Hell Freezes Over

Quincy Harker #1.4

by John G. Hartness

He's no stranger to blood. His uncle is Count Dracula, the most famous vampire in history, after all. But what he finds in a quiet North Carolina family home rocks even the jaded Quincy Harker. Families are being slaughtered, butchered like animals, and it seems like the loving fathers are to blame.

But a ghostly visitor shows Harker that there is more to the story than he can see, even with his mystical Sight. So he goes chasing justice, and his quest takes him deeper and darker places than even his guardian angel can follow, and pits him against foes stronger than any he has ever faced before.

Will Harker solve the mystery before more men, women and children are brutally murdered? Can he fight the powers that are moving behind the scenes to keep the truth hidden? And will he be able to stop the murderer when he finds him? Or it?

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Demons, Angels, Paranormal, Audiobook, Supernatural

143 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 2, 2016

About the author

John G. Hartness is a teller of tales, a righter of wrong, defender of ladies’ virtues, and some people call him Maurice, for he speaks of the pompatus of love.

He is also the award-winning author of the urban fantasy series The Black Knight Chronicles (Bell Bridge Books), the Bubba the Monster Hunter comedic horror series, the Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter dark fantasy series, and many other projects.

In 2016, John teamed up with a pair of other publishing industry ne’er-do-wells and founded Falstaff Books, a small press dedicated to publishing the best of genre fictions “misfit toys.”
In his copious free time John enjoys long walks on the beach, rescuing kittens from trees and playing Magic: the Gathering.

For free short stories and to follow his activities and appearances on his newsletter, follow this link - http://eepurl.com/fV4In

Reviews

[Rellim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Note: This has been bundled into the Quincy Harker Omnibus Volume 1 - ebook & audio. While the stories stand well on their own, they’re best experienced in order.

Oooh! I think this might be my favorite so far. Quincy & Flynn are hunting down answers in the gory death of family that isn’t as it initially appears. Quincy makes a bargain with a demon and thinks a church might be the source of heinous crimes. I continue to love the “mind banter” between Flynn & Quincy. This was a great mix of horror, action, and mystery. Hartness is really creative at weaving truth, history, and religious doctrine. I find myself constantly surprised by what Quincy will encounter next.

Narration:
I feel repetitive - but running out of ways to laud Foster’s narration. He’s the perfect fit for Quincy in particular and Hartness’ writing overall. It’s a terrific listen and I’m enjoying binging them.

CW: mention of rape, not graphically described

[Nina Kole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Novella 4 Rocks..

What can one say about a storyline so unique in its multi universal flavors and genre except that the author often described as "The Kevin Smith of Charlotte and the South created such a snarky blend of mythos and adventure that its a must must gotta have to read.
I'm sire he had as much fun writing these four novelli as I had reading them.
If you enjoyed the " Karma Police Series", "The Magicians", Tim Dorsey's " Serge Novels" and the Movie "you will fall heels over head for John G. Harness main character, " John Harker, his spicy hot loyal guardian "Angel", " Glory. His CPD, ally, play it by the book, Becky("Don't call me Becks", John's ageless supervisor for the Paranormal Division of Homeland Security and John's Uncle "Luke" perhaps the most interesting of the authors characters(don't let Uncle looks old world identity pigeonhole him into his original being's role as Vlad, the Impaler or Dracula....times change and healthy, wealthy and wise beings learn from past transgressions. Renfield, Uncle Luke's manservant is another multiuniverse inself.
John G. Harness is a master storyteller.
Having been orphaned ovet 100 years ago, is immortal but not indestructible and has a tendency to use saracasm and "potty-mouthed cursing" as a "coping mechanism. After all the sheer cruelty and unimaginable crimes against tne innocents on this plane &/or dimension, over his 100+ life, he's fought and defeated, expressing responsive " fracken" Rage with There are far greater anmultitude of self - destructive VICES and habits to ease the "Pain & Torment" of "Doing the Right Action" and learning to OWN them.
You will fall in love with this puddle of mythic urban fantasy. Not meant for kids due to the violent crime fighting element.

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[D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good read.

[Vakaris the Nosferatu · Rating 5 out of 5]

all reviews in one place:
night mode reading ;
skaitom nakties rezimu

About the Book: Someone’s killing entire families with demonic possession. Each time the focal point is a holy object, which speaks volumes of the power this psychopath possesses. And that’s the confusing part. For, you see, magic like that leaves behind traces, demonic corruption. But Quincy can’t find a damn speck of it anywhere!…

My Opinion: Ah, sneaky book is sneaky. To the very last pages I had no clue what was doing this, and then, once shown, I had my doubts on survival rate of the present on scene. The only thing I truly missed in this book was Dracula, of whom there was little. But I guess I can’t complain, since previous book was mostly about him.

