Cracker Town
by W.F. Ranew
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GENRE: Mystery
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BLURB:
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.
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Excerpt
A gentle breeze teased as the man leaned against the flaky
bark of a pecan tree in a spot two miles west of Boston, Georgia. Cleet
Wrightman soaked up the shade’s comfort after several long, warm April days on
the road. His back eased against the trunk. Restful.
Cleet welcomed the morning sunlight as an assurance spring
had arrived. Yet, the day warmed quickly. Probably no more than eighty then. He
didn’t mind the heat, long as he was in the shade or caught a ride. Both
offered a solace of their own, depending.
If he had to walk along the road, arm high begging for a
ride, he would be in for perhaps hours of making slow way along Georgia’s
two-lane blacktops. Something he had to do. But thumbing wouldn’t get him where
he needed to go very fast. Then there was an occasional truck passing thirty
yards or so from where he rested. Any one of their drivers might pick him up.
Then, it was springtime, and he relished a day of lying in.
He’d gotten to the pecan grove the night before, late, and
slept for several hours before the sun woke him up. He rubbed the night grit
from his eyes and licked his tongue around a dry mouth. When he stood up and
walked around the tree to limber up, he noticed his boots were wet. He shook
off the dew, but he feared more blisters that day…
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
W.F.
Ranew writes the Red Farlow Mysteries series from Tirgearr Publishing. The most
recent book is No. 5, Cracker
Town.
Ranew
formerly worked as a 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.
Find
all Farlow novels at www.tirpub.com/wfranew — Rich and Gone, Blue Magnolia, East
Beach, and Blood Mug.
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Cracker-Town-Red-Farlow-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B09DZ5TGZD/
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