Author: David Grann
Nominated By : Cherie Smith
non-fiction
The book investigates a series of murders of wealthy Osage people that took place in Osage County, Oklahoma in the early 1920s—after big oil deposits were discovered beneath their land.[6][7] Officially, the count of the murdered full-blood wealthy Osage native Americans reaches at least 20, but Grann suspects that hundreds more may have been killed because of their ties to oil.[8] The book reports cattleman William Hale as the mastermind standing behind the murders and presents detailed evidence.