As I said before, this book reads the way Supernatural series feels. Don’t get me wrong, there’s little to no similarities in the plot, but it’s similar kind of shallow humor, with bigger, better jokes intertwined, lots of caring for one another while not putting it out there, and so on. Once again, a 5 out of 5 from me. I’ll hit the breaks on reading the next one though, since I figured I really need to spare the good stuff a little more.

[Ken Finlay · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Hell Freezes Over" sees Quincy facing his most baffling mystery yet.
Families of two parents and two children - one boy, one girl - are being slaughtered in their homes. Each crime scene is the same, the father kills his wife and children before turning the knife on himself.
The problem for Quincy is that, despite the similarities, there is absolutely no trace of the arcane or otherworldly evil.
The one link he has found between the crimes is that each family attended the same church but it is also clean as a whistle.
Glory, his guardian angel, refuses point blank to help him. For the first time in the series Quincy has reached a complete dead end.
As a side story a locally based demon offers to provide information if Quincy will do one thing for him - kill a man who really deserves to die!
One aspect of the series that I haven't mentioned 'til now is that the author, John G. Hartness, can write very good emotional scenes. There's not a lot of them but they are always just where they are needed.
The solution to the killings is not what Quincy expect (or me for that matter).
I've now read three books in the series in one day which must be close to a record.
3.5 Stars, raised to 4 Stars.

[Monty · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the ending to be poorly done and more then slightly meh.

The whole thing where Quincy Harker's character seems to have gone from only a bit too blasé and nonchalant while still competent in his behaviour, to thoroughly obtuse stupid and incompetent does more damage to the overall story as I see things than it can really take.

I, just on the whole, found this novella to be suboptimal.

I have been re-listening to this whole series lately and I have found it to be less enjoyable compared to the first time due to noticing more than a few incongruities like; continuity errors, contradictory stuff and more.. the author more or less giving his own story the lie to such an extent that it pulled me out of immersion, I went Eh!? in my mind along with a few Wtf's!?
This while listening to the omnibus as compared to listening/reading the novella versions over several years as in the past.

[Justin Sylvia · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this 3rd book in the Quincy Harker, Quincy is faced with a few things to deal with. A continuing mental connection with Dect Rebecca Quinn, A series of odd & gruesome murders that don't seem to make any sense to him, a demon from hell that resides in the body of a young boy.. who wants hire Quincy to assassinate someone, etc. After everything previously said & done, and there's been a mess left behind Quincy due to his methods of dealing with things "his way" he is confronted with something that he didn't expect to be confronted with in the least likely locations in the Carolina's.

[Erin Penn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A grizzly homicide scene sets even Quincy Harker back on his heels. But, no magic involved, so, meh - no skin off his nose and nothing for him to do, so he goes home.

Then the homicide follows him home and into his dreams.

This is the story where Quincy Harker stops being standard urban fantasy fare. Up until now, Mr. Hartness has been developing the world and the people in it and their relationships with each other (while fighting monsters). Now that the brickwork has been laid, Quincy gets to take things to the next level.

(Read through Kindle Unlimited)

[JM · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read the "Year One" collection, and then had a chance to listen to the audiobook. The guy reading it did a great job, performing the characters and not merely reading the text. Made it more fun than text version. His Quincy sounds even more like a self-aware asshole than he does in my mind.

[Trevor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Harker and team return, this time on the case of apparent family murder suicides. As the cases mount up, Harker tries to piece it together while seeing the ghosts of the dead children. Good book, Harker is a good lead character, along with Flynn and Smith.

[Nancy D Miz-Firefly aka Sparky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I totally did not see that coming. Grizzlier than the previous books, but with all the trappings of a grade A Quincy Harker with a big dash of WTH? I loved Qunicy from the beginning, but now that I'm seeing more of what he's made of I have to say, our world could do with a real-life Quincy Harker.

[Karsyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

My least favorite so far, but still enjoyable.

[Donna Halloran · Rating 4 out of 5]

see previuos

[Dena · Rating 4 out of 5]

audio

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

The villain is quite the twist.

[Eric Loflin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read, funny.

[Mai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting enough stories.

[Eahrran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Liked this one the most

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a 4.75 🌟 read rounded ⬆️ to 5 🌟.

Stunning conclusion to Year 1 of the Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter series! 😍

And another to mark off my "Want To Read" Goals list.

