The Winner (novel)

The Winner  
Author(s) David Baldacci
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Thriller
Publisher Grand Central Publishing
Publication date January 1, 1998
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 524 pp (first edition)
ISBN 978-04465-2259-5
OCLC Number 37513081
Dewey Decimal 813/.54 21
LC Classification PS3552.A446 W56 1997

The Winner is a 1998 thriller novel by author David Baldacci. It 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 $1,000,000, 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.

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Novels by David Baldacci
Camel Club
The Camel Club (2005)  • The Collectors (2006)  • Stone Cold (2007)  • Divine Justice (2008)  • Hell's Corner (2010)
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell novels
Split Second (2003)  • Hour Game (2004)  • Simple Genius (2007)  • First Family (2009)  • The Sixth Man (2011)
Shaw and Katie James novels
The Whole Truth (2008)  • Deliver Us From Evil (2010)
Freddy and the French Fries novels
Freddy and the French Fries: Fries Alive! (2005)  • Freddy and the French Fries: The Mystery of Silas Finklebean (2006)
Other novels
Absolute Power (1996)  • Total Control (1996)  • The Winner (1997)  • The Simple Truth (1998)  • Saving Faith (1999)  • Wish You Well (2000)  • Last Man Standing (2001)  • The Christmas Train (2002)  • True Blue (2009)  • One Summer (2011)