5108. S1: It was early 1943 and the war in the East was going disastrously. P: How this unlikely bunch of middle aged civilians accomplished their missions makes fascinating reading. Q: To stop the sinkings a spy ring had to be broken, a German ship assaulted, and a secret radio transmitter silenced. R: U-boats were torpedoing Allied ships in the Indian ocean faster than they could be replaced. S: And the only people who could do the job were a handful of British businessmen in Calcutta-all men not called out for active service. S6: Boarding party, James Leasor’s latest best-seller is a record of this tale of heroics tinged with irony and humour. The Proper sequence should be: