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trenton_ross's review
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
vkemp's review
4.0
Pete Fernandez is a dry drunk, trying to hold onto his sobriety by his fingertips. He lives in New Jersey, but grew up in Miami. He fled Miami, trying to regain some kind of life; he was a reporter but now works as a private detective. He returns to Miami to try and solve the one case that has haunted him all his life, the murder of his high school crush, Patty Morales. She disappeared from the grounds of the high school while Pete was doing garbage pick-up. Pete found her body, years later, dumped outside her father's house. What does her death have to do with her father's involvement with La Iglesia de la Luz, a cult-like church? Is La Iglesia still around? And who is the young man Pete is looking for? The son of a popular gubernatorial candidate or a degenerate drug addict also involved with La Iglesia? This is a intricately plotted mystery with a whiz-bang ending. I am going to track down the first two books in the series.
mcf's review
4.0
Segura has done a really excellent job at character growth and progression in this series, particularly in terms of the impact of Pete's drinking on his life, and recognition of the fact that being sober doesn't magically make things better. I particularly appreciate the regularity with which the people around Pete call him out on his shit, and his utter inability to establish solid human relationships.
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