Lair of the Fox

Daniel Pollack. HarperPrism, $4.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-06-100087-4

When Islamic Kurdish terrorists take a Hollywood film crew hostage, Welsh movie star and left-wing activist Amanda Morgan offers herself in exchange for the captives, presuming she will be treated with care by the Kurdish leader, the ` `Little Fox.' ' ``Written with authority, this a classic, can't-put-it-down thriller,'' praised PW. (Oct.)

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