TEAR THE CITY DOWN
A Coltrane Novel
by Andre Hardy
Coming September 2026 from Grand Central Publishing
Coltrane Davis is at once a knight and a hustler. He has risen to wealth and success, graduating from San Diego's back alleys to the halls of power through his partnership with Saul Sollman, a crooked kingmaker among the city's elite. Running multimillion-dollar scams with Saul, he has been Saul's fixer, but now he wants out of the hustle so that he can focus on his teenage daughter's burgeoning tennis career and finally be the dad he has always wanted to be.
But when the Los Angeles Chargers' star running back vanishes for nearly twenty-four hours and misses practice ahead of the biggest game of the year, one with playoff implications, Saul and his protégé, the player's agent, pull Coltrane in to find out what happened. The stakes escalate with a gut-punch when the trail leads into San Diego’s underworld of drugs and prostitution and reveals clues to the disappearance of his daughter's best friend, whose loss has haunted him. Torn by the unreconcilable demands of the life he can't seem to quit and the fierce desire he has to protect his own, Coltrane brings himself and his loved ones to the brink of destruction in his quest to free himself once and for all of Saul's control—and focus on what really matters: family.
ABOUT ANDRE HARDY
Andre Hardy is a Los Angeles–based crime novelist, former NFL running back, and a member of the International Thriller Writers. His work explores power, loyalty, and the hidden systems that decide who rises, who falls, and who gets erased.
A recipient of the prestigious Barbara Peters/Poisoned Pen Scholarship, Hardy brings a seasoned, hard-boiled perspective to the genre. Before he began writing fiction, he 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—a world where clean exits are rare, truth is dangerous, and power never forgets.
He lives in Los Angeles and is currently at work on the next Coltrane novel.