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Ship shape / by Eschmann, Reese.;
All aboard! Caitlin always has the best time with her dad and big brother, Dylan, on The Wandering Princess, the fanciest, most fun, family-friendly cruise ship, where her dad has a job as the ship's doctor. And this cruise is going to be easy! The passengers are small groups of scrapbookers, family reunion-ers, and magic enthusiasts. Plus Caitlin is now a cruise expert! What she and Dylan aren't counting on is a staffing shortage that suddenly finds Caitlin front and center as the substitute magician's apprentice in the evening shows and Dylan racing around and attending to some increasingly demanding fellow passengers. Can Caitlin turn the tides and save this cruise?
Subjects: Cruise ships; Ocean travel; Helping behavior; Families; Magic shows;

Post-traumatic : a novel / by Johnson, Chantal V.,author.;
"To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story--a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and aftereffects of her bad childhood--compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black Latinx woman in America. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple subway ride into a heart-pounding drama. For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humor and smoking weed with her BFF, Jane. But after a family reunion prompts Vivian to take a bold step, she finds herself alone in new and terrifying ways, without even Jane to confide in, and she starts to unravel. Will she find a way to repair what matters most to her?"
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Adult child sexual abuse victims; Families; Hispanic Americans; Women lawyers;

The Inheritance A Novel [electronic resource] : by Sakhlecha, Trisha.aut; Jay, Avita.nrt; Kendrick, Ellie.nrt; Payne, Tamaryn.nrt; CloudLibrary;
“With echoes of the TV dramas Succession and The White Lotus. . . . Sakhlecha displays a Christie-like knack for misdirection.” —The Sunday Times “A peek behind the velvet curtain of extreme wealth and privilege.” —The Washington Post Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder. Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion. Raj, the patriarch and a business tycoon, is about to announce to his wife and three children the succession plan for his multimillon-dollar Delhi-based company. Shalini, the fragile matriarch, is ready to have her husband to herself after years of sacrifice to the family business. Myra, the golden child, owner of the island and host of the reunion, is, unbeknownst to her family, on the brink of bankruptcy. Aseem, the son and supposed heir, is torn between his love for his wife and his duty to family. Aisha, the youngest, a party girl whose antics are legendary, can’t pass up an opportunity to wreak havoc. And then there’s Zoe, Aseem’s wife, the outsider whose #InstaPerfect life is built on a foundation of lies. They’ve all got secrets they would die to protect. Who will survive this high-stakes reunion, and who will become a victim of their own greed? One thing is certain: this family gathering will shatter more than just their illusions of unity.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Contemporary Women; Psychological; Suspense;
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Fallen angel / by Brookmyre, Christopher,1968-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."To new nanny Amanda, the Temple family seem to have it all: the former actress; the famous professor; their three successful grown-up children. But like any family, beneath the smiles and hugs there lurks far darker emotions. Sixteen years earlier, little Niamh Temple died while they were on holiday in Portugal. Now, as Amanda joins the family for a reunion at their seaside villa, she begins to suspect one of them might be hiding something terrible ... and suspicion is a dangerous thing."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Nannies; Children; Family secrets;

Silent witness. [videorecording] / by Arlidge, M. J.,screenwriter.; Carr, Liz,actor.; Caves, David,actor.; Crompton, Michael,screenwriter.; Ekaragha, Destiny,television director.; Fox, Emilia,1974-actor.; Goggins, Diarmuid,television director.; Lintern, Richard,actor.; Mitchell, Graham,screenwriter.; Murray-Smith, Kiaran,television producer.; O'Sullivan, Thaddeus,1947-television director.; Palmer, Charlie,television director.; Prager, Timothy,screenwriter.; Teague, Colin,television director.; Whitmore, Ed,screenwriter.; BBC Studios,publisher.;
Emilia Fox, Richard Lintern, David Caves, Liz Carranged.Discover bizarre truths about victims' final moments from a woman's horrific encounter that only DNA analysis can untangle, to the cosmetic clinic that produced to-die-for results for a pregnant client. When an assassin poses a US diplomat's body for a macabre photo opportunity, London forensic pathologist Dr. Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) and her expert team wrestle with the FBI and top US officials to uncover a shocking secret. What's behind the unexplained deaths of patients receiving home care? How could a Christmas family reunion go so tragically wrong? You'll thank your lucky stars that you're still on this side of the grass in five more gripping cases in the award-winning series, called out of the ordinary, way out.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal investigation; Forensic pathologists; Forensic pathology;
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Silent witness. [videorecording] / by Carr, Liz,actor.; Caves, David,actor.; Fox, Emilia,1974-actor.; Leclerc, Dominic,television director.; Lintern, Richard,actor.; BBC Studios,publisher.;
Emilia Fox, Richard Lintern, David Caves, Liz Carranged.Discover bizarre truths about victims' final moments from a woman's horrific encounter that only DNA analysis can untangle, to the cosmetic clinic that produced to-die-for results for a pregnant client. When an assassin poses a US diplomat's body for a macabre photo opportunity, London forensic pathologist Dr. Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) and her expert team wrestle with the FBI and top US officials to uncover a shocking secret. What's behind the unexplained deaths of patients receiving home care? How could a Christmas family reunion go so tragically wrong? You'll thank your lucky stars that you're still on this side of the grass in five more gripping cases in the award-winning series, called out of the ordinary, way out.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal investigation; Forensic pathologists; Forensic pathology;
For private home use only.

