Judy Ford Books

Larger Print edition. What could be more pleasant than a short break on the Algarve with a group of friends? But, when the wheelchair on which he depends is damaged in flight, DCI Jonah Porter wishes that he had never come. Relationships are stretched to breaking point as his frustrations mount. Then a guest falls from the balcony of a neighbouring apartment and foul play is suspected. With a puzzling case to solve, Jonah is back in his element. Who could have wanted to kill a popular family-man who makes friends with everyone he meets? Jonah needs all his skill and experience to hunt out the truth behind the murder of a man with no enemies.

Focusing on the emotional journey of pregnancy, this guide offers expert advice on navigating challenges such as morning sickness and the importance of seeking support from family and friends. It addresses the various emotional ups and downs pregnant individuals may experience, providing practical strategies for coping and enhancing well-being throughout the journey.

While there are a lot of highs to parenting, there are plenty of challenges, particularly when it comes to teens. While we were all teenagers once, we often can't understand what our own teens are going through. But there are certain habits you can pick up that can make the teen years easier for both you and your child.

Focusing on personal growth, this book offers inspiration and practical suggestions for overcoming anger and improving relationships. Instead of delving into the societal causes of anger, it emphasizes individual transformation and proactive steps to foster positive change in one's emotional responses and interactions with others.

Single is......not a condition to be cured...it's just as natural as being part of a couple. Its wisdom is contagious. Its message is powerful....a one-of-a-kind book that speaks a universal language to single women everywhere....a sometimes funny, sometimes, touching, and always uplifing collection of true-life experiences and practical wisdom that helps you celebrate your single status.Single is about upholding the most enduring relationship of all: the one we have with ourselves.

The police are reluctant to believe young Lucy Paige when she tells them that she saw two men chasing a woman across a field. They suspect her of inventing a mysterious stranger, who hit her and then ran away, in order to protect her friend, Martin, from accusations of child abuse and assault. But they have to reassess her story, when a woman's body is found a few days later and Lucy recognises it as her attacker. Who is the corpse in the graveyard? Why was she running away? And who were the men that Lucy saw chasing her? Lucy meanwhile is more concerned about her police inspector friend, Jonah Porter, and his rehabilitation after being paralysed in a shooting incident. He seems to be falling into a pit of depression - until her tale of a vanishing stranger with a distinctive tattoo catches his imagination and inspires him to do some armchair detective work of his own.

Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Porter is a hero: his life was changed forever when he was paralysed by a gunshot from an unknown assailant but, against the odds, he has succeeded in resuming his career in the Police Service. To the outside world he appears confident and capable, almost unaffected by his disability. This novel views Jonah's life through the medium of his favourite hymns, revealing beneath his self-assured exterior, his vulnerability and dependence on others. Each chapter in his life shows us new insight into Jonah's world both before and after his injury, exploring a range of social issues. Large Print edition of a detective novel published in 2015.

Seven friends decide to band together to campaign to save the environment. They call themselves the Martians, because, as everyone knows, Martians are green! Over the years, they go their separate ways and some of them seem to have forgotten their early ideals. Then, out of the blue, one of their number is murdered: struck down by an unknown assailant. Another of the group comes under suspicion and yet a third member is implicated. Did geology tutor Martin Riess kill his journalist friend or was the murderer one of the victims of the reporter's caustic pen? Was the crime sparked off by recent events or does it have its origins deep in the past? Why is the victim's politician wife apparently uninterested in her husband's fate? Detective Inspector Peter Johns grapples with these questions as he tries to get to the bottom of a high-profile crime that could make or break his career and his marriage. This is the fifth full-length novel featuring DI Peter Johns and his wife, Bernie. It is a detective novel set in Oxford.

This is a detective novel that also explores social and ethical issues. A body in the river is all in a day's work for Detective Inspector Peter Johns and his Sergeant, Paul Godwin. But things start to become more personal when Paul recognises their key witness as a close childhood friend and Peter's son is detained for suspected child abduction. Peter and Paul discover that they have more in common than they realised and it becomes difficult to keep work and family life separated. Meanwhile - what of the body in the river? It looks like suicide. But could something more sinister have been going on? This book should appeal to lovers of crime fiction and to those who enjoy begin challenged to think about relationships and the world around them.

These short stories have previously been published as individual e-books. This compendium brings them together and makes them available in paperback for teh first time. Peter Johns grew up in a children's home. On leaving school, he entered the police force. A chance encounter led to his transfer to CID, after which he began slow but steady progress up the promotion ladder to Detective Inspector. Reaching the heights of Detective Sergeant gave him the courage to propose to the love of his life, Jamaican nurse Angie Wheeler. Their long and happy marriage was blessed with two children: Hannah, who followed her mother into nursing, and Edward, who chose a career in computers. Tragedy struck shortly before their silver wedding anniversary when Angie was knifed and killed in a racially-motivated attack - an event from which Peter never fully recovered. Three years later, he married his friend of more than twenty years, Bernie Fazakerley, and moved in with her and her young daughter, Lucy. His new family was later augmented by the arrival of DCI Jonah Porter, a disabled colleague and long-standing family friend. These memoirs are Peter's attempt to make sense of his eventful life and unconventional family.