London Frog: A Todd Gleason Crime Novel

by Joseph Pittman

Book Overview

Jetting from New York to London and back, 'London Frog' is a suspenseful tale of crime, punishment and amphibians. Todd Gleason, confidence man, travels to con Henri and Elise Procopio out of their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159414589X
• ISBN13: 9781594145896
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Five Star (ME)
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Great Fun!! Great Story!!!

This book was not only a great thriller/mystery but quite a comedy too. I'm a thriller fan mostly and really love Crais, Lee Child, Grippando, Harlen Coben to name a few. Joseph Pittman just made my list of TO READ books. Todd Gleason, a con, gets into shenanigans and situations that are one minute comical, next minute desperate, but always surprising. The whole phlethora of characters here are three dimensional, and they all have contributions comical and dastardly. There's more than one mystery, many twists and surprises, and enough LOL moments to keep you up at night, highly entertained. Oh just where does the frog fit in? Right where you'd expect, but even he is a bit of a mystery with hidden talents. I'm glad I bought the hard back edition of this one. It will be a treasure in my personal library.

London Frog makes a splash

Pittman's "London Frog" can only be described as a sarcastic murder mystery with more twists and turns that even politicians would be proud of. He truly has a knack for keeping the reader's attention and I look forward to being held captive by more of Todd Gleason's adventures in the future.

A Froggy Day in London Town ...

The omniscient narrator of "London Frog" has the kind of voice the narrator of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has -- you feel like you're sitting in a pub while your inveterate storyteller friend tells you about the adventures of this guy he heard about, right, and you wouldn't believe the mess he got himself into ... The guy in the story is Todd Gleason, small-time con-man. Todd is possessed of a rapid wit and a sense that anyone who wins the Lottery can afford to share their wealth -- especially when that winner is already married to a wealthy businessman. Of course, Todd's latest con does not go smoothly, and we get to see him improvise under pressure (sometimes successfully, sometimes not so). We meet a lot of interesting characters, but Todd is the heart and soul of the story, a truly likable (almost lovable) con-man with a conscience. The story is fast-paced with plenty of twists, turns and reversals and a question mark over the murder scene that keeps you guessing until the very end. "London Frog" is apparently the first of a series -- here's hoping there's more Todd Gleason on the way soon.

Witty voice boosts this crime caper

Joseph Pittman's "London Frog" is a clever romp with an appealing con man at its core. Todd Gleason is the kind of guy who can't resist making a snarky comment, even if it means he's going to get slapped around by a bad guy. He's made a career of preying on the greed of lottery winners, and he's followed recent winner Elise Procopio and her husband Henri to London to make one last big score-- but of course, things don't work out quite as expected. If you like your crime witty, you'll like "London Frog." Neil Plakcy, author of Mahu Surfer: A Hawaiian Mystery (An Alyson Mystery)

Funny AND suspenseful

I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover (or title), but this one grabbed me, so I gave it a try. I really enjoyed it a lot. At its heart, the book is a mystery, and I was never confident about "whodunit" until I knew for sure -- the twists and turns come on virtually every page. But beyond that, Pittman's Gleason character was really sardonic and funny -- a bit of a cheat and con man, but someone you still root for. I definitely recommend this.