Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI is by David Grann. A fantastic multi cultural nonfiction read about a crime very few people have ever heard about. In the 1920s, the Osage tribe were some of the wealthiest Americans in the country. Oil had been found on their Oklahoma reservation and the money was pouring in; then they started to be found dead, some by poison, others just murdered. Grann relates the facts of the cases, the stories of those involved, the founding of the FBI who was sent to solve the cases, and the conspiracy that should have shocked the nation; then he reveals discoveries he made while researching the book. This book is a must read for history lovers and lovers of true crime.
Ratings: 10th grade - 9 out of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content) - V (violence).
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