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Stranglehold by Jack Ketchum Review

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This a Jack Ketchum story and like all of his stuff, it is rough to read. Stranglehold by Jack Ketchum , narrated by Chet Williamson Horror Fiction Released April 2011 Amazon  |  Goodreads  | Better World Books   Lydia McCloud meets Arthur Danse at a wedding party in Plymouth, N.H., and she thinks he's a man she could grow to love. Arthur sees things differently. In Lydia, he sees the sort of woman people always want to protect. He decides he's going to show her she wouldn't always be protected. Once their only child, Robert, is born, Arthur's behavior worsens. When the courts become involved, the nightmare really begins. This scathing novel is an indictment of a justice system that makes a mockery of its very name. My Thoughts: Ketchum throws you down into the muck that is the worst of humanity, pins you there and rubs your face in it. If you haven’t read him before you should know this before jumping in. Stranglehold takes an unflinching lo...