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Category 5 Hurricane Willard is barreling toward Grand Cayman, but Fin Fleming, acting director at RIO, a world-famous oceanography institute, has everything under control. Or so she thinks, at least until she realizes she forgot to send her stepbrother Oliver's new boat to drydock along with the institute's other boats. She risks her life to move his boat to safety. Then after the storm, while assessing the boat for damage, she makes a horrifying discovery that sets off the disturbing chain of events. Maddy concentrates on an off-island project while Newton and Dane are still struggling to figure out their relationships with her. Benjamin suffers injuries during the storm, but Doc is around to bring him back to health. Stewie and Chaun work on rebuilding RIO, while Fin and DS Dane Scott go after the bad guys. And Fin is puzzled by Oliver's erratic behavior. He's flipping every few minutes from his usual sunny self to a snarling, angry shark snapping at everyone around him-especially Fin. The usual fun stuff is happening too. A once in a lifetime chance to pilot a multi-million dollar personal submarine. Rosie, the American Pygmy octopus, and Suzie Q, the Southern Stingray, are back, both doing their things. Plus there's a crazy free-range rooster named Chico on the hunt for treats and bad guys. And then there's Liam. Always Liam.

Fin Fleming is always in control when she's scuba diving in her home base of the Cayman Islands. But when she's on land, not so much.She has problems in every part of her life, from her scheming past lover to her new stepsiblings and her career as chief underwater photographer at an oceanographic institute. She's got very few friends and no love life to speak of. But her troubles really escalate the day of the first accident¿The crimes intensify, culminating in a dark and unexpected death while diving. It looks like an accident, but Fin quickly realizes it was a near perfect murder. She must bring the ruthless killer to justice before she's the next one to end up dead.Filled with mystery, romance, family, and lots of scuba diving, this unputdownable first entry in the series will leave you wanting more.

World-famous oceanography institute RIO recently opened a new restaurant and tiki bar to give divers somewhere nearby to grab a snack and a drink. The place is a hit, and Fin and the team are basking in the glow of success. Until the morning an unknown young woman is found dead in the bar, the victim of a needle spike. DS Scott asks Fin to help with the investigation.To make matters worse, Fin's under the gun from the sponsor of the institute's annual documentary, who threatens to revoke their contract and hire her ex's company instead if they miss the deadline. Without the money from that sponsorship, RIO will have to shut down most of its research. Enter Christophe, a world champion freediver on tap to help her get ready for the filming.And then, one of their own vanishes.Fin is convinced that the notorious oligarch Seb Lukin is behind it all. It seems the missing women have vanished into thin air, but Fin vows to do whatever it takes to find them and bring them home.

Meet the inspirational animals who went from rescued to rescuer in these incredible true stories. You’ll read all about the animal heroes who came to their owner’s aid – whether it was helping them to recover from mental illness, relationship breakdown or bereavement. Let these stories warm your heart and reveal how animals can help us heal.

The new edition of this highly popular book is an indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems for nurses starting work on the ward or returning to practice. It provides guidance in a variety of areas including: how to organise your job and yourself; how to assess patients; clinical information on a wide range of conditions; important principles, procedures and investigations; how to administer drugs safely; and what to do in an emergency. As well as information on how to do the job, the importance of communication and nursing care issues is emphasised. Background information is also given on underlying legal, health and safety issues.This book will help you with - Organising your job and yourself - Assessing patients - Getting clinical information on a wide range of conditions - Important principles, procedures and investigations - Administering drugs safely - What to do in an emergency - Communication, legal health and safety issues - A new section on professional practice relates current issues to nursing practice - Updated drug section provides essential understanding of common drug classes - New resuscitation guidelines

Fin Fleming is always in control when she's scuba diving--especially in her home base in the Cayman Islands. But on land, not so much. She has problems in every part of her life, from her scheming ex-husband to her new step-siblings and her career as chief underwater photographer at an oceanographic institute. She's got very few friends and no love life to speak of. But her troubles really escalate the day of the first accident...

Meet the inspirational dogs who went from being rescued to becoming rescuers in these incredible true stories: Toby, the golden retriever who performed the Heimlich maneuver to save his owner’s life. Liam, the Lhasa Apso-Poodle mix who helped his owner battle an eating disorder. Hercules, the St. Bernard who saved his owners from burglars on the first day he moved in. Alfie, the terrier who gave a bullied girl a new lease of life. As well as many other canine heroes who came to their owner’s aid—whether it was saving them from physical threats, or helping them to recover from mental illness, PTSD, and bereavement. Let these uplifting stories warm your heart, and show you that adopted dogs truly are man’s best friend.

