Eastern North Carolina’s extremely profitable and much-maligned hog industry offers both setting and motive for this suspenseful tale of greed, corruption, and murder, with likable sheriff Will Moser, a damaged war veteran, trying to sort it all out. Hanes has written a humdinger of a novel here, with a fast-moving, well-constructed plot and a big cast of characters so real they will walk right off the page to steal your heart or maybe chase you through the putrid swamps with a loaded gun (Oris, Popper—evil personified). Hanes has got a real genius for scenes, especially dialogue. Nobody writes a better redneck conversation or a lovelier love scene. You better just block out a whole weekend for this one—you won't be able to put it down. But don't forget the Kleenex or the Makers Mark....
--Lee Smith, author of Dimestore: A Writer s Life


Redge Hanes’ new novel, Justice by Another Name, set in eastern North Carolina’s fictional Hogg County, opens with a thunderous, unforgettable scene and sustains that throttling pace until its very last sentence. Hanes knows eastern North Carolina—its people, culture, and geography—and renders it with wonderful documentary precision that authenticates every word he writes. He also knows the hog industry, thus it’s inviting to view this gripping novel not only as an indictment of that industry, but a cautionary tale as well. Hanes delivers a roster of truly inspired characters, chief among them Will Moser, a Vietnam veteran lawman, from one of the prominent county families, who finds himself ensnared in local inbred politics and a series of mysterious deaths a little too coincidental to be considered anything but murder. Leavening it all is a complicated love story that ups the ante and the danger with every page you can’t stop turning. Get your hands on Justice by Another Name. You’ll be enthralled.
--Joseph Bathanti, North Carolina Poet Laureate (2102-14) and author of The Life of the World to Come

About the Author:
E.C. “Redge” Hanes began his business career working for the famous underwear company started by his grandfather. Since that beginning, he has served on the boards of several prestigious wildlife conservation, environmental, educational, and arts-related organizations. His debut novel, Billy Bowater, was based on the behind-the-scenes politics of North Carolina with particular focus on the late senator Jesse Helms.
Hanes active involvement in the needs of his community of Winston-Salem and the state of North Carolina includes a 1996 bid for NC State Senate and work on the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, Winston-Salem United Way, the Urban League, the Metropolitan YMCA and many more.