Alex Segura is the author of the Pete Fernandez Quintet, five mysteries that center on a dogged but vulnerable journalist-turned-detective.
The latest (and potentially last, but never say never) book in the series, “Miami Midnight,” finds Pete at a relatively stable place in life—but he’s soon drawn into a mystery that not only involves murder most foul, but connects in an unexpected way to his own past.
Alex sat down with Mystery Tribune’s Nick Kolakowski to talk about the evolution of Pete as a character, how he plots, his influences, and why he never liked the trope of the invincible, all-knowing detective.