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Northern Lights
by Nora Roberts
I liked this one. Nora Robert is, in recent books of hers that I've read, 3 for 3 with the prickly heroines/cool heroes. Like [b:Birthright|114203|Birthright|Nora Roberts|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212221832s/114203.jpg|1461362] and [b:Tribute|2003767|Tribute|Nora Roberts|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1216861284s/2003767.jpg|3353247], I liked the hero more than I liked the heroine.
Police Detective Nate Burke comes to a small town Lunatic, AK (pop. around 600) to get away from the crushing despair he's felt since his partner in Baltimore died in an alley in his arms. Nate is hired on as the Sheriff of the small town. Over time he begins to heal while taking in the quirks of both the town and the people. And he meets and falls in love with Meg Calloway. But a 16 year old murder mystery surfaces, one that one member of the town will do anything to make sure no one solves.
This was a nice little whodunnit. Almost read like a cozy mystery in places. I could easily see her setting a series in Lunatic, AK especially with the townspeople to provide local color, both comic and tragic. The mystery plotline (kept me guessing although I did figure it out before it was revealed) and individual characters were stronger than the romance plotline. The romance was almost a by the numbers thing.
If I had one quibble it is the same one that I am finding with all of her more recent stand alone titles. I am a long time fan of NR's and I think my longevity with her actually works against me sometimes. I have noticed that there is a sameness of speech patterns amongst her characters that cross books boundaries. So a character's dialogue and speech cadences in [b:Angels Fall|26050|Angels Fall|Nora Roberts|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167775206s/26050.jpg|3038377] will sound incredibly similar to those of characters in [b:High Noon|114133|High Noon|Nora Roberts|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212221768s/114133.jpg|1689205] or even this book. Interestingly, I don't find this to be true when I go back and re-read books from earlier in her career.
Even so, this was a pretty darned good read. I recommend.
Police Detective Nate Burke comes to a small town Lunatic, AK (pop. around 600) to get away from the crushing despair he's felt since his partner in Baltimore died in an alley in his arms. Nate is hired on as the Sheriff of the small town. Over time he begins to heal while taking in the quirks of both the town and the people. And he meets and falls in love with Meg Calloway. But a 16 year old murder mystery surfaces, one that one member of the town will do anything to make sure no one solves.
This was a nice little whodunnit. Almost read like a cozy mystery in places. I could easily see her setting a series in Lunatic, AK especially with the townspeople to provide local color, both comic and tragic. The mystery plotline (kept me guessing although I did figure it out before it was revealed) and individual characters were stronger than the romance plotline. The romance was almost a by the numbers thing.
If I had one quibble it is the same one that I am finding with all of her more recent stand alone titles. I am a long time fan of NR's and I think my longevity with her actually works against me sometimes. I have noticed that there is a sameness of speech patterns amongst her characters that cross books boundaries. So a character's dialogue and speech cadences in [b:Angels Fall|26050|Angels Fall|Nora Roberts|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167775206s/26050.jpg|3038377] will sound incredibly similar to those of characters in [b:High Noon|114133|High Noon|Nora Roberts|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212221768s/114133.jpg|1689205] or even this book. Interestingly, I don't find this to be true when I go back and re-read books from earlier in her career.
Even so, this was a pretty darned good read. I recommend.