• Northern Lights

  • By: Nora Roberts
  • Narrated by: Gary Littman
  • Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (5,798 ratings)

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Northern Lights

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Gary Littman
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Publisher's summary

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.

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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descriptive scenery

this is as close to Alaska I will get, but the descriptions were splendid! Good story line

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One of Roberts’ top books!

I don’t know what took me so long to get to this book, perhaps my own bias towards female performers. The story and the reader/performer where spot on! The readers did a good job at adapting the voices to the moods and characters and never fell out of character. The story captures you from beginning to end!

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Great story to say the least!!!!

Nora has never let me down. What an amazing writer. This book was just so good. Gary Littman is one of the best narrators of all time. Remarkably read.

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Classic Nora

A quick witted, damaged hero, too delectable to ignore; a heroine with more guts than 10 women, no slouch in the damaged department either BTW. Add to that a cast of secondary characters to make any listener's Top Ten List of Absolute Hoots. And the narrator is brilliant.
Don't pass this one up. You'll be sorry if you do.

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Suspenseful

Kept you wondering up til the very end. Kept your attention. Full of suspense. Thank you

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Alaska Girl approved!

Great story. I thought I had it figured out Nora got me with the ending. I am a life long Alaskan, I was impressed with the Alaskan details.

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Excellent Read

Reading this book will transport you to Alaska! You will be on the edge of your seat through the entire story.

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Enjoyed the setting

The story line was excellent as was the narrative. Nora just has to make the men boss the women around. “Stay here, get back, don’t do that”. In this case the woman knew more then he did.

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Love it

Love this book…one of my favorite reads …I think I’ve read this book three times…

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Highly Enjoyable Book

I liked the characterizations, the land descriptions, and the plot. It might have been a little shorter.

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