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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 →
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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 neve -
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 hi -
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 t -
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 →
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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’ →
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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, as -
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 murder -
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 affil -
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 →
