Neal Harris--Faith-Based Insurance Series

When an order of nuns claims that the savior is at their mental asylum, can Neal resolve the most important question – Does he qualify for insurance? Do the other patients have insight into the mind of God or are they simply bonkers? Can a group of DNA analysts provide Neal with proof that the supposed savior is the heir of God? Is Neal too inept to see that Angela is interested in him? Sausages is the second Neal Harris faith-based insurance satire-mystery. The romantic comedy subplot of the first novel is continued. 19 chapters, Approx. 60,000 words

When people start to die at Neal’s church, are they being killed because someone thinks that they are stealing believers’ souls? How do you steal a soul and why would you do it? Could the culprits be grasping at a means to evade death? When Neal meets Angela’s family, how will his safety become dependent upon Angela’s Aunt’s pet pig? The Impartial Friend is the third novel in the Neal Harris—Faith-Based Insurance Investigator Series. 21 chapters, Approx. 62,000 words

Does Neal Harris, insurance investor for a faith-based insurance company, have any hope in finding a missing holy trinket? Does God exist, and could she have borrowed the trinket from a hapless group of seminarians? Will Neil always be unlucky around women, or can he develop a romance with the seminary administrator who is implicated in the trinket’s theft? The Holy Chicken Scratches is a satire-mystery in the context of faith-based insurance. Neal Harris is an insurance adjuster with the Sacred Recluse Self-Insurance Group (SRSIG). While investigating the disappearance of a Holy Artifact he interacts with several eccentric religious groups who had access to it. Neal gets into several humorous conflicts as he tries to resolve this case and save human society from the calamity of a take-over by the Wire Transfer-Lemonade Cartel. This is the beginning of a series of stories which are tied together by a romantic comedy background subplot. 27 chapters, Approx. 59,000 words

Is Neal’s relationship with Angela going to get serious despite his fumbling and inexperience? In the society dominated by religious doctrine, unwed couples are not even supposed to touch one another. Will Angela allow Neal to secretly hold her hand despite the threat of being caught? Through Neal’s work as an insurance investigator, he tries to help women who work the streets from being stalked. What does he learn from the experience that will change his views of women and affect his relationship with Angela? Sugar and Spice is the fourth book in the Neal Harris—Faith-Based Insurance Investigator Series. 9 chapters, Approx. 76,000 words

Why are patients being murdered at a hospital? Is Neal Harris’s grandmother-in-law on the killer’s list? What are the odd staff members at the hospital hiding? How does this all tie to the faith-based insurance account that Neal manages? Neal’s personal story continues as his relationship with his wife evolves, and he explores his hopes for his life. The Waiting is the fifth book in the Neal Harris—Faith-Based Insurance Investigator Series. 9 chapters, Approx. 71,000 words

Neal investigates whether arsons have been random or coordinated. The fires seem to be at the same homes that a group of busybodies has identified for demolition. When Neal gets in their way, he fears for his family’s safety. The arsonist could seek revenge by setting his house on fire too. Neal struggles to find time to look into the fires because he has been promoted and has more responsibility at his insurance office. Being the boss at work affects his attitude and causes friction with his wife.

Demons are on the loose. A disagreement over theological issues escalates until opposing groups are at each other’s throats. Neal tries to calm everyone to avoid publicity. Yet, violence and then strange murders. Every character has a motive to have committed the crimes. The problem for Neal is to connect the method and opportunity to the culprit. Additionally, Neal becomes worried whether the case is affecting his family. Ten chapters, 52,000 words.

Violent murders have been occurring in the neighborhood around Neal’s church. Even though the police have arrested a suspect, a chance meeting with local resident makes Neal think that they may have the wrong man. Neal and his friend investigate the crimes independently from the police. Neal is conflicted about whether to befriend his suspect. The man needs help, and maybe Neal can provide it, but Neal also uses information he gathers from the suspect to work towards convicting him. Neal is going through struggles that make him doubt his own actions. 9 chapters, 42,000 words. Eleventh in the Neal Harris Series.

Is Neal having a nightmare, or is there some purpose to the torture he endures? Neal Harris takes an epic journey through all time and space, which begins from his bed. The story is a reimagining of Dante Alighieri’s trilogy The Divine Comedy for the modern world. Neal is aroused from a dream to a place where he is thrown through walls without getting hurt. Who is it that leads Neal from one of his life’s struggles to the next, and why does he insist that Neal relive each one? Paradiso is the tenth story in the Neal Harris—Faith Based Insurance Investigator Series. However, it has a much different style than the other novels in the series. 3 chapters, Approx. 31,000 words

What is the special assignment that calls away Neal Harris? When he finds out, is it too late to get away? Will his reactions hurt himself or others? At the same time, Neal’s wife puts demands upon him that forces him to make choices. How will he react? Will it put him in danger? The Icarian Path is the sixth book in the Neal Harris—Faith-Based Insurance Investigator Series. Neal’s work sends him on a last minute trip. He doesn’t know what he’ll have to do until it is too late. Then, there is no escape from it. How he reacts will impact many people. He’ll have to make life and death decisions.

Neal flies to a remote island nation where a communist dictator has outlawed the sacrament of communion, and has expelled church leaders. The believers have to practice their faith secretly. Neal challenges the tyrant while risking his own life. Neal is confronted by a culture that is much different than his own. This challenges him to think about his own beliefs. Previously, he had been questioning his beliefs, but the adventure helps him reach resolution.

Ninth in the Neal Harris Series. Neal has a flashback to the day he was hired. He’s assigned to straighten out the finances at a large church, but while digging through records he uncovers murders. It takes a dozen years to bring the perpetrators to justice. The story starts with Neal as the calm, established person he is currently, but then he recalls how young and uncertain he was when he started work. The unsolved case is shown to affect how Neal changes from the past to the present.