Daddy

Loup Durand. Grand Central Publishing, $5.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-35917-7

In a thriller set in the early 1940s, an 11-year-old boy holds the secret to a fortune desired by the Nazis. ``With superb plotting, mesmerizing characters and brilliant chase scenes, Daddy will enthrall connoisseurs of suspense and intrigue from its opening sentences to the emotionally charged denouement,'' lauded PW. (Mar.)

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