Paper Cut

A STYLE MUST-READ BOOK FOR 2026 - the enthralling thriller about cults, true crime and toxic mothers
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'Impeccable' Sunday Times
'A twisty, addictive thriller' Daily Mail
'Fiction with a true-crime edge' Janice Hallett
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EVERYBODY KNOWS THE STORY. NOBODY KNOWS THE TRUTH...
Lucy Golden is a true-crime icon, infamous for killing someone as a teenager while escaping a California cult.
Twenty years later, still coasting on the bestselling memoir she wrote after her acquittal, Lucy knows that her story is always just one news cycle away from obscurity.
So when a hot-shot documentary filmmaker decides to make her case his next subject, Lucy sees a chance to silence her doubters once and for all.
But just how far will Lucy go to protect the story she's been telling - and selling - all along?
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Readers are loving Paper Cut
'WOW! What a stunning debut!'
'I'd watch the hell out of the Netflix adaptation'
'Psychological suspense, cult horror, and celebrity noir'
'Twisted, fast-paced and totally engrossing'
'I read this in one sitting'

Rachel Taff is an author and television producer. Most recently, Rachel was the Director of Development at Dynamic Television, known for Ginny and Georgia, where she sold projects to Amazon and Hallmark. Previously, Rachel worked for Emmy-winning director Thomas Schlamme's Shoe Money Productions, where she developed projects for FX and managed a production slate including Snowfall and The Plot Against America. After a decade in Los Angeles, she now lives in Atlanta with her husband and their Portuguese water dog. Paper Cut is her first novel.