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The Winner

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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-...more

Hardcover, 528 pages

Published January 1st 1998 by Grand Central Publishing (first published December 1st 1997)

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Dec 27, 2009 Lilyrose rated it 1 of 5 stars

Recommended to Lilyrose by: Janane

Shelves: easy-good-reads

This started off with a lot of promise, and as the story trudged on, I got even more interested. And then it became absolutely boring and it simply got worse *Yawn!*

The thing I hate most about this book:

I HATE near-perfect heroines. LuAnn Tyler gets on my nerves. She cant be learned and intelligent all of a sudden, not to mention, she's always been drop-dead gorgeous. And of course, its a given that she's had a bad past and struggled to come out of it, but she does, in flying colours.

I cringe!!!...more

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Jun 13, 2008 Almak rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Almak by: Emily

Being highly recommended to me I was anxious to absorb myself reading a good book. Unfortunately, this wasn't one of them.

Primarily, I was disappointed with descriptive nudity, a masturbation scene and a sex scene, all of which could have been removed and the book as a whole would have been better.

Nonetheless, the premise held the possibility of a good story but it was just too predictable. There was only one surprise in the book and the beginning drug on forever. Baldacci takes over a hundred...more

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Jan 25, 2013 Bev rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: crime-mystery

People think winning the lottery is the best thing in the world. Not so LuAnn Tyler, who is 20, beautiful, dirt-poor, and living in a trailer with her deadbeat boyfriend, the father of her newly born daughter, Lisa. Then she gets a call from a mysterious "Mr. Jackson" who offers to make her rich beyond her wildest dreams. All she has to do is buy a lottery ticket and he will take care of the rest. LuAnn is also a good girl, so, though tempted, she doesn't want to do anything illegal, but circums...more

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Feb 27, 2012 Ryan Sampey rated it 5 of 5 stars

