Killers of the Flower Moon
New York Times Bestseller
Amazon Best Book of the Month
Washington Post Top 10 Book of Books That We Loved
An April 2017 LibraryReads Pick
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
A GQ Pick of Best Books of 2017
A Buzzfeed Best Books of the Year for 2017 in Nonfiction
A Library Journal Editor’s Pick of Most Borrowed Bestsellers
Winner of the 2018 Spur Award for Best Western Historical Nonfiction
Finalist for the 2018 Indies Choice Book Award for Best Audiobook
Winner of the 2018 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
A New York Times Notable Book
An Entertainment Weekly Best Books of the Year
A Cosmopolitan Best Book of 2017
A Smithsonian Magazine Pick for Best Books of the Year
Finalist for the 2018 Anthony Award for Best Critical/Nonfiction Book
Winner of the Reading the West Book Award for Nonfiction
A New York Times Bestseller in Audio
A Boston Globe Book of the Year
A Wall Street Journal Best Books of the Year Pick
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Nonfiction
An Esquire Magazine Best Book of the Year
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
**NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO **
‘A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injustice’ JON KRAKAUER
‘A fiercely entertaining mystery story and a wrenching exploration of evil’ KATE ATKINSON
‘A fascinating account of a tragic and forgotten chapter in the history of the American West’ JOHN GRISHAM
From the bestselling author of The 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 FBI’s 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 expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
‘David Grann has a razor-keen instinct for suspense’ LOUISE ERDRICH
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