Nate is determined to solve this murder and continues to quietly investigate on his own. But he quickly learns that many of the town’s inhabitants have secrets, and many of them think that the past is best left alone. Nate emerges from his cocoon of grief and begins to feel and to live again as he investigates the crime. Everyone had assumed that Patrick had just walked away from his family, but now they know that he was murdered. The frozen body, an ax embedded in its chest, is that of Patrick Galloway, Meg’s father who went missing sixteen years earlier. When a search for three teens who have gone missing on a dangerous winter climb of one of the nearby mountains leads to the discovery of a body, life in Lunacy changes forever. But soon she finds herself spending more and more time with Nate, and what starts as just a physical relationship becomes something more. It is a solitary life that suits her well. As a bush pilot, Meg runs cargo and people, bringing supplies into the town and taking people into the bush. But his sad eyes and quiet strength draw her to him. The last thing she wants cluttering up her life is a man, especially a man as complicated as Nate Burke. Meg Galloway is a strong, self-sufficient woman who is comfortable with herself and her two dogs. Almost from the beginning, the wilderness of Alaska begins to change him. Both he and the town must adjust to the changes. Life and the law run a little differently in Lunacy, but Nate is determined to bring order to the town. While many people welcome him, others are not happy about bringing in an outsider to head up their small police force. Not much for a former big city cop to handle.īut it’s not as easy at he had hoped it would be. In a town this small, crime tends to run towards drunk and disorderly, minor assaults, and vandalism. Nate took the job to escape his past, figuring he could mostly sleepwalk through his days as chief of police. Once on the ground, he is slowly but surely pulled into the life of the town and its colorful inhabitants. His first view of Lunacy is from the air as he is flown in on a small plane that he doubts will hold together long enough to land. Knowing he has to get away from Baltimore and its memories, he resigns his position with the Baltimore police department and takes the job as chief of police in Lunacy, Alaska. The past year has been a blur to Nate as he’s lost himself to his overwhelming despair. Nate Burke is a former Baltimore homicide detective who has been overcome with grief, anger, and depression since the death of his former partner and best friend, Jack, in a dirty Baltimore alley one dark, rainy night. Roberts weaves a compelling tale about murder, redemption, and two lost souls who find each other and a chance at love, all set against the backdrop of small-town life in Lunacy, Alaska. In Northern Lights, Nora Roberts takes you away to the harsh beauty of the Alaskan wilderness and the lives of its hearty and resilient inhabitants.
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