GENRE: Mystery
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.
Excerpt
Two:
At thirty-seven, Eloise was looking for a man. She dated
several older gentlemen around town, mostly only for social occasions.
Only one man, since J.D., had enflamed her desires and taken
her to bed. Dooley Watkins worked at the battery plant where an accident killed
him. Just when they were getting serious, too.
That was five years ago, and when Dooley died, it took the
romantic winds out of Eloise’s sails.
After stopping at Malcolm's station, she couldn’t get Johnny
Carven out of her mind. He was handsome in a skinny man way. Despite his work
as a gas station attendant, he looked clean and dressed neatly. Eloise could
look past grease stains on the sleeve of Johnny’s coveralls or a smudge on his
face. He did work with mechanical things, and they tended to cake up with
grease and oil, she reasoned.
But how do I get together with him?
One thing led to another. The notion that love finds its way
and takes its natural course always appealed to Eloise. She helped Cupid along…
Finally, Eloise hit upon an occasion to which she’d invite
Johnny. It was the annual Gilmer County business league’s wine auction
fundraiser and dance out at the country club. She purchased two tickets, and
the Monday before, she pulled into Malcolm’s for a fill-up…
W.F.
Ranew will be awarding a $15 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn
winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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.
3 comments:
Thanks for hosting Cracker Town.
Thank you for posting about this book, it is a must read for me
The book sounds very intriguing. The cover is effective--it draws me in.
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