by Thomas H. Cook · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845405402
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«I presagi della notte» is the mystery novel by Thomas H. Cook, published by Sonzogno in paperback (320 pages, in Italian).
In the New York night, former policeman and private detective Frank Clemons investigates two women: Magdalena Cortez, a gypsy revered by her own but accused of murder, and Virginia Driscoll, an elegant lady with a double life. Hired by Virginia's husband, Frank becomes obsessed with both and discovers mortal links between them.
Third installment in the Frank Clemons detective series. Italian edition published in 1993, with the original title «Night Secrets».
For readers of crime fiction and suspense, interested in plots of double lives and obsession.
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.
