Run & Gun: A Dozen Tales of Girls with Guns

By Diana Deverell
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Published: June 24, 2012
Words: 80,951 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476376691

Short description

FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd confronts a Warsaw crime boss, a New York City bounty hunter, and a Homeland Security agent cowboying in the middle of the North Sea, among others. She foils devious plots ranging from human trafficking to illegal sports betting, and more. From Dallas to Ulan Bator, Dawna shuts down not only the FBI's most wanted and but also any crook messing with her family.

Extended description

FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd confronts a Warsaw crime boss, a New York City bounty hunter, and a Homeland Security agent cowboying in the middle of the North Sea, among others. She solves crimes ranging from human trafficking to health care fraud, illegal sports betting, nuclear smuggling, and more. Foiling devious plots from Silicon Valley to Ulan Bator, Dawna shuts down not only the FBI’s most wanted but also any crook fool enough to mess with her family.

Eleven of these stories appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. The twelfth, longest, and newest is available only in this collection. “Latin Groove,” takes Dawna back to FBI basics—bank robbery—and her home court of Texas. She confronts a bad girl who’s sharp as a pistol and carrying one too.

“Boot Scoot” and “Texas Two-Step,” both nominated for the annual Macavity best short story awards by members of Mystery Readers International, are included in these tales spanning a dozen years of Dawna�.. (Read more) FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd confronts a Warsaw crime boss, a New York City bounty hunter, and a Homeland Security agent cowboying in the middle of the North Sea, among others. She solves crimes ranging from human trafficking to health care fraud, illegal sports betting, nuclear smuggling, and more. Foiling devious plots from Silicon Valley to Ulan Bator, Dawna shuts down not only the FBI’s most wanted but also any crook fool enough to mess with her family.

Eleven of these stories appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. The twelfth, longest, and newest is available only in this collection. “Latin Groove,” takes Dawna back to FBI basics—bank robbery—and her home court of Texas. She confronts a bad girl who’s sharp as a pistol and carrying one too.

“Boot Scoot” and “Texas Two-Step,” both nominated for the annual Macavity best short story awards by members of Mystery Readers International, are included in these tales spanning a dozen years of Dawna’s FBI career.

A former United States Foreign Service officer, Diana Deverell served in San Salvador, Warsaw, and Washington DC. She and her husband, a former Captain of the Royal Danish Army, live in Denmark and have traveled extensively. Diana made her literary debut in 1998 with a series of international thrillers featuring State Department counterterrorist Casey Collins: No Place for an Honest Woman, 12 Drummers Drumming, Night on Fire, and East Past Warsaw. Dawna Shepherd was a walk-on in the thriller series.
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woman sleuth, human trafficking, fbi agent, insurance fraud, cyber crime, nuclear smuggling, college basketball star, health care fraud, illegal sports betting, bank rob bery, regulatory corruption, unlawful flight

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