The Challenge Series novels follow Dave and Katie Parker as they solve mysteries, thwart criminal enterprises, and find adventures. They meet and help colorful characters in charming settings. Readers will experience new places and cultures with Dave and Katie. Fish-out-of-water situations allow readers to experience diverse settings through the characters' eyes. Dave and Katie's ability to work as a team deepens with each mystery they unravel. All the Challenge novels have been professionally illustrated and take place in locales where the authors have actually lived.
In Challenge in Mobile, Dave and Katie regret that their only child Jeremy, his Australian wife Denyse, and their infant daughter live on the opposite side of the world. Unexpectedly, Jeremy calls to ask his father's help finding an accounting job in the United States. Katie urges Dave to do whatever is necessary to find Jeremy a job near Mobile. Dave's former accounting firm has floundered since his departure. The Parkers risk their financial security by purchasing full ownership of the struggling firm to make a place for Jeremy.
Meanwhile, political, financial, and racial tensions have been building in Mobile. Denyse hears disturbing rumors from her high school students. A client's bewildering financial expenditures create suspicions of criminal activity. Dave and Katie are pulled into a mystery that leads them to the source of the community's crisis.