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Allen Renfro

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September 23

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Mystery & Thrillers, Gay and Lesbian, Paranormal

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Allen Renfro is a native of Tennessee and a graduate of Tusculum College. A published poet and artist in the zine culture of the 1990s he considers himself a "fringe" artist who unabashedly tackles controversial subjects. An admitted history buff, horror movie watcher and reader of fiction, he is the author of twelve novels. ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 508 ratings · 103 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Bridge Water (Detective Derek Cooper #1) 3.83 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snap 3.84 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartland 3.71 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feels like Friday 3.74 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rogue 3.58 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ambiguity (Detective Derek Cooper #2) 3.87 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Raised (The Morrelini Chronicles, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sour 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weeds in the Sidewalk 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Falling (The Morrelini Chronicles, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Allen Renfro

Detective Derek Cooper (2 books)
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Allen Renfro (Goodreads Author)

3.84 avg rating — 139 ratings

The Morrelini Chronicles (2 books)
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Allen Renfro (Goodreads Author)

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“hamburger into a filet mignon or it’s like rust that”
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“Time. It’s such a mysterious thing; it’s like some sort of secret ingredient that turns a hamburger into a filet mignon or it’s like rust that completely dissolves your life away into nothing but red dust. “Evan?”
― Allen Renfro, Feels like Friday

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“Time.”
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