When Newcastle's most feared crime boss, Martin Quinn, goes up in flames, the city celebrates. Pints are poured, debts are laughed off, and the Evening Chronicle declares the devil dead.
But Geordie McVey isn't celebrating. He was there the night the fire took Quinn, and he knows the truth, if Quinn is gone, it won't be for long. And if he isn't, then every shadow in the North East is about to come looking for Geordie.
Haunted by the murder of Mags, the woman he once loved, the one who stood at his side in blood and violence, Geordie finds himself drawn deeper into a war for control of the streets. To survive, he calls on his estranged brother Sean, an ex-army mercenary with a team of killers who fight for the highest bidder. Together, they launch a ruthless campaign to rip apart Quinn's empire and claim it for themselves.
But in the underworld, every victory paints a target. As Geordie builds his throne from blood and ash, he learns the hardest truth of all: crowns aren't kept, they're borrowed, and the devil's shadow is never far behind.
A brutal, unflinching journey into loyalty, revenge, and power, The Debt Collector is a gripping gangland thriller where survival means becoming the very monster you fear.