Almost all copies of the prequel have sold to readers in the UK, Canada, and other Commonwealth nations. There must have been a hunger for the story!īut, there is one more unexplained curiosity.

Since The Third Knife was published Pam has sold nearly 500 books, most of them the prequel. What about sales, you might wonder? Anything unexpected? Definitely. The Third Knife was published in November 2015, and the boxed set in January 2016. I know authors are told that a writer’s reputation and popularity are greatly enhanced once a third novel is written, so it made sense to package all three, and also sell them as stand-alone books. Once the prequel was completed, I packaged all three novels in a Kindle boxed set: Catalina & Bonhomme, International Spy Series. Simply said, The Third Knife set the stage for the next two novels. Nonna and Edouard were members of the French Resistance, and helped shape the lives and passions of their offspring, a granddaughter and son, Catalina and Bonhomme. Some characters in French Blue and She Rides gained fame in an earlier time, during World War II. It was my first historical novel, and because it was a prequel, I was able to reference scenes and characters from French Blue, and She Rides with Genghis Khan. I enjoyed writing The Third Knife for a number of reasons. Some readers might ask, “Why write a prequel?” The answer is simple. As I wrote the second and third novels in the series (formerly the first and second), I realized there was a fascinating backstory to be told, and the prequel was born.

The Third Knife – but the first book in the sequence

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