The book The Winner by David Baldacci is 628 pages, published in 1997 by Columbus Rose, Ltd. The genre is a mix of mystery, realistic fiction, and thriller. It follows the story of LuAnn Tyler, a dirt poor twenty year-old with a infant child who is offered a chance to win the lottery. Driven away from her home town by her drug dealing boyfriend, she wins the lottery and spends 10 years living abroad. Coming back to the US, she faces the killer known as Jackson who set up the lottery scheme. She...more The book The Winner by David Baldacci is 628 pages, published in 1997 by Columbus Rose, Ltd. The genre is a mix of mystery, realistic fiction, and thriller. It follows the story of LuAnn Tyler, a dirt poor twenty year-old with a infant child who is offered a chance to win the lottery. Driven away from her home town by her drug dealing boyfriend, she wins the lottery and spends 10 years living abroad. Coming back to the US, she faces the killer known as Jackson who set up the lottery scheme. She must work to protect her friend Charlie, her boyfriend Matt Riggs, and her daughter Lisa. They all live and Jackson is killed at the end. The book sees many transformations in characters, a realistic portrayal of a parent doing everything she can to protect her family, and how money is not everything.
The book carries the theme that our life affect our personality. Practically every main character (both good and bad) proves that the events in life shape a person's character. Different experiences result in different kinds of people. LuAnn is a great example. Growing up, she had practically no money and her boyfriend was the biggest of jerks out there. However, she was both smart and was morally correct. When offered to win the lottery by cheating, she immediately was against it. She only accepted to help her daughter and escape the drug dealers. Her daughter was her first priority and it affected her decision. Ten years later, LuAnn is paranoid and full of lies but hates that she is. Being on the run from the law all this time and disobeying Jackson's orders to leave the US has developed a hard shell around her. On the inside however, she still cares for her daughter more than anything. Charlie and Matt Riggs experience similar changes. Charlie's care for LuAnn caused him to leave Jackson to protect her and Lisa. He became a uncle to Lisa and a good friend to LuAnn. Riggs was a FBI agent before a drug cartel killed his wife. He'd lived a simple life for 5 years but risked everything for LuAnn. He was so devoted he took two bullets, a knife, and killed Jackson for her. Jackson is a stone cold killer and the antagonist but it explains why he is so. His father was unloving and treated Jackson badly as a child. He didn't care at all for his brother and only truly loved his sister. As an adult, Jackson made it his goal to earn a fortune greater than his father ever did. His father had spent his inheritance so he was determined to earn it back to beat his father. His lottery scheme earned him billions. Jackson found himself more comfortable if he was someone else. He had dozens of disguises and his real name wasn't even Jackson. He didn't like who he was a was determined to be who he wanted. He always wanted control of everything. When LuAnn fought him he started to lose that control. That was unacceptable to him and he did everything he could to kill her. He kidnapped her daughter, killed his own brother and sister, and killed multiple others. How the characters were raised and their choices affected their personality greatly.
It is always said that parents would do anything for their child but The Winner really displays this. It is a crucial part to the story. Lisa is LuAnn's life. LuAnn lied to Lisa for 10 years about her life so that she wouldn't know about the lottery. It was her way of protecting her daughter. She risked her life to rescue her daughter. She sent her daughter to hide with Charlie to protect her, she faced a murderer for her daughter, and she did whatever she could to keep her safe. If was her greatest strength and weakness. Whenever Lisa was in trouble, LuAnn possessed an almost unmatchable strength but it also was the way Jackson got to LuAnn.
The last theme displayed by the book was that money isn't everything. It doesn't buy happiness. LuAnn went from no money, to loads of money, to a fair amount of money. When she had no money she certainly wasn't happy but she had her daughter and a lot of friends in her little town. With her riches, she couldn't enjoy them because she constantly felt the guilt of stealing. She donated millions to charities but still couldn't except that she had stolen it. In the end, she paid the money back but still had a substantial amount however she didn't care. Her daughter was alive, she was going to marry Matt Riggs, and Charlie was as good a friend as ever. LuAnn showed that family and friends matter more than money.
The Winner is a great book for many reasons. On the outside, it's a amazing thriller with great pacing, plot twists (unfortunately some are obvious, such as the fact that Jackson went for Lisa. The book talked so much about LuAnn's love for her it was practically telling you that Jackson would kidnap her), and plenty of action. On the inside past the blood and action, it displays many qualities that are a part of our society. A parent's love for her daughter, what truly brings happiness, and how our actions shape our character. The Winner satisfies on all levels and is a must read for Baldacci fans and thriller fans alike.
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Jul 25, 2011 Wendy rated it 4 of 5 stars

What would you do if someone offered you $100 million dollars and all you had to do was leave the country and never return? Yeah, me too! But then I read THE WINNER.

LuAnn Tyler is only 20 years old and already a dirt-poor single mother with an 8-month old daughter living in a trailer in Georgia. When a strange man, whom she thought was offering her a job, says he can guarantee that she'll win the national lottery, LuAnn's better judgement tells her to decline. But she comes home to find her boyf...more

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Jun 20, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: action-suspense-thriller

Above average plot with intricate developments, but it was missing the wow factor. Good but not great.

REVIEWER'S OPINION:
To let readers know where I'm coming from, my preferred genre is romance novels. The fact that I liked this should mean something since it is off genre for me. Throughout the book there was the underlying frustration of how can anyone ever stop this bad guy, but he gets it eventually. The story was excellent mechanically with good showing not telling. I would have liked more e...more

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May 28, 2009 Jason rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

Ever since school got out for the summer, oddly enough, I have been reading a lot.

I picked up a few books at a local church book sale.
I have heard really good things about David Baldacci (mainly because of the movie based on his book, Absolute Power) and I found this book for $.50 so I thought I would give it a try.

In fact, when handing my money to the cashier at the sale, the lady said that this was her favorite David Baldacci book. She had good taste.

Short overview for you:

LuAnn Tyler had...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Kristy James rated it 5 of 5 stars

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 lighter!).

