by Thomas H. Cook · Umbriel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495618139
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«Instrumentos de la noche» is the mystery novel by Thomas H. Cook, published by Umbriel in paperback (322 pages, in Spanish).
In Riverwood, a community turned into a refuge for writers and artists, owner Allison Davies remains haunted by the unsolved murder of her best friend, Faye Harrison, half a century ago. To solve the mystery she hires Paul Graves, a crime novelist, who agrees to investigate and finds himself forced to confront the ghosts of his own past.
Spanish translation of Instruments of Night (1998), by Thomas H. Cook. Part of the Umbriel género negro collection.
Recommended for readers of crime and suspense fiction who appreciate psychological plots around past crimes.
Thomas Cook was the founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. He was born into a poor family in Derbyshire and left school at the age of ten to start work as a gardener's boy. He served an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker before becoming an itinerant Baptist preacher. He was a supporter of the temperance movement and his first foray into tourism was a railway excursion to Loughborough for members of the Leicester Temperance Society in 1841. Following the success of this excursion, Cook, by now settled with his family in Leicester, began to organise tours further afield in the British Isles and, eventually, to the United States, Egypt and the Holy Land. In 1872, he went into business with his son as Thomas Cook & Son, with a head office in London. Following his retirement in 1878, he returned to Leicester and took an interest in the Baptist church and charitable work until his death. Cook is credited with having, through his all-inclusive tours, made travel and tourism accessible to a wider public.
