“Inspector Loop Visits America” by Danny Lamont is among the books displayed by Author Reputation Press during the 76th Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 16-20, 2024.
The 76th Frankfurter Buchmesse (16–20 October 2024) puts a spotlight on current topics in the world of international publishing and on today’s socio-political issues. At the same time, it is expanding the venues that allow readers and authors to interact, with an emphasis this year on the growing desire younger readers have to engage with literature. The book fair’s opening ceremony took place on 15 October 2024 under the motto “FBM24 is Read!ng—Read. Reflect. Relate.”
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This year, Frankfurter Buchmesse is once again demonstrating its indispensability as a venue for professional exchange in the global book industry, thanks to its fully booked Literary Agents & Scouts Centre (LitAg), the largest meeting place of its kind worldwide, as well as an expanded audio area and an increase in international stages and trade events, including high-ranking CEO talks.
The mission of Author Reputation Press is to foster literary connections between authors and readers. In line with this, ARP displayed several of its remarkable books at the largest book trade fair in the world. The book gallery was even more interesting because of the large variety of genres in the exhibition.
“Inspector Loop Visits America” is the first in a series of books involving Inspector Ulnar Lewis Loop, the foremost authority in the science of fingerprints. The Inspector’s quiet life as a retired fingerprint and crime scene specialist at New Scotland Yard comes to a sudden end as he is ordered by his government to go to the United States and study the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s new fingerprint supercomputer located in West Virginia.
At his first stop in Washington, D.C., while visiting with the Director of the FBI, his orders are changed, and he is thrust into the mystery of several bank robberies that have happened in and around Boston, Massachusetts. During his trip to that city, he learns of a ruthless plot by unknown people to end his life. At his final destination of Smaller Wormwood, Massachusetts, he meets some very professional forensic specialists, who, with some assistance from the Inspector, come up with some very surprising methods in the processing of latent print evidence.
Through the words and eyes of the characters, the reader will meet some interesting people, learn how fingerprint comparisons are really made, and learn other aspects of this forensic science. It is all told with some tongue-in-cheek humor without the use of sex, foul language, or violence.
The author, Danny B. Lamont, was born in Central New York State. He graduated from Trumansburg High School and lived there until joining the U.S. Navy Reserve in 1968. After boot camp and Radarman School, he was then sent to Vietnam for a year. Upon returning home, he worked numerous part-time positions until he was accepted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Being part of the FBI required a move to the Washington, D.C., area. After a 13-week class, he became a fingerprint examiner. Dan loved the work and excelled at it. After 10 years with the FBI, a friend told him about an opening in fingerprints at the Huntsville Police Department. He was hired and moved to Huntsville, Alabama.
As a member of the Identification Division at the Huntsville Police Department (HPD), where he worked as a latent print examiner, he was also introduced to the International Association of Identification (IAI). This put him in a position to meet people with greater knowledge of fingerprint identification and get further training in the science of fingerprints.
He wrote the first syllabus for training new fingerprint technicians at HPD and then taught each class. With all this knowledge, he designed and wrote classes for the police officers to learn how to take fingerprints at crime scenes, and then bring the prints back to Danny for comparison.
At this point, it was up to Danny to present evidence and testify in a court of law. His membership in the IAI helped him excel more than he ever dreamed possible. He retired from the Huntsville Police Department after 26 years.
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