May 8, 2018 | Blog, Books, News, Reviews
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...
May 4, 2018 | Blog, Books, News, Reviews
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...
May 2, 2018 | Blog, Books, News, Reviews
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
Apr 30, 2018 | Blog, Books, News, Reviews
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
Apr 30, 2018 | Blog, Books, News, Reviews
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...
Mar 27, 2018 | Books, News, Reviews
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...