Three days before Christmas, 2000, and FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd's in Warsaw, bodyguarding a key female witness in the trial of ruthless but runty crime boss Mike the Midget.The Polish gangster wants his ex-girlfriend Basia dead before she can testify and ruin his holiday. Dawna has to stay one step ahead of the local mafioski.Dawna puts the six-foot-five inch two-hundred-and-thirty-pound woman in Kevlar and size seventeen hightops and fakes a play to confuse the crooks. Can her scheme work in a crazy adolescent country prone to bizarre klutziness?Will Basia make it safely in and out of court? Or will the only thing under her Christmas tree be an extra-large coffin?First published in 2000, "Polonaise" was Dawna's second appearance in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Later adventures are collected in Run Gun: A Dozen Tales of Girls with Guns. Dawna also plays a supporting role Diana Deverell's new political thriller, Bitch Out of Hell.A Macavity Award finalist acclaimed for "sharp storytelling" (Publishers Weekly) in her international thriller series, Diana Deverell brings you an exciting short mystery. Buy "Polonaise" now and take a holiday in Poland!