Joyland

This one's a must for King fans and may also attract YA readers. - Library Journal <br>.. .period murder mystery with a heart...King brings his usual finesse to this tale's mystery elements - Publishers Weekly <br> Undeniable...charm [and] aching nostalgia...[JOYLAND] reads like a heartfelt memoir and might be King's gentlest book, a canny channeling of the inner peace one can find within outer tumult. - Booklist <br> Wrapped in a gloriously pulpy cover, Joyland is a coming-of-age story set in 1973 at a North Carolina amusement park -- creepy! -- that's haunted by a murderer. - Time Magazine <br> Stephen King's carny-saturated Joyland evokes the ghosts of summers past -- literally. - New York Magazine<br> <br> Joyland, by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime, June). An old-school, pulpy paperback ghost story set in a North Carolina amusement park. - Departures Magazine<br> <br> King's latest thriller, a PG-13 pulp paperback crime novel takes place at a remote carny park where college kid Devin is desperate to see the ghost of a girl whose murderer might still be<br> lurking around the hot dog stands. - Cosmopolitan Magazine <br> From horror authority Stephen King comes some hard-boiled action, with all the elements of a good crime novel--including the early '70s, southern secrets, carnivals, and a meddling college kid. - The Daily Muse <br> If you're a King fan you may want to set this on your wishlist - Bookmuch <br> It's good to have a book like this now - simple, sweet, and not a little scary - to remind us that among the prequels and sequels, the epics and the TV miniseries, Stephen King can still spin one hell of a little yarn. As usual, King slips in and out of genre effortlessly, but it's gratifying that at the core of Joyland exists a story worthy of being called a Hard Case Crime. Misdirection and red herrings abound, delightfully, and the weather-ravaged denouement could play out as the conclusion to a Do