Bernadette McSwain's family has a strong connection to the Queen Mary ocean liner. They're invited to sail on the Queen's final voyage to her new home in Long Beach, California in 1967.Bernadette and her cousin, Michel are writing a book on the spirits who haunt the mighty ship. Bernadette's psychic abilities help in their research. They meet a young Spanish grandee, Lazarus Garcia, who's on the ship as a chef to learn to run his own first class restaurant. He's surrounded by anguished spirits whom Bernadette can see. When passengers start to die in violent ways, Bernadette suspects Lazarus of the crimes. This suspicion causes a rift between the cousins as Michel has befriended the Spaniard.As the voyage continues and Lazarus tries to charm her, Bernadette must make a decision about him or face losing her cousin, both literally and figuratively.