The Shadow Files Series: Brighton Burns: (Series 1, Book 3)

By Wayne J. Gombar

"Remember, remember..." but this time the fire was meant to never go out.
October 1982. The Brighton bombing has torn through the heart of Britain, leaving the nation shaken and its government fractured. Into the smoke steps DCI Evelyn Holloway, still carrying the scars of Ashford and Blackfriars, now confronting her most dangerous adversary yet: Reginald Lang, a Cabinet insider who believes fear itself can be weaponised.
As Holloway follows a trail of crates, coded ledgers, and false flags, the truth becomes darker than conspiracy - a plan named Operation Gunpowder, poised to re-ignite terror under Westminster on Guy Fawkes Night. From the quarries of Sussex to secret archives hidden beneath Whitehall, Holloway battles the invisible war where allies vanish, enemies smile, and the lines between patriot and traitor collapse.
But even when Lang falls, the shadows do not. For in the wreckage of Ash House she finds an older secret: a blurred photograph, stamped Isle of Skye, 1960. A face she thought lost stares back from the mist - her missing brother's. And with it, a whisper of new danger, where folklore and Cold War intrigue entwine.
BRIGHTON BURNS is the third explosive novel in The Shadow Files series, a masterful blend of espionage, history, and relentless suspense.

Wayne J. Gombar is a novelist whose work fuses the rigour of history with the pulse of espionage. With a B.S. in Homeland Security, a Master's in Emergency Management, and ongoing doctoral research in Criminal Justice, he brings academic depth to stories of conspiracy, secrecy, and Cold War shadows. His professional experience spans overseas construction and security projects across the Middle East, grounding his fiction in the realities of risk, resilience, and hidden conflict.
The Shadow Files series - beginning with The Body Beneath Blackfriars, continuing in The Ashford Cipher, and now with Brighton Burns - reflects his enduring fascination with the unseen struggles that shape nations. When not writing, he researches the intersections of intelligence, history, and public policy, always asking how much truth can be hidden before it becomes myth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FPMG8Y32
• ISBN13: 9798263557324
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"