Boston noir

Part I: Fear & loathing: Exit inverview (Financial district) / Lynne Heitman

Animal rescue (Dorchester) / Dennis Lehane

The place where he belongs (Beacon Hill) / Jim Fusilli

Dark waters (Watertown) / Patricia Powell

Part II: Skeletons in the closet:

Femme Sole (North End) / Dana Cameron

The dark island (Boston Harbor) / Brendan DuBois

The reward ( Brookline) / Stewart O'Nan

The cross-eyed bear (Southie) / John Dufresne

Part III: Veils of deceit:

The oriental hair poets (Cambridge) / Don Lee

The collar (Roxbury) / Itabari Njeri

Turn speed (North Quincy) / Russ Aborn.