Another chapter in the Tommy Henshaw Trilogy hits the shelves today.
I call these crime–terror nexus stories—where soldiers, spies, terrorists and gangsters collide in the shadows of real history. Set against a factual timeline from the mid-1980s through the 1990s, the series moves from covert intelligence work in Northern Ireland and violent London gang wars to the brutal world of Colombian drug cartels.
The final book—currently in progress—will conclude the trilogy in Afghanistan during the Soviet withdrawal.
The stories are entirely fictional, but grounded in lived experience.
Book One: A Collusion of Shadows
London, 1985. One year after the Brighton bombing, the IRA is preparing to strike again.
Tommy Henshaw is a hardened undercover soldier embedded with Northern Ireland’s shadowy Force Research Unit. When MI5 recruits him for Operation Trojan, he is sent deep into London’s criminal underworld to infiltrate a ruthless syndicate with IRA connections.
Handled by the sharp and enigmatic Jane Whelan, Tommy must survive brutal prison gangs, shifting loyalties, and a brewing gang war—all while racing to sabotage a terrorist attack aimed at the heart of British government.
As love complicates duty and a desperate call exposes a deadly final twist, a mole inside the IRA leaks a new plot. Tommy is forced into a last-ditch fight for survival—behind bars, on the streets, and within his own conscience.
The mission is clear: stop the attack.
The cost? Everything. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collusion-Shadows-Tommy-Henshaw-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0CZ33FZB6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CKUN1BC53UZ0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.VDeeckKFKZ08EOSIJooY0g.1rN9whzHALzflYBnLQhXU5y0s7Zy4T6Ft5TdkbN6gbo&dib_tag=se&keywords=a+collusion+of+shadows&qid=1767801232&sprefix=%2Caps%2C741&sr=8-1
Book Two: A Conspiracy of Shadows — out now on Amazon
In the aftermath of Operation Trojan, the game only gets darker.
Jane is now embedded within MI5’s most secretive unit—The Increment—tasked with missions too sensitive for official channels. Tommy, one of its founding operatives, is sent on his first foreign deployment to unravel a conspiracy linking Colombia’s FARC, the Provisional IRA, and Basque ETA.
Each faction wants something different:
FARC crave expertise.
The IRA want stolen Stinger missiles.
And Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel sees profit in the chaos.
As violence escalates and alliances fracture, Tommy and Jane must navigate a lethal maze of deception—balancing duty against desire, loyalty against love.
Tense, intelligent, and deeply human, A Conspiracy of Shadows explores the true cost of secrets—and the price of survival in a world without mercy. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conspiracy-Shadows-Secret-Henshaw-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0G6VFZR41/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IHNVTWCA5ZZL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5D7dtZ9GmHqmVVnX_JHR4g.HoMdI_zj3X4nw1C0rQSMNv2RpjGUNhGBGWTyvRSaDpM&dib_tag=se&keywords=a+conspiracy+of+shadows+w+t+delaney&qid=1767801385&sprefix=a+conspiracy+of+shadows%2Caps%2C105&sr=8-1
