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Book Review of Northern Lights

Northern Lights
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Great characterizations, very good plot, but I wasn't convinced by the Alaskan setting. We're asked to believe that a town of 506 people has a full-time police chief and two full-time deputies. I live in a town of 1000 people and we have a part-time police chief and 1-2 deputies in name only so that they can do traffic duty when needed. It's also highly unlikely that a town of 506 people could economically support both a newspaper and a radio station.