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September 3, 2020
The Big Thrill interviews August Norman about Sins of the Mother
Thriller author August Norman sat down with P.J. Bodnar for The Big Thrill, the official magazine of the International Thriller Writers, to discuss the creation of SINS OF THE MOTHER, the second novel to feature investigative journalist Caitlin Bergman.
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August Norman returns with the second thrilling Caitlin Bergman novel, perfect for fans of Julia Keller, Tess Gerritsen, and Michael Koryta.
Caitlin went in search of her mother…but what she found may set the world on fire.
Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has told everyone for the past forty years. Easier to lie than explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever.
But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother’s remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she’s spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body–abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God–was left faceless. Instead, Caitlin finds the diary of a woman obsessed with the end of the world, one that hints the cult’s spiritual leader knows the identity of Caitlin’s real father. She’s not the only one looking for clues in her mother’s writing. Johnny Larsen, a violent white supremacist whose family runs the county, thinks the Daughters of God kidnapped his teen-aged daughter–and will do anything to get her back.
At the top of a hill, an army of women wait for the end of days. In the town below, the Larsens plot to purify their county. Caught in the middle, Caitlin must decide which is more important–learning the truth about her past, or saving Mama Maya’s chosen daughters from the end of the world.
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September 2, 2020
Virtual Book Launch for Sins of the Mother
Since the pandemic means we can’t get together in person for signings and readings, these things must be done virtually.
Anne’s Book Carnival in Tustin, CA, will host the virtual book launch for August Norman’s second Caitlin Bergman thriller, SINS OF THE MOTHER.
Like any live event, there will be readings, a Q&A, and the ability to purchase signed hardcover copies for contact-less curbside pickup for locals (Orange County, CA) or delivery anywhere in the US.
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August Norman returns with the second thrilling Caitlin Bergman novel, perfect for fans of Julia Keller, Tess Gerritsen, and Michael Koryta.
Caitlin went in search of her mother…but what she found may set the world on fire.
Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has told everyone for the past forty years. Easier to lie than explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever.
But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother’s remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she’s spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body–abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God–was left faceless. Instead, Caitlin finds the diary of a woman obsessed with the end of the world, one that hints the cult’s spiritual leader knows the identity of Caitlin’s real father. She’s not the only one looking for clues in her mother’s writing. Johnny Larsen, a violent white supremacist whose family runs the county, thinks the Daughters of God kidnapped his teen-aged daughter–and will do anything to get her back.
At the top of a hill, an army of women wait for the end of days. In the town below, the Larsens plot to purify their county. Caught in the middle, Caitlin must decide which is more important–learning the truth about her past, or saving Mama Maya’s chosen daughters from the end of the world.
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August 16, 2020
August Norman and the SCWA Hump Day Book Tour
Thriller author August Norman discussed the writing of SINS OF THE MOTHER, his second Caitlin Bergman novel, with Maddie Margarita as part of the Southern California Writer’s Association’s Hump Day Book Tour video series.
CLICK HERE to find out what it took to create the religious cult, the Daughters of God, and to write a novel about family while bringing a on into this bizarre version of the real world.
August Norman returns with the second thrilling Caitlin Bergman novel, perfect for fans of Julia Keller, Tess Gerritsen, and Michael Koryta.
Caitlin went in search of her mother…but what she found may set the world on fire.
Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has told everyone for the past forty years. Easier to lie than explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever.
But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother’s remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she’s spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body–abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God–was left faceless. Instead, Caitlin finds the diary of a woman obsessed with the end of the world, one that hints the cult’s spiritual leader knows the identity of Caitlin’s real father. She’s not the only one looking for clues in her mother’s writing. Johnny Larsen, a violent white supremacist whose family runs the county, thinks the Daughters of God kidnapped his teen-aged daughter–and will do anything to get her back.
At the top of a hill, an army of women wait for the end of days. In the town below, the Larsens plot to purify their county. Caught in the middle, Caitlin must decide which is more important–learning the truth about her past, or saving Mama Maya’s chosen daughters from the end of the world.
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August 9, 2020
Get Come and Get Me by August Norman for only 1.99
Haven’t had a chance to read COME AND GET ME: A Caitlin Bergman Novel, ranked one of 2019’s best debut novels by Suspense Magazine?
From now until September, 6, 2020, you can buy the eBook version of August Norman’s first “twisted thriller” for only $1.99 (US/Canada) wherever eBooks are sold.
