LA Review of Books Interview

ALEX SEGURA’S LATEST NOVEL, Dangerous Ends, opens in 1959 Cuba with someone refusing a deal from Che Guevara. That act of dissent sets off a series of violent, terrifying events. Segura is no stranger to a high-stakes story — the previous book of his Pete Fernandez...

Unlawful Acts on DANGEROUS ENDS

But what makes Dangerous Ends really succeed is Segura’s central character, Pete Fernandez. Like his fictional hard-boiled detective predecessors, Fernandez is broken, but unlike them, he is deliberately on the mend. Fernandez might slip in his journey through...

Do Some Damage on DANGEROUS ENDS

As I’ve found from the start with the Pete Fernandez books, Segura’s writing has a smooth flow and just the right rhythm. He doesn’t write flashy prose, but he virtually never writes an awkward sentence.  It helps make the novels exceedingly...

TuffGnarl.com Q&A

When we last spoke to Alex Segura here at TuffGnarl.com he was embarking on giving readers and crime fiction fans their second dose of the Miami set noir adventures of reporter Pete Fernandez. Almost a year later Segura is bringing us a third new novel, Dangerous...

Criminal Element on DANGEROUS ENDS

Dangerous Ends by Alex Segura is the 3rd Pete Fernandez mystery—a fast-paced, hardboiled and surprising novel that pushes Pete Fernandez into a battle with a deadlier, more complex threat, as he tries to shake off the demons haunting Miami’s own, sordid past....