'Joyland" comes with all the horror trappings for which Stephen King is known: a sinister carnival, a grisly unsolved murder, a haunted ride.
JOYLAND, by Stephen King. Titan, 2013, 283 pp., $12.95 (paperback)
"Horror House was a dark ride, but when it was in operation, this stretch was the only completely dark part. It had to be where the girl's killer had cut her throat and dumped her body ... And suppose ... just suppose ... a young girl's hand reached out in that darkness and took mine?"