Death Down Under

Yolanda Prescott is Hispanic, 27, and impertinent. She carries unhealed emotional scars from a bout of alcoholism and more recently from the untimely death of her mother; a death that resulted in a pall existing between Yolanda and her father. She supports herself by hacking computers to locate deadbeat dads, runaway moms, etc. As she puts it, "it isn't much of a living, but its honest work - if not entirely legal." She stumbles onto a bargain trip to New Zealand and hopes to vacation away her pain. However, the first morning she is awakened with a dead man lying next to her. Initially incarcerated, she is quickly exonerated, but while attempting to restart her vacation, the bad guys attempt to kill her and force her to go on the run. During her ensuing travails, Yolanda discovers the secret of the dead body and the reason members of the New Zealand Government are using all their power to capture her. The chase spans the South Island of New Zealand, during which she learns life lessons vital in healing the wounds from her mother's death and reconciling with her father.

About the Author :
Domingo Alexander Rocha was born in San Antonio, Texas the day after Thanksgiving 1955. His mother called him her little turkey for years (although she now denies it). After his first birthday, the family moved to Madrid, Spain to launch a restaurant business. On his turning ten they relocated to Jackson, Mississippi so he and his brother Richard could learn English and benefit from the educational system in place there. (Really!) The late sixties and early seventies were a tumultuous time in Jackson and the author was thrown into the maelstrom of desegregation in the south. That experience pushed him to understand how people speak volumes without using words. This skill later became essential in his medical practice. He attended college at delightful Kalamazoo College where he met his future wife Carolyn. The moment they met, each knew something special had come their way. He proceeded in his studies of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Maryland at College Park culminating in a master's degree in 1980. Revisiting a youthful desire to become a doctor he entered the University of Maryland Medical School in 1982, graduating in 1986. He finished his Family Practice residency in 1989 and opened a family practice office in Hampstead, MD on November 1, 1989 and continues to care for his patients, some of twenty years. He has been married to his wife Carolyn for 32 years. He has two daughters, Holly 19, a sophomore at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, and Allie 16 a junior at North Carroll High School. He has two cats, Tommy and Opus. The author loves to write and also loves to race his 1996 Miata during track season. He lives with his family in Reisterstown, MD.