Effectuators Series by Paul Kidd

Effectuators!Being in the main the adventures of Brilliana Stetham, “Paranormal Investigator, and Resolver of all Problems Supernatural” – her trials and adventures.Rip roaring Victoriana paranormal adventures, in the Year of Our Lord 1869!"Brilliana was the sort of woman who could certainly cut cards with the Devil... moreEffectuators!Being in the main the adventures of Brilliana Stetham, “Paranormal Investigator, and Resolver of all Problems Supernatural” – her trials and adventures.Rip roaring Victoriana paranormal adventures, in the Year of Our Lord 1869!"Brilliana was the sort of woman who could certainly cut cards with the Devil. After cucumber sandwiches, of course!"No matter how haunted your house – no matter how grey the grey lady, or black the dread black hound, your dangers can be eliminated, your fears assuaged. For there is an ‘expert’ who lends her psychic powers and mystic skills to those in need.- For a price!Brilliana Stetham is a delicious charlatan. She dresses the part of the elegant mystic, and woman of dark, dire learning. She accepts commissions to ‘sense presences’ in houses of the wealthy, whereupon she researches, presents her findings about the local ghosts, and performs appropriate ceremonies to placate the ghosts and ensure the safety of the residents of the house. It is all done with great thoroughness, in deadly seriousness…… and it is all a magnificent scam.She is managing it all perfectly well – until one day, a haunting she is investigating turns out to be real.Contractually obligated to rid her client's building of monsters, Brillana is trapped into battling powers she cannot fully understand. An entirely new science must be developed to battle the unknown. With science in her heart and a top hat set squarely on her head, Brill storms forward to become a ghost hunter - a monster fighter.- She becomes an "effectuator"...Excelsior!For Brill, it is the start of a radical new life: As a real solver of things supernatural. As a battler of monsters and remover of curses. She becomes a “Paranormal Effectuator”. less

The further adventures of Brilliana Stetham, Paranormal Effectuator, in the wondrous wilds of London in 1869. Sterling stuff! Delightfully fun, deliciously ormolou. Plots thicken and the weirdness flows. Brill and her companions roam from Limehouse to frozen Highland Lochs in pursuit of monsters, adventure, and a really decent cup of tea.

Excelscior! Dark clouds thicken over London. As ancient horrors and evil cults unite, Lord Bimmington finally moves to contact otherworldly powers, laying the foundations for future deviltry. Meanwhile, Brilliana Stetham and the intrepid Effectuators must set forth to Prussia, hot on the trail of the sinister cults that have infiltrated Britain. But as Europe erupts into war, the tasks of monster hunting and assorted derring do become a tad complex.. moreExcelscior! Dark clouds thicken over London. As ancient horrors and evil cults unite, Lord Bimmington finally moves to contact otherworldly powers, laying the foundations for future deviltry. Meanwhile, Brilliana Stetham and the intrepid Effectuators must set forth to Prussia, hot on the trail of the sinister cults that have infiltrated Britain. But as Europe erupts into war, the tasks of monster hunting and assorted derring do become a tad complex... - More rip roaring tales of Victorian horrors, and the terribly well dressed adventurers who knock them for six! less

Britannia besieged! 1870: As war ravages the continent, Britain herself comes under a darker threat. The sinister Lord Bimmington moves at last, using anarchy and terror to destabilise the nation. Acting in concert with the Severed Lord, he aims to overthrow the British government and establish a horrifying new regime... moreBritannia besieged! 1870: As war ravages the continent, Britain herself comes under a darker threat. The sinister Lord Bimmington moves at last, using anarchy and terror to destabilise the nation. Acting in concert with the Severed Lord, he aims to overthrow the British government and establish a horrifying new regime. Armed with a few buckets of ectoplasm, a very strange dog and an excellent dress sense, the EFFECTUATORS must face down the ultimate evil and save Queen, country and humanity itself from disaster. It’s time to face evil in the ultimate showdown, and knock the blighters for six! less