The Champion by David Baldacci is the taut tale of a woman forced to have a gamble with her future, in one from the world’s bestselling thriller writers.

LuAnn Tyler is an individual parent striving to flee a existence of endless poverty. A inexplicable Mr Jackson makes her an give he thinks no one can refuse: a guarantee to end up being the winner of the $100 million lottery. But LuAnn won’t get it done.

Significantly less than twenty-four hours later, she is fighting for her lifestyle and running from a false murder charge. Jackson’s offer – and its condition that she leave the country forever – appears her only hope.

Ten years later, LuAnn secretly returns to america to begin a new life with Matthew Riggs, a man whose origins are as murky as her very own. But a canny reporter provides picked up her trail, as have the FBI – and Jackson. Matt Riggs is the only one who might help her. But is usually help what Matt intends or can be he too shutting in for the kill?