Cracker Town
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“How’s that, sheriff?” Red asked.
Cleet Wrightman died Christmas Eve well before either of the murders.
Red, caught off guard by surprise, fell into silence a few moments.
“Sheriff, I hate to hear about Cleet’s passing,” the PI finally said. “Man had a rough life early on.”
Their call ended. Red sat at his desk in thought. He got up and looked out on the street below.
“I just hope the Bible Salesman had an easy, painless death,” he said aloud.
The words drifted up until they wafted out an open window and dispersed among the trees of Chippewa Square.
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ABOUT W.F. RANEW
W.F. Ranew is a former newspaper reporter, editor, and communication executive. He started his journalism career covering sports, police, and city council meetings at his hometown newspaper, The Quitman Free Press. He also worked as a reporter and editor for several regional dailies: The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, The Florida Times-Union, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Ranew has written two previous novels: Schoolhouse Man and Candyman’s Sorrow.
He lives with his wife in Atlanta and St. Simons Island, Ga.
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OTHER BOOKS BY W.F. RANEW
RED FARLOW MYSTERIES
RICH AND GONE, #1
Released: May 2019
ISBN: 9780463338315
PI Red Farlow is on the hunt for Woody Cunningham, a Florida insurance executive who has embezzled $300 million from family and friends. Has he been done in by one of his enemies? Or did he skip town with his ill-gotten wealth? Clues lead Red across Georgia and Florida, and Europe, to find the answers. Is Woody Cunningham dead, or just rich and gone?
BLUE MAGNOLIA, #2
Released: May 2020
ISBN: 9781370035892
While playing in a Georgia bar, Hank "Cowboy" Tillman stumbles into trouble when his song, Redneck Devil, attracts the attention of a violent group called the Blue Magnolia who want him to perform at their next rally. An elderly patient in a Florida insane asylum reveals a decades-long secret. Can Farlow root out the truth? The PI has his own problems as he confronts a hired killer face-to-face.
EAST BEACH, #3
Released: September 2020
ISBN: 9781005216436
PI Red Farlow finds FBI Agent Joseph Trammell shot four times and dying in a pool of his own blood. Five casings are on the floor. Did the local drug and arms smuggler hire a hit? And who caught the fifth bullet? Farlow wades into the murky water of intrigue, conflicting love affairs, and danger as he tracks down the killer. It’s not exactly a relaxing day at the beach.
BLOOD MUG, #4
Released: February 2021
ISBN: 9781005108090
PI Red Farlow has a meeting with the chairman of the Wickham Art Center in Atlanta. When he arrives, he finds the man slumped over his potter's wheel with a dagger in his back. Is the dagger a dramatic flourish of a twisted mind or a more profound message? Clues soon reveal a shady real estate scheme to raze the art center for condos. Red gets his hands muddy as he throws himself into the case.