Three

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.WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:"This book owns my soul." Booksnpenguins - 5*"Valerie Perrin is always a delight." Alexandra Jundler - 5*"A stellar read that I highly recommend." Paromjit Hayers - 5*"I flew threw the pages with Olympic speed!" Michelle Coates - 5*"Three is a totally consuming book that makes it hard to come up for air while reading it." Jill - 5*"Such a great book, that I found very hard to put down." Mel - 5*"One of the most beautifully written stories I have ever read." Alison - 5*"I'm so dumbstruck by this novel." June Schwartz - 5*

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Valérie Perrin was born in 1967 in Remiremont, in the Vosges Mountains, France. She grew up in Burgundy and settled in Paris in 1986. Her novel Forgotten on Sunday (2015) won the Booksellers Choice Award. Her English-language debut, Fresh Water for Flowers (Europa, 2020) won the Maison de la Presse Prize, the Paperback Readers Prize, and was named a 2020 ABA Indies Introduce and Indie Next List title. It has been translated into over thirty languages. Figaro Littéraire named Perrin one of the ten best-selling authors in France in 2019, and in Italy, Fresh Water for Flowers was the best selling book of 2020. Perrin now lives in Normandy.

Hildegarde Serle graduated from Oxford University. After working as a newspaper subeditor in London, she obtained the Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation. She is the translator of Mirror Visitor series.