A Word With Alex Segura

Why do you write the genre that you write?I’ve been lucky to be able to write in multiple genres – and mediums – in my career, but I always come back to crime. Even when I’m working in comics or other genres, like sci-fi, there’s always a...

Carmen Valdez by Alex Segura

Hey, my name is Carmen. I live in a tiny apartment in New York City, but I’m from Miami. My parents came over from Cuba right after Castro took over. But that’s the backstory, you’re here for more than that. I moved up here to New York to work in comics. I want to...

My Musing ~ Blackout by Alex Segura

Blackout by Alex Segura is the fourth book in the “Pete Fernandez” mystery series. Publisher: Polis Books, coming May 8, 2018 In Blackout, the latest novel in Alex Segura’s acclaimed Pete Fernandez Mystery series, startling new evidence in a cold case that’s...

A day in the life of Pete Fernandez by Alex Segura

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...

A Day in the Life of Pete Fernandez by Alex Segura

It’s not even nine in the morning and my hands are shaking. I drum my fingers on the small desk in front of me to hide the tremors, although I’m the only one in the bookstore. I got to work early. I couldn’t stand to be in the empty house anymore. Even though it has...