The guardian would always be a white man, which is a cause for concern in itself. The book dug deep into the ring’s crime, its mastermind and the 24 murders of the Osage that were never investigated. Tale of murderThe cinematic adaptation of the book turns the plot into a love story of greed and murder. The white man courted her, at the order of his uncle, who was also the ring leader and staged the murders of her sisters, and killed her mother. It reflects a truth that's hard to swallow: no matter how much people talk about gender equality, white superiority, so closely associated with greed, eats up everything around it.