Three and Out is a fictional trilogy written by John C Payne. The first book is subtitled: The Saga of a San Francisco Apartment Manager highlights challenging situations for the managers and the entertaining interaction of the unusual characters in the building. The owner is fraudulent and cares only about making big bucks. Find out if the Zodiac killer of the late 1960s really lived here? The second book: Running a Mental Health Hospital in San Antonio is a murder/mystery. An embedded female CIA agent, a bogus patient is found dead in the day room of the hospital with a scissors in her chest. The government suspects an AL-Qaeda cell forming somewhere near the famous Riverwalk. Rod Richards leaves San Francisco and after coming out of rehab takes over the hospital.