’s Cradle) actually first portrayed the character for Wingfield long before this in a radio play entitled Three Days of Frost in 1977.

Sands’ Cat’s Cradle shows the dishevelled detective at his best - dedicated, unorthodox and flat footed in his approach but with a good heart. The play is a skilfully crafted mystery thriller that will delight Frost fans and all who love a good whodunit.

Compass Theatre, Glebe Avenue, Ickenham, UB10 8PD, until Saturday, November 19. Details: hillingdontheatres.uk, ruislipdramatic.org