Journalist Andrew thinks he's getting on with his life following the brutal murder of his boyfriend/photographer and his investigation of a brutal story involving a Mexican drug cartel and the dozens of family greed destroyed when trouble comes knocking on his door again. Suddenly Andrew finds himself in the thick of everything again, except instead of holding a pencil, this time he's holding the gun.

"The white guy always survives at the end" - Maybe not this time, for Andrew.

I really enjoyed Call Him Mine - and while this is an exciting, action-packed sequel, it's deinfitely not a necessary one. I don't think anyone would be really missing out on a big piece of the story if they only read Call Him Mine and didn't pick up How to Be Nowhere.

One of the reasons I loved Call Him Mine was because Tim MacGabhann did use a lot of inspiration from his own life as a journalist in Mexico, and experiences of others in his field. While the story and the conclusion of the investigation in Call Him Mine was a little bit too perfect, the trouble in How to be Nowhere was even more unrealistic - which makes sense, as this story was inspired by "classic chase" movies.

I do think that Andrew became this completely different person in How to be Nowhere and I'm not sure if I liked it. He lost the gentle fragility that I loved about him, and I didn't like how suddenly he was not only holding a gun but actually using it to hurt people.

This book is also VERY horrific and violent in parts and it does go into some detail - there is one particular torture scene of a character I had grown to like, and it was pretty difficult to read.

I still enjoyed this book as the writing is very good, the setting is unique and the story itself is unlike a lot of things I've read before. But I preferred Call Him Mine, and would probably recommend it as a standalone novel.