The Winner is a surprisingly interesting and good book. The characters seem very real and you choose your sides very early on. The plot is something else. Even though I'm a writer, I can't imagine...more

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Oct 18, 2010 Betty410 rated it 4 of 5 stars

The trouble with Baldacci is that you can't put the book down.
When a back country Georgia 20 year old single mother with a baby is offered a chance to win the lottery , she knows that there has to be something "not good" about it. It is the only way she can see to get out of her abusive relationship and a future of endless poverty. Then she walks into her trailer and finds her baby's good-for-nothing father dead and evidence of his drug dealing present along with his associate, from whom she esc...more

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Jan 08, 2012 Steve rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller, american, crime

An impoverished single mother, living in a trailer home with her abusive slobbish boyfriend and struggling to afford to feed herself and her baby. One day she gets an offer she can't refuse - the change to be guaranteed a win of at least $50m on the US national lottery. All she has to do is say yes...[return][return]In my brief intro above I've given away a lot less than is contained in the blurb on the back of the book - be warned! It's a fantastic concept with a very likable main character. It...more

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Nov 21, 2011 Marissa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Well, I've said it before, I'm a sucker for mysteries/crime/thrillers. I always have been. While other people were soaking up Judy Blume, I firmly ignored the conversations between God and Margaret and stayed up all night reading The Pelican Brief and The Client. Now, there are two questions that pop up given that information: the first being the question of how was I allowed to stay up all night at 13 (or so) the second is what was I really doing reading those books? To the first question I'll...more Well, I've said it before, I'm a sucker for mysteries/crime/thrillers. I always have been. While other people were soaking up Judy Blume, I firmly ignored the conversations between God and Margaret and stayed up all night reading The Pelican Brief and The Client. Now, there are two questions that pop up given that information: the first being the question of how was I allowed to stay up all night at 13 (or so) the second is what was I really doing reading those books? To the first question I'll say that, in defense of my parents, I usually (and probably very poorly) tried to cover up the fact that I had snuck back downstairs (better lighting) by turning off the light as soon as I heard any motion from upstairs as long as dawn was seeping through the window. If it was that early (or late, depending on how you look at it) that sound probably wasn't just the house settling. If my life were an actual detective novel and my parents actual detectives, had they placed their hands over the lamp's bulb, heat would have still been emanating and my cover blown. Who am I kidding, I'm sure my tiptoes up the stairs weren't nearly as quiet as I thought and they've known all along. They were probably just happy I wasn't at a sleepover where a liquor cabinet was present. Grisham they could handle, Beam would have been a completely different offense. However addressing the second issue, gets to the heart of this review, so I'll ruminate on that presently.
There is something about the mystery genre that allows for the forgiveness of god-awful, terrible writing. Provided that the plot is there, a simple whodunit could, ostensibly, be written by a person with no more than a fifth-grade vocabulary and still be engaging. At least, that's my opinion. And that's why Grisham had to share nightstand space with my eighth grade graduation invitations. It's also why I'm conflicted on how to review David Baldacci's The Winner.
