Joyland by Stephen King. Short summary

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Student Devin Jones gets a summer job at an amusement park. Here he makes new friends and learns about a local legend, the ghost girl Linda Gray, who was murdered four years ago on a horror ride.

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1973. Student Devin Jones decides on summer vacation to pick up some extra work and takes a job at Joyland Amusement Park in North Carolina. At the park, he learns about a crime committed four years ago. Back then, a girl, Linda Gray, was murdered in the House of Horrors attraction. The killer was never found. Now from time to time Linda’s ghost was seen in the park.

One day Dave and his friends decided to take a ride in the House of Horrors. One of the friends saw a ghost. After that, Dave decided to stay at the park for the year and solve the crime.

Soon Dave met a boy, Mike, who was seriously ill. Mike had unusual abilities and helped the boy solve the crime by reporting some important clues. The killer turned out to be mechanic Lane Hardy, who had stabbed Linda and several other girls in an attempt to get back at them for their failure as men. Lane wanted to kill Dave by driving him onto a Ferris wheel, but was saved by his friend Annie, who shot the killer with a rifle.