 The Winner LuAnn Tyler is a twenty-year-old unwed mother inRikersville, Georgia, a woman who can use her fists as well as herwits, a woman striving to escape an abusive relationship and a life ofendless poverty. Suddenly, under the pretense of giving her a decentjob, a mysterious Mr. Jackson makes her an offer he thinks no one canrefuse: a guarantee to be the next winner of the $100 million nationallottery. But LuAnn won'tdo it. At first. Then, less than twenty-four hours later, she isfighting for her life and running from a false murder charge. Jackson'soffer -- and its condition that she leave the country forever -- seemsto be her only hope. She accepts his proposition and the new life theunlimited wealth buys her and her infant daughter. Ten years later,LuAnn disobeys Jackson and secretly returns to the United States, whereshe is still wanted for murder.
There, she meets Matthew Riggs, a man whose originsare as murky and troublesome as her own. LuAnn's life is shattered whena canny reporter smelling a scam in the national lottery picks up hertrail, and Jackson, a seemingly omniscient master of impersonation,comes to punish her for disobeying him. At the same time, the FBI isset on her track when investigators suspect someone may have fixed thelottery. While the hunters close in for the kill, LuAnn finds herselfturning to Matt Riggs for help, but he may be just another predator inher life. Introducing themost inspiring heroine in recent fiction, a woman who embodies thepioneer values of ferocious courage and redoubtable emotional andphysical strength, and one of the most sinister criminal minds evercreated, the faceless, mercurial, and icy-hearted Jackson, The Winneris an intelligent, action-packed thriller that moves as fast as thelittle numbered lottery balls that hold so many fragile dreams. Additional Information - Critical Praise
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- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group USA
- First edition hardcover release date: January 1, 1998
- ISBN: 0446522597,978-0446522595
- Additional formats available: Unabridged and abridged cassette, mass market paperback
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