Set in modern day, which according to the copyright on the book is 1997, The Winner tells the story of LuAnn Tyler, a hick from Hicksville (here called Rikersville, GA) who just wants a better life for her daughter. After being approached by a man capable of fixing the lottery, she must determine just how much she wants her life to change. I'll let a very minor spoiler slip in here, so be warned, she decides to take the lotto guarantee. The book then skips ahead ten years to pick up on the ramifications of LuAnn's decision. I'm going to do my best to make the rest of this as spoiler free as I can, but the fact remains that it's been 14 years since the publication of this book, so I'm not promising anything.
The upside for me is that, despite several moments of having to put the book down in order to roll my eyes at the cornball nature of a sentence, I did continue to pick it back up. That could be because I was just thrilled to be reading something that wasn't mentally taxing or it could be because I was legitimately caught up in the suspense. I would like to give the benefit of the doubt and say that it was the latter. There is something there that kept the pages turning and there were some legitimate surprises that made me sit back and say "huh...nicely played Mr. Baldacci, nicely played". The idea itself is intriguing as well, I mean, who hasn't dreamt of their post-lottery-winning life, especially in the current economic situation? It's incredibly easy to relate to the decision to say yes to someone who offers you a completely new, debt-free life.
Here's the downside: If I'm being completely honest, and remember this is coming from someone who has never been published, so certainly take it with even less than a grain of salt, there are moments when the writing is terrible. Usually, as I read, the scenario starts to play itself out in my mind and a cinematic quality begins to take shape as the faces and reactions of characters form. It all becomes a mental motion picture. I mean that's why we all read, correct? And also why so many people are loathe to accept adaptations? Well here, the only thing that formed was a Youtube playback of an over-acted high school play. That's the best analogy I can make. Despite the fact that his main character is indeed a heroine, Mr. Baldacci seems to have no idea how women actually think. By this, I mean to say that women do not speak, or think, like sentences from a romance novel, and we certainly don't assume that men think in those terms either. Here's a passage to illustrate the point...and remember this is NOT a Danielle Steel novel:
"Her gaze seemed to be pasted onto his face, all the sunlight streaming through the window
seemed to be blocked out as though an eclipse were occurring" (p.248)
Amazing, right? His heroine also just happens to be that perfect mixture of independent kick-ass and damsel in distress often described using the help of feline adjectives and placing her body as the main focus of every sentence about her. It's clear that he's trying so hard not to objectify women that the end result seems to be the exact opposite. Lu-Ann Tyler comes off as a combination of Lara Croft and Maryann from Gilligan's Island. I'll try not to even mention the fact that the phrase "making love" is used in seriousness. Throw in the fact that he has to clarify that the cell phone is "portable" as well as that modems and fax machines are high-tech, and it all just felt slightly dated for me, in 2011. Also, there's a whole lot of explanation instead of action that goes on, continually pulling you out of the book and back in to your own mind where you say to yourself "yeah, yeah, I get it, now move on".
With it's short chapters and lengthy page count, it's not surprising that this isn't a great book. It probably wasn't meant to be. It was meant to keep people engaged at the beach, or in a cabin, and I can see, and attest to the fact, that it does just that, but re-reads will be unnecessary, and possibly painful unless you really love similes (especially involving trains) or think Matthew Riggs is totally dreamy.
I thank the book for allowing me to check off another book read in my yearly tally, but wish that it would have kept up the Grisham vibe of the first part of the book before veering down the path filled with exclamations, stereotypes and worst of all, the use of the phrase "worldwide crime syndicate".