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An intrepid journalist confronts a small town’s dark secrets in Come and Get Me, a breakneck thriller for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Julia Keller, and Michael Koryta.
At Indiana University, someone’s been studying the female student body:
their dating customs, nocturnal activities―and how long they can survive in captivity.
When award-winning journalist Caitlin Bergman is invited back to campus to receive an honorary degree, she finds an opportunity for a well-earned victory lap―and a chance to face the trauma that almost destroyed her as an undergrad. But her lap becomes an all-out race when a student begs her to probe an unsolved campus disappearance: Angela Chapman went out one Friday night and never came back.
To find the missing woman, Caitlin must join forces with a local police detective and the department that botched her own case so long ago.
But while Caitlin follows the clues behind Angela’s disappearance, someone else is following her…
Unearthing secrets hidden beneath an idyllic Midwestern college town, Caitlin must expose what really happened to Angela―before she herself becomes the newest addition to a twisted collection.
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July 26, 2020
Mystery Suspense Reviews Sins of the Mother
MysterySuspenseReviews.com featured SINS OF THE MOTHER, the second Caitlin Bergman novel by August Norman on July 9, 2020, calling it a “thrilling mystery that will have readers on the edge of their seats — until the very end.”
Beyond the kind words by reviewer MerryCI, the spotlight article includes a seven question interview about the writing of the book, the creation of investigative journalist and lover of french fries, Caitlin Bergman, and what it takes to create a religious cult from scratch.
CHECK OUT THE REVIEW AND INTERVIEW HERE
August Norman returns with the second thrilling Caitlin Bergman novel, perfect for fans of Julia Keller, Tess Gerritsen, and Michael Koryta.
Caitlin went in search of her mother…but what she found may set the world on fire.
Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has told everyone for the past forty years. Easier to lie than explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever.
But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother’s remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she’s spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body–abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God–was left faceless. Instead, Caitlin finds the diary of a woman obsessed with the end of the world, one that hints the cult’s spiritual leader knows the identity of Caitlin’s real father. She’s not the only one looking for clues in her mother’s writing. Johnny Larsen, a violent white supremacist whose family runs the county, thinks the Daughters of God kidnapped his teen-aged daughter–and will do anything to get her back.
At the top of a hill, an army of women wait for the end of days. In the town below, the Larsens plot to purify their county. Caught in the middle, Caitlin must decide which is more important–learning the truth about her past, or saving Mama Maya’s chosen daughters from the end of the world.
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Thriller author August Norman talks writing on Big Blend Radio
As part of Big Blend Radio’s 5 Day Radio Festival, thriller author August Norman will discuss his life as an artist, including his time as an actor, improvisor, and fledgling writer. Of course, they’ll explore how the second Caitlin Bergman book, SINS OF THE MOTHER, came to be set in the beautiful hills of coastal Oregon.
JULY 26, 2020
2 PM EST / 11 AM PST
Unable to make the live interview? Find Big Blend Radio wherever you get your podcasts!
Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio interviews, conversations and panel discussions covering a variety of topics including: Music & The Arts, Food & Drink, Travel & National Parks, Family & Lifestyle, Health & Self-Empowerment, Nature & Environment, Business & Career, and History & Culture.
August Norman returns with the second thrilling Caitlin Bergman novel, perfect for fans of Julia Keller, Tess Gerritsen, and Michael Koryta.
Caitlin went in search of her mother…but what she found may set the world on fire.
Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has told everyone for the past forty years. Easier to lie than explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever.
But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother’s remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she’s spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body–abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God–was left faceless. Instead, Caitlin finds the diary of a woman obsessed with the end of the world, one that hints the cult’s spiritual leader knows the identity of Caitlin’s real father. She’s not the only one looking for clues in her mother’s writing. Johnny Larsen, a violent white supremacist whose family runs the county, thinks the Daughters of God kidnapped his teen-aged daughter–and will do anything to get her back.
At the top of a hill, an army of women wait for the end of days. In the town below, the Larsens plot to purify their county. Caught in the middle, Caitlin must decide which is more important–learning the truth about her past, or saving Mama Maya’s chosen daughters from the end of the world.
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July 20, 2020
August Norman to read from Sins of the Mother in SINCLA House Arrest series
Thriller author August Norman will read a chapter from SINS OF THE MOTHER: A Caitlin Bergman Novel as part of HOUSE ARREST, a virtual evening of Readings, Beverages, and Mysteries presented by the Los Angeles chapter of Sisters in Crime.
