Instances of the Number 3

Following the death of Peter Hansome his wife Bridget is contacted by Frances Slater her late-husband''s mistress. Though the two are from opposite sides of London and meet under the least desirable circumstances the women become close friends. In a subtly wrought turn of events Bridget and Frances discover that they have in common what is important to them most: their parallel memories of Peter killed in a car accident and the shared reality of his spirit form haunting them still. A gracefully tuned feat of the imagination Salley Vickers''s novel is a rare celebration of life''s most intriguing geometries the love triangle.