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
