WF Ranew

Biography

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.

Where to find WF Ranew online

Series

Red Farlow Mysteries
Red Farlow Mysteries
Rich and Gone
Price: $0.99 USD.
Blue Magnolia
Price: $2.99 USD.
East Beach
Price: $3.99 USD.
Blood Mug
Price: $4.99 USD.
Cracker Town
Price: $4.99 USD.
Catawba Falls
Price: $1.49 USD.

Books

Catawba Falls
Series: Red Farlow Mysteries, Book 6. Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 66,740. Language: English. Published: July 11, 2023 by Tirgearr Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Red Farlow travels to Camp Ridgemont for Boys for a reunion with his summer camp friends. On arrival, he discovers two counselors have been killed. Far-right extremist Troy Unsworthy knows the Western North Carolina mountains well after growing up there. Red learns all the victims are connected to Unsworthy, but did he murder these people, or should Red turn his attention to other suspects?
Cracker Town
Series: Red Farlow Mysteries, Book 5. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 68,750. Language: English. Published: September 14, 2021 by Tirgearr Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
In 1955, Cleet Wrightman is sentenced to 18 years in a Georgia mental hospital for murdering. 50 years later, a family member hires Red Farlow to reopen the cold-case and track down the real killer. Cleet went missing after his release but Red believes he's still alive. He's going to need more than old investigation files and Dr. Goings's clinical notes if he's going to solve this cold case.
Blood Mug
Series: Red Farlow Mysteries, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 80,840. Language: English. Published: February 24, 2021 by Tirgearr Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
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.
East Beach
Series: Red Farlow Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 79,410. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2020 by Tirgearr Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
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.
Blue Magnolia
Series: Red Farlow Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 83,830. Language: English. Published: May 20, 2020 by Tirgearr Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
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.
Rich and Gone
Series: Red Farlow Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 81,240. Language: English. Published: August 23, 2019 by Tirgearr Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
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?