Connie Willis

Statistician Sandra Foster and chaos theorist Bennett O'Reilly are brought together by a misdelivered package and urged into their own chaotic world of million-dollar grants, unlucky coincidences, setbacks, and eventually the ultimate answer. Reprint. PW. NYT.

Bellwether

Sarah Escorsa

This is only the second Connie Willis book I read but I'm fast becoming a real fan of hers.

Although this one has no science-fiction in it and not much actually happens, it's a fun, quick read, with lots of humour, pop culture references, insights about scientific research... and it's ultimately very hard to put down!

"A butterfly. A bellwether. The source of the Nile"