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The Winner (novel)

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The Winner
Hardcover edition
AuthorDavid Baldacci
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherWarner Books
Publication date
December 2, 1997
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages513 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-0-446-52259-5
OCLC37513081
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3552.A446 W56 1997

The Winner is a thriller novel by American author David Baldacci. The book was initially published on December 2, 1997, by Warner Books.[1]

Plot

The novel tells the story of LuAnn Tyler, a destitute mother living in a trailer park, who meets with Jackson, a man running a massive lottery scam from inside the National Lottery. He offers her a chance to win the lottery, which she initially refuses until she finds herself falsely accused of murder and needing to run for her life with her young daughter in tow. He rigs the lottery so that she wins $100,000,000, on the condition that she leaves the United States and never returns. When she secretly returns ten years later, Jackson comes to punish her for disobeying him, the FBI is searching for her in connection with the lottery scam, and her only help comes from the mysterious Matthew Riggs.

References

  1. ^ Colford, Paul D. (November 20, 1997). "Kennedy and Simpson Books Debut Well". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2023.