Power: A Robin McFarland Mystery

by Sky Curtis

Wry, forthright Home and Garden reporter Robin MacFarland has somehow gotten herself—along with her best friend and investigative journalist colleague Cindy—assigned by their newspaper editor to examine the deep rooted causes of homelessness in Toronto, Ontario. Their investigation quickly reveals that environmental racism not only created hydroelectric power, it harmed the environment and displaced a large population of Indigenous people. When the Premier of Ontario dies at Robin's family cottage in Muskoka, Robin sets about proving that he was murdered against a tide of objection from Huntsville's police force. Though she's only supposed to be along for the ride, Robin MacFarland is honest to a fault, committed to justice and, though she's always willing to laugh at herself, also always willing to look for the hard truth no matter where it?s hiding. Robin needs to figure out exactly how his death was disguised to look like an accident, what his part was in a dirty web surrounding the creation of more electric power, who knocked him off, and finally, how all this will impact her family.

222 pages, Paperback

Published May 29, 2024

About the author

Sky Curtis was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in England as well as the Canadian maritimes, travelling to both places frequently. Under her birth name of Kathryn MacKay, Sky has worked as an editor, author, software designer, magazine writer, scriptwriter, poet, teacher, and children’s writer. She has published over a dozen books. Passionate about literacy and involved with youth, her entertaining syndicated children’s column appeared in weeklies across the country for almost ten years. Her poetry has appeared in several literary journals, including The Antigonish Review, Canadian Forum, and This Magazine. Currently living in mostly in Toronto with her family and pets, Sky writes adult fiction and non-fiction.

Reviews

[Veronica · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was really disappointed with this novel. It was great reading about Toronto and the area north of it. What I didn't like is Robin, the protagonist. She turned me off within a few pages. She is not wry and forthright but instead is uncontrollable, a bully and is concerned only for herself. The plot itself is actually quite interesting but because of the main character I will not be reading any more by this author.