Also included: The latest from Tori Eldridge, Sheila Lowe, Wendy Heard, L.A. Chandlar, and Matt Coyle.
THURSDAY NIGHT, July 23, 7 PM PST.
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT
House Arrest is a virtual evening of readings by your favorite (or soon-to-be) authors of crime fiction, from cozy to hardboiled, with the occasional cocktail recipe, wine pairing, or lecture from a respected professional.
Hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of the Sisters in Crime, attendance is open to the public and requires only a reservation and a computer, tablet, or mobile device that can run the Zoom application. Never used Zoom before? Check out their easy to follow device test here.
August Norman returns with the second thrilling Caitlin Bergman novel, perfect for fans of Julia Keller, Tess Gerritsen, and Michael Koryta.
Caitlin went in search of her mother…but what she found may set the world on fire.
Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has told everyone for the past forty years. Easier to lie than explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever.
But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother’s remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she’s spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body–abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God–was left faceless. Instead, Caitlin finds the diary of a woman obsessed with the end of the world, one that hints the cult’s spiritual leader knows the identity of Caitlin’s real father. She’s not the only one looking for clues in her mother’s writing. Johnny Larsen, a violent white supremacist whose family runs the county, thinks the Daughters of God kidnapped his teen-aged daughter–and will do anything to get her back.
At the top of a hill, an army of women wait for the end of days. In the town below, the Larsens plot to purify their county. Caught in the middle, Caitlin must decide which is more important–learning the truth about her past, or saving Mama Maya’s chosen daughters from the end of the world.
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July 6, 2020
Hasty Book List asks Thriller Author August Norman about Childhood Reading
Want to know what kind of childhood reading is instrumental in creating a published author? Ashley Hasty, from the Hasty Book List, asked 13 authors about their favorite children’s books.
Was it Where the Wild Things Are or Nancy Drew that made August turn to crime (fiction)?
CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
August Norman returns with the second thrilling Caitlin Bergman novel, perfect for fans of Julia Keller, Tess Gerritsen, and Michael Koryta.
Caitlin went in search of her mother…but what she found may set the world on fire.
Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has told everyone for the past forty years. Easier to lie than explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever.
But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother’s remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she’s spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body–abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God–was left faceless. Instead, Caitlin finds the diary of a woman obsessed with the end of the world, one that hints the cult’s spiritual leader knows the identity of Caitlin’s real father. She’s not the only one looking for clues in her mother’s writing. Johnny Larsen, a violent white supremacist whose family runs the county, thinks the Daughters of God kidnapped his teen-aged daughter–and will do anything to get her back.
At the top of a hill, an army of women wait for the end of days. In the town below, the Larsens plot to purify their county. Caught in the middle, Caitlin must decide which is more important–learning the truth about her past, or saving Mama Maya’s chosen daughters from the end of the world.
An intrepid journalist confronts a small town’s dark secrets in Come and Get Me, a breakneck thriller for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Julia Keller, and Michael Koryta.
At Indiana University, someone’s been studying the female student body:
their dating customs, nocturnal activities―and how long they can survive in captivity.
When award-winning journalist Caitlin Bergman is invited back to campus to receive an honorary degree, she finds an opportunity for a well-earned victory lap―and a chance to face the trauma that almost destroyed her as an undergrad. But her lap becomes an all-out race when a student begs her to probe an unsolved campus disappearance: Angela Chapman went out one Friday night and never came back.
To find the missing woman, Caitlin must join forces with a local police detective and the department that botched her own case so long ago.
But while Caitlin follows the clues behind Angela’s disappearance, someone else is following her…
Unearthing secrets hidden beneath an idyllic Midwestern college town, Caitlin must expose what really happened to Angela―before she herself becomes the newest addition to a twisted collection.
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July 1, 2020
Thriller Author August Norman talks craft with Bill Kenower on Author2Author
Author, lecturer, and writing coach William Kenower invited thriller author August Norman onto his craft-based online radio show, Author2Author.
Not only did they discuss August’s journey through the publication of his debut novel, COME AND GET ME, they spoke about the writing of the upcoming SINS OF THE MOTHER, and how to keep a literary feel throughout works of crime fiction.
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE OR WHEREVER PODCASTS CAN BE FOUND
August Norman returns with the second thrilling Caitlin Bergman novel, perfect for fans of Julia Keller, Tess Gerritsen, and Michael Koryta.
