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    Diavolino (Paperback) By (author) Steve Emmett

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    Short Description for Diavolino Paradise is just one step from Hell. The chance to build a dream home on a private island in Italy's most beautiful lake offers architect Tom Lupton the fresh start he's been yearning for. But when he arrives with his family on Diavolino, he finds the terrified locals dead set against his arrival. The island, whose very existence has been shrouded in secrecy for half a millennium, has a dark hist
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  • A fast and scary ride5

    Julia Kavan A happy family sucked into a good vs bad, world in peril adventure, battling ancient evil in a beautiful setting. For me, this story was the perfect escape at the end of the day. I like my fiction dark, and a deep sense of foreboding is present from the word go - with the Italian setting used to great effect. The author obviously knows the area where Diavolino is set very well, and he paints a wonderful picture, but he brushes the picture postcard scenery with a wash of pervasive darkness. I was quickly drawn into the action - which never lets up. by Julia Kavan

  • A Book That Keeps You On The Edge of Your Seat5

    Susan Roebuck If you're a fan of Dan Brown and Stephen King, look no further. I have just read Diavolino by Steve Emmett that will keep fans of both thrilled - a kind of DB and SK one-stop book. How it could be overlooked by large publishing houses is beyond me, but maybe it's the sign of the times, I don't know.

    I'm not usually a fan of paranormal and horror but this new story grabbed me from the very first page. I just had to, so I emailed the author and said, Wow! And I was only on chapter three. By the end I was breathless, so wrung out I couldn't touch a keyboard until now.

    The scene is set in Italy, there's Vatican involvement in this thriller (we believe), and a puzzle to solve that leads back to ancient icons and history, not forgetting a simmering fight between Good and Bad on the point of boiling over. Sounds like Dan Brown? Maybe, but this is so much better.

    The reader is able to smell, taste, feel and see the countryside of Umbria, the author really knows his stuff about this area. But, don't worry, it doesn't overwhelm the plot at all.

    We start out in the Papal States, circa 1545. In true Stephen King fashion the reader gets a foretaste of the horror to come and what a horror, the author is a master at conjuring up the worst images and situations. I was just wiping my brow when I breathed a sigh of relief to be taken to recent London and characters as normal as you or I (!) Fully rounded characters, I might add - none of your two dimensionals à la D.B. - with believable dialogue and quirks.

    It's not my place here to give the plot away, suffice to say that my relief was short-lived as I was transported off to modern-day Italy - back to that place in Umbria which had me reeling in the beginning. And that's where the suspense builds. And if the horror at the beginning was bad, you won't believe what comes up later.

    The author is exceedingly clever: he's done a lot of research into his subject and releases it at just the right pace. He knows how to tease, to thrill and to leave almost every scene on a cliff-hanger that has the reader begging for more. It is a heart-racing thriller with twists that take you on a roller-coaster which will have you clinging to the sides of your chair. But it's a fun ride that builds to a horrifying climax having reduced Italy to a boiling cauldron (Italians watch out!).

    All I can say is, put this at the top of your reading pile and be prepared to sweat (or glow, in my case). by Susan Roebuck

  • A Devilishly Good Read5

    Cat Cavendish This is my kind of horror story. Great plot, plausible characters that you actually care about and a pace that never lets up. This is 21st century Dennis Wheatley meets Stephen King and I found it unputdownable. Highly recommended. by Cat Cavendish

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    Fast and very well written5

    Andrew Palmer I'm hard to please when it comes to fiction but I've seen a number of items about Diavolino and thought I'd give it a try. I'm amazed that this is a debut novel. Set in Italy, a place I know well, this mixes odd locals with expats, Satanism and the Vatican. Emmett has such a way with words I couldn't put it down. I recommend it to anyone who likes a horror story to be a well written. The sense of place is spot on, not too much description because the author achieves it with just the right choice of words. And boy, is it fast paced. I needed a breather when I'd finished. I'm looking forward to his next book. I would say he's one to watch. by Andrew Palmer

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