Horrors of the Night
Perth
:
Paul Kidd
,
2011
14911665
2011
single work
novel
fantasy
'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. 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, Brilliana 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”.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Green and Pleasant Land
Perth
:
Paul Kidd
,
2012
14911780
2012
single work
novel
fantasy
'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!
'The plots thicken as more revelations appear. Brilliana, her companions and her rather odd dog go forth on a new series of adventures.
'Monsters lurk, and terrifying threats lie hidden in the shadows.
'England is not as peaceful as it seems...'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
To Foreign Shores
Perth
:
Paul Kidd
,
2013
14911845
2013
single work
novel
fantasy
'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 1870!
'Brilliana's quests leads the Effectuators off onto the continent, there to seek out secrets hidden long, long in the past.
'But as war breaks out between Prussia and France, the Effectuators find themselves caught between massive armies - and holding information that men will kill for....'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Sweet Albion!
Perth
:
Paul Kidd
,
2013
14911945
2013
single work
novel
fantasy
'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.
'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!'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