Caitlin went in search of her mother…but what she found may set the world on fire.
Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has told everyone for the past forty years. Easier to lie than explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever.
But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother’s remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she’s spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body–abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God–was left faceless. Instead, Caitlin finds the diary of a woman obsessed with the end of the world, one that hints the cult’s spiritual leader knows the identity of Caitlin’s real father. She’s not the only one looking for clues in her mother’s writing. Johnny Larsen, a violent white supremacist whose family runs the county, thinks the Daughters of God kidnapped his teen-aged daughter–and will do anything to get her back.
At the top of a hill, an army of women wait for the end of days. In the town below, the Larsens plot to purify their county. Caught in the middle, Caitlin must decide which is more important–learning the truth about her past, or saving Mama Maya’s chosen daughters from the end of the world.
An intrepid journalist confronts a small town’s dark secrets in Come and Get Me, a breakneck thriller for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Julia Keller, and Michael Koryta.
At Indiana University, someone’s been studying the female student body:
their dating customs, nocturnal activities―and how long they can survive in captivity.
When award-winning journalist Caitlin Bergman is invited back to campus to receive an honorary degree, she finds an opportunity for a well-earned victory lap―and a chance to face the trauma that almost destroyed her as an undergrad. But her lap becomes an all-out race when a student begs her to probe an unsolved campus disappearance: Angela Chapman went out one Friday night and never came back.
To find the missing woman, Caitlin must join forces with a local police detective and the department that botched her own case so long ago.
But while Caitlin follows the clues behind Angela’s disappearance, someone else is following her…
Unearthing secrets hidden beneath an idyllic Midwestern college town, Caitlin must expose what really happened to Angela―before she herself becomes the newest addition to a twisted collection.
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June 30, 2020
Kirkus Reviews looks at Sins of the Mother by August Norman
Kirkus Reviews posted their review of SINS OF THE MOTHER, a Caitlin Bergman novel by August Norman, available September 8, 2020 from Crooked Lane Books.
A Southern Californian journalist searches rural Oregon for her lost mother.
Caitlin Bergman knows that working for the LA Voice won’t earn her any Pulitzers. But it gives her the press credentials to travel to Coos County, Oregon, on the pretext of writing a feature on the State of Jefferson, the brainchild of a movement from the 1940s whose present-day adherents, known as the Proud Sons, hope to create a 51st state on the California-Oregon border. Caitlin’s real purpose, though, is to investigate the death of a member of the Daughters of God, an apocalyptic cult that lives on an Oregon hillside under the watchful eye of Desmond Pratten, the only male allowed in the single-sex commune. Caitlin has reason to believe that the deceased is Maya Aronson, the mother who surrendered Caitlin shortly after her birth to be adopted by LA cop Matthew Bergman. Caitlin both hopes and fears that she’ll learn more about Maya and discover what led the former porn star to retreat to an Oregon hillside to await the end of the world. But she needs to be careful. The Daughters aren’t exactly popular with the locals, especially not with lumber tycoon Anders Larsen or his son, Johnny. Johnny’s teenage daughter, Promise, ran off and joined the cult, and he aims to get her back at any price.
Sparks fly when his mission collides with Caitlin’s. As the Sons and Daughters clash, it’s anyone’s guess which off-the-grid worldview will prevail.
Action-loving readers are the real winners in this offbeat thriller.
Kirkus Reviews
August Norman returns with the second thrilling Caitlin Bergman novel, perfect for fans of Julia Keller, Tess Gerritsen, and Michael Koryta.
Caitlin went in search of her mother…but what she found may set the world on fire.
Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has told everyone for the past forty years. Easier to lie than explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever.
But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother’s remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she’s spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body–abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God–was left faceless. Instead, Caitlin finds the diary of a woman obsessed with the end of the world, one that hints the cult’s spiritual leader knows the identity of Caitlin’s real father. She’s not the only one looking for clues in her mother’s writing. Johnny Larsen, a violent white supremacist whose family runs the county, thinks the Daughters of God kidnapped his teen-aged daughter–and will do anything to get her back.
At the top of a hill, an army of women wait for the end of days. In the town below, the Larsens plot to purify their county. Caught in the middle, Caitlin must decide which is more important–learning the truth about her past, or saving Mama Maya’s chosen daughters from the end of the world.
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