Frederick Smith

"Ouchapatchee": "What Happened?" Frederick Smith

In "¿Ouchapatchee?" Clara Steiner leaves the United States on a mother's mission to find and save her son Ron from deep trouble. On the banks of the Illave River near Lake Titicaca she encounters old flame Willy who agrees to help her. Together they must deal with the world of production and smuggling of cocaine in the Andes region of South America. What dangers and secrets will amost overwhelm them as they seek a solution? What part will Rosalie, Felipe, Garibaldi, Otto, Ricardo, Xavier, Pepe, Herman and others play in Clara's struggles as the action ranges from Manhattan's expensive apartments and classic restaurants to the lush jungles, Andean dust-clogged mountain tracks, and streets and plazas of both small towns and big cities where cocaine is just a step away? What about the hostages? Can they be saved? As the roads turn and twist, as big deals and double-crosses seem around every corner, the reader must be quick to keep us with the literal meaning of the books's title, "What's Happening?"