Alex Segura's Blog, page 13
May 16, 2017
Paul Semel Interview
For people (like me) who knew Alex Segura as the publicist for DC Comics, his move into writing them came as no surprise. But for fans of Alex’s comics, his move into writing hard boiled crime fiction with 2016’s Silent City was probably a curious one. Especially given that two of his better-known comics were Archie Meets Kiss and Archie Meets The Ramones, and there neither rock stars nor Archies in what became the first book of his Pete Fernandez Mystery series. But what seems to have surprised Alex about this process — as he revealed when discussing the third novel in this series, Dangerous Ends (hardcover, digital) — is how (if I may be so Godfather III about it) every time he thinks he’s out, Pete pulls him back in.
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Ain’t It Cool News Interview
Hey all! Ambush Bug aka M.L. Miller here with an interview with Alex Segura, the writer of the Pete Fernandez mysteries, about his new book DANGEROUS ENDS. Many know Alex as one of the masterminds behind the recent ARCHIE COMICS resurgence or his time at DC COMICS, but Alex is also a damn fine writer in his own right and has proven so for a third time with DANGEROUS ENDS: A PETE FERNANDEZ MYSTERY. Here’s Alex to tell us all about his new book!
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Michelle’s Book Ends on DANGEROUS ENDS
Great story line that pulls you in, takes you for a spin, and tosses you out the other side with all the answers. It also leads you to what could possibly be the next in the series!
Criminal Element on SHALLOW GRAVE
Acclaimed crime writers Alex Segura and Dave White pair up their series’ characters—Pete Fernandez and Jackson Donne—in a thrilling crossover crime short story, Shallow Grave.
April 28, 2017
A Day in the Life of Pete Fernandez
I’m not hungry. This is usually a bad sign.
We’re at a table near the back of El Rinconcito—the “tiny corner”—a small Cuban place on 157th Avenue in West Kendall. It’s a warm day, the Miami temperatures clocking in no higher than 82. Balmy for the area, hellish and humid for anyone else.
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April 27, 2017
The Seattle Review of Books on DANGEROUS ENDS
Segura keeps the sultry atmosphere of Hernandez’s love-life strifes turned way up, matched perfectly by southern Florida’s palpable heat and humidity.
April 24, 2017
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 series found the private investigator chasing a serial killer. Nonetheless, there’s something particularly urgent about this new investigation, which weaves Cuba-Miami politics with gang-related power grabs and law enforcement corruption. It’s a confirmation that noir hasn’t run out of tricks and just might be the ideal vehicle to explore our current moment.
In addition to this series, Segura is the author of numerous comic books, including successful contributions to the Archie canon. We corresponded via email about the links between this art form and mystery novels, the flexibility of memory, and the hurdles of fan expectations. Perhaps most revealing, Segura sums up his stance on crime as “inherently about passion and desire.” It’s little wonder that his Miami-based novels explore these twin emotions, showing how a city is darker — and more scandalous — than its postcards.
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April 18, 2017
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 sobriety, but he isn’t going to fail by ignoring his mistakes either. Fernandez is not some sort of hippie-feel-good-crystal-wearing-self-help-new-millennium guy, he’s just not dumb, though he makes his share of stupid mistakes which just makes him a character who exists off the pages as well as on.
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 readable, and I zipped through Dangerous Ends as I zipped through Pete books 1 and 2. I look forward to Pete number 4.
