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When an explosion aboard a top-secret test boat kills a young naval officer and severely injures Matthew Reynolds, Martha and his friends are forced to investigate. How could such a thing have happened? Murphy discovers the cause and when secret plans also go missing, sabotage is confirmed. But who and why? The investigation goes beyond the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, RI and threatens to cause an international incident. Meanwhile, the success of Matthew's new shop disrupts the newly wedded couple's domestic bliss, and while George Evans builds a new boat of his own, Connie Worcester returns to Newport in poverty. She and Martha end up kidnapped while snooping where they shouldn't, but show their true mettle after a high-speed torpedo boat chase and some marvelous heroics.

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.