Holly Colshannon is a hot shot journalist at the Bristol Gazette, covering 'pet deaths' with an aptitude for injuring herself which means she's a regular at the casualty department. She feels very unlucky when she is made the new crime correspondent as the relationship between the newspaper and police department is anything but healthy. There is, however, a new PR officer and she thinks that it'd be "absolutely brilliant" if Holly were to shadow an officer and write a diary in the newspaper, for a 6 week period. And this is where green-eyed, handsome but grumpy Det. James Sabine comes in. He is not at all happy with his assignment and lets everyone, especially Holly, know about it and they don't get along at all. The readers love her diary and they think that something is up between the handsome detective and Holly and even her own family thinks that there is something going on but how can it be? Det. James Sabine is getting married in just a few weeks.
So, another book by the same author read in quick succession which is what I tend to do if I like the first one. "The Party Season" was funny but Playing James is so much funnier. I laughed out loud almost the whole way through and sometimes even putting the book down for a second to compose myself. It's not very easy to read when you're crying as the tears have a tendency to slightly blur my vision. I recognised myself in Holly as I too am very prone to accidents although I have (knock on wood) not got a 'loyalty card' at the casualty department... It's just hilarious and a book I most certainly will read again. Well, after I've read the next Sarah Mason, of course. I'm saving that for my holiday but I might not be able to stay away...
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