Pine Hollow Silence

Pine Hollow Silence
A Cole Mercer Thriller

Three girls vanish in two weeks.

Pine Hollow calls them runaways. The sheriff says they’ll come back.

Cole Mercer doesn’t believe it.

Passing through rural Georgia, Mercer notices what others ignore—a tight pattern around logging roads, private timberland, and a powerful developer who owns more of the county than anyone wants to admit. When Mercer starts asking questions, his truck gets slashed, he’s warned off by law enforcement, and armed men begin guarding the woods.

This isn’t a runaway case.

It’s a controlled hunt.

As Mercer closes in on a hidden camp deep in the pines, he uncovers a covert operation built on money, influence, and land no one else can access. With time running out and the girls already being moved, Mercer must track them through swamp and storm to a remote river lodge where the rules don’t apply—and witnesses don’t leave.

He works alone.
He doesn’t negotiate.
And he doesn’t stop once the hunt turns on him.

Set against the dark backroads and blackwater rivers of rural Georgia, Pine Hollow Silence is a hard-edged, fast-paced action thriller featuring former Army investigator Cole Mercer—calm under pressure, relentless in pursuit, and willing to risk everything to protect the vulnerable.

Perfect for fans of Jack Reacher–style vigilante justice, small-town crime, and high-stakes rural suspense.

The woods keep secrets.
Mercer digs them up.