by Thomas Cook · Books4pocket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492801411
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Twenty-five years have passed since Roy Slater left Kingdom County, marked by the murder of his girlfriend's parents by his brother Archie. Now, returning home due to his father's illness confronts him with old friends, past loves, and a corpse that threatens to unearth long-hidden secrets. Roy will discover that in Kingdom, blood debts are not forgotten, and someone must pay for them.
This thriller by Thomas H. Cook, nominated for the Edgar Award, immerses the reader in an atmosphere of suspense and explores the complexities of human relationships in an environment marked by violence and the weight of the past.
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.
