W.F. Ranew

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About W.F. Ranew
W.F. Ranew is the author of the Red Farlow Mysteries series published by Tirgearr Publishing.
Rich and Gone, #1
Blue Magnolia, #2
East Beach, #3
Blood Mug, #4
Cracker Town, #5
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 The Augusta Chronicle, The Florida Times-Union, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he was a news editor.
Ranew has written two previous novels—Schoolhouse Man and Candyman’s Sorrow, both available on Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and other book sites. He lives in Atlanta and St. Simons Island, Ga.
Member of the Authors Guild and Private Eye Writers of America.
Tirgearr author page: tirpub.com/wfranew
Website: wfranew.com
Blog: wfranew.wordpress.com
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Blog postHere’s the latest review of Cracker Town: “I think my main takeaway from this novel is that you get a lot more than you are expecting.For me, as a reader, I became completely involved in the world he created.A great writing style that had such a great story line. I’m glad I got the chance … Continue reading New Cracker Town review and Smashwords holiday sale on all Red Farlow ebooks →8 months ago Read more
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Blog postViviana MacKade
The latest in a beloved series, one with a cover that really makes me curious.
Cracker Town: Red Farlow Mysteries: #5 by W.F. Ranew released in September in the Mystery genre.
In 1955, Cleet Wrightman is found guilty of murdering a woman and sent to the Georgia State Mental Hospital to serve out his time until 1973. In spring of that year, young agent Red Farlow investigates the slayings of three members of the Goings family in Valdosta, but he was neve9 months ago Read more -
Blog postThe Bible salesman makes a house call. A cold case slams Red Farlow in the gut and takes him back decades.
Early in his career, he investigated the 1973 slayings of a family in Valdosta, Georgia. The killer eluded police at the time. Now, surviving son Randy Goings wants closure on his family’s deaths and asks Red to reopen the case.
One man holds clues to all the deaths. Cleet Wrightman was charged with killing a young Damville, Georgia, woman in 1955. Due to hi10 months ago Read more -
Blog postCracker Town, book five of the Red Farlow Mysteries, debuts today from Tirgearr Publishing.
In 1955, Cleet Wrightman is found guilty of murdering a woman and sent to the Georgia State Mental Hospital to serve out his time until 1973. In spring of that year, young agent Red Farlow investigates the slayings of three members of the Goings family in Valdosta, but he was never able to apprehend the murderer.
Fifty years later, the surviving son hires Red to revisit the crime and t11 months ago Read more -
Blog postCracker Town — Red Farlow Mysteries book five — developed over time. I’ve always had an interest in people sent to Georgia’s Central State Hospital and what happened to them. Over the years, I’ve known friends who worked at the hospital, either as psychologists and counselors, graduate student interns, or aides in the wards. Their … Continue reading The evolution of Cracker Town, Red Farlow’s latest adventure →11 months ago Read more
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Blog postHere’s an excerpt from Cracker Town, Red Farlow Mysteries Book Five, which debuts Sept. 14. There’s a special prerelease price at tirpub.com/wfranew through Sept. 20. Cleet arrived in Damville at midnight. He walked straight to his cousin’s home and knocked on the kitchen door. He and Wallace were never close, even when they were boys, … Continue reading ‘People ’round here have a long span of memory’ →11 months ago Read more
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Blog postCracker Town, Red Farlow Mysteries No. 5, releases Sept. 14. Special price on preorder and through Sept. 20.
After his release from Central State Hospital, former Bible salesman Cleet Wrightman hitchhiked to his hometown of Damville, Georgia. The trip took days. On the way, he stopped in to visit his former counselor, Doctor Walter Goings.
That evening, someone savagely killed Goings, his wife, and his daughter in their home. Son Randy found the bodies.
Red Farlow, as11 months ago Read more -
Blog postTown’s secrets cloak ruthless killer
In Cracker Town, Red Farlow Mysteries No. 5, a cold case slams Red Farlow in the gut and takes him back decades.
Early in his career, he investigated the 1973 slayings of a family in Valdosta, Georgia. The killer eluded police at the time. Now, surviving son Randy Goings wants closure on his family’s killings and asks Red to reopen the case.
One man holds clues to all the deaths. Cleet Wrightman was charged in 1955 with murder11 months ago Read more -
Blog postBook reviewer Cathy Geha awarded five stars to the mystery novel. Here’s here review and a link to her post.
Blood Mug (Red Farlow Mysteries: #4)
by W.F. Ranew
Cathy Geha‘s review Apr 10, 2021
it was amazing
Blood Mug by W.F. Ranew
Red Farlow Mysteries #4
Red Farlow Mysteries are thought provoking, twisted, complex, evocative, paint pictures and intense. They are a delight and I look forward to reading each and every one of them! This time people affil1 year ago Read more -
Blog postExcerpt from Blood Mug by W.F. Ranew, Tirgearr Publishing. The night heat hovered without relief—eighty-eight degrees at ten forty-five when I arrived. Outside, the wind swatted at oak limbs and brushed my sweat-dotted face. Inside the basement studio, fans blasted from two of the windows opening out at ground level. Lights seemed adequate but cast … Continue reading Blood Mug’s Red Farlow seeks killer of potters at Atlanta art center →1 year ago Read more
Titles By W.F. Ranew
Woody Cunningham stashed the money in safe havens around the world before disappearing. Has he been done in by one of his enemies? Or did he skip town with his girlfriend to live off the ill-gotten wealth? If that’s the case, where is he?
Farlow must quickly learn how and why people hide their money in offshore accounts if he's to find out what happened to Cunningham.
When a tough guy from Farlow's past resurfaces, wanting to settle an old score, Farlow discovers he also has links to the missing man. Clues lead him across Georgia and Florida, and Europe, to find the answers.
Is Woody Cunningham dead, or just rich and gone?
Fifty years later, the surviving son hires Red to revisit the crime and track down the killer. As he begins his cold-case probe, uncanny coincidences emerge from a key witness and old interview files. He follows a lead to Cleet’s hometown of Damville and its polluted Cracker Town area and discovers two brothers prone to violence are the ones speaking up the loudest against Cleet. But where is he? Cleet hasn't been seen since his 1973 release. Red believes the man is still alive and knows who the real killer is but finding both proves challenging.
Red's going to need more than old investigation files and DR. Goings's clinical notes if he's going to solve this cold case.
Six months later, PI Red Farlow finds him dying in a pool of blood. Someone shot him four times. Five shell casings litter the floor. Drops of blood lead out of the house and onto East Beach on St. Simons Island. Red sets out to find out who killed Joe Trammell and why.
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.
Hank’s song, Redneck Devil, attracts the attention of a violent group called the Blue Magnolia. Its leaders want him to perform at their next hate rally. There's another, darker reason the Blue Magnolia wants Hank in its fold.
An elderly patient in a Florida insane asylum reveals a decades-long secret that devastates Hank. It’s the worst kind of fake news.
Can Farlow root out the truth? The PI has his own problems as he confronts a hired killer face-to-face.
During the investigation, other victims are discovered in the pottery studio, each meeting the same gruesome end as the chairman. Is the dagger a dramatic flourish of a twisted mind, or a more profound message?
Clues soon reveal a real estate scheme—wealthy Venezuelan investors plan to plow Whickham under and build condos on the site.
Red gets his hands muddy as he throws himself into finding the answers.