A review by vkemp
Dangerous Ends, by Alex Segura

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.