The Winner (original 1997; edition 1998)

by David Baldacci

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Title:	The Winner
Authors:	David Baldacci
Info:	Vision (1998), Mass Market Paperback, 656 pages
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NickVellis | May 6, 2013 |

Haven't read this book in about fourteen years, and it was such a fluff easy read, even back then. A bit ridiculous and outside my usual reading comfort zone, but entertaining nonetheless. (

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aelizabethj | Apr 1, 2013 |

My blog post about this book is at this link. (

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SuziQoregon | Mar 31, 2013 |

Well written, fast paced, kept up the tension. (

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JoAnnSmithAinsworth | Aug 9, 2012 |

Intriguing mystery based on a premise I could see happening - someone has fixed the lottery. Loved the characters, especially LuAnn and Charlie. Many authors don't put as much work into characterization as the do plot, but Baldacci did in this case. (

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The Winner

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The Winner

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1997

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LuAnn Tyler

Matthew Riggs

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New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1997)

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To Collin, my buddy, my boy, my son

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Jackson studied the shopping mall's long corridor, noting haggard mothers piloting loaded strollers and the senior citizens group walking the mall both for exercise and conversation.

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LuAnn Tyler heeft het niet getroffen in dit leven. Veel plezier beleeft ze niet aan haar miserabele baantje als serveerster en al helemaal niet aan haar vriend Duane, een armzalig drugsdealer die aan de drank is en die ze geregeld met een andere vrouw in bed betrapt.Op haar twintigste kan LuAnn alleen maar dromen van een beter bestaan, van een carrière als model of filmster, want ze eit er beslist goed uit.Ineens lijkt haar droom werkelijkheid te worden. Een wildvreemde man biedt haar de kans in één klap schatrijk te worden. En ze hoeft er alleen maar een staatslot voor te kopen, met elk willekeurig nummer. Hij zal ervoor zorgen dat op dit lot de hoofdprijs zal vallen en samen delen ze de winst. Na lang aarzelen hapt LuAnn toe. Wat heeft ze te verliezen ? En LuAnn wint !

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THE DREAM
She is twenty, beautiful, dirt-poor, and hoping for a better life for her infant daughter when LuAnn Tyler is offered the gift of a lifetime, a $100 million lottery jackpot. All she has to do is change her identity and leave the U.S. forever.

THE KILLER
It's an offer she dares to refuse...until violence forces her hand and thrusts her into a harrowing game of high-stakes, big-money subterfuge. It's a price she won't fully pay...until she does the unthinkable and breaks the promise that made her rich.

THE WINNER
For if LuAnn Tyler comes home, she will be pitted against the deadliest contestant of all: the chameleonlike financial mastermind who changed her life. And who can take it away at will...

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A poor young woman is forced to take part in a crooked lottery scheme after she is framed for murder.

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