From Crime Scenes to Cruise Ships

Paperback: 9781915483812

Ebook: 9781915483829

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Date: 7th August 2025

Extent: 256 pages

Size: 216 x 138 mm, portrait

Text: Black

Subject: Personal development

Rights available: Worldwide

From Crime Scenes to Cruise Ships​

Navigating life's troubled waters with resilience and hope

by Rhona Morrison

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Description

What if your biggest challenge became your greatest adventure?

One day, Dr Rhona Morrison was a respected forensic psychiatrist planning for retirement. The next, on her birthday, she became a widow, stepping into an uncertain and unplanned future alone. But as Rhona soon discovered, an ending can also be a beginning – if you grasp the opportunities life presents.

In this warm, witty, and inspiring memoir, Rhona shares how she navigated the twists and turns of her loss and subsequent reinvention, transforming her grief into opportunity. From launching an art business and writing her first book, I Don’t Talk to Dead Bodies, to becoming a cruise ship lecturer and embarking on global adventures, she tackled each step with an open heart. Along the way, she discovered unexpected joys, new passions, and a renewed sense of purpose.

From Crime Scenes to Cruise Ships is an uplifting story of resilience, reinvention and embracing the unknown. Whether you’re facing loss, retirement, or a major life shift, Rhona’s journey is a reminder that even when life feels uncertain, you still have the power to shape your future. It may not look like you once imagined, but it can still be rich with meaning, adventure and possibility.

Your story isn’t over; the next chapter is waiting. So, let’s turn the page and step into what comes next – together.

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About the author

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Dr Rhona Morrison is a retired Forensic Psychiatrist who worked in the NHS in Scotland for 32 years. She has a grounded approach to life, a generous helping of humour, and an adventurous spirit. Her bestselling memoir, I don't talk to dead bodies, shared bizarre, funny, and at times, scary stories about her life and work with mentally disordered offenders. The second instalment of her memoir, From Crime Scenes to Cruise Ships, follows her journey through bereavement after the loss of her husband and embracing her retirement as a solo traveller in life, while also offering the reader a lesson in seizing the day. When not writing about her fascinating life, Rhona is an artist and a globetrotting cruise line speaker.