Convoy of Fear

John Mason Kemp #5

by Philip McCutchan

World War II, the Suez Canal.

Commodore John Mason Kemp is back and once more leading a convoy of ships across the turbulent seas of war.

This time he’s got to make it through the Suez Canal.

But it’s not the Nazi’s he’s worried about. It’s something much more devastating to a ship - cholera.

The Canal is rife with it.

To make matters worse the convoy’s got a battleship on its tail, and there’s not a friendly ship registered for miles.

The situation aboard the ship offers its own recipe for disaster too- the Wrens are back.

The last time Jean Forrest’s female troops were escorted on a Kemp-led Convoy, maintaining social order proved difficult to say the least.

Will Commodore Kemp be able to pull them together through sickness, battle and fear?

Praise for Philip McCutchan:

"A nautical war buffs feast...[McCutchan] keeps an authoritative hand on the wheel and his descriptions of battles at sea ring with laconic truth." —The New York Times Book Review

Philip McCutchan served at sea in the Royal Navy throughout World War II. From destroyers on Atlantic and Mediterranean escort duties, to a battle-cruiser, a battleship and an ocean boarding vessel, he ended his war service in an aircraft-carrier. His interests include naval and military affairs prior to 1946. He is the author ‘Convoy of War’, ‘Dangerous Waters’ and ‘Deed of Glory’.

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Genres: Historical Fiction

205 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

aka Robert Conington Galway, Duncan MacNeil

Philip McCutchan (1920-1996) grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime's interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years.

Reviews

[Chaplain Stanley Chapin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like English wartime naval action

If you do, then you will enjoy this one. The male heroes also conducted themselves properly around females. something that some of our military leaders (according to scuttlebutt) seemed to be able to accomplish.

[COL(ret.) Frank J. Stech, PhD · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wartime convoy. Malta in the Med to Trincomalee in the Bay of Bengal via the Suez Canal. Italian subs, Nazi Stukas, a Japanese sub in the Red Sea (rather unbelievable, IMO), a Nazi pocket battleship. And cholera in the troop ship. Then a typhoon.
McCutchan tells another great sea story full of great characters, both good and bad, pretty of action, and never a dull moment. The hero of these tales does not always save the ship, but he does save the day.
And every one of these novels demonstrates that those who fought fascism and Nazi terror were the greatest generation.

[Donna Herrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

A grim story about a convoy during WWII

[Mr Michael R Stevens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hard To Put Down

I read the John Mason Kemp and David Cameron books alternately and this one moves at a terrific pace with non stop action. It is the second part of a two part story but works well as a stand alone story.
Looking forward to #6

[Ronda Six Garnett · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I first started reading this...I felt like I was not going to be able to finish...but the longer I read...the story become more interesting. Glad I did not stop.

[EndeavourPress4 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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