McCutchan, Philip Convoy Homeward

This installment in the Commodore John Mason Kemp series details a convoy sailing west from Colombo to East and South Africa, and then out into the Atlantic before finally making homeport in Scotland. This time Kemp is aboard the ex-liner AURELIAN STAR, which is now serving as a troop transport. Much of the homeward convoy drama centers around a contingent of German POWs aboard the AURELIAN STAR, as well as with a mixed group of civilians also aboard the vessel. U-boat attacks also make their customary appearance .