"As tightly coiled as a rattlesnake about to strike, Taff's screen-ready exploration of art, celebrity, and exploitation makes for stay-up-all-night reading. It's a knockout." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Gorgeously written, with an arch, seductive narrative voice and a timely dissection of the true-crime industrial complex, Paper Cut stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the best cult thrillers, particularly those that interrogate how women might use sensationalist crime narratives to shape their own identities. Taff is an exciting new voice." - Ashley Winstead, USA Today-bestselling author of This Book Will Bury Me

"Darkly addictive with a blistering pace and puzzle-box structure, Paper Cut takes all the juiciest elements of true crime and assembles them in a dazzling new constellation. Elegant and smart, readers will find Taff's debut as intoxicating as the cultish outpost at its core, and just as terrifying, too. An absolutely stunning crime novel." - Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters

"A twisty, coming-of-age thriller that will have you thinking about hero worship, the lure of fame, and the search for belonging." - Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

"A haunting exploration of reputation, memory, and how easily the vulnerable can be swayed. Fans of cult stories and true crime accounts will enjoy this page-turning suspense." - Library Journal

"As gripping as it is unsettling, Paper Cut is a chillingly precise portrayal of cult dynamics and the universal hunger for approval. Intimate, sharply of-the-moment, and full of surprising turns, it's a thriller that stays with you." - Sarah Edmondson, author of Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult that Bound My Life and co-host of A Little Bit Culty podcast

"Paper Cut is a rare find: a debut crime novel that's gripping, accomplished, original and entertaining. This is fiction with a true crime edge. A fabulous story, beautifully told and with echoes that reverberate long after the final page." - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal

"Taff's crime fiction debut expertly explores the hunger young women have to be taken seriously as artists and people." - Booklist

"A moody noir-cum-psychological thriller....An intricate examination of coming-of-age and true crime culture." - CrimeReads

"What a scorcher! So evocative is Rachel Taff's desert setting that I swear I could feel the sand between my teeth. Paper Cut is a dishy yet razor sharp exploration of how far people will go to preserve fame, power, and our darkest secrets. This one is not to be missed." - Stephanie Wrobel, internationally bestselling author of Darling Rose Gold

"Haunting and propulsive, Rachel Taff's Paper Cut delves into the darker side of what makes an artist, who gets a voice and why the pursuit of the truth is often the most treacherous path. This is a sharp debut with a broken yet beating heart, splashed against the trainwreck allure of true crime as a genre, where trauma is mined for entertainment, marking the steep price we all pay for admission." - Rachel Koller Croft, USA Today bestselling author of Stone Cold Fox

"Paper Cut is so intoxicating and unputdownable that I basically absconded from society until I finished. Rachel Taff has crafted an unforgettable thriller that sears and redeems in equal measure." - Ruth Madievsky, nationally bestselling author of All-Night Pharmacy

"Fraught with tension and propulsively told, Paper Cut confronts our collective fascination with cults and true crime. As Lucy's unraveling drags you kicking and screaming into the spiral of her past, Taff's writing will capture your attention until the very end." - Monika Kim, author of The Eyes are the Best Part

"Smart, twisty, and evocative. Paper Cut drew me in with its Hollywood personalities, desert cultists, and buried secrets, but it kept me reading with its insights into the nature of art and family. The kind of book you thrust in your best friend's hand so that you can discuss: what's the difference between our lies and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive?" - Kate Brody, author of Rabbit Hole

"Thought provoking and entertaining. I couldn't put it down. A twisty-turny and satisfying novel. An exceptional debut." - Sascha Rothchild, author of Blood Sugar

"Rachel Taff's psychologically astute debut Paper Cut enthralled me with its twisty revelations and immersive storytelling. An utterly fascinating meditation on the perils of fame and the desire to control the story of your life at all costs." - Caitlin Barasch, author of A Novel Obsession

"Propulsive, poignant, and laced with gorgeous prose, Paper Cut has everything I want in a thriller. It's a debut that sings with truth and sizzles with twists, forcing the reader to examine their own relationship with art and true-crime-as-entertainment. Rachel Taff is a new auto-buy author for me." - Olivia Muenter, USA Today bestselling author of Such a Bad Influence

"Dark, shocking and impossible to put down. It's a long time since I've read a book where I've had to keep sneaking off during the day to read a bit more, like a teenager! Fantastic." - Emma Curtis, author of The Babysitter

"Paper Cut is razor-sharp, dark, and propulsive. Rachel Taff exposes the shadows beneath survival and celebrity-the stories we tell to stay free, and the lies that warp our days. Mesmerizing and unflinching, gripping and twisty, I'd follow Lucy Golden anywhere. An explosive debut from a bold new talent." - Chelsea Bieker, bestselling author of Madwoman and Godshot

"The book is so cleverly constructed... the result is a compelling, tightly-plotted page-turner, as glimpses of the truth appear." - Kate Kemp, author of The Grapevine

"Both a pulse-racing thriller and a searing meditation on who owns the truth of a story. It's an intricately woven novel that's part psychological suspense and part emotional gut-punch. I'm jealous of everyone who gets to read this unflinching debut for the first time." - Amanda Pellegrino, author of The Social Climber

"Paper Cut slices deep-into memory, into pain, into the fragile truths we try to hide. A brilliant debut that lingers like a scar." - Jo Morey, author of The Night Lagoon