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Killers of the Flower Moon

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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 THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
**NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND ROBERT DE NIRO**

‘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, Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland, and the Number One international bestseller The Wager, 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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ISBN9781398540651
PublisherSimon + Schuster UK
Publication Date06/13/24

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  • mag.die
    mag.die

    13 Followers

    5.0

    Informativ, spannend, deprimierend. David Grann bringt mit hervorragender journalistischer Arbeit die halb vergessene Reign of Terror der Osage wieder in das Bewusstsein der Menschen. Ich muss zu meiner Schande gestehen, dass ich zuvor noch nichts von den Osage gehört habe, weshalb ich es aber umso interessanter fand, etwas über ihre Kultur, die Mordserie in den 1920ern, sowie die damaligen Lebensumstände in ihrer Reservation (v. a. das Vormundschaftssystem) zu lernen. Der Teil des Buches, der die Mordfälle aus der Perspektive des FBI darstellt, liest sich spannend wie ein Krimi, hat aber aufgrund der realen Akteure und Opfer auch einen bedrückenden Beiklang.

    Dec 19, 2024

  • outis
    outis

    6 Followers

    5.0

    I'm not into true crime and all this blood goggling but this book I liked anyway. It's well researched and written, with the author not making himself the hero of the book like so many of his colleagues of non-fiction do. Every "character" gets a chance to share their story without it being too long-winded. So it's a good book, but god did it make me sick.

    Mar 2, 2024

  • alice1
    alice1

    5 Followers

    4.0

    The book is about a chapter of American history that not many people know about: the Osage murders. At the start of the book it describes how many Osage hired private detectives to solve the cases, but they only manage to solve them when the government interferes. At least that is what the author thinks until he visits the place about a century after the murders and sees for himself how many cases remained unsolved und what an large impact that has on the Osage.

    Overall I would say it is a well written book with an extremely interesting plot. The only criticism I can mention really is, that at the start of the book it is hard to follow the story line because so many people are mentioned. I really liked all the visuals that are included and it’s easy to say that this is an awesome read, especially if you are in to history.

    Jan 24, 2025

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