TEAR THE CITY DOWN
A Coltrane Novel
by Andre Hardy
Coming September 2026 from Grand Central Publishing
Coltrane is finally getting out.
After years spent cleaning up other people’s secrets, scandals, and sins, he has one last loose end before he can step into a life that is simple, honest, and new.
Then an NFL All-Pro running back with everything on the line gets hit with a blackmail threat.
Someone has dirt.
Something that could end a career and ignite a public collapse.
The people with the most to lose want it handled quietly.
And they know exactly who to call.
ABOUT ANDRE HARDY
Andre Hardy is a Los Angeles–based crime novelist and former NFL running back whose work explores power, loyalty, and the hidden systems that decide who rises, who falls, and who gets erased.
Before he began writing fiction, Hardy lived inside worlds where performance is public, pressure is constant, and failure is unforgiving. That experience now shapes the moral weight and psychological intensity of his storytelling. His novels move through the same terrain as classic American noir, where money, influence, and fear operate behind polished façades, and where every choice carries a cost.
Hardy’s debut novel, Tear the City Down, will be published in September 2026 by Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. It introduces Coltrane, a fixer trying to leave a life built on leverage and secrets, and a world where clean exits are rare, truth is dangerous, and power never forgets.
He lives in Los Angeles and is at work on the next Coltrane novel.