Having writers block at the moment! Hope to be back with some reviews soon!!!
Having writers block at the moment! Hope to be back with some reviews soon!!!
Member since:21.05.2007
Reviews:9
I find Nora Roberts an unusual author. Some of her books are the best I've ever read - whereas others are so hard to get into that they remain unfinished months after I've started them. Also, I find some of her books are so obvious and predictable, while others keep me guessing right until the end of the book. This book - Northern Lights - is one of the latter. It's full to the brim with romance, passion, suspense and even a bit of gore added in. It kept me guessing until right near the end. This is definitely one of my favourite Nora Roberts books.
This 535 page book is published by Piatkus (www.piatkus.co.uk), and the paperback version retails at £6.99. However, as it was first published in 2004, you may be able to find this on offer in places, although I haven't seen this.
The story is about a big city police officer called Nate Burke. Nate is riddled with guilt after his partner and friend was killed in front of him while he could do nothing.
When the book starts, we see Nate having a last ditch attempt at saving his sanity by relocating to a tiny, remote Alaskan town called Lunacy. He feels that by moving here and taking up the position of Chief Of Police in Lunacy, he might just find some kind of solace.
While Nate is battling his inner demons, he also has to cope with the fact that he is an Outsider, and has to gain trust from the locals. They don't welcome newcomers very well, and Nate has to try very hard to bring them round to his way of thinking.
Gradually they start to accept him, however, when a corpse is found on the local mountain 'No Name', Nate begins to suspect anyone and everyone, which puts him back to being the Outsider. Only Meg, the local pilot, can help him feel more at home.
As Nate starts to put pieces of the puzzle together, someone is out to stop him getting any closer to finding the killer.
I have not given anything away that is not mentioned on the back of the book, and as I said, this book has the right mix of passion, romance, mystery & suspense. It's a great read and a real insight into remote Alaskan life - a place where temperatures fall below zero and darkness falls in mid afternoon, and Outsiders can only ever be Outsiders.
If you do get to read this, I really hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Thanks for reading my review.
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