Overall: 2 out of 5(less)

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Jul 22, 2011 Lolene rated it 3 of 5 stars

I read the Reader's Digest Condensed version of this book, so that's my disclaimer if the original was SMUTTY at all...I really like reading condensed versions occasionally, when I want to break out of my young adult/juvenile fiction mode. I picked this book up at a thrift store on a whim...heck four books for 50 cents? BARGAIN.

This book was a fast-paced mystery about an evil genius who rigged the national lottery...and the young trailer-trashy winner and what it did to her life. From the blurb...more

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Jun 18, 2011 Maggie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-or-horror

This one, I immensely enjoyed. It was original and unpredictable (mostly), which are 2 difficult components when you read the amount of mystery novels that I do. It was intriguing with the lottery angle and the way it was done? GENIUS!!! (no spoiler!) Very creative mystery novel and probably my favorite Baldacci to date. I actually shuddered and felt a cold chill with some of the parts with Jackson (major CREEPER!!) Characters well-developed and intriguing from Charlie, the older "grandpa" type...more

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Mar 28, 2013 Maureen Kilroy furtado rated it 2 of 5 stars

This could have been a fantastic book, but I have a strong feeling the author rushed it to meet a deadline.
The plot: A poor, single mother living with her dirtbag boyfriend is given the opportunity of a lifetime. She has the chance to win $100,000,000 in a Federal lottery with one condition. She must leave the country with her infant daughter and never return. She takes the bait and the villain that fixes the lottery so she can win proves to be more diabolical than she could have ever possibly...more

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Mar 21, 2013 Cathy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobooks, thriller

Heard this on CD. Very good book. Plot kept moving along. Luann Tyler, a poor unmarried woman with an infant daughter caught in a generational cycle of despair is offered the guaranty of winning the national lottery - minimum of $50,000,000. She's a good woman whose purpose in life is to care for and protect her daughter. While the allure of being wealthy beyond her wildest dreams is tempting, she feels she cannot participate in the illegal/immoral plan. She's about to turn the offer down, when...more

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Jan 30, 2011 Jude rated it 4 of 5 stars

My husband reccommended this one, and I was a bit skeptical. He usually likes more "thriller" type fiction, and I lean towards other genres. I really enjoyed this book though, and read through it very quickly. It was definitely one you don't want to put down. Baldacci does a good job or balancing the details necessary to keep a "thriller" fan happy, and mixes in the human element, via the mother-daughter relationship of LuAnn and Lisa, to keep us "drama" gals happy. :) Of course, the obligatory...more

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Jun 15, 2011 Manugw rated it 4 of 5 stars

VERY GRIPPING STORY WITH POOR CHARACTERS

In my opinion the plot is much better than the character development where I can see some little flaws, Baldacci put too much fantasy drawing Lu Ann (the heroine) the poor dirt girl who becomes the winner, who is stronger than a man, who deftly run away with a car when she had never owned one, (too perfect !!!) and also too much fantasy drawing Jackson (the villain), the master of disguise, remarkably bright, full of resources who can impersonate and outsm...more

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May 20, 2009 Gloria Bernal rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is an older stand-alone book (not "Camel Club" related) about a guy that learns how to manipulate the National lottery system, lure the potential winners into his scheme, and make millions for them and himself - at a very high cost which includes risking their lives. A page-turner with interesting locales and engrossing characters. The genius/bad-guy is a character unlike any I've read about before, who can change himself to look like anyone else using theatrical makeup as well as mimicking...more

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Mar 04, 2011 Pamela rated it 3 of 5 stars

Baldacci takes the reader on a what if trip--what if the US had a national lottery and what if it could be fixed. His heroine is a little too good to be true--the rags to riches story, but happier poor and always beautiful, strong, etc., etc. The details about the baby, however, were the worst--he didn't mention a single diaper, and he has an eight-month old content to stay in a baby carrier and have only bottles of milk as food---come on now. However, the story moves at an entertaining, fast cl...more

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Jan 02, 2011 Amanda H rated it 5 of 5 stars

When people ask for a book recommendation, this is always one of the books I choose. It has a lot of twists and turns as it tells the tale of a down on her luck girl in a dead-end relationship, baby and no prospects for improvement until she meets a mysterious man who tells her that he can guarantee that she'd win the lottery. She just has to tell him by a certain time or the offer is withdrawn forever.

The books unwinds to find her escaping a situation with her druggie, loser boyfriend while th...more

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Nov 30, 2011 Julia rated it 4 of 5 stars

A book that gave a typical idea (fixing the lottery) a new spin. Full of murders, money, and love. My favorite character was Jackson. He had the power to become whomever he wanted to be. You hated him for what he did in the present and yet still felt sorry for him because of what happened to him in the past. I wasn't particularly fond of LuAnn at first, but she grew on me throughout the book. And I loved her because underneath all the money, the murders, the excitement of her life, she was just...more

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Jul 27, 2012 Josee rated it 3 of 5 stars

This wasn't a bad book at all but it wasn't amazing. I really wanted to know how the lottery was fixed, and that explanation seemed a little lame, honestly. I would have liked to see more of the story from Jackson's view- it was more interesting when I read how he was thinking instead of viewing his actions through others. Sometimes I had to suspend belief- some things I just couldn't see how it was possible- even for the super rich.

