A call for book recs

[stillsostrange]

I would like suggestions for good books (or shorter works) set in Boston. Particularly ones that give good place-porn. I'm partial to spec fic and mysteries, but any genre is up for grabs if it's readable.

Comments

[readingthedark.livejournal.com]

Barnes never worked for me, but I enjoyed most of the Parkers. He was also a literary lion in the Boston scene, very supportive and lots of blurbs. His witty banter, Chandlery metaphors, and some really subtle literary alusions were all my kind of thing.