Mar 16, 2016 | News, Reviews
Miami is no stranger to crime fiction. Books, TV, and movies have used the city to great effect in order to tell the hard-edged tales seeping from its underbelly. With that said, with Alex Segura’s debut novel, Silent City it’s a pleasure to read a Miami story with...
Mar 16, 2016 | News, Reviews
Set in a gritty, sun-drenched Miami, the newest Pete Fernandez mystery, Down the Darkest Street, is a compelling page turner. Fernandez himself is a former reporter at the Miami Times who can’t quite keep screwing his life up or involving himself in intricate...
Mar 5, 2014 | Books, Reviews
Alex Segura’s Silent City is a gritty murder mystery/detective story set in Miami among the ruins of the old guard media as everyone is grasping for straws. A compelling, mystery novel, as well as a contemporary look at life at the slowly disintegrating world of...
Dec 16, 2013 | News, Reviews
Alex Segura nails the mood his first time out with his debut novel, SILENT CITY. He takes the reader on a rough and tumble tour of his hometown of Miami, Florida. But hold on. this isn’t the Miami of USA Network’s Burn Notice. No one is cracking wise with a drink by...
Dec 2, 2013 | News, Reviews
Instead of a down-on-his-luck PI who somehow manages to be a step ahead of everything, Pete stumbles to try and keep up. Surprisingly charming and doggedly determined, he’s a little bit Harry Dresden and a lot Clint Barton from Matt Fraction s Hawkeye. Segura writes...
