MysteryPeople on BLACKOUT

Segura balances action and emotion in Blackout like a master craftsman. He carries the reader along with an engaging plot and likable if damaged hero. You root for Pete both to save the day and save himself. I’m looking forward to reading his next case as well as the...

Criminal Element on BLACKOUT

If you’ve read the earlier books in Alex Segura’s Pete Fernandez series, you know that Pete—a Cuban-American Miami native—is a recovering alcoholic who almost inadvertently came to the work of being a paid PI. No Philip Marlowe or Lew Archer here; Pete needed time to...

BOLO Books on BLACKOUT

It may seem like hyperbole, but it seems that Alex Segura’s career will now forever be delineated as before-Blackout and after-Blackout. This book is that good; you simply don’t want to miss it. Click here to read the review  

Crimereads on BLACKOUT

Segura’s vision of Miami has a lived-in feeling: this isn’t about the beaches, the tourist haunts or the nightlife strips. This is the Miami of families and takeout dinners and everyday, intimate tragedies. Click here to read the review  

Dru’s Book Musings on BLACKOUT

A tightly woven mystery where murder is bountiful and suspects are plentiful but it’s the clues with a few twists and turns that puts this tale at the pinnacle of private investigation where the hero does what he does best despite any hindrance from the population at...

Sons of Spade on BLACKOUT

With every novel Alex seems to become more ambitious and the story more multi-layered, luckily without losing some of the good more pulpy elements of the genre like a wisecrack or two and some good fight scenes. I love how the relationship between Pete and Kathryn...