The story got bogged down in the middle and then really picked...more

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May 04, 2010 Michelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

My daughter loaned me this book and I had no idea what it was about as she had kept the dust jacket. All I knew was that she really enjoyed it.

David Baldacci spun a wonderful tale of a poor girl who is trapped in a bad situation and how she gets out with not only her life, but the life of her young daughter. She wins the lottery and disappears for 10 years while the local police look for her on a bogus murder charge.

When she finally decides to return to the USA, the man who helped her to win the...more

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Jul 04, 2011 Scout rated it 3 of 5 stars

Tale about the fixing of the National Lottery, featuring LuAnn Tyler as the unbelievable heroine and Jackson as the fiendish antagonist who is a master of deception and who helps LuAnn win the Lottery, then turns against her. Coincidentally, LuAnn hires a handsome former FBI man to build a security fence just as her life becomes unbelievably complicated. Add an older man (loyal friend/bodyguard) and a young daughter to the list of characters, and you can predict the major plot elements. I'd clas...more

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Jun 04, 2010 Bruce rated it 2 of 5 stars

It's like a silly movie in book form. It requires quite a bit of suspension of disbelief given the odd circumstances and odd characters.

Once again, Baldacci makes everyone into these "beautiful" creatures so that creates that first layer of falseness. Then we get into the abilities of the villain, the strength and power of the heroine, and the ability to fix the lottery? It just adds up to a lot of incredulity on my part.

I still give it three stars for being entertaining plot wise. However, it r...more

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Apr 20, 2008 Jen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Probably my favorite Baldacci book. If you love a good mystery, this book is sure to please!

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Apr 01, 2013 Grazia Omicini rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Iniziate a leggerlo in una giornata di vacanza perché non riuscirete a smettere. Una frode alla Lotteria Nazionale americana organizzata da un ricco, vendicativo uomo d'affari in grado di trasformarsi in chiunque voglia per portare a termine i suoi inganni. Una donna forte ma sull'orlo della rovina accetta di diventare sua complice in cambio di immense ricchezze e la rinuncia alla propria identità e vita. Per poi lottare strenuamente, insieme a due uomini che la amano e che pure hanno rinunciato...more

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Jun 07, 2011 Stacey rated it 2 of 5 stars

Not one of Baldacci's best. LuAnn Tyler (20 something with a 7th grade education and a 9mo baby) is offered the chance to win the lottery. Her life turns upside down in a matter of 24 hours and she accepts. Later that week, she's 100 million dollars richer. But the catch - she has to leave the country and never come back. Ten years later, she's had enough and breaks the cardinal rule - moves to Charlottesville, VA. A story of mystery, murder, and intrigue. LuAnn isn't the most likeable main char...more

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Jul 08, 2011 Rebecca Betten rated it 3 of 5 stars

The premise: an uneducated, poor, single mom, who is wanted for murder is gauranteed to win the lottery by a very mysterious man, who's only condition is that she must leave the United States, forever. Of course, she gets so homesick, she sneaks back. The problem: she is incredibly beautiful beyond words. Worse, she's so physically strong, she's able to beat men who attack her. Instead of LuAnn, she should have been named Wonder Woman. Then there's the evil man of a thousand disguises -no- make...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Charleen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: year-2010, 4-stars

This is one of my favorite Baldacci novels to date. It IS my favorite of his stand-alones. It had an intriguing premise, an admittedly long set-up, but once it gets good, it gets really good. I think what fed the suspense was having so many likeable characters, all at cross-purposes with each other, while the one real villain is off to the side, pulling the strings. It's frustrating but compelling, a very entertaining thrill ride. For someone who's never read Baldacci and wants to give him a try...more

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David Baldacci was born in Virginia, in 1960, where he currently resides. He received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and a law degree from the University of Virginia. Mr. Baldacci practiced law for nine years in Washington, D.C., as both a trial and corporate attorney.

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