Patrick Howard's latest novel The Integrity Line examines the clash of cultural forces at a large modern healthcare system. The novel is a prequel to his previous work Neutral No Brakes, and is the second book to be published in Howard's Morley Trilogy.
The Integrity Line finds young Jeremy Kellner working as an administrative assistant in the Human Resources Department of Savalient Healthcare, a massive enterprise undergoing cataclysmic change and hobbled by a pervasive atmosphere of dissatisfaction and revolt among its employees.
Jeremy has become the trusted “fixer” for HR Director Gretchen on the thorniest matters that come across her desk. It is thus Jeremy’s job to field the daily tsunami of integrity complaints lodged by Savalient workers on its anonymous hotline. Normally an obedient and efficient hitman, he is troubled by Gretchen’s harsh treatment of Dr. Danny Glick, a senior scientist whom he believes is wrongly accused of “unwelcome conduct” toward a junior faculty member.
