Operation Ashfall: Shadows in the Dark (Book 1)
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Detective Inspector Leah Lyles is suspended from duty when an old case resurfaces in the worst possible way. An old cottage fire on Australia’s southern coast was officially ruled an accident. The problem is, it wasn't an accident and someone is now going to extraordinary lengths to make sure it stays buried.
When a chance lead in London exposes erased CCTV footage, covert surveillance, and a trail of dead ends that feels anything but random, Leah realises she has stumbled into something far larger than a single crime. Intelligence agencies close ranks. Records vanish. People who ask the wrong questions disappear.
As Leah follows the trail back to Queenscliff, the fire’s true purpose begins to emerge. What was destroyed was not only evidence. Lives were lost too. The vulnerable lives of innocent children. A hidden system built to observe, test and control is finally uncovered by the very person whose own family legacy is buried within it.
With her career in ruins, her safety compromised, and the truth closing in, Leah must decide how far she’s willing to go to expose what powerful forces are desperate to keep in the dark.
Operation Ashfall: Echoes in the Dark (Book 2)
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Months after the London investigation that nearly destroyed her, Detective Inspector Leah Lyles is trying to move on. But the past has other plans.
A new series of violent deaths is spreading across London. Each one carries the unmistakable signature of a tragedy long thought buried - the fire at Queenscliff.
As the bodies mount, Leah realises the truth she uncovered was only the beginning. Someone is still protecting the secret behind Operation Ashfall. And they are willing to get to anyone who threatens to uncover their plan.
Drawn back into a conspiracy that stretches across continents and decades, Leah must decide who she can trust, and how far she is willing to go to uncover the truth.
Because some truths never never die. They simply continue to echo.
Operation Ashfall: Ashes in the Dark (Book 3) - Due for release 18 October 2026
Every secret burns eventually.
Leah, Justin and Harding head to Geneva to confront the truth buried underneath the ruins of the cottage fire; and deep in the mines within the Welsh Valley's. Leah refuses to stop asking questions and Operation Ashfall refuses to stay buried. Finally, Leah learns that the dark truth is much closer to home than she ever imagined.
As old enemies become allies and forbidden relationships form, Leah races to expose the network before it continues to destroy the lives of those she loves. As Leah digs deeper, a complex web of scientific experiments are uncovered. Data extracted unlawfully by the highest echelon of intelligence gathering.
For one purpose!
From Queenscliff on the Victorian coast to the corridors of power in Canberra, Whitehall and Washington, Ashes in the Dark is a thrilling and heartbreaking story about love, loss, and the extremes that one woman will go to, for the truth to be told.
Operation Ashfall: A Stolen life (Book 4 Prequel) - Due 2027
Operation Ashfall: The Boy in the Photograph (Book 5) - Due 2027
Operation Ashfall: The Dark Life of Eli (Standalone Prequel) - Due 2028
Operation Ashfall: Dark Compound - Due 2028
