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Rural Noir · Standalones

Cole Hardin

“Some counties bury their sins shallow.”

Cole Hardin writes rural noir — standalone novels set in the river bottoms and county roads where poverty, kin, and old violence tangle until something has to give. His books braid multiple voices into one reckoning, and nobody walks out clean. For readers of S.A. Cosby and anyone who knows a town like this.

Books

Standalones

SThe Bottoms
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