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The First Cut is the Deepest
  • Published: 2 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9798217177332
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $65.00

The First Cut is the Deepest

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2 Feb 2027
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12 Jan 2027
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12 Jan 2027
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A hilarious, glittering, pop-noir thriller about a rising musician and her new BFF, the secretly psychotic popstar who brought her on tour

"Mindy McGinnis is a maestro of the wonderfully unhinged." —Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Dinner

Gretchen McMurphy was playing bingo halls and dive bars until a fitness influencer used her breakup anthem to help followers get a better booty, and now she’s landed her dream gig—opening for iconic pop star Fae Deeds.

Suddenly Gretchen has things she’s not used to having: a sizeable income, screaming fans, bottled water preferences, and a friend who understands the pressures of the music industry, the daily battle of being a woman in the public eye, and what it feels like to have every man you’ve ever loved hurt you.

Fae really gets it. Fae knows. Fae has developed her own tools for dealing with these issues—and it’s not good coping skills or proper meditation. It’s much, much sharper than that. And pretty soon Gretchen must decide what (and who) she’s willing to sacrifice for fame.

Razor-sharp and riotously funny, The First Cut is the Deepest by Mindy McGinnis is a deliciously unhinged thrill ride down the music industry’s darkest alleys.
  • Published: 2 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9798217177332
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $65.00
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About the author

Mindy McGinnis

Mindy McGinnis is the author of several books for young adults, including the Edgar Award–winning novel A Madness So Discreet as well as The Female of the Species and Heroine, both of which were in the American Library Association’s Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults. The First Cut Is the Deepest is her first novel for adults. A ninth-generation farmer and former school librarian, Mindy lives Ohio.
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Praise for The First Cut is the Deepest

Praise for The First Cut is the Deepest
"The First Cut is the Deepest is riotous, irreverent fun. Mindy McGinnis is a maestro of the wonderfully unhinged. I love supporting women's wrongs." —Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Dinner

"A mechanical bull ride of a book! A ripper of a read with a molten core. Fun and surprisingly tender, The First Cut is the Deepest is a deliciously unhinged anthem." —Margot Douaihy, USA Today bestselling author of Scorched Grace

"Oh my god this book is good. Cynical and hilarious, The First Cut Is the Deepest is a brutal satire of the machinery of fame. Gretchen’s voice is sparkling and profane—she had me laughing on every page—and the prose is as sharp as a well-loved axe." —W. M. Akers, USA Today bestselling author of To Kill a Cook

Praise for Mindy McGinnis
“If Edgar Allan Poe came back to write the scariest high school murder story ever, it probably wouldn’t be half as good as Mindy McGinnis’s The Initial Insult. You must read this book!” —James Patterson 

“Holy crap is it good.” —Bustle

“McGinnis has crafted an artful tire fire that burns so bright and hot that I couldn't look away.” —NPR

“Your heart may still be pounding after you’ve finished this book.” —NYTBR

“McGinnis can surely tell a story.” —USA Today