Three

A compulsive story about the powers and fleetingness of friendship, love and life - from the author of Fresh Water for Flowers.

Adrien, Etienne and Nina are 10 years old when they meet at school and become inseparable. Years later, a car is pulled up from the bottom of a lake, with a body inside. Virginie, a local journalist with an enigmatic past, follows the case. Step by step, she reveals the extraordinary bonds that unite the three childhood friends. How is the car wreck connected to their story? Why did their friendship fall apart?

Three is a compelling story of love and loss, hope and grief, and of the distance that comes with the passing of time. A masterly crafted story full of suspense and unexpected plot twists.

Praise for Fresh Water for Flowers:

'A beautiful, intensely atmospheric bittersweet dream of a book.' – Matt Haig

'A funny and moving story of one woman's belief that everything will turn out right.' – Stylist

'Melancholic and yet ebullient... What may on the surface of it appear gloomy and morose, in Perrin's hands is an appealing indulgence in nature, food and drink, and, above all, friendships.' – The Guardian