Joyland by Stephen King College student Devin Jones took the summer job at Joyland hoping to forget the girl who broke his heart. But he wound up facing something far more terrible: the legacy of a viscous murder, the fate of a dying child and dark truths about life – and what comes after – that would change his world for ever. I haven’t read any crime novel by Stephen King before; I know that his Colorado Kid was released in the Head Case Crime line-up but that most of his other books fall into the horror and thriller genres. I have been a long time fan of his worked and was therefore really looking forward to see what Joyland had in store for me. Especially once I found out that it was taking place in an amusement park. From the beginning of the book you follow the narrated story of Devin Jones being done by an older version of himself. This narration gave the feeling that he was either looking back on this particular milestone in his life and that he was retelling t...