false 3402448 1 The city of Lehigh, West Virginia, faces the insidious threat of a sadistic cult bent on eliminating all "unpretty" things in the world. <P>A bomb goes off at the Conklin Art Gallery, killing eight people associated with a unique Michelangelo exhibit being shown there. The only person who may have seen the bomber is Hummingbird Collins, an aspiring artist who works down the street from the gallery. But she soon starts receiving ominous cassette recordings of a rambling madman who reveals his plan to rid the world of "unpretty" things.<P>This madman -- known only as Number 26 -- leads a cult known as the Michelangelus Movement, which has kidnapped and tortured people for use in their bizarre artistic experiments over the past dozen years.<P>When Hummingbird breaks her frightened silence, she enlists the help of Detective Buck Barnes, her brother, and an old family friend, Ready Robinson, a former pro-football player who entered the priesthood after ending his NFL career. But when Hummingbird is abducted by the cult, her friends must discover where she's been taken before she becomes another addition to the leader's horrific replication of Michelangelo's masterpiece -- <I>Last Judgment</i>. 3442564 9 9 2008 Unpretty: A Novel of Suspense total:15|5:7|4:6|3:1|1:1| 15 63 30 4 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 17 11:03:27 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 11:06:01 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 19:00:13 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 13:22:32 -0800 2009
I really liked the characters (including thier names), and also the non-typical plot. With most thrillers I find myself figuring out the ending within the first several chapters, but this one kept ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 20:14:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 20:15:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 08:04:20 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 08:06:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 13 16:58:35 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 16:58:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 16:13:47 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:07:48 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 16:13:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 16:18:51 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 16:18:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 21 19:43:23 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 19:43:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 02 19:58:10 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 19:58:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 04 07:41:06 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 12:21:43 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 07:41:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 30 13:28:04 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 13:28:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 23 02:05:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 02:05:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 14 18:19:46 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 18:19:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 31 11:18:27 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 15:08:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 13:14:37 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 13:15:09 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 22 19:04:46 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 19:04:53 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Feb 19 16:55:54 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 16:55:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 11 20:41:54 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 20:41:54 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Dec 31 08:08:08 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 08:08:08 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 29 14:46:55 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 04 12:21:25 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3402448