Quincey Morris series

Black Magic Woman (Quincey Morris -1) by Justin Gustainis — Black Magic Woman (Quincey Morris #1) by Justin Gustainis

Quincey Morris series, also called Quincey Morris Supernatural Investigation series. The title was changed starting with book two to: Morris and Chastain Supernatural Investigation — written by Justin Gustainis.

Genres and Sub-Genres[]

Urban Fantasy / Supernatural Thrillers

Series Description or Overview[]

✤ BOOK ONE—Black Magic Woman: Occult investigator Quincey Morris and his "consultant," white witch Libby Chastain, are hired to free a family from a deadly curse that appears to date back to the Salem witch trials. Fraught with danger, the trail finds them stalking the mysterious occult underworlds of Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York, searching out the root of the curse. After surviving a series of terrifying attempts on their lives, the two find themselves drawn inexorably towards Salem itself—the very heart of darkness.

✤ BOOK TWO—Evil Ways—: Quincey Morris and Libby Chastain investigate a series of murders where white witches are being hunted down and killed—and Libby may be next on the list. Meanwhile, the FBI is stymied by a series of child murders around the country, in which the victims' organs are being removed for use in occult rituals. Quincey and Libby don't want to get involved, but they may have no choice. From Iraq to Idaho, the trail of clues leads straight to Walter Grobius, a crazed billionaire who plans the biggest black magic ritual of all time. If he isn't stopped, all Hell will break loose—for real! ~ Fang-tastic Fiction

Books in Series[]

Quincey Morris Investigation series:

Black Magic Woman (2008)
Evil Ways (2008)
Sympathy for the Devil (2009)
Play with Fire (2013) ~ novella (210 pages)
Midnight at the Oasis (2013) ~ novella (217 pages)

Shorts, Anthologies and Guides[]

"Deal Breaker" in Those Who Fight Monsters (2011) — (Quincey Morris)

Companion Series, Spinoffs, Sequels or Prequels[]

Occult Crimes Unit Investigation series

Other Series[]

Occult Crimes Unit Investigation series

Hard Spell (2011)
Evil Dark (2012)
Known Devil (2013)

World Building[]

Settings[]

✥ Underworlds of Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York

Places:

Salem Village, Massachusetts: Location of the Salem witch trials
Lindell, Texas: Small town invested by vampires
Austin, Texas: Quincey Morris' home
Madison, WI: Where the LaRue family lives
New York City: Where Libby Chastain lives
Boston, MA: Location of Sidney Prendergast's office.
Glassboro, NJ: Site of a crime
San Francisco, CA: Location of The Gnostic Church of Satan
New Orleans, LA: Home of Queen Ester and Randall & Carleton
Thokoza Township, South Africa:
Salem, MA: Christine Abernathy's home town
Israel:
Idaho:
Quantico: FBI Academy & Marine Corps Base, Virginia
Chicago:
Kittridge:
Washington:
Charlotte:
Cleveland:
Iowa:
Baghdad:
Ohio:
Spokane:
North America:
Shady Tree Motel:
White House
Washington, D.c.
Richmond
Hell
Heaven
Idaho
Kanawha Plaza
Austin
Leesburg
Gaviscon
Iowa
Texas
Madison Square Garden
Hades
New Mexico

Supernatural Elements[]

White witch, vampires, witches, demon, dginn, Hell, U.S. Secret Service, deadly curses, magical apocalypse,

Glossary:

Groups & Organizations:

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Add a description of this organization.
FBI Behavior Analysis Unit:
The Occult Crimes Unit: South African law enforcement unit that investigates crimes involving the occult.
The Society for the Advancement of Rational Thought
The Gnostic Church of Satan

World[]

Protagonists[]

Quincey Morris is the great grandson of the Quincey Morris that helped destroy Dracula. Libby Chastain is a 'wiccan' white witch that helps strip conmen, fake spiritualists and fraudulent 'healer' priests naked in front of their audiences as the tricksters and cheats that they are, while wielding a small amount of knowledge and power of the real world magics that lie hidden from view. Together they fight evil.

