Anna sat in the back of a patrol car while being driven to her brownstone on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston’s Back Bay. When stepping out, she was haunted by the crazed hedge fund manager who had shot out the window and the sniper who had tried killing her on the doorstep months ago. Boston’s Back Bay was in fact a bay prior to a major land reclamation project in the 19th century. This sparked a residential building boom along five new east-west corridors, resulting in rows of three-to-five-story Victorian-era brownstones. These properties are some of the most coveted and expensive homes in Boston.
