‘Ladies’ Night’ – Jack Ketchum (Macabre Ink)
Page Count: 138 Pages It has been so long since I read anything by Jack Ketchum that the other day I thought to myself, ‘I really should check him out’ and grabbed myself copies of ‘Offspring’ and ‘Ladies’ Night’. Turns out that way back in 2008, I read ‘Old Flames’ and didn’t think an awful lot of it. Oh well, If I’m having trouble remembering what I did yesterday, I’m not going to beat myself up for forgetting one book that I read seventeen years ago ;o) Either way, it’s been long enough that it was worth paying Ketchum’s work another visit, just to see if things were better this time round. ‘Ladies’ Night’ was the book I kicked off with. Tom Braun and his wife Susan aren't exactly a picturesque couple and it’s no surprise that Tom continually spends late evenings in bars and cheats on his wife. Unfortunately, their son Andy is caught in the middle of his parent's constant argument. One life-altering evening turns this family's, along with most of New York's, perc...