Orlagh Cassidy

Born into the lowest class of society, Flora 717 is a sanitation bee. While mutant bees are usually destroyed, Flora is reassigned to feed the newborns, and then becomes a forager, before finally finding her way into the Queen's inner sanctum. But Flora's instinct to serve is overshadowed by a desire...

Clarissa is becoming more and more frightened of her colleague, Rafe. He won't leave her alone, and he refuses to take no for an answer. Being selected for jury service is a relief. But as a violent tale of kidnap and abuse unfolds, Clarissa begins to see parallels between her own situation and that of the young woman on the witness stand. Richard & Judy Bookclub