Mystery
Date Published: May 29, 2019
Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing
PI Red Farlow is on the hunt to find $300 million a Florida insurance executive has bilked out of family and friends.
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?
Interview with W.F. Ranew
As
a writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
Definitely an American black bear,
because its natural habit is a large forest. Sounds like a great place to live
to me.
How
many hours a day do you put into your writing?
Anywhere from two to eight hours. Most
days I write for three hours straight, take a break, and return to edit and
write some more.
Do
you read your book reviews?
Yes. They are very helpful in how I
approach my writing.
Do
you leave hidden messages in your books that only a few people will find?
At times, usually in describing a
character. Although I do not base my characters on real people, I do build in
habits and tendencies of people I’ve known.
Can
you tell us a little bit about the characters in Rich and Gone, Red Farlow
Mysteries No. 1?
Red Farlow is a private detective
in Georgia. He’s a former college football player and once worked as a Georgia
law officer. He marries a long lost love in the book; a woman he met in
college. A lack of communication separated them for many years. Red is a loner
to some extent but he teams with a reporter and editor to solve the case of a
missing man who bilks $300 million out of family and friends.
Woody Cunningham is a wealthy
executive who wants more. He bilks $300 million out of family and friends in a
bogus mutual fund scheme. Then the man disappears.
Can
you tell us a little bit about your next books or what you have planned for the
future?
No. 2 in the Farlow series is about an
itinerate country singer, Hank Tillman, who writes a song called “Redneck
Devil.” The song speaks to the plight of the young rural white male. Hank
attracts the attention of a backwoods group of extremists who invite him to
perform at their hate rally. It doesn’t go well for Hank. Two other Farlow
books are in the works. One is the murder of a retired FBI agent in his
beachfront home on a Georgia island. The other involves a series of murders in
a pottery studio.
Do
you allow yourself a certain number of hours to write or do you write as long
as the words come?
When I get on a streak of word flow, I
write as long as I can.
Do
you have a certain number of words or pages you write per day? I don’t set
limits or goals.
I just write and keep the words flowing.
What
inspires you to write?
Life.
Would you rather
Read fiction or
non-fiction?
I usually read fiction, but biographies interest me too.
Read series or
stand-alone?
Either way, but I usually read several books of one author for a
period of time.
Read Science fiction or
horror?
I do not.
Read Stephen King or Dean
Koontz?
King, yes.
Read the book or watch the
movie?
I do both and try not to get bogged down in differences in each’s
presentation.
Read an ebook or
paperback?
I’m reading a lot of ebooks now. I do love paperbacks.
Be trapped alone for one
month in a library with no computer or a room with a computer and Wi-Fi only?
I’d read everything not yet read by Charles Dickens and
Shakespeare.
Do a cross-country book
store tour or blog tour online?
At this point, I’m doing online blog tours.
About the Author
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.
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