Sidekick[]

Fang-tastic Fiction: Justin Gustainis: MORRIS & CHASTAIN SUPERNATURAL INVESTIGATIONS

Characters[]

Characters	What	About
Quincey Morris	Supernatural PI
Elizabeth "Libby" Chastain	Witch	practices white magic
Bridget Warren	white Witch	witness during the Salem witch trials
Nathaniel Warren	Bridget Warren's husband
Special Agent Dale Fenton	FBI agent	Behavior Analysis Unit
Sarah Carter		Woman convicted of practicing witchcraft during the Salem with trials
Rebecca Carter	Sarah Carter's daughter
Hank Dexter		Client of Quincey Morris
Mitch McConnell		Client of Quincey Morris
Walter LaRue		Client of Quincey Morris
Marcia LaRue	Walter's wife
Timmy LaRue	5-year-old boy	Walter's 5-year-old son
Sarah LaRue	8-year-old girl	Walter's 8-year-old daughter
Cecelia Mbwato	black witch	woman who practices black magic
Snake Perkins	Thug	works for Christine Abernathy
Susan Mackey	Investigator	for The Society for the Advancement of Rational Thought
Reverend Tommy Timberlake	faith-healer	A faith-healing fraud
Winona Timberlake	Tommy's wife	Tommy Timberlake's wife and partner
Detective Sergeant Garth Van Dreenan	Detective	South Africa's Occult Crime Unit
Veronica Chen	U.S. custom's agent
Christine Abernathy	black witch
Walter Grobius	Major evil bad guy	super rich, poor health. Wants to live forever
Sidney Prendergast	Geneologist
Simon Duval	Leader of The Gnostic Church of Satan	friend of Quincey Morris
Detective Hank Mulderig	police officer	Glassboro
Tommy Carmody	criminal
Queen Ester	voodoo practitioner
Carl Carleton	PI	private investigator in New Orleans
Lex Randall	PI	private investigator in New Orleans
Amos Gitner	young man	whose monthly disappearances were investigated by Randall & Carleton
Barry Love	PI	private investigator in New York
Sergeant Shemba	Detective	Van Dreenan's former partner, South Africa
Miles Nshonge	South African	victim of a crime
George DeBrine	police officer	South African
Tommy Hambledon	college student
Marcie Tucker	college student
Mister Pardee
Colleen O'donnell
Tristan Hardwick
Mrs. Younger
Frank
Hannah Widmark
Walter Grobius
Annie Levesque
Dale
Fortner
Hawkins
Roderick Baca
Premeaux
Eleanor Robb
Gabrielle
Hannigan
Lewis
Sandy
Ellie Robb
Charlie Strom
Hester
Rachel
Christine Abernathy
Godfrey
John
Nancy
Vince
Garth
Mary Margaret (MM) Doyle	Stark's power-hungry human assistant	looking forward to becoming Sargatanas's queen when he takes over the world
Malachi (Mal) Peters	former covert government assassin	died, went to hell, and has now been brought back by the demon Astaroth to kill Stark/Sargatanas before he can become President.
Ashley (aka Ashur Badaktu):	beautiful demon	sent by Astaroth to assist Peters.
Nestor Greene	political dirty-tricks specialist	hired by MM to get rid of Stark's political competitors
The Grocer's Son	assassin	hired by Nestor to take out the final competing presidential candidate.

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Author[]

Justin Gustainis

Website: Justin Gustainis
Genres: Urban Fantasy, Supernatural Thrillers, Paranormal, Fantasy, Horror

Bio: Justin Gustainis was born in Northeast Pennsylvania in 1951. He attended college at the University of Scranton, a Jesuit university that figures prominently in several of his writings. After earning both Bachelor's and Master's degrees, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. Mr. Gustainis currently lives in Plattsburgh, New York, with his wife, Patricia Grogan. He is a Professor of Communication at Plattsburgh State University. ~ Justin Gustainis

~ More: Justin Gustainis Biography

Cover Artist[]

Artist: Chris McGrath—books 1–3

Publishing Information[]

Publisher: Solaris Books
Bk-1: Paperback, 336 pages, Pub: Jan 29th 2008—ISBN 1844165418
Bk-2: Paperback, 336 pages, Pub: Dec 30th 2008—ISBN 1844165930
Bk-3: Paperback, 477 pages, Pub: Aug 29th 2011—ISBN 1844167941
Bk-4: Kindle, 210 pages, Pub: Dec 4th 2012— ASIN B00AIWQC4
Bk-5: Kindle, 217 pages, Pub: , Mar 24th 2013— ASIN B00C10SPBS

