Unforgiven: Face to Face with my Father’s Killer

Robin McGregor, an older man who has recently moved into a small town outside CapeTown, is brutally murdered in his home. Cecil Thomas is convicted for the crime, but histrial leaves more questions than answers. As much as his daughter Liz McGregor tries tomove beyond her grief - she finds new work, she even discovers love - she still wantsanswers. What drove Thomas to torture and kill a complete stranger?

The author meets the murderer’s family and discovers that he comes from a loving,comfortable home. He is educated and skilled, there is no apparent reason for his descentinto delinquency. After protracted obstruction from the prison authorities, she finally getsto confront him but not without putting herself in danger. She finds answers, but not theanswers she is looking for.

Unforgiven tells a story seldom told: what happens to a family when one of their own ismurdered? In a country where, year upon year, tens of thousands of people lose a lovedone to violence. Where restorative justice is preached but not practiced. Where prisonsare universities of crime. What would it take to achieve redemption? For the victim, theperpetrator and the country?