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Northern Lights

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Gary Littman
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Let #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts fly you into Lunacy, Alaska, and into a colorful, compelling novel about two lonely souls who are searching for love and redemption...

As a Baltimore cop, Nate Burke watched his partner die on the street - and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepted the job as Chief of Police in a tiny, remote Alaskan town with the hopes of starting over. Despite the name, Lunacy provides a balm for Nate’s shattered soul - and an unexpected affair with pilot Meg Galloway warms his nights....

But other things in Lunacy are heating up. Nate suspects the killer in an unsolved murder still walks the snowy streets. His investigation will unearth the secrets and suspicions that lurk beneath the placid surface, as well as bring out the big-city survival instincts that made him a cop in the first place. And his discovery will threaten the new life - and the new love - that he has finally found for himself.

©2004 Nora Roberts (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Romantic Suspense Women's Fiction Romance Alaska Suspense

Critic Reviews

"[A] richly textured novel that captures the intimacy of smalltown police work, the prickliness of the pioneer spirit and the paradox of a setting at once intimate and expansive." (Publishers Weekly)

"Roberts's latest hit novel could not be performed better." (AudioFile)

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The story was great but narration not so good. Hard listening to a man doing female voices - just didn’t work.

Good story

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Great storyline and character descriptions. You absolutely get lost in this book, very impressive 9/10.

Make it a movie

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Different to have a male perspective .The omniscient voice is without artifice,as is the rough terrain of the magnificent Alaskan landscape.Romance ,Murder,intrigue,kept me guessing as to themurderer until almost the conclusion.I can usually guess much earlier,! The many colours of emotion contribute to a different perspective ,Another Nora Roberts masterpiece of construction.

The colours of Murder in Alaska

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Where does Northern Lights rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I loved this audiobook and immediately went looking for other books narrated by Gary Littman (sadly there are very few).

What other book might you compare Northern Lights to, and why?

Romance, travel and a bit of mystery - a great combination if you like your mystery light rather than stomach-knot inducing!

What about Gary Littman’s performance did you like?

Fantastic characterisation really brought the story to life. I will listen to this book again. Gary Littman is brililant.

Great story - brilliant narration.

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Loved this book. I really enjoy anything from Nora Roberts. I liked how it was from the male main characters pov with a little of others.

Loved it!

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Having read 'The Witness', which I absolutely loved, I was looking for another Nora Roberts novel that combined similar elements. Unfortunately, for me anyway, this was not the book. I found the two main women characters beyond annoying and so cliched and the mystery not all that interesting. The one saving grace was the Alaskan setting. The narrator was fine. I will try another Nora Roberts book because for me 'The Witness' was that good.

More Romance than Mystery

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