Loup Durand (1933–1995)

Daddy. Loup Durand. 1987. Crimereads.com didn’t let me down this time. I loved this book! The Nazis are looking for the key to unlock millions of dollars that have been hidden in secret bank accounts. A brilliant young boy has been given the locations and numbers by his equally brilliant mother, Maria, A philosophy professor. Gregor Laemmle, has been put in charge of the search for the boy, Thomas and his mother, Laemmle attempts to get inside Thomas’ head and out think him while Thomas is out thinking Laemmle. Laemmle wants to use Thomas to lure Maria to him. Maria gets in touch with John David Quartermain, the boy’s father. She doesn’t tell Quatermain he is the father and she doesn’t tell Thomas about his father, The plot is told by Thomas, Laemmle, and Quartermain. The trio and their various helpers which include Brownshirts, French police, Nazis, Spanish marksmen, French Resistance, and Quartermain’s family bankers and lawyers rush to get to Switzerland to get the numbers to the proper people. What a ride, what an exciting novel!… (meer)