Bleeding darkness / by Chapman, Brenda,1955-author.;
"David McKenna lies dying in a Kingston hospital, his children gathered from across the country to say a final goodbye. But the family reunion opens old wounds. David's only daughter, Lauren, never recovered from the unsolved murder of her high school best friend Zoe Delgado fourteen years earlier--or the suspicion that her brother, Tristan, was behind it. Before David breathes his last, Tristan's pregnant wife, Vivian, disappears and the Major Crimes Unit is called in to help find her. With Kala Stonechild struggling to reconnect with her foster niece, and Woodhouse making trouble for Staff Sergeant Jacques Rouleau, tensions are running high on the team, but they must put their personal problems aside when a woman's strangled body is found frozen on the Rideau Trail. With a winter storm sweeping the shores of Lake Ontario, the team uncovers unspeakable betrayals that give more than one suspect a reason to kill ... and raise fears that the two killings were only the beginning ..."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Police; Murder;

Tristan Strong keeps punching / by Mbalia, Kwame.;
The Strong family is having a reunion in New Orleans, and twelve-year-old Tristan is supposed to be keeping an eye on his younger cousin Terrance when several things happen at once: he sees his archenemy, King Cotton, and a mysterious girl grabs his magic cellphone--her name is Seraphine, and she seems to know everything about Tristan and the god Anansi (currently inhabiting the cellphone), and she has a mission for Tristan, one that is going lead to a final confrontation with haint King Cotton.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Anansi (Legendary character); Characters and characteristics in literature; African Americans; Magic; Monsters; Cousins; Adventure and adventurers;

Natsumi's song of summer / by Weston, Robert Paul.; Saburi, Misa.;
"Two young cousins who are separated by language, continent and culture meet for the first time when Jill's family travels from America to Japan to stay with Natsumi's family during the summer holidays. Natsumi's nervousness about meeting her cousin from across the sea quickly disappears when she discovers that her cousin is a lot like her: they both love summertime's hot sandy beaches, cool refreshing watermelon, festivals and fireworks. Then Jill asks Natsumi about the strange buzzing sound that comes from the nearby trees, and Natsumi is nervous once again. What if Jill is frightened of Natsumi's cherished cicadas, the insects that sing the music of summertime? This is a tender, evocative story that celebrates the special pleasures of summertime and of reunions with faraway family and friends"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Cousins; Summer;

Last summer at the Golden Hotel / by Friedland, Elyssa,author.;
"A family reunion in the Catskills brings hilarity and nostalgia when two clans convene for the summer at their beloved getaway. In its heyday, the Golden Hotel was the crown jewel of the hotter-than-hot Catskills vacation scene. For more than sixty years, the Goldman and Weingold families-best friends and business partners-have presided over this glamorous resort, which served as a second home for well-heeled guests and celebrities. But the Catskills are not what they used to be-and neither is the relationship between the Goldmans and the Weingolds. As the facilities and management begin to fall apart, a tempting offer to sell forces the two families together again to make a heart-wrenching decision. Can they save their beloved Golden, or is it too late? Long-buried secrets emerge, new dramas and financial scandal erupt, and everyone from the traditional grandparents to the millennial grandchildren wants a say in the hotel's future. But business and pleasure clash when the hotel owners rediscover the magic of a bygone era of nonstop fun, even as they grapple with what may be their last resort"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Families; Hotels; Secrecy;

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