Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI

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WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THECWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
**SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND ROBERT DE NIRO**

A riveting true storyof greed, serial murder and racial injusticeJON KRAKAUER
A fiercely entertaining mysterystoryand a wrenching exploration of evilKATE ATKINSON
A fascinating accountof a tragic and forgotten chapter in the history of the American WestJOHN GRISHAM

From the bestselling author ofThe Lost City of Z, now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller and Robert Pattison,comes a true-life murder story which became one of the FBIs first major homicide investigations.

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions and sent their children to study in Europe.

Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off.As the death toll climbed,the FBI took up the case. But the bureau badly bungled the investigation. In desperation, its young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. Together with the Osage he and his undercover team began to exposeone of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

David Grann has arazor-keen instinct for suspenseLOUISE ERDRICH

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David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He has written about everything from New York City's antiquated water tunnels to the hunt for the giant squid. His stories have appeared in several anthologies. He has written for the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the New Republic. He lives in New York with his wife and two children.