![]() "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, welcoming and hostile, indisputably American and yet profoundly exotic to those in the Lower 48."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Pace, dialogue and scenes are cunningly shaped, and the police procedural skillfully dovetails with romance."- The Washington Post Book World "The setting is economically but beautifully evoked, the spare style balancing the breathtaking grandeur of Alaska. "The characters in Northern e alive on the pages.It's well written, has intriguing characters, a tantalizing plot, wit and romance."- The Times Union (Albany, NY) " engaging mix of suspense and romance."- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer The film was released on DVD exclusively at Wal-mart B&M stores."While Alaska is an unfamiliar setting for a Roberts novel, the song she sings here remains-happily for fans of the romantic suspense genre-the same."- The New York Times Filming took place in and around Calgary, Alberta including the historical Wainwright Hotel in Heritage Park Historical Village. The film was executive produced by Stephanie Germain and Peter Guber, who also 'e.p.-ed' seven other Roberts films for Lifetime in 20. The murderer is arrested after Nate shoots him. Nate briefly considers returning to Baltimore, until he learns that an earring was found next to the body.Īs the police arrive to arrest the murderer, the murderer takes a woman hostage and shoots Meg in the arm. Nate proposes to Meg, soon after, Nate is fired, because the locals have been complaining that all the trouble started after he arrived. ![]() Fearing for their own lives, Nate starts questioning everyone in town. ![]() As they take their relationship to a new level, he finds out that they are being followed. With the help of Meg, Nate continues the investigation. Nate however, doesn't believe he was the murderer, and refuses to believe that he committed suicide. Eventually they find Max's journal, where he talks of two other men. This upsets Meg, as Max was a well-liked man in town. Nate believes that Max had something to do with Meg's father's death. Soon, Max, one of the locals, seemingly commits suicide. After giving in, Nate starts collecting information, and soon finds that nobody in town liked the man, and that he had affairs with several of the townswomen. Meg suggests that Nate begin to investigate, but he is reluctant to do so, explaining that he moved from Baltimore to avoid murder cases. Meg has trouble mourning for her father, because she has always been mad at him for abandoning his family. It's clear that he was murdered, as the axe used to kill him is still embedded in his body. Upon their rescue, Nate also locates a frozen corpse, who turns out to be Meg's father. ![]() Soon, Nate helps in the search and rescue of two lost mountain climbers, and asks for Meg's help in getting there. Meg is a young pilot, whose father left and disappeared in 1994 leaving her mother Charlene (Arquette), who Meg constantly argues with, to single-handedly take care of her. Nate finds himself not very welcome by the town's residents, but takes an immediate interest in Meg Galligan (Rimes). Burns leaves Baltimore just a few weeks after his partner is shot and killed, feeling partially responsible for what has happened. Homicide detective Nate Burns (Cibrian) once lived a tough life in Baltimore, but decides to move to a small Alaskan town, after being offered the position of chief of police.
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