"Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI" by David Grann has been a nonfiction book club favorite since its release in 2017 but expect renewed interest later this year when the Martin Scorsese film comes out. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, after oil was discovered on their lands. Soon after, the Osage begin to be killed off one by one. Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman, finds herself at the epicenter of these killings as multiple members of her family begin to die under mysterious circumstances.
Former Texas Ranger Tom White has been tasked by J. Edgar Hoover to solve the murders but he soon finds himself up against formidable foes and unprecedented levels of corruption. This investigation forms the foundations of what would become the FBI. “Killers of the Flower Moon” is the Let’s Get Real book discussion selection for June.
This book is appropriate for adults.
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