- Paperback: 592 pages
- Publisher: Pan; New Ed edition (21 Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330419668
- ISBN-13: 978-0330419666
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 117,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What would you do to change your life? LuAnn is beautiful, young and dirt poor. She's married to a low-level drugs dealer whose infidelities and incompetent double-dealing put her and her child's lives at risk. Enter master-criminal "Jackson" who offers her vast wealth if she agrees to help him fiddle the lottery. She refuses until she finds herself on the run from false charges of murder. After years abroad she returns because she wants her daughter to be an American teenager. Can she escape the FBI, an inquisitive journalist and the murderous and endlessly ingenious Jackson?
The Winner is a departure for Baldacci. LuAnn is as plucky and resourceful as the heroines of Absolute Power and Total Control, but the plot she inhabits is a new departure for him. Normally he shows us a dark vision of how things really work, but here he brings to life and makes plausible what might have been pulp cliches. As in the description of Jackson, a master of disguise: "Sitting across from her was her double, or the double of the woman she had just become. The same short red hair, facial complexion, crooked nose, everything--it was as though she had suddenly discovered a twin". What's more, his method of rigging lotteries is clever and convincing enough to worry lottery organisers the world over. Perhaps the sunniest and least cynical of Baldacci's thrillers, The Winner is an intelligent, exciting and deeply moral read whose switchback plot is full of surprises and touching moments. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'Baldacci cuts everyone's grass - Grisham's, Ludlum's, even Patricia Cornwell's - and more than gets away with it' (PEOPLE magazine)
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the best books I have ever read. You could really feel for LuAnn Tyler and wanted everything to work out for her. This was my 1st book by David Baldacci and it prompted me to buy more of his work. Try 'Split Second'-Excellent! 'Absolute Power'-couldn't put it down. I've ordered more of his work today on Amazon and can't wait to get started.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Winner was very good but, it lacked the strength of Absolute Power, and the sheer fast pastness of Total Control. It was a good story though, and i totally enjoyed it. Can`t wait for more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was my third Baldacci book, and although I've enjoyed them all, I had to stretch a point to give this 4 stars. The plot was interesting if implausible, and judging by the reviews on Amazon and Amazon.com, I wonder if the effort to write a book with a woman as hero might have been a struggle for the author. Her martial arts skills and high body strength seemed more in the Jack Reacher mould than someone who cared so much for her little girl. I'm still a fan - some of the plot twists were completely unexpected, and the author had a lot of fun with the cunning and mysterious Mr Jackson, a very worthy villain. I read to the end but found myself thinking that Mr Baldacci has done better elsewhere.
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Published 3 months ago by David Sims
A really good read
My 1st book by David Baldacci but I'll definately be reading more, I struggled to put it down. Fast paced, mysterios, romance & intrigue this book had it all!
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For a while now I have been aware of Baldacci being one of the top selling authors, and generally speaking, if an author sells well, there's usually a good reason. Read more
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Published on 26 Aug 2007 by K. Jamison
If a title isn't for you, you cannot make another think what you think
I am appauled at some of the poor reviews given by some readers of the book titled the winner by David Baldacci. Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2006 by Valentine Jones
This is one of the worst books I've ever read
Having read and enjoyed "Last Man Standing" a true fast paced, action-packed thriller, I was really looking forward to reading this book last week; I shouldn't have bothered. Read more
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