The Winner is a standalone thriller by David Baldacci which was originally published in 1997 and it is another brilliant book. LuAnn Tyler lives with Duane Havey the father of their daughter Lisa and they live in Duane’s trailer which is the middle of nowhere somewhere in Georgia. LuAnn works as a waitress in a local diner and works as many hours she possibly can, taking Lisa with her. Harvey is a bum, who drinks any spare money and continues to chase women. LuAnn attends an interview where she is offered a way out of her current life all she had to do was enter the lottery and she would win. After that all she had to do was leave the country for ten years and after that she was free to do whatever she wanted. LuAnn had not decided what she should do as specially as she had never left the country before, but did she really have a choice? Ten years later she returns to America with her young daughter even though she has been warned never to return. She finds herself the centre of attention and that is when she knew her life and that of her daughter’s was in danger. All the money in the world would be no use if you are in jail or dead. This is a fantastic thriller which any reader will love and we would love to be in LuAnn’s shoes and what would we do?