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Alex Segura

Alex Segura is a novelist and comic book writer. He is the author of three previous novels in his Pete Fernandez series: Silent City, Down The Darkest Street, and Dangerous Ends. He has also written a number of comic books, including the best-selling and critically acclaimed Archie Meets Kiss storyline, the "Occupy Riverdale" story and the upcoming Archie Meets Ramones. He lives in New York with his wife. He is a Miami native. Follow him at @alex_segura.

Q&A with Alex Segura, Author of Blackout

By Alex Segura

May 8, 2018

Alex Segura is the critically acclaimed author of the Pete Fernandez mystery series, which includes the titles Silent City, Down the Darkest Street, and Dangerous Ends. The fourth entry, Blackout, has been named one of the most anticipated genre titles of the season by LitHub, BookBub, and Mystery People. Segura has also written a number…

Shallow Grave: A Polis Books Twist

By Alex Segura

May 10, 2017

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. What’s better than one great PI story? Well, how about two great PIs in the same story? Polis Books thinks so. Today marks the release of Shallow Grave, a short story…

A Dangerous Dance: A Conversation with Alex Segura & Thomas Pluck

By Alex Segura

April 12, 2017

You’d be hard-pressed to find crime-fiction protagonists more different than Jay Desmarteaux and Pete Fernandez. One is a grizzled ex-con, the other a washed up ex-journalist struggling to be a PI. And while they’re not really running in the same social circles, both come from the minds of two crime-fiction contemporaries in Thomas Pluck and…

Dangerous Ends: New Excerpt

By Alex Segura

April 3, 2017

Dangerous Ends by Alex Segura is the 3rd Pete Fernandez mystery—a fast-paced, hardboiled and surprising novel that pushes Pete Fernandez into a battle with a deadlier, more complex threat, as he tries to shake off the demons haunting Miami's own, sordid past (available April 11, 2017). Pete Fernandez has settled into an easy, if somewhat…

Murder Ballads: Alex Segura and Lisa Levy Talk Music and His Pete Fernandez Series

By Alex Segura

April 11, 2016

Alex Segura might be the nicest guy in crime fiction. He cheers on his fellow writers and enthusiastically recommends books, comics, and music. In his entertaining newsletter, Stuff & Nonsense, he chats with all sorts from the crime fiction and comic worlds. By day, he is Senior Vice President of Publicity and Marketing at Archie…

Down the Darkest Street: New Excerpt

By Alex Segura

April 5, 2016

Down the Darkest Street by Alex Segura is the hard-boiled sequel to Silent City that tells a tale of redemption, survival, and the sordid backstreets of Miami (Available April 12, 2016). Pete Fernandez should be dead. His life — professional and personal — is in ruins. His best friend is dead. His newspaper career is…

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