When Newcastle crime boss Martin Quinn dies in a fire, the city breathes easy. The devil’s gone, the streets are free.
But Geordie McVey knows better. He’s seen too much, lost too much — and if Quinn’s shadow still walks, it’s coming for him.
Pulled into a brutal power struggle, Geordie must outwit rivals, survive the police, and bury his grief for the only woman he ever loved. With his brother Sean — a mercenary fresh from warzones — and a team of killers at his side, Geordie sets out to tear Quinn’s empire apart and claim the throne.
But in the underworld, power is never owned — only borrowed. And someone always comes to take it back.
A raw, unflinching gangland thriller, The Debt Collector drags you into the dark heart of Newcastle’s streets, where loyalty bleeds, vengeance burns, and survival is the only rule.

A hard hitting, violent crime thriller written by Stu Armstrong, available in Kindle and Paperback from Amazon from October 4th 2025.