Scott's Take: Enemy of My Enemy: A Daredevil Marvel Crime Novel by Alex Segura

 

Enemy of My Enemy: A Daredevil Marvel Crime Novel by Alex Segura is the second book in the Marvel Crime series. The series began with Breaking the Dark: A Jessica Jones Marvel Crime Novel that came out in the summer of 2024. The third book in the series, Truth to Power: A Luke Cage Crime Novel by S. A. Cosby, is scheduled to be released in September.

 

In this book, Daredevil agrees to represent the Punisher who is on trial for the murder of Wilison Fisk, aka Kingpin, and a cop. The death of Kingpin has started a gang war as various people fight over control of the criminal underworld of New York. At the same time,  there is a deeper conspiracy at work in the Punisher case. Can Daredevil stop this war while trying to uncover the truth?

 

This is action packed legal drama with various villains making appearances and a number of supporting characters. There are also some small tie ins to the first book with Jessica Jones and setup for the third book with Luke Cage. It is not necessary to have read the previous Jessica Jones book at all. The author clearly knows a lot about Daredevil and incorporates stuff from the comics as well as the various Netflix, Disney, television series.

 

The only things that bugged me, at times, was the overuse of animal sounds/metaphors/references. Also, the Punisher does not play a big role in this. I thought he would be basically the second main character and he is not. Unlike a Lincoln Lawyer type series novel, in this case, we do not spend much time at all actually in a courtroom at trial. Instead, the read is focused out of the courtroom while dealing with numerous aspects of the case.

 

I enjoyed this book far more than the Jessica Jones book and I highly recommend it. I am looking forward to the Luke Cage book.

 

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I read this book through Hoopla by way of the Dallas Public Library System.

 

 

Scott A. Tipple ©2026

Scott's Take: Superman: Kal-El Returns by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Tom Taylor, Sina Grace, and Alex Segura

Superman: Kal-El Returns by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Tom Taylor, Sina Grace, and Alex Segura collects the ends of both the Son of Superman (Jon) series and the end of Clark’s title. It also sets up the new series that will be collected later at some point later.

Clark has finally returned back to Earth, but he is not alone. Along with his team, he has accompanying him all the refuges of Warworld. Superman showing up with thousands of aliens, of course, causes problems. Then in the Jon series, Superman’s son is dealing with a new nemesis, coming out as bi to his dad, and helping rebuild the Kent home.

This is a read that does a lot and has a lot going on with ending series and starting new ones. The involved artists are all good and have their own styles creating a lot of variety in imagery. Various plot points are setup for the next series. The authors do a great job of making sure Clark and Jon sections are really different and written to highlight their differences well. The villains are causing problems and setting up new ones for the heroes to deal with later. It is a good read even if the story is collected here is supposed to be in order, but is a little time skippy.

The new series will be collected later with Clark getting new writer, Joshua Willamson, and Tom Taylor continuing the Jon story in a new title.

 

My reading copy came by way of the Hoopla App and the Dallas Public Library System.

 

Scott A. Tipple ©2023

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Monday With Kaye: "Down the Darkest Street" by Alex Segura (Reviewed by Kaye George)

Another Monday With Kaye, like air conditioning, is a very good thing…

Down the Darkest Street by Alex Segura

The torrid Miami atmosphere adds to the gritty beginning of this noir tale, the second Pete Fernandez mystery, as he moves from one darkness to the next.

Pete is trying to be a recovering alcoholic. He lives in a quiet Miami suburb with, unfortunately, his ex-wife. That’s supposed to be temporary. He attends AA, but not regularly and not seriously, after the initial events. As the story opens, he’s getting beat up in an alley after consuming prodigious amounts of Jim Beam and beer. When his hand inadvertently strayed to the wrong soft thigh, it led to his take down. As he’s stumbling out of the alley, post-whipping, a van drives by. Pete gets a good look at the driver and at the teen-aged girl curled up beside him. That leads to trouble.

Having lost his job as a sports reporter, he helped a fellow journalist, Kathy Bentley, with a sensational story that brought about the exposure of a mob hitman. The monetary reward was enough to enable him to spend a lot of time thinking about drinking and to work a part-time job in a used bookstore. He doesn’t have many friends. One is Dave, the guy who runs the Book Bin. Another is his potential AA sponsor, Jack.

He needs both of them as he gets caught up in the search for a missing teen girl and draws close to a dangerous, demented killer, like a moth drawn to a flame.

This hardboiled story is written for a quick read, with a nice, taut style, which is good because once you get started, you’ll want to tear through it. I enjoyed it without reading the first one, Silent City, but it might be good to read these in order.

Reviewed by Kaye George, Author of Eine Kleine Murder, for Suspense Magazine