在这部北极之光剧情/爱情/悬疑片中,内特从大城市来到偏远的阿拉斯加小镇当警长，这里生活平静。他爱上了飞行员麦吉。不久，十五年前失踪的麦吉的父亲，被发现死在了山里，并且是被谋杀的。虽然这是十五年前的案子，但内特认为凶手就在镇上。果然，镇上很快再次出了人命案。内特不顾小镇上人们的反对，坚持以凶杀案立案调查，并最终找出了凶手。
Nate Burns, a former Baltimore city homicide detective, is the new police chief in sleepy Lunacy, Alaska. The job comes with a free room in the 'lodge', the town's multi-purpose inn, pub etcetera run by 'loose' flirter Charlene Galligan. Sole deputy Otto Gruber is among the failed local applicants. Shortly after Nate gets on sensual-bickering terms with Charlene's fickle, estranged daughter, pilot Meg, lost mountaineers find the frozen corps of Meg's dad Pat, missing for 15 years. State police sergeant Coben dubiously claims jurisdiction and flies out the body. Nate soon discovers nothing is as it seems after Lunatic newspaper editor Max Hawbacker is found shot, with a fake suicide PC note 'I killed Pat'. Uncovering more past secret proves dangerous for dogs, Nate and his job.
