Based on an actual event, Murder in the Limelight takes place on Martha's Vineyard in November 1898 after the Great Portland Gale has decimated the North East coast. When a body is found aboard a wrecked and burning lime schooner and the remainder of the crew turn up on Captain Matthew Reynold's yacht, he and the recently widowed Martha Dickinson find themselves caught up in a mystery involving drug smuggling, tax evasion, fraud and finally murder. Add in a bit of romance and Murder in the Limelight keeps readers guessing right to the very end. A novella, Murder in the Limelight is the first installment in the Matthew and Martha Mystery series.

T.R. Rankin lives and writes in East Greenwich, Rhode Island