Book Cover Blurbs[]

✤ BOOK ONE—Black Magic Woman: Occult investigator Quincey Morris and his "consultant", white witch Libby Chastain, are hired to free a family from a deadly curse that appears to date back to the Salem witch trials. Fraught with danger, the trail finds them stalking the mysterious occult underworlds of Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans and New York, searching out the root of the curse. After surviving a series of terrifying attempts on their lives, the two find themselves drawn inexorably towards Salem itself - the very heart of darkness. ~ FF

✤ BOOK TWO—Evil Ways: In a story that ranges from Baghdad to Los Angeles, EVIL WAYS sees eccentric billionaire, Walter Grobius, attempt to unleash a devastating magical apocalypse. Quincey Morris, and his partner, white witch Libby Chastain, are drawn into their most deadliest case yet. ~ FF

✤ BOOK THREE—Sympathy for the Devil: Presidential candidate Senator Howard Stark has been secretly possessed by a demon. Hell wants to put Stark in the White House, where he will use the powers of the presidency to destroy the world. Although originally thought to have little chance for the nomination, Stark has been eliminating the competition, through "accidents," "suicides," and the revelation of scandalous information that no human could possibly possess. Quincey Morris and Libby Chastain know what Stark is up to, and are determined to stop him before it's too late. Their only obstacles: the U.S. Secret Service and all the powers of Hell itself. ~ Justin Gustainis Books

✤ BOOK FOUR—Play with Fire (2012): A thrilling new occult investigation from Justin Gustainis, creator of the urban fantasy sleuths Quincy Morris, great-grandson of Dracula’s killer, and his partner, white witch Libby Chastain.

Houses of worship are burning all across the U.S., churches, synagogues and mosques alike. Usually while the places are full of people. The fires are initially dismissed as unconnected, random acts of violence, until Morris – freshly released from jail after their last case – and Chastain track down the terrible meaning behind the destruction, and the dark cause the arsonists seek to serve. A race against time ensues, to stop a ritual that will cause the deaths of hundreds... and bring about the end of the world. ~ Goodreads | Play with Fire (Quincey Morris #4) by Justin Gustainis

✤ BOOK FIVE—Midnight at the Oasis (2013): A thrilling new occult investigation from Justin Gustainis, creator of the urban fantasy sleuths Quincy Morris, great-grandson of Dracula’s killer, and his partner, white witch Libby Chastain.

Seeking revenge for the U.S.’s actions in the Middle East, a terrorist cell has conjured an afreet, a deadly djinn that will strike at the very heart of America – unless Morris and Chastain can stop it first. ~Goodreads | Midnight at the Oasis (Quincey Morris, #5) by Justin Gustainis

First Sentences[]

Black Magic Woman (2008) — Although she was sitting in a room full of people, Bridget Warren had never felt more alone in her life.
Evil Ways (2008) — Libby Chastain, white witch extraordinaire, was naked, wet...
Sympathy for the Devil (2009) —
Play with Fire (2013) —
Midnight at the Oasis (2013) —

Quotes[]

Goodreads | Justin Gustainis Quotes (Author of Hard Spell)

Read Alikes (suggestions)[]

Awards[]

Trivia[]

Notes[]

Quincey Morris is the namesake and great-grandson of the rich young Texan of the same name who lost his life in the final battle with Count Dracula in Bram Stoker’s novel.

This series was originally titled QUINCEY MORRIS SUPERNATURAL INVESTIGATIONS, but Gustainis added "CHASTAIN" beginning with book 2.

The author includes plenty of genre-related in-jokes that add humor to the stories. For example, in Evil Ways, Quincey sets up a meeting with Harry Dresden (the star of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series). In Sympathy for the Devil, while he is recuperating from an injury Quincey sends some clients to Anita Blake (Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series) and Jill Kismet (Lilith Saintcrow's Jill Kismet series).

~ Fang-tastic Fiction: Justin Gustainis: MORRIS & CHASTAIN SUPERNATURAL INVESTIGATIONS