As risks arising within the business environment grow in size and complexity, so too do the regulatory requirements put in place to manage them. The pace of regulatory change is itself a significant business risk, and compliance departments are under increasing pressure to keep up with the change and adapt their organisations accordingly. This new edition of what has become an indispensable guide to regulation compliance brings readers up to date with changing areas of focus and provides guidance for regulated firms and regulators alike. The Changing Function of Compliance considers the relationship between regulation and compliance as well as key influences on both, offering insight into the effectiveness of current approaches and addressing practical compliance challenges. It explains the purpose and development of regulatory risk management and the existing regulatory environment, and provides a detailed exploration of the compliance function, explaining how the role might be strengthened and how best to approach the role to enable it to be effective. This practical and accessible handbook includes a mix of hands-on advice, examples and research based on the experiences of practitioners, educators and regulators drawn from across a wide range of jurisdictions and sectors. This book is an essential read, whether you are concerned about the growing and changing implications of regulatory risk, the benefit of leveraging additional value from your compliance function or your own compliance role or ways of transforming and sustaining the function to ensure its continued relevance to the business.

Sharon Ward's IN DEEP is a stellar, pulse-pounding debut novel featuring a female underwater photographer. A heady mix of underwater adventure, mystery, and romance.- Hallie Ephron, New York Times bestselling authorPack your SCUBA fins for a wild trip to the Cayman Islands. In Deep delivers on twists and turns while introducing a phenomenal new protagonist in underwater photographer Fin Fleming, tough, perceptive and fearless.- Edwin Hill, author of The Secrets We Share...You'll be left as breathless as - well, no spoilers here. You must read it to find out! ?C. Michele Dorsey, Author of the Sabrina Salter Mysteries: No Virgin Island, Permanent Sunset, and Tropical DepressionBreathtaking on two levels, Sharon Ward's debut novel IN DEEP will captivate experienced divers as well as those who've only dreamed of exploring the beauty beneath the sea. The underwater world off the Cayman Islands is stunningly rendered. - Brenda Buchanan Author of the Joe Gale Mystery SeriesWhat would you do if a heartless killer targeted your family and friends by orchestrating deadly underwater mishaps? When a series of accidents befalls the staff at a Cayman Islands-based oceanographic institute, the blame falls on underwater photographer Fin Fleming, who has recently joined the institute founded by her world famous oceanographer mother. The arrival of her stepfather's previously unknown illegitimate children threatens to sink her mother's marriage, and Fin's ex-husband steals the wind from her career sails when he publicly claims her best work as his own. Fin's life gets even more unsettled when her estranged father shows up out of the blue, after casting her adrift more than twenty years earlier. She seems to be getting her life back on course when she meets Liam, an intriguing Australian who loves diving as much as she does. But the tide turns when Fin realizes the lethal accidents are not coincidences-the killer is targeting her family. She can trust no one and must set a course to surface the predator's identity before her family is swept away on a wave of malevolence.

Fin Fleming, chief underwater photographer at famedCayman islands oceanography institute RIO, finds her friends Gus and Theresa's baby abandoned on their boat in RIO's marina. Fin knows they would never willingly leave Angel alone, and it doesn't take long for the kidnapper to contact her with demands. As ransom, the kidnapper asks for the exact amount of Gus's potential reward payout from the salvage operation completed in Sunken Death. But RIO hasn't received the payout yet, and the kidnapper insists the ransom must come from Gus's share of the reward. No other funds will do. He calls every hour asking if they've received the money yet. Until he doesn't. DS Scott and his team are on the case, and for once, they've asked for her help. She's willing to pitch in, of course, but she has a pretty full plate of her own. She's busy juggling her regular job, trying to bring RIO's new CFO up to speed, and working hard to keep Angel happy and cared for. Her ex-husband Alec Stone is still trying to get credit for her photography, and her estranged parents drop an unexpected bombshell on her. There's a killer shark in the area and someone is stealing dive tanks from RIO's scuba shack. And it all falls to Fin to manage. She certainly has her hands full. Will she find Gus and Theresa before it's too late? Read Dark Tide to find out.