[AudioBookReviewer · Rating 5 out of 5]

My original Hell Freezes Over audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

Qunicy Harker, everyones favorite half vampire, magic wielding, demon hunting, homeland security agent, is back for another tale. My first impression was how different the cover artwork is for this fourth novella is compared to the rest of thee series. Going into this I was really hoping that the snarkiness and overall feel of the story is not different.

Harker has faced a variety of different foes in the previous stories, so I couldn’t think of what could possibly be next. Let me just say this. Somebody makes a deal with a devil and there are not any winners and angels have their own issues. The reoccurring characters, Quincy, Smith, Flynn, all continue to evolve with more and more being revealed. I was surprised at how little his Uncle was in this one. Not complaining because all I want Harker, Flynn and their banter, with an occasional interruption from Smith and their banter.

Hell Freezes Over does indeed have a slightly different feel. Don’t get excited, I do not mean this in a bad way. Here we have a series that is starting to grow up a little, yes just a little. What I mean is Hartness isn’t focusing on the crass humor to carry anything in the story. While it is there, and I do enjoy it, just not as in your face.

Hartness was able to expand on the paranormal world that lays just on fringes of the mortal world. I really think that he has only scratched the surface of the crazy adventures that Harker will find himself.

I continue to see great things on the horizon for this series and wonder how long Hartness can keep it going with a fresh new story each time.

James Foster has made Harker his. Foster is Harker. Plain and simple. He has changed his “normal” storytelling voice into something that almost doesn’t sound like him. Continuing to refine his gravely undertones. Coming up with entertaining voices for the demons and such. I really don’t think that anyone else could do better. And if it wasn’t Foster telling the story it wouldn’t be Quincy Harker.

Audiobook was provided for review by the narrator.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quincy says it best: "Oh well, when you're the demon-hunting part-vampire magic-wielding nephew of Dracula, there aren't really that many uneventful evenings at home in front of the TV." And this time Quincy must track down something so big and bad that no one in the supernatural world will even talk about it...not even his guardian angel, but children are being slaughtered and evil needs a good ass-whupping.

Each Quincy Harker book feels like a fast pace, hard hitting supernatural TV episode, except only on cable, cause there's a lot of violence and cussing. I've said this before, this series would be awesome as a graphic novel and now I'm adding TV show too. Just saying...

We are learning more about Quincy's guardian angel, Glory. Seems Quincy needed someone a bit tougher than a run of the mill guardian angel. Will be interesting to find out who she really is. And Detective Flynn's link to Quincy is giving him "feelings" he'd rather not deal with.

Hell Freezes Over is another riotous ride for those who love horror and humor and supernatural shenanigans.

Quincy-isms:
"Technically, yes. I mean, they still carry out the will of God and all that shit, but ever since the Great War, they've had free will, so when they're not doing what the big guy wants, they come up with ideas of their own. Most of those ideas are really stupid, like New Coke and Jar-Jar Binks, but every once in a while they decide to do something truly dangerous, like try surfing. That's where we get tsunamis. So I warded my place against the Host from both zip codes, north and south. If I can go through my life without speaking to another angel, I'll be thrilled."

"Perfringo!" The magic enveloped the handgun, and it blew up. That did a number of bad things to Danvar, including blowing his fingers off. one whizzed by my ear, splattering bloody mist all over the right side of my face. One blew backward and smacked Danvar in the forehead, and I think the rest were reduced to tiny pieces by the explosion.
4.5 "bled-out" Sheep
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[Teressa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I listened to the Audible audio version of this book. (Review Posted 2 Days Ago and Still Pending Approval)

"Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Keeps Getting Better !"

I LOVE this series and HELL FREEZES OVER is the best one yet. It keeps getting better with each installment. Q (Harker) is my kinda guy. He's intense and sharp-witted with a no-holds-barred attitude who doesn't mince words. He has an amazing guardian angel and works with a cool female cop named Flynn. He's out fighting the baddies (demons) from other worlds and kicks some major butt.

The story is magical with non-stop action from start to finish. The demon he's hunting speaks an ancient language, Enochian which by the way sounds almost haunting when being read. The character build up is exceptional with not only Harker but also the females, and especially the demons. I love the way the little girl keeps appearing to him trying to tell him what's going on. JOHN G. HARTNESS is an excellent author who's developed this awesome world that I love visiting but more than that, Harker has grown on me to the point of I can't wait till the next novella comes out. It's that good! Better than that, GREAT! I wish I could reach up in the sky and grab more stars.

JAMES FOSTER hands down is such a talented voice actor. He nails Harker with his somewhat raspy tone and channels his attitude perfectly. He's a vocal powerhouse and I enjoy everything he does. He takes narrating to another level. I think there's no end to his talent and I love it.

"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast."

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

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It’s hard to get very deep into characters in a novella, but the immediate players are back. Quincy, Becks, Smith, Dracula (Uncle Luke) and Renfield make their appearance, though I miss more Uncle Luke participation. Quincy and Becks are still having a little issue with the bond in their brains. Each can hear the others thoughts. Quincy is having lusty thoughts about the good detective, but no one carries through with anything this time around.

“Becks” Rebecca Flynn, has called Quincy in on murder cases that at first glance have nothing supernatural to them. Quincy changes his mind when he’s haunted by a little girl ghost trying to put a stop to whatever beast is after all of humanity this time. In order to get information, Quincy has to satisfy a bounty and butt heads with a 7th circle of Hell demon and John Smith. I’m sad that Quincy and Smith are at odds, but it feels like Smith is playing Quincy and Becks.

The story is a bit on the gory side with multiple child deaths so if that bothers you – get prepared. The evil doer this time around will be a surprise but since it’s a novella, the conclusion was quick and without fuss. I really like Quincy Harker, however, with him being over a century old, I was sure he’d be swifter on the uptake. This is a quick 125 page read and there isn’t much lacking in the action department. Take a break and deal with demons, angels, vampires and a human/vampire hybrid named Quincy. You’ll have fun.

[Maya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Audible Edition.
This was an amazing installment in the Quincy Harker Series. Once again, we are submerged in Quincy’s world of everything supernatural and what an exciting place it is to visit. This story was darker and more gruesome than the previous book and the horror of it is palpable. For a novella, there is excellent world building and with each new installment, Hartness is peeling away the layers of each character and we are getting to know them better.

There could be no other narrator for Quincy other than James Foster. He IS Quincy. His ability to bring each character to life and give them their own voice is amazing. His interpretation of the female characters is outstanding.The fact that he does female voices so well thrills me because there is nothing more annoying to me than when a male narrator makes his female characters sound weak and whiney. There is no doubt that the women in Quincy’s world kick ass and take names.

I can’t wait for the next story!!

**This audiobook was provided by Audiobookblast dot com in exchange for an honest review.**

[Nannette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very few series can keep my attention past a second book. Hell Freezes Over is the fourth Quincy Harker and I cannot wait for number five. The mystery is this book is much harder to solve and has a much higher body count. It also has a possible peak at a future revelation about Harker's guardian angel. I cannot wait to see where that leads. Harker continues to be his same nasty self, even in his sleep. His dreams could provide more than ample material for another whole horror series. But we also see a very different side of Harker. His tenderness and caring for children, although he fights it tooth and nail, shows that he is at heart a good person, or whatever it is he is. I cannot wait until this is an audio book narrated by James Foster. This is a great series and has not shown any sign of slowing down.

[Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of bada$$ery, wisea$$ery, and snarka$$ery!
A likely contemporary of Harry Dresden, Mercy Thompson, and Atticus O'Sullivan, Harker is a police consultant in Charlotte NC. His family line includes The Count, and he has a Guardian Angel? His partner is Detective Bex Flynn, and they share a mind link ever since he saved her life with a blood share. Add to all this, a demon, brutal murders linked to a parish church, and a nagging ghost of one of the victims, and a terrific audio performance by James Foster (I know him from Tesser), and you have a real winner! I had not encountered this author/series before, but you can bet that it is on my radar now!

"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast."

[Kristen Edgar]

I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBlast dot com.

This book was great. Full of action and kept me guessing until the end. This was my first Quincy Harker book and I'll definitely be looking into reading more. The narration made it all the better. Very well read and exciting.

[Bart Welch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hartness just keeps getting better

John's best writing to date. Why Hollywood or the networks haven't grabbed up his work is beyond me. The action is tight and well written, on par with anything Whedon ever did. His sub plots are Chandleresque without being too much of a ripoff. And while there is a dues ex it is far from being overly machina. Buy it, you won't be disappointed.

[Dick SantaCruz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beware the bad angels

Another great Harker book. Lots of great action. The beginning of problems with his boss. Fighting both demons and angels.
Move over Jim butcher.

[Deedra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quincy,being Draculas nephew, has a job of helping solve weird mysteries with the police.In this one he is called in to houses where the fathers have killed the whole family.With the help of a few ghosts, spirits,he ferrets out the culprit. James Foster does a fin job narrating.I was provided this book by the author, publisher or narrator.