Reviews

Dangerous Ends by Alex Segura

aiviloolivia's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

trenton_ross's review

adventurous mysterious

4.0

mattk's review

3.0

As a South Florida resident and a crime novel junkie, these are pretty squarely in my wheelhouse, and through three books of the series I have not been disappointed.

vkemp's review

3.0

Pete Fernandez is trying to hold onto his sobriety this time. He is working the program and checking in with his sponsor as needed. Then his sponsor asks him to work with a new member of the program and Pete is not sure he can take on that responsibility, especially when his friend, Kathy Bentley, asks him to help her write a new book about a good cop gone bad, Gaspar Varela, who is facing execution for murdering his wife. He has maintained his innocence for the entire time he has been incarcerated, but the state is not interested unless some new evidence can be presented which would require a new trial. Pete starts digging around, his usual method of uncovering the past and he hits the mother lode. The Miami PD has been a font of bad cops and this time is not different. With ties back to Peter's grandfather and the influx of Cuban refugees into Florida after Castro came to power, this book moves back and forth in time. I like this series because of its focus on Pete and his sobriety. He is a character with many flaws but he is working to make himself better.

kellyhager's review

Pete and his friend/partner Kathy have been hired to investigate a murder case. A cop was convicted of brutally murdering his wife--but their daughter is convinced he didn't do it. That's about as much as I can tell you without ruining anything.

This book is INSANE. There is danger everywhere and people keep turning up dead and everything seems so random until it all clicks into place. Alex Segura is an evil genius.

It's the third in a series but this functions as a standalone (I do want to get to his backlist though, and SOON).

Be warned: if you're squeamish, this book is most emphatically not for you. Otherwise? Highly recommended.

mcf's review

4.0

I've never been sure whether or not I actually like this series, and yet I keep reading them -- I guess that means something? This installment is the most appealing one of the bunch, in large part because Pete is sober. A lot of the violence -- or, more accurately, survival of violence -- challenges belief, but the characters are reasonably compelling, and Pete's sobriety means he's increasingly willing (required) to think about his actions and emotions, actually evaluating them on the page rather than throwing himself into it all behind the haze of alcohol. That thoughtfulness is something different, and its gradual development, too, makes it interesting.