SOUTHLAND is a cozy mystery. The main character is John Lynch who is very intelligent and is thought to have a photographic mind. His father and father's partner had a very successful construction company and are now retired. Another contractor wanted the construction of Southland stopped. He wanted to rebid the project and possibly become wealthy. He had the tower crane sabotaged in hopes of stopping construction and forcing the construction owner into bankruptcy. The owner of the construction company is killed and there is no-one to finish the building. The two retired partners decided to come out of retirement to help finish the Southland Office Building in Richmond Virginia. The book centered on John and his three best friend... identical twins Matthew and Mark, and their adopted brother Luke. The amateurs sleuths try to solve the problem of the sabotaged tower crane. In addition, a wealthy friend is sure he had loss some investments in one of the stock exchange markets. John attempted to find the missing money. While the four friends conduct the investigation they also managed to start and build their own businesses, find love and reflect back on their friendships.