#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A twisting, haunting true-life
murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American
history, from the author of The Lost City of Z. - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
FINALIST
"A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a
mystery." --The Boston Globe
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of
the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their
land, the Osage 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. The family of an
Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her
relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning,
as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and
many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves
murdered.
As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the
young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named
Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an
undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the
region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most
chilling conspiracies in American history.
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