The Winner, David Baldacci
The Winner, David Baldacci
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The Winner

Author: David Baldacci

Narrator: Francis Cassidy

Unabridged: 16 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2012

Synopsis

A rags-to-riches deal for single mother LuAnn Tyler is deadlier than she ever could have imagined in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from David Baldacci.

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 chameleon-like financial mastermind who changed her life. And who can take it away at will...

About David Baldacci

Author, David Baldacci, was born in Richmond VA in 1960. He had had a different plan for his life than most authors. He received a law degree from the University of VA and practiced in law for many years in Washington, DC. He actively began writing stories as a child after his mother gave him a notebook. As he got older he wrote short stories and screenplays without reaching much success. He then turned to writing a novel where he spent three years writing Absolute Powers in 1996, which proved to be a bestseller. He has published 29 bestselling adult novels and 4 children's novels.

Baldacci and his wife live in Vienna, VA where they are the founders of "Wish You Well Foundation". (named after one of his novels, "Wish You Well" which was also a screenplay for the movie starring Ellen Burstyn.) The Foundation works to combat illiteracy in the United States. Baldacci has over 110 million copies of his book in print.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on December 28, 2022

Dirt-poor, but beautiful (it being commercial fiction) young mother LuAnn Tyler is giving an astounding opportunity - the chance for a guaranteed Lottery win of likely $100 million lottery jackpot - to get this prize all she has to do is to change her identity and leave the U.S. forever,... after he......more

Goodreads review by Paul on April 24, 2025

Outrageously over the top but superbly entertaining anyway! LuAnn Tyler is quintessential Georgia "white trash" - a young, beautiful, uneducated and unmarried mother with a typical Southern drawl living in a beat-up trailer with Duane Harvey, a no-account beer-guzzling low-life drug runner! But she i......more

Goodreads review by A.J. on May 13, 2014

The Winner – not! I had seen the name many times, but had never read anything by David Baldacci until last week. That Baldacci is a prolific writer is evinced in any airport book store. I was expecting something light and easy like Grisham, but it was a whole lot worse. The two main characters, LuAnn......more

Goodreads review by Kristy on September 06, 2011

I started reading The Winner based on a recommendation from my eye doctor, of all people. Frankly I'd never heard of the author before, but decided to give it a shot. And I'm glad I did. I'm even more glad I gave up on the hardcover library book and, instead, got the Kindle version (it's much lighte......more

Goodreads review by Gary on December 22, 2021

A stand alone thriller by author David Baldacci. Twenty year old mother LuAnn Tyler has lived a hard life and battles daily to escape from an abusive relationship and a life of endless poverty. But all is about to change when under the pretence of a job she offered the chance to be the guaranteed nex......more

Quotes

"Flat out fun to read...a wildfire of a thriller."—Publisher's Weekly

"Baldacci has come up with another good one."—New York Times

"Aptly named...the devilish tale of a heroine who gambles her soul."—People

"He's hit the jackpot again...Baldacci pushes the pace pedal to the floor and takes the turns on two wheels."—New York Daily News

"His eye for a cinematic book doesn't waver...Enjoy the ride."—Cleveland Plain Dealer

"The action in this book is relentless...Baldacci has created one of the more amazing characters you're likely to run across--LuAnn Tyler."—Houston Chronicle

"It's hard to put the book down."—Chicago Tribune

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