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conversations.value: Provide a description for a book titled On Tall Pine Lake about Reed, Home, Ark with the genre: Literature & Fiction, United States.
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conversations.value: the author's 50th novel is a delightful treasure set in seemingly tranquil Home, Ark., in 1980. Nona Conrad has moved her 14-year-old sister, Maggie, and her friend Mabel Rogers to Tall Pine Lake to spend the summer managing an isolated lakeside fishing camp. But as soon as sexy Simon Wright arrives and announces he's purchased the run-down camp, the sleepy outpost becomes a hotbed of thievery, kidnapping and murder. Chicago-based thugs Frank and Webb descend on the camp to retrieve a mysterious package that Nona's wayward brother mailed to her, bringing with them an overdose of violent mayhem. The husband of pregnant camper LeAnn Leasure ends up dead in the lake, two characters are kidnapped (separately), beatings are rampant and two other characters take a dirt-nap as the narrative builds to an edge-of-your-easy-chair thriller that romantic suspense junkies will not want to pass up. <I>(Jan.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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conversations.value: Provide the first five paragraphs for this book.
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conversations.value: On Tall Pine Lake
  The inside of Nona's apartment was dark. Mabel was out doing some last-minute shopping while Maggie visited friends one last time before they left. Walking among the boxes that held their meager belongings, Nona wondered if she and Maggie would ever settle down in one place and stay.
  After flipping on a light, she gave the strange package a closer examination. She tried to make out a return address, but the writing was smeared.
  Nona stood in the quiet of her apartment and puzzled over the strange letter. Simply hearing from Harold was an event; most times he wouldn't give her or Maggie the time of day. She was tempted to tear open the package and find out what was in it, but she resisted and buried it deep in the bottom of the suitcase.
  Mr. Dryden answered the knock on his door to find two men standing in the hall. Both were well dressed: button-down shirts, crisp pants, and shiny shoes. The older of the pair, bald with a thick black mustache, smiled thinly. His younger partner stayed silent at his side.
  The two men got into their car, and the bald-headed man slapped the steering wheel with his palm. "What do you think? Pretty slick, huh? I told you that blood was thicker than water and that he'd send it to her."
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conversations.value: Maggie was determined the boy would not get out of her sight, as he moved quickly through the dense underbrush. She had no idea where they were or where they were going. It took all her strength to keep up with him. She ached all over and her stomach growled. Hot, thirsty, and hungry as she was, the thought of being left behind kept her going forward.
  Rather than answer, Dusty held back tangled bushes and nodded for her to go ahead. Still unsure of what she was to do, Maggie stepped through the opening.
  Before them, in a small clearing, was a weathered frame house set up on blocks. Two bentwood rockers sat on the porch. A tub full of yellow and gold flowers flanked the steps. Dusty whistled and two large shaggy dogs shot out from under the porch and ran to him, their tails wagging a welcome.
  Before Maggie could say another word, a voice called from the house in a deep baritone. "Dusty? Is that you?" A man walked across the porch and down the steps toward them. He was tall, thin, and his long black hair was streaked with gray and tied at the nape of his neck. He was wearing jeans, boots, and a T-shirt with a peace sign on it.
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conversations.value: Provide the last five paragraphs.
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conversations.value: Maggie was now a lovely young woman of eighteen. Denise Hathaway had tutored her along with Dusty, and she had passed her college entrance exam. Both Dusty and Maggie were enrolled at the University of Arkansas. Dusty was majoring in astronomy and Maggie in environmental studies. Nona was not as upset about Maggie's leaving for college as she would have been had Dusty not been going to the same school. Dusty and Maggie had been friends since they first met. Maggie's affection for the boy who found her in the woods after she was kidnapped had increased over the years. Dusty was now a handsome young man of twenty years. He seemed to have his feet firmly on the ground and was still protective of Maggie. Nona and Simon would not be the least bit surprised if the two of them decided to spend their lives together.
  It had been discovered that Randall Weatherspoon, the hermit who had lived in the woods for years, was a very wealthy man. He donated enough money to build a school for the local children. Nona helped Denise at the school occasionally. The enrollment increased each year as families moved from the city. The Weatherspoon School would have to be enlarged soon to accommodate the growing enrollment.
  Nona looked forward to their friends coming for Christmas. Jack and LeAnn had left for his ranch in Okla-homa a few days after they were married at the camp. Jack had insisted they stay long enough for LeAnn to recover from the birth of Sophie. The baby had not suffered any complications from being born a bit prematurely. She was a lively child and Jack doted on her like a proud father.
  There was a knock at the door. Mabel opened it to admit Dusty and his parents. They shook the snow off their coats and boots and, laughing, placed their Christmas gifts beneath the tree. Tonight Nona would tell everyone that she and Simon were going to have a baby and that Simon had decided to expand the camp with ten new cabins. Tall Pine Camp was truly a home for her and Maggie.
  She sidled over to her husband and cuddled up to his back. She had never dreamed that the tall man who had annoyed her so the first few weeks they were here would turn out to be the love of her life.