Killers of the Flower Moon

Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI

By: David Grann

Narrated by: Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION

A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO

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.

©2017 David Grann (P)2017 Simon & Schuster

Critic reviews

‘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

Extraordinary

What did you love best about Killers of the Flower Moon?

This is the kind of book that you read and you wonder - how have I never heard this story before? An amazing narrative, told with skill and lyricism.

Superb narrators!

Poignant, insightful and well researched. I’m so glad this awful part of history has been brought to the fore, so important the Osage story is told.

A great listen

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book, readers were great. The only reason for four stars was that I thought the ending was vague but then perhaps the actual hostility is vague

Blood Boilingly Brilliant

An enraging, heart wrenching account of the wide reaching conspiracy to steal wealth of the Osage Indians.

Too long winded

Skipped many chapters, story was overly convoluted and digressed down rabbit holes to nowhere and facts became lost in hearsay, rumors and eventually concludes on information that could have been presented 20 chapters earlier.