{"id":14746,"date":"2017-10-04T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=14746"},"modified":"2017-10-02T13:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T20:26:31","slug":"dead-reckoning-recounts-womans-tale-of-meeting-her-fathers-murderer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2017\/10\/04\/dead-reckoning-recounts-womans-tale-of-meeting-her-fathers-murderer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Reckoning<\/em> recounts woman\u2019s tale of meeting her father\u2019s murderer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carys Cragg\u2019s Dead Reckoning<\/i> is an emotional and compelling memoir about meeting her father\u2019s murderer. While also looking at the injustice that surrounds the case, Cragg gives an in-depth view into an intense process, with details about her thoughts and experiences as she meets the man who murdered her father 20 years earlier.<\/p>\n

Cragg\u2019s active language and concrete details invite the reader to feel the author\u2019s emotions; this makes the book very personal and vivid.<\/p>\n

Dead Reckoning<\/i> shows both sides of the story: the victim\u2019s family\u2019s and the murderer\u2019s. Cragg shows her feelings about talking to Sheldon\u2014the murderer\u2014and the impact the loss of her father had on her life. She also relates how Sheldon feels now, along with the details leading up to the murder.<\/p>\n

There are a couple moments when Cragg goes between describing her surroundings and describing her thoughts. This can be confusing, as the boundary between thought and the environment are not always clear.<\/p>\n

In between each of the chapters, she tells a heartfelt memory of her father; these give a glimpse into her family life and her father\u2019s personality.<\/p>\n

As a youth counsellor, Cragg gives an interesting perspective on the justice system, which fits perfectly with Sheldon\u2019s background and how the murder could have been prevented.<\/p>\n

Most of the suspenseful memoir consists of the conversations between Cragg and Sheldon. The organization and pace of the story also make the novel a page-turner. There is just enough new information in each chapter to make the reader want to know more.<\/p>\n

Dead Reckoning<\/i> is a good book that shows both sides of a crime story while also showing the emotional process of meeting someone who has had a large\u2014and negative\u2014impact on one\u2019s life. This memoir is very engaging and compelling, thanks to the sentimental content and the intriguing scenario behind it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carys Cragg\u2019s Dead Reckoning is an emotional and compelling memoir about meeting her father\u2019s murderer. While also looking at the injustice that surrounds the case, Cragg gives an in-depth view into an intense process, with details about her thoughts and experiences as she meets the man who murdered her father 20 years earlier. Cragg\u2019s active […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-october-4-2017"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14749,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14746\/revisions\/14749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}