Stranglehold

By: Jack Ketchum

Narrated by: Chet Williamson

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.

©1995 Dallas Mayr (P)2012 David Wilson

Well, it’s Jack Ketchum. ....

The situations and story telling is realistic and scary. He pushes the envelope and writes in a way , a lot of other authors won’t go near. I love his style because I love books that have realism intertwined with thrills. I would not classify this as horror but I will say it’s riveting non the less.
Love the narration, he is excellent!

Extreme

I thought this book was amazing. It’s a hard to put down/turn off kind of listen. Although I was not pleased with the ending, I didn’t expect Ketchum to end it any other way. If you don’t handle sexual abuse and child abuse well then this book is not for you.

fun

always exciting. good listen and entertain for my workplace . 8 hours of sewing can be brutal without a good listen.

A truly disturbing piece from Ketchum

A truly disturbing piece from Ketchum. Does he do it any other way? Brutal realism.

Every parents worst nightmare. Makes me sick to my stomach. Every time I read a story like this it makes me want to go to medical school to learn how to keep someone alive long enough to peel all of their skin off and then start lopping off the digits. One by one. Somebody get me a saline drip stat!

Terrifying but true

This graphic tale of the justice system gone wrong will keep you up at night, in a cold sweat. Believable character, a locomotive plot and just plain, raw, intense grit will keep you listening, and will haunt your dreams.