Joe time

Not even his babysitter's most strenuous efforts can convince Joe the frog to go to bed. "Youngsters should be amused by both the obstinacy and the comic antics; a wide range of emotions are skillfully pictured in the cartoon-like red-and-green tinted drawings." -- Kirkus Reviews

Not even his babysitter's most strenuous efforts can convince Joe the frog to go to bed.

JOE JAMAIL has been... —The lawyer who won the biggest lawsuit in history, Pennzoil vs. Texaco, with $11 billion verdict... —Has been responsible for the national recall of three dangerous products—Remington 600, Honda All Terrain 3 Wheelers, and the prescription drug Parlodel... —Dubbed "King of Torts" by Time and Newsweek and "Trial Lawyer of the Century" by Texas Monthly and California Trial Lawyers...  —The lawyer who has over $12 billion in jury verdicts and over $13 billion in verdicts and settlements. —The lead counsel in over 200 personal injury cases where recovery was in excess of $1 million... —Described by his own mother as the kind of boy she didn't want her sons playing with... He has been called, a savior, a philanthropist, a "good ‘ol boy," and a SOB—but one thing Joe Jamail has never been is boring!

Joe Crozier, a businessman with a decidedly shady past, is enjoying a pleasant evening of being wined and dined in all the best places. But the congenial atmosphere is shattered when his host yet again tries to persuade him to sell his nightclub, the Painted Pony. Refusing this time, however, costs Joe more than he could ever have imagined - Bound and gagged, he takes a silent and deadly dip in the nearby river. Meanwhile, Charlie Priest is called to another murder scene - only to find that the victim is an old school friend of his, the famous mountaineer, Tony Krabbe. But what could this amiable lecturer have done to deserve being attacked with his own ice-pick? And could the two cases be linked? As girlfriends from Krabbe’s past return to savage his carefully built reputation, Charlie’s own love life takes a turn for the worse. Charlie is both desperate to help his girlfriend and to seek out the truth, but can work and love ever make comfortable bedfellows?

"Wow, Joe, I can't believe there are actually people out there who would mess around with all these awesome ancient ruins." "Yeah, but Frank, it's because of them that ATAC sent us here to Rome, and nothing beats this Italian food!" "Nancy, I can't believe it. When Aunt Estelle invited you to come on this trip to Italy with Bess and me, I figured it would give you a break from mysteries, and you've still managed to find one!" "I know, George, but isn't it strange to find an American girl in the middle of Rome with no memory of how she got here?" "Something tells me you'll get to the bottom of it all soon...." One foreign city. One big crime. Three of the best teen detectives of all time.