The Gamber's Daughter

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The age of free love, bell-bottoms and the Vietnam War give rise to the end of the line for the Queen Mary as an ocean cruiser. As part of the final voyage, the entire McSwain family is invited to sail from Southampton to Long Beach, California. Bernadette McSwain, daughter of Eden and Dirk has inherited her mother's psychic gift and plans to write about the ghosts onboard the ship. She's a true woman of her era. Hip, smart and independent. Lazarus Garcia, a straight-laced Spanish Grandee haunted by his experiences in Vietnam decides to apprentice in the kitchens of the luxury liner as he wants to open his own five-star restaurant. Lazarus and Bernadette butt heads but when people start dying in violent and terrible ways, they set aside their differences in order to try to solve the crimes.