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Book Review of Northern Lights

Northern Lights
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Without a doubt, one of the best Nora Roberts has EVER written. Baltimore Detective, Nate Burke's partner is killed in a dark alleyway. He can't stop blaming himself, and can't get back "into" his job in Baltimore. When he sees a job posting for the Chief of Police in Lunacy, Alaska, he applies and is chosen to guard the town of 700 people and a few wild moose.

He finds that the mundane tasks of breaking up bar fights and finding out who broke out the school windows are just what he needed until a body is discovered in an ice cave on a mountain. Though the murder took place 16 years prior, Nate believes the murderer is alive and well and one of the Lunatics he's sworn to protect.

With 637 pages, it's not a quick read, but, as I said, one of if not her best work. I would LOVE a sequel to this one!