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Tear the City Down

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Tear the City Down

By: Andre Hardy
Narrated by: Chinua Hawk
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Summary

For fans of S.A. Cosby and Walter Mosley, debut novelist and former NFL player Andre Hardy’s TEAR THE CITY DOWN is a hard-hitting, heart wrenching crime novel that brilliantly blends elements of jazz, football, and a gritty portrait of a city divided.

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 one evening before a big game, Coltrane is drawn into an investigation of what happened by Saul and his protégé, the player's agent; 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.
African American Modern Detectives Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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Critic reviews


"A fantastic journey through mean streets and shattered hearts. Full of vibrant prose and incredible characters. An unforgettable experience."
S.A. Cosby

"Tear The City Down is noir of a higher order – tense, gritty, evocative – and Andre Hardy writes with brutal precision about people on the fringes. Unafraid to be fierce and beautiful in equal measure, this debut arrives fully formed, announcing Hardy as a major new voice in American crime fiction."

Tod Goldberg, New York Times bestselling author
"A distinctive new voice in American noir, Andre Hardy’s Tear the City Down is violent, visceral, furiously fast-paced and